Photos from Sayaka & Jeff's Wedding

I received these photos from Cheryl Shoemaker's Wedding Assistant, Ruth Powell, of Orchid Isle Weddings & Events. These wonderful images are from Sayaka and Jeff's wedding on May 2, 2008 at the Kona Plantation! Thank you Ruth for sharing these wonderful images with me. :) To recap, I did the OOT bag tags, OOT itineraries, wedding menu/program, and wedding favors.

Sayaka also expressed interest in replicating her bouquet since she was not able to preserve it after her wedding.

Things have been rather hectic while I have been away from the studio. This trip to Oahu was jam packed with classes, but at the same time it was a good chance to get away! Believe it or not, I didn't even make it to the beach this trip! How sad is that! Oh well, the good news is that I am now officially 100% focused on DK Designs!!! I decided that my part-time job was becoming too much to handle with all the increased business I've been receiving. I don't think I will ultimately feel the effects until I get back to the studio and start on all my wedding orders for the balance of May-July! It feels like though that a weight has been lifted and I am pursuing my life-long dream of clay flowers and wedding invitations/details!

OOT Bags for Big Island Wedding

So I had pictures of some comps I did for a client a month or two ago. The wedding is almost here. Sayaka and Jeff tie the knot on May 2nd! Sayaka's family is flying in from Japan and Jeff's family is from the East Coast so it just so happens they are kind of meeting about half way! They are getting married at the beautiful Kona Plantation.

I asked Orchid Isle Weddings & Events if they could take some snapshots of the OOT bags since typically the photographer who shoots the actual wedding doesn't get to take these pics unless the bride remembers to make it part of the details to shoot. So thank you to Ruth Powell (Cheryl Shoemaker's assistant) who took these great pictures for me!

Sayaka requested all of the items to have the phrase "Makana Aloha" which losely translated is "gifts of Aloha or gifts of love". They wanted plumerias for the OOT items and the wedding day details use the orange cymbidium. It's kind of fitting because the favors we did are tiny wooden turtles with mini white plumerias for the men attending the wedding and the women get orange cymbidium orchid favors. I hope to share in the coming months pictures from the photographer who is shooting their wedding! Until then... enjoy!

Out of Town Guest Bags - Kicking off Your Wedding with Style!

Many destination wedding couples want to welcome their guests, who have sometimes come from very far places to be a part of this wonderful occasion. A few of my clients have requested personalized welcome tags, water bottle sleeves and wedding week itineraries. Most wedding coordinators can help the bride/groom with local goodies for a service fee if the couple cannot do it themselves. The bags can be as elaborate as those nice canvas beach bags or even just nice color coordinated paper shopping totes!

This particular client requested oranges and yellows as her color theme and wanted the cymbidium orchid. This is such a nice way to greet and welcome your guests at their hotel room. Especially since they probably just got off a long flight! You definitely want to throw in some great local items (in Hawaii the popular things are macadamia nuts, Maui chips, Kona coffee, shortbread macadamia nut cookies (Big Island Candies or Honolulu Cookie Company are my two favorites!), and of course the local tour/activity guides!