My ?? turned into a !!

We did a wedding last week at Villa Botanica, one of my favorite locations. My bride told me that the caterer was helping her put the favors together, which would be "cupcakes in a jar". I kind of had to think about that one, cupcakes in a jar?? I wasn't quite sure how that would work out. So when the caterer arrived, I definitely needed to check it out. And that's when my ?? turned into a !! These things were adorable!!



I took pictures before they were fully assembled. They used ribbon to tie a spoon to them and were set out prior to the guests leaving, so they could take the little snack with them. I think it would have been adorable with a little silver gellato spoon as well.

My husband thinks I'm nuts...

I don't have any tattoos or really ever had a strong urge to get one. I could never figure out what I wanted or where I would put it. But I've always loved seahorses (this sounds a bit morbid, but when I was a little girl growing up in Indiana, I had a dried seahorse in a little plastic container - must have been from a trip to Florida - but I counted it as one of my prized possessions!). So when I started Island Bliss, I knew I wanted seahorses as my theme. A few years ago, we started attaching little silver seahorses to our wedding bouquets as a gift to our brides. I kind of started thinking, if I ever do get a tattoo, I'd love to get a little seahorse. So I got very excited when one of my brides ran with the seahorse theme for her reception at Cabrita Cliff Haus here on St. Thomas.

Check our the adorable drink stirrers she made:



And the favor tags:



That little seahorse is ADORABLE! If I ever get the courage to get a "tat", I'm totally taking these pictures with me and telling them to make me a cute little seahorse just like these little guys! I kind of like the deep purple look too. =)

And I promise, if I ever do it, I'll post about it!

Because I'm a sucker for seahorses...

I just love the seahorse place cards I saw on Etsy.com lately. Aren't they adorable?? TimelessPaper has a whole series of nautical themes that I think are just too cute.

Bugs are back. =(

And no not mosquitos. You may remember awhile ago I posted on the blog about email issues we were having - seems to be the case again. I've gotten a few phone calls from brides wondering why I haven't responded to an email and I had! For some reason my emails are not getting through and I'm not technically enough to figure out why! If you are expecting an email from me and haven't received one yet, please do email me again. Our response time is usually very quick with emails, normally no longer than 24 or 36 hours and often within just a couple hours - so again, if you've emailed me longer than 3 days ago and don't have a response, please let me know!

Succulents as Favors

Succulents as Favors

A friend of mine sent me this link - I haven't had much of a chance to explore the site yet, but it seems to be dedicated to wedding favors, or really, favors in general. I'm a HUGE fan of wedding favors! Favors and cakes, it's my thing. Love them both. I think they are a great way for the bride & groom to reflect their personalities. Now, succulents as favors would not really work out for a destination wedding. I'm pretty sure customs would say "heck no" if you tried to leave St. Thomas with a local plant. But I had to share the idea, I thought it was adorable! And the website - if you're favor nutty like myself, its definitely worth exploring.

We're home!

We made it back to the islands earlier this week and are glad to be back. Although, after viewing the images of this wedding we had in June on St. John, at the lovely A La Mer Villa, I wish THIS were home!!

Check out this back yard!!





And the front yard isn't too shabby either!



I'm not sure I could rent this place for a week's vacation - they would have to have security remove me. Great job to Eric Johnson of Paradise Pictures - lovely!

Tiniest Wedding Crasher to date!

We had a lovely vow renewal lsst week - I was watching the cremony when a tiny little crab crawled out to say hello. Can you see him in the sand?

I'm still off island and will return on Sunday. I do have email access but can not configure my laptop to send mail from the place I am staying, so I have to drive a mile away just to get my emails to send (thank you free wifi at Starbucks!).