Since our reception will be at night, I really love the idea of having candles on the tables. The problem is that Aruba is really windy. To have candles they will have to be in large hurricane vases or lanterns. I found some lanterns I love on Pottery Barn’s website but have not yet found a supplier in Aruba that has something like this available to rent. At least not contemporary nickel lanterns like the ones I’ve fallen in love with.

So, now one of my projects for the summer is scavenging stores to try to find similar less expensive lanterns or a really good Pottery Barn promo code. I’m thinking I’d like 15-20 of these in various sizes and shapes both on the dinner tables and on the peripheral lounge seating group tables.