Just another day in Paradise!

The countdown continues on and we are just about at the 4 month mark. OH. MY. GOSH. I seriously am getting so giddy as each day passes.

Thankfully our resort has a picasso web album online where they update pictures of every aspect of their weddings from ceremony spots to cakes to fire dancers! Recently I noticed that the ceremony locations are decorated a lot more than usual with lots of colors and accessories.

What's different about having a destination wedding is that most of the details are squared away when you arrive unlike traditional weddings where that stuff is taken care of months prior. We will arrive 3 days prior to our wedding and will meet with our wedding coordinator a day or two before to go over everything. In the mean time I've been e-mailing her every so often with questions. Recently I inquired about the decorations and if there is a fee associated with setting up the gazebo like the picture below.

I got back a pleasant e-mail with information on the decoration fees for the ceremony location and it honestly was a great price. I really want to avoid bringing down lots of checked baggage full of OOT stuff and decorations, so it's totally worth paying the fee if it spares me packing more. It includes a runner, tall glass vase with fake flowers, chair sashes and veil for the gazebo (those sheets wrapped around columns).

This is where the ceremony will be held. My stomach does butterflies every time I look at this. I've been picturing my wedding day for years now and I can't believe we're only months away!

Here is a picture from the inside. I have yet to determine what color I will be using since the color of the BM dresses isn't exactly a common one. Blue Steel is more of a blue gray so maybe I'll accent it with yellow chair sashes? What do you think?

*all pictures were taken from here.

Going to the chapel and we're gonnna get MARRIED! (singing)

You can't help but starting singing along to that song when you hear it! OK well back to reality... so when we decided to have a destination wedding at the Majestic Elegance Resort we had numerous options to choose from as far as the actual ceremony goes and also the reception. Our wedding package includes the option of having your ceremony on the beach, at the gazebo, or in the chapel. While we thought the beach was set up beautifully we just didn't think it was our best option since it can tend to be windy and you can't prevent people walking half naked on the beach to end up in your photos. Not exactly what I envisioned when looking back on my wedding day. Plus I've seen numerous pictures of brides with their veils flying in the air from the wind and that would annoy me. So we nixed that idea real quick and figured we would get some great shots on the beach after.

So we decided on the gazebo. Surround by luscious gardens and a beautiful walkway that resembles walking down the aisle. It's cozy and intimate so all our guests can be part of the ceremony.

I just love how they decorate it! I can envision DIY programs now!

I look at this picture above and get really excited because this will probably be the view that my FI has as he watches me walk down the aisle with my father. Butterflies!!! I love this post because it really gets me so excited for the big day.

Was it easy for you to choose a sight for the ceremony? What would you choose if you were in my shoes?

Source of all pictures: here, and here

My colors are blush and bashful!

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HAHA! Every time I think about a wedding I refer back to the movie "Steel Magnolias" because it is just so funny when they describe Shelby's wedding. My sister and I to this day always quote that line when we talk about my colors.



















(source: here, here, here, not specified, here, Belle Nouvelle Designs, Joyful Heart Design)
Anyways, I thought I would attempt to create an inspiration board with the theme and color scheme of the wedding. Side note: making an inspiration board for the first time was a task in itself and I'm hoping it gets easier in the future!

So my two older sisters used cobalt and lavender/lilac for their wedding colors so I didn't want to repeat any of that plus I wanted to keep a similar beachy color theme. I didn't want it to be too bright though. My favorite color since I was little was blue, like a sky/tiffany blue, so it wasn't hard for me to choose a color. The question is, what kind of blue? I found a color, steel blue, when looking for bridesmaid dresses on dessy.com and fell in love with that color of the tiffany blue! As much as I love tiffany blue, it is just a little too bright for me for a wedding.


I want to also incorporate a little bit of yellow or orange as the accent color either on tables/chairs or in the flowers. This is all still a work in progress but i'm excited that I chose my color!


Was it easy to pick out a color/theme? What did you end up choosing?