A great local island favor!

I was in one of the higher end grocery stores on St. Thomas last week and saw a little display with these adorable mason jars filled with local rum cake. I immediately thought these would make awesome wedding favors! Locally made local products are always the most sought after favors for island weddings and this one is too cute. Check them out at Virgin Island Rum Cakes!

PS Another great thing about these favors? They're local so you don't have to worry about shipping them here or bringing them with you!

If only I had 1/2 a bottle of wine...

I was scrolling through Facebook today as I was awaiting a group to arrive from the Freedom of the Seas for their Lindquist Beach wedding...and I stumbled upon this photo from Isola Bella:

My eyes may have popped out of my head a little bit. I love, love, love this. I mean, how cute can it be? I have a slight obsession with wine bottle stoppers (and salt & pepper shakers but no need to go there today). Unfortunately, there never seems to be a bottle of wine sitting around my house that needs to be corked - those puppies are usually finished shortly after they are opened! =) I think these would make fabulous bridal party gifts though.

I also received an email from Isola Bella yesterday introducing their newest St. John based design. If you have ever been to St. John, then you are already familiar with the infamous petroglyph symbol (when I first saw it, I thought it looked a lot like an outline of a dog nostril - which still made sense to me because St John is so dog friendly!). These would make a fabulous favor for your guests, just take a peak at the second photo for an idea on how to present them to guests.

And guess what?! This weekend they are having a sale! You can take 10% off your online purchases by entering the code SUNNYDAYS. It is this weekend only - Friday through Sunday. Shop away! OH!! And best of all...if you want to order anything specifically for your wedding, let Gina know that you are an Island Bliss Bride. I can pick up the order for you and hold it until your wedding day - no shipping fees!

(Disclaimer: Isola Bella does not pay me or even ask for me to promote their items - I just really love their stuff and think the items make great island favors for your guests!)

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!

More fun with rum!

As promised...

Cruzan Rum is locally made here in the Virgin Islands, which makes it a perfect "local favor". It comes in many different flavors (my favorite is the coconut flavor - mix it with Coke and it tastes like a suntan!).

Jenny & Eric were married last night on Magen's Bay



They then moved to Villa Botanica for their reception



It's one of my all time favorite venues!

But you're here to read about fun with rum...so let me get to that point. Jenny & Eric brought with them three different types of shot glasses as favors for their guests. A shot glass was placed at each table setting, along with a miniature bottle of Cruzan Rum with the guests name attached - a favor AND a placecard, you know how much I love that!





Their colors were bright pink, orange and green. All the shot glasses were green, and the table clothes were a mix of orange and pink. I just love this shot here...nothing better than "Grandma" on top of a bottle of rum!