Ritz Carlton Naples Wedding

July 29th, 2008

Janna and Jason were married in Naples, Florida. Their ceremony was held at St. Ann’s Catholic Church and their reception was held at the Ritz Carlton. Janna got ready at the Pelican Bay condos. We got some great pictures of Janna inside.

bride

bride

bride

brideTheir cocktail reception was held outside in the Tea Garden at the Ritz Carlton. They had a great selection of different seafoods and refreshing cocktails.

Ritz Tea Garden

sushi

crab

cocktails

Janna and Jason had some lovely beach pictures of them and their bridal party.

bride and groom on beach

bride and groom kissing

bridal party

They had an intimate reception beautiful decorated in white - white curtains, white linens, white couches, white flowers…

reception room

The ring bearer was one of our favorite subjects for the evening…

ring bearer

ring bearer

ring bearer

In addition to their cake, they also served beatiful little tarts.

cake cutting

dessert tarts

wedding cake

The most unique feature of their evening was their ice sculpture…a martini luge!

martini luge

martini luge

Grandezza Country Club, Estero Wedding

July 29th, 2008

Nicole and Shawn were married on May 31, 2008 at the Grandezza Country Club located in Estero, Florida.

Here are some of our favorite getting ready photos…

Wedding ring

Wedding ring

engagement ring

bride looking out of window

For the ceremony, they had these cute fans set on each chair.

fans

Grandezza has beautiful spots for pictures. This spot had great palm trees in the background.

bridesmaids

bride and groom

bride and groom

At the reception, Nicole and Eric had chocolate covered pretzels as well as little photo albums as party favors for each of their guests!

pretzels

photo album

Their cake was lovely…but check out their groom’s cake!

wedding cake

grooms cake

Here’s a great picture of the bride and groom during their first dance.

first dance

Verandah Country Club

July 24th, 2008

Melissa and Trent were married at the classy Verandah Country Club located in Fort Myers, Florida.

Verandah sign

Here are some of the getting ready photos:

bride jacket

bride and flower girl

For their boutonnieres, the groomsmen had pipes!

pipes

pipe boutonnieres

groomsmen

The wedding ceremony took place outside in a beautiful area shaded wonderfully by some large Florida oak trees.

wedding ceremony

groomsmen

bride and groom kissing

At their reception they served Norman Love chocolates, located in Fort Myers, but known nationwide!

Norman Love Chocolates

bride and groom dancing

wedding guests

wedding cake

South Seas Resort Wedding

July 24th, 2008

On May 3, 2008 Maureen and Alan got married at the beautiful South Seas Resort located on the very tip of Captiva Island. Here are some of our favorite images from the wedding…

They had frisbees made with their names and wedding date for all their guests!

frisbee

wedding rings

starfish ceremony decor

South Seas Resort has a lovely boardwalk for pictures!

bride and groom on boardwalk

For their table number cards they had pictures of the two of them from different places that they visited together.

table numbers

At their reception they had these lovely dessert parfaits in addition to their beautiful wedding cake.

dessert parfaits

wedding cakewedding cake

Captiva Island Wedding

July 18th, 2008

Tonya and Victor were married June 18, 2008 at the quaint Tween Waters Inn located on Captiva Island, Florida.

Instead of wearing the traditional white wedding gown, Tonya wore a beautiful tea length blue and beige lacy wedding dress. It was lovely on her!

wedding dress

Tween Waters Inn

They had an intimate ceremony on the beach where we took a few images of the wedding couple.

kiss on the beach

walking on beach

Tonya and Victor

At their reception they had an asian theme for their decor.

table signs

fortune cookie

Instead of having a wedding cake, they had scrumptious little cupcakes!

cupcakes

Castaways Beach and Bay Cottages, Sanibel-Captiva Island Wedding

July 16th, 2008

Susan and Jeff were married at the charming Castaways Beach and Bay Cottages located where Sanibel and Captiva Islands meet. A perfect place for an intimate wedding.

wedding dress

rings

rings

bride and groom walking on the beach

La Playa Beach and Golf Resort, Naples Wedding

July 2nd, 2008

Laura and Brandon were married at the peaceful and luxurious La Playa Beach and Golf Resort located in Naples, Florida on June 20, 2008.

wedding dress

getting ready

engagement ring

La Playa

La Playa 

They had a lovely ceremony located on the lawn and formal bridal party pictures on the beach.

wedding ceremony

beach pictures

Their reception was held indoors in a lovely beachfront banquet room.

table decor

party favors

Captiva Island Private Beach Wedding

June 19th, 2008

Alisha and Dan were married on April 22, 2008 in a private beach home on beautiful Captiva Island, Florida. Captiva Island is full of lovely private beach homes that are a great place for intimate destination beach weddings.

This Captiva home had many lovely places for pictures.

Captiva Beach Home

Bride getting ready

Bride getting ready

beach ceremony

bride and groom formals

bride and groom formals

For their gifts, the bridesmaids’ received pink flasks with their initials engraved on them!

bridesmaids gifts

footprints in sand

Photo Guest Book

May 27th, 2008

Recently we photographed a wedding that had a photo book as their guest book. The guests were to take a picture of themselves using a polaroid camera, then stick the polaroid in the photo book and write a message to the bride and groom! What a cute idea! We took a few pictures of us for their photo guest book!

guest book

guest book

Sanibel Harbour Resort Latin Wedding

May 8th, 2008

Priscilla and Tony were married at the Sanibel Harbour Resort on March 29, 2008.

Sanibel Harbour Resort

Their ceremony was held outdoors on Sanibel Harbour’s private beach and their reception was held indoors in their lovely Island banquet room. wedding ceremony

wedding ceremony

The Island banquet room is a favorite at Sanibel Harbour because more than half of the room consists of ceiling to floor windows that overlook the Gulf of Mexico with a beautiful sunset view.

Islands Banquet roomIslands Banquet room

Priscilla and Tony had a large bridal party with 12 bridesmaids, 12 groomsmen, a ring bearer and a flower girl, and 2 dogs!

bridesmaids

groomsmen

wedding party

bride and groom and dogs

 At the ceremony, they had a basket full of colorful towels and soft paint brushes for the guests to wipe the sand of their feet!

basket

Priscilla and Tony had a beautiful sunset for their formal pictures…

bride and groom

bride and groom

bride and groom sunset

They went all out for their reception. The tables were full of beautiful colorful floral centerpieces and seashells. Their party favors for their guests were wine bottles with their names on them and bottle openers!

party favors

first dance