Well we placed the flower order! The table and canopy set-up test run we were hoping for yesterday didn’t happen. I can’t remember what came up. So, I still don’t know how long the tables are (we’ve been planning for 2 long tables of 20 each). So, we’re just going to ‘wing it’. We just [...]

Somehow I managed to get myself all worked up again yesterday. There is now pressure to make final decisions yet I don’t feel like I have all the information I need to make them so I start to panic. Luckily this is where my groom and I work well together. As I become this crumpled [...]

Here are some pictures of some flowers I’m told are readily available in Aruba (though not necessarily grown there). I received a list but had to look a lot of them up so I thought I’d make a collection here. Some were flowers I hadn’t heard of or knew by another name. I’ve been [...]

When we went to Aruba in May, we happened to visit the Marriott on an evening when a wedding reception was going on. It was a small party of maybe 15-20 people. When we were there we saw them on the patio eating dinner. It was a beautiful night and everyone seemed to be having [...]

Well I’m told that there is a proposal on its way for the flowers and I’m getting a little anxious. I had a number in my mind that I thought we had budgeted for flowers, and was afraid the quote will come in 40-50% higher. Then we analyzed the budget again and it turns out [...]