I’m glad to say I’m still hearing about how much people loved our ceremony! In fact, last night I was hanging out with one of my guests. On his return flight he happened to sit next to a young couple that had just honeymooned in Aruba. They were staying at the Marriott Ocean club next [...]

We had our ceremony on the beach at the Aruba Marriott. Sunset was at 6:14 that night so we chose to have our ceremony start at 4:30. We did not want a ’sunset ceremony’. Our idea was we would have the ceremony, then guests would move on to the cocktail hour to enjoy steel pan [...]

There were some things I liked about the Mandara Spa at the Marriott’s Ocean Club property next door to the resort. They have Phyto products which are awesome (in particular their volumizing spray). They use Bare Escentuals mineral make-up which is what I use at home! They gave me ice water with lemon which was [...]

Well I think this is the week things are really going to start coming together. As expected, I am now getting LOTS of emails from our independent wedding planner — she rocks! One thing she has is a stylist who will come to your room and do your hair and make-up. Her up-dos cost much [...]

After several emails with the manager of the Mandara Spa, I now have ‘tentative’ appointments for Saturday for me, my girls (bridesmaids) and my mom. I had to secure the appointment with my credit card but am told it will not be charged until the appointment. (You can cancel up to 24 hours before the [...]

Well I haven’t given much thought to “Something Borrowed, Something Blue” yet, but I have finally started looking for my bridal jewelry. Aside from my engagement ring I don’t have anything glam. I’ve been looking for some really nice CZ pieces but am shocked at how expensive they are. Then I stumbled across a site [...]

I’m sure I’m not the only bride that suffers from moments of irrational sensitivity, but boy do I feel bad when it happens. One thing I want to get crossed off my list is my appointments for my bridal hair and makeup and trial run. I emailed our hotel wedding planner asking if she can [...]

I just stumbled across a tip from a make-up artist about getting married in hot climates – consider an IcyBag! I’m afraid these aren’t glamorous or sexy but am glad I found out about this sooner rather than later! Imagine a 90º wedding ceremony – you’re ok because of the Aruban wind – but you [...]

Here are a few of my wedding photography tips that I’ve collected from various places…

Have your make-up professionally done! Make-up that is going to look great in photos is tough to do. I has to be heavier to stay on all day. So many brides have make-up that’s washed out or try to put heavier [...]

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 [...]