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St Thomas wedding package for nautically inclined Author: Feb 15

When you have an urge to be outdoors enjoying nature at its best, no place is better than the U.S. Virgin Islands.

You have the blue sea, boats of all kinds, sandy beaches and weddings.

Put them all together and you have a formula for a tropical wedding paradise.

If you two are adventurous and looking for a unique wedding read on.

 

 Whether you’re looking for the perfect location to escape the everyday and get married in an intimate ceremony or just want a different alternative to St.Thomas public beaches that  can get pretty crowded, especially in High Season.  By George we have it here.

You may end up getting your feet wet so if you are not the adventure craving, laid back, relaxing, exotic wanting wedding couple then stop reading here.

 

We have created a wonderful, romantic wedding ceremony package on Honeymoon Beach located on St.John.  An all inclusive package for your wedding day.

 

 The perfect St John Wedding romantic get away.

  • Unlimited phone consultation, email.
  • Marriage license processing and Court house fees
  • U.S.licensed Wedding Officiate.
  • On site coordinator for ceremony
  • Choice of vows
  • Bridal Bouquet and Groom boutonnière (mixed flower- color of choice)
  • (2) Certified copies of your marriage license from Court House sent via express mail
  • Round Trip transportation for Bride and Groom: To Court House, to ceremony and back to Ship or hotel.
  • Round Trip for Bride and Groom + 4 guests via private charter boat toSt. JohnandHoneymoonBeach. (1/2 Day private charter.)
  • St. Johnwedding location.HoneymoonBeachlocation fee included 
  • Certified Professional Photography package: one hour of coverage
  • A DVD with 80 high resolution digital negatives
  • Set of 4×6 proofs prints.
  • Online Gallery to show family and friends.
  • Photographers consultation

$2395.00

Up grade with a wedding cake decorated with fresh flowers, champagne and you have the mood, the scenery, and the memories. 

 

This package should have been called “The Best”. Because we didn’t skimp, you have the Best photographer Gary Felton, The best boat Captain Jimmy and The best wedding planner Deb McDonald.

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How to remember your St.Thomas wedding! Author: Aug 15

This is for the newly wed, new to be wed and renewal couples.

When was the last time you thought of your wedding ceremony?  Maybe it was on your last anniversary or perhaps when one of the kids started asking questions about your wedding.   Where did you get married, what was it like, who was there?

After a while, as special as the day was, do you remember all of the details?   What if along with the photo album you had a journal?   A notebook with your thoughts, ideas, concerns.  How great would that be? Just to pull it out every once in a while and take a look.

How great for children and grand children to have?  Maybe  given as a gift to them as they approach the same experience.

I know we all think how could anyone forget one of the most important days of your life. But we do, life gets in the way and  fine details get lost in more urgent day to day living.

So if you are in the midst of planning a wedding now or have just completed one.  Take time to jot down the special stuff.  The intimate moments, thoughts concerning friends, family, guest.  Funny, sad, in between , everything from getting engaged , telling your family and their reactions to picking a location for the ceremony.

Tell about the Taxi driver in St.Thomas or the place you ate before the wedding day. Include the Ferry ride to St.John and the beaches, how the sand felt and what your dreams were at that time.    Treat it like a diary (well maybe not) but you get the drift.

One last thing, make it a hand written journal, who knows on your 50th  anniversary it might be not only a journal but a time capsule. Oh ya tell about the great wedding planner you had too.

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How to write your wedding vows. Author: Oct 02

As a wedding Officiate I get asked all sort of questions by  bridal couples in regards to their ceremony.  However the top question asked is how do I write my vows?   What should I say?    How do I start?

While the speaking of vows are an important part of the ceremony it is really the most effortless part to create because it comes from the heart. 

I tell my couples to think of the vows as a promise to each other.  What do you promise to bring into this relationship? What drew you to your spouse to be?  What do you think is important to your future spouse, in which you want to confirm ,with a promise that you are going to full fill in this marriage?

Because that really is what vows are, a confirmation of your love and  support.

They are a declaration of Intention, below is prelude that I  use right before the  couple recite  their vows to each other.

Before the exchange of Vows.

The vows through which you will accept each other as husband and wife have no hidden power within them. Only to the extent that they express in words your continuing intention and commitment do they have meaning. And in a world where the pressures pushing people apart will sometimes feel stronger than those drawing people together, your commitment to one another will need to be creatively re-expressed in many different ways in the coming days and years.  The expression in today’s vows is an important and visible milestone in your journey together.

Speak from your heart but sometimes expressing oneself is a challenge .  If that is the case then do some research and find a poem or verse that  fits what your heart is feeling.   It might take a bit of energy and time but its worth it.

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194 Year celebrated with a wedding renewal ceremony Author: May 20
Beach Wedding by Deb renews five couple marriages

All total 194 years of marriage celebrated and renewed

Time flies when you are having fun. I have been so busy with this seasons weddings and happy couples I have not been living up to my new  years resolution of posting  on my blog as often as I should.

But I am going to make a good effort now.

One of the best times I had was doing a wedding renewal for five couples.   They met every year on St. John for a week long vacation and this year decided to have all of their marriages renewed together.

All total there are 194 years of wedded bliss pictured here.

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A St. Thomas Wedding. Author: Feb 16

Last week, I performed a wedding for a couple in their mid-forties. The bride was divorced with two children and the groom was widowed with one child, a young lady of 14 years.

The groom’s daughter requested to do a reading during the ceremony to help blend the two families.  Both bride and groom agreed.  She told me they were not privy to what she chose and prepared her diction and tone for days before the ceremony.

The piece she chose to read was given to her by her mother before she died of cancer. It was her mother’s favorite quote.

This is what she read.

“So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.  Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view, and demand that they respect yours.  Love your life, perfect your life, and beautify all things in your life.  Seek to make your life long and its purpose in the service of your people.

 Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.  Always give a word or a sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, even a stranger, when in a lonely place.   Show respect to all people and grovel to none.  When you arise in the morning give thanks for the food and for the joy of living.  If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies only in yourself.   Abuse no one and nothing, for abuse turns the wise ones to fools and robs the spirit of its vision.  When it comes your time to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with the fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way.  Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.”       Tecumseh   Shawnee Chief.

I think it has just become my favorite quote.

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International Weddings. Author: Feb 05

This is a first for me,  three international weddings so far this year and its only February.  I don’t  know if it has to do with the dollar and its value  or that the Virgin Islands is wedding capitol of the universe  but for what ever reason, I like it.

This last wedding was so romantic.  A couple from Roma, Italy.  The ceremony took place in St. John and was attended by me the Officiate, a Limo driver and the photographer as witnesses .   The Bride was bi-lingual English and Italian.   The Groom was a bit more challenged on the English side.  

They declined an option of having a translator available during the ceremony.  So how it worked was,  the Bride would translate for the groom.  It was really very sweet.  It also got me to thinking ,  The ceremony is really  a formal promise in front of witnesses.  But its what’s  in your heart, that really counts.  The look of love and devotion in the grooms eyes really said it all.

I spoke the vows very slowly, and he repeated after me correctly but I doubt that what ever he said did not match what his heart was saying.  

They are on the way back to Italy today and I am on my way to the Lt Governor office to get the apostilles signed to make every thing legal. 

But somehow I think it was  made legal in their hearts long ago.

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