Contemporary Island Wedding Inspiration

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Met a darling British couple last week looking for a stylist for their small but elegant December wedding.   I put together a couple of inspiration boards based on the relayed description of their style; contemporary and sleek with a color palette of bright white, silver, grey, and platinum.

Wedding Shoot Inspiration Boards

Well Read Rustic Concept Wedding Inspiration

Images via 100layercake, stylemepretty, greenweddingshoes, weddingchicks,

 everythingcoordinated, ohjoy, and pinterest

 Here are a few lovely little inspiration boards I created for an upcoming project I will be collaborating with brilliant on.  Last November Brilliant welcomed two new members to their team of talented photographers; South African born Chanelle and Craig of Segerius-Bruce Photography.  This couple, who clearly have a penchant for travel, have spent the last dozen years perfecting their craft in the UK and beyond.  Chanelle comes from a freelance retouching and graphic design background, working for such clients as the renowned  Mario Testino.  Their skills speak for themselves when you see their work.  I am thrilled they have packed their bags and moved to the Turks and Caicos Islands and am delighted that we will be working together on upcoming photo shoots, both real and  . . . . well, wonderfully realized until some adoring couple breathes life of their own into them!

Caribbean Boheme Concept Wedding Inspiration

 Images via bohocircus, greerloves, stylemepretty, etsy, marthastewart, snippet&ink, birch&bird, kissthegroom, and pinterest

 We hope that these shoots will inspire our clients to let their imaginations run wild when it comes to individualizing their weddings.  The Turks and Caicos Islands have so much more beauty and enchantment to offer couples than our stunning beaches and blue water.  We will be highlighting some of these lesser known gems in terms of locations, local flora and fruits, themes and ideas that reveal the many facets of these islands.

Row to Romance Concept Wedding Inspiration

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Beach Tree Wedding Arch

Image via brilliant

On February 2nd TC Millwork was contracted to set this beautiful beach tree arch for Sandra and Jon's wedding.  This is a stylish and affordable option for couples that desire an organic, beachy look, more unique than your typical beach ceremony set-up.  It can be set as a two post, or a four post, and decorated with small conch shells (as shown here), flowers, vines, ribbon, lanterns, or whatever you wish!  This is a picture perfect place to use your imagination!  Please contact me for pricing.  To see more of Sandra and Jons gorgeous day, please see brilliant's blog.

Driftwood Wedding

TC Millwork was contracted to design and build a driftwood chuppah for a wedding December 28th at the Grace Bay Club.  Brilliant did a gorgeous job of photographing the Tropicaldmc affair, please see all the gorgeousness on their blog; rustic-glam-beach-wedding. 

This four post arch is constructed of reclaimed wood, large pieces from a Haitian sloop wreckage, as well as curving branches of driftwood.  It may be decorated with a fabric canopy and flowers, as pictured above, or raw as these three images show.

It may also be set as a two post for a simplified look or smaller wedding, or in additional segments to canopy a dinner reception.  A variety of canopies are available in sheer organza, lace, or cotton.

This arch may be rented (installation and strike included) for any wedding or event, please contact us for rates and details!

Tropical DMC Wedding featured on Style Me Pretty

 All images via stylemepretty

 Lorcan and Caroline married at the Grace Bay Estates last April.  Caroline had done a superb job establishing the overall style of their picture perfect affair.  They couple chose wisely and it shows;

 The most beautiful beach, world renowned Grace Bay.

Darling invitations and paper products.

A divine gown.

Special island touches.

A lush and serene location.

And, of course, the Tropical DMC team who weaved all their well laid plans together.  From the beautiful breezy arch,

to the sweet florals,

to flawless hair and make-up

to the precious peony crowned cake,

 

and a few good fleur-de-lys finishing touches

 for good measure.

What fun it was to style for such a pretty affair!

Congratulations to Lorcan and Caroline!

and big thanks to stylemepretty for sharing this too lovely for words Turks and Caicos destination wedding. 

To see more images please visit the full gallery.

Styling - Meg and Brians Wedding 11.12.11

Last November I had the great opportunity to style for a wedding at Bajacu villa, designed by the famous Mexican architect Marco Aldaco.  The property is stunning; 360 degree villa views of Caribbean perfection set atop one of the highest peaks on Providenciales.

The villa itself is architecturally multifaceted, true to Aldoco's nature, and nestled into a gorgeous tropical landscape.  But it doesn't stop there. A narrow, native stone winding path leads down to the ocean, where the above images were backdropped beautifully by the talented Melinda Le Photography. 

Bajacu is bold and richly colored, perfect for the "bohemian chic" color inspiration behind mbweddingdesigns palette.  When designing the florals I used watermelon peonies for luscious large pops of color, coral snapdragons and pink genistra for spice, and lily grass to give the bouquets a wild touch.  To coordinate with luxe linens and chiavari chairs I requested a gold hued floral and Gemma from Environmental Arts made the excellent suggestion to use kangaroo paw . . .  perfection! 

As you can see, the bouquet needed to be incredible! Given this gorgeous of a location and this beautiful of a bride, I must say the ladies at Environmental Arts did a fabulous job of breathing life into my vision!

 

 

We created  boutonierres with coral freesia and lily grass, statement making wrist corsages for the mother of the bride and groom, and an adorable peony pom for the flower girl.  The ringbearer carried a small conch shell filled with bright pink petals to hold the precious gems.  Morroccan style lanterns filled with candles and flower petals lined the aisle to the ceremony sight, and what a sight it was at sunset!

The tablescapes featured ocean inspired linens, white coral centerpieces, and vivid florals.  I could go on and on but instead here are a few more of my behind the scenes images of the tablescapes below:

Our congratulations to Meg and Brian!  It was an honor to style for such a beautifully orchestrated affair.