Sugar & Spice Luxe Beauty Studios

I have to apologize in advance because I know this blog post is going to sound like an advertisment. It is totally not meant to be! I am not being paid or rewarded for my following rave on Sugar & Spice Studios. As all of my clients know, when I am asked for a recommendation on hair & make-up services, Sugar & Spice is the only company that I recommend. Before this year, they were a traveling team, coming to your hotel or villa to help you get ready for your big day. But this year, the opened up their very own salon and I could not be more happy for them. Their space in the prestiogious Yacht Haven Grande is just gorgeous. Check it out for yourself:






Check them out on Facebook as well for additional photos - especially their bridal section. They also have a great website, which includes booking and pricing information. They do everything from bridal hair & make-up (and flowers for your hair!) to eyelash extensions, Brazilian blowouts, waxing, massage, whatever you need to be pampered on your wedding day. And they can still come to your room to help you get ready there!

And want to hear a funny story? The owner, JeT'aime, has been doing make-up and hair services for my brides for years. In May 2010, she actually met her boyfriend, now fiance!, at one of my weddings! He is now living in St. Thomas and opened his own jet ski business at Bolongo Bay, 340 WaterSports! Look how amazingly gorgeous they are, inside & out!

Poms and stands - need a good home!

A bride of mine that is getting married later this month is looking for a good home for these gorgeous silk pomandors and iron stands.



We'll be using them to mimic this look:



Please let me know if you would be interested in doing something similar for your own wedding - if I have enough brides that are interested, we may be able to "rent" them out instead which could break down to some fairly inexpensive elegant decor!

Welcome Me Back! =)

So as most of my clients know, I've been home for a little over a week now (actually two weeks! I wrote this last week and it never posted!). But I haven't had much of a chance to get the blog updated. My laptop is on it's very last leg. It will definitely be dying soon (I go through one every two years!). I have been moving my files over, one by one, to my new laptop but it is not completely set up yet. I had to log into my old, dying laptop to update the blog with photos. As I type, I can feel it slowly dying in my arms and I just hope it lets me finish this post before it says goodbye...

My husband and I had a wonderful two week vacation to Europe! I lived in Amsterdam as a nanny for a year before I went to college and so I took him back to Holland to visit my old stomping grounds. You can not go to Holland without taking a cheesy tour of windmills, wooden shoe factories and cheese farms...


While sitting in the plaza in Haarlem,



we were surprised to see a crowd form in front of the town hall and then a white car pull up as the crowd cheered. Out popped a bride & groom to enter the hall and sign the wedding registry. Of course I popped up with my camera and got a photo to share with you all!



Even 1/2 way around the world, we couldn't escape weddings! It's nice to be back though and we're getting back into the swing of things. We have a busy fall schedule ahead and I'm excited to get started on it!

I know I'm on vacation but....!!!!

Check this out!!




Island Bliss Weddings is featured on Style Me Pretty today!! Go check it out!

If you came to the blog by seeing us on Style Me Pretty, thanks for stopping by! Please see the post below, as our offices are closed for the rest of September. If you're looking for more information, please send me an email and I'll get back to you just as soon as I can!

Official Vacation Notice: see you in October!

Island Bliss Weddings will be on vacation from September 12th to the 30th. We will not be able to return phone calls during this time. We will do our best to respond to emails but may not have a lot of internet access while we are away. We look forward to serving you upon our return!

Underwater Wedding!

Worried about rain on your wedding day? How about this as an alternative?? Go ahead and get wet.




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A unique cocktail hour...

Earlier this month we had a wedding at one of my favorite spots, Peace Hill on St. John. There is an old sugar mill ruin there that adds to its beauty. Our bride & groom decided to have a pre-ceremony cocktail hour for their guests and what better place to have it than INSIDE the sugar mill?? Not only was it incredibly unique, but it also provided much appreciated shade for the guests!


Here are a few other images of the ceremony and Peace Hill.