First I want to THANK all of the wonderful people that I have gotten to ‘meet’ through this blog! While I started this to help other couples I’m amazed at how much THEY are helping ME! Its been such a help to share ideas with others going through the same thing and even have opportunities [...]

I am happy, happy to announce that our favorite lanterns will soon be available in Aruba. By mid-August our independent wedding planner will have these in her possession! One of my ‘must-haves’ is candlelight for dinner, however the wind in Aruba makes that a challenge! We got excited about the prospect of lanterns but were [...]

Well I know I’ve been quiet the last week or so. We’re kind of in a holding pattern with the planning of the wedding itself. The wedding planner at the Marriott likes to start planning about 3 months out, so in the next two weeks or so that process should be underway.
These last several days [...]

One function we are planning to have is a Welcome Party on the night we expect most of our guests to arrive. (Most guests will arrive around 2pm on Thursday – Wedding is Saturday.) What started as an informal, ‘Stop down to [designated space] at [time] and introduce yourself’ has turned into a real party. [...]

OMG – this is an awesome day on Gilt! Stila bronzing powders and 24 kt lip gloss over half off. Fun, funky tropical beach wear and dresses from TIBI. Below are pictures of just a few of the items on sale. I really need to stop looking at this site! Gilt offers private 2 day [...]

Suddenly in the last week I’ve been having trouble sleeping. It seems that as I crawl into bed I suddenly start thinking about all of the wedding stuff I haven’t done yet! The day before yesterday I realized there is less than 4 months to go and I hadn’t even started looking at invitations, didn’t [...]

I think we have a wedding day itinerary! I’m not one that sees myself getting married ‘at sunset’, but the sunset will definitely play a part. So before we could even start putting a schedule together we had to find out when sunset is. Here’s a great website that will tell you the sunset time [...]

This weekend my fiance and I were hanging out in the bookstore and of course I was sitting with a pile of wedding books and magazines in front of me! I stumbled across a couple of books by Karen Bussen that I loved! Lots of tips for a simple, sophisticated decor. In a place like [...]

I want to take a moment to say “Thank You!” to the brides that have emailed me letting me know they have found this journal helpful! I really appreciate the feedback. I’m eager to hear from couples that are going through or have gone through this process and planned a wedding in Aruba. I’d love [...]

Well unfortunately there hasn’t been much progress in the last couple of weeks. I’m still waiting on proposals for decorating (using outside vendors) and still have a lot of unanswered questions. The latest issue is trying to sort out the Welcome Party. The Marriott says they don’t really start planning the wedding details until about [...]