Today's absolutely gorgeous destination wedding in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii was photographed by Kricia Morris Photography. Jamie and William were surrounded by their closest family and friends while they recited their vows in a private garden at Royal Kona Resort overlooking the Pacific ocean. I'm loving the brides pink sash around her dress and the pink wrapped bouquet stems. There's even a little starfish tucked into Jamie's bouquet. You can see more of this wedding on Kricia's blog.

Today's Real Wedding comes to use from Kricia Morris Photography who has just recently re-located to Hawaii. For those either already in Hawaii or if you are planning a destination wedding, Kricia is currently running a special and you can receive $100 off the package of your choice if you book before February 28th, 2010. I'm in love with the red in Mia and Sam's wedding, and it's perfect timing too with Valentine's Day just around the corner. I don't see red all that often for weddings lately, but I think it's such a great color. Well, it's actually my favorite color, along with pink :)

What an amazing sight, a rainbow during the wedding, love it!!!

This last shot is just spectacular - I love the angle of the shot and the water beneath them, stunning.

Thank you Kricia for sharing this gorgeous wedding with us. To see more from Kricia Morris Photography, please be sure to visit her web site and blog.

Additional Wedding Vendors:
Florist: Emi's Flowers and Gifts
DJ: Hawaii Sound & Vision
Venue: Hyatt Regency Waikiki

Today's Eye Candy features several amazing white on white bouquets. The first is the amazing bride's bouquet from an eco-friendly Alabama wedding photographed by Kricia Morris Photography. This wedding took place in August before Kricia re-located to Hawaii. I love the white on white, so striking.

Click here and here to see the entire wedding from Kricia Morris Photography.

Next up are the gorgeous bouquets created by Carissa of JL Designs, photographed by Ryan Phillips Photography. Each bridesmaid held a small bouquet of white flowers and the brides bouquet was made up of each of the flowers.

To see more photos from this wedding, please click here.

Last Monday, I featured a calla lily inspired yellow and navy blue wedding for a bride (via Kricia Morris Photography), and today I have a few additional images to share with you. This past week, Carissa of JL Designs posted images from a beautiful wedding on her blog where she created floral arrangements with yellow callas and the bridesmaids wore navy blue dresses. Exactly what the bride was looking for, so I just had to feature a few of the photos, taken by Sweet Monday Photography.
You can see more images from this wedding at JL Designs' blog and Sweet Monday Photography's blog.

Coming up next . . . inspirational photos and ideas for a festive summer party

Today's lovely Real Wedding comes to us from Kricia Morris Photography in Florida. Kricia was so kind to ask Amberly to send us some details on her wedding. The wedding took place in Pensacola, FL on March 7, 2009 and the bride writes:
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"I wore a strapless A-line dress with beaded gold corded lace from David's Bridal. The gold lavaliere necklace I wore was my great grandmother's. We used my parents champagne glasses for the toast. My parents engraved our names along side theirs. I thought that was really cool.
The bridesmaids dresses were in truffle. The only rules I gave them was that it had to be in truffle and tea length. They were free to choose the style of dress and shoes they liked best. The girls wore the pearl necklaces I gave them. The guys' tuxes came from MW Tux. Nate wore champagne and the boys wore truffle.

My hair was done by Jacob Head at Profiles Salon. Makeup done by Heath Blackwood at MAC.
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The idea of giving your bridesmaids a color and length of dress, and letting them choose their own that suits them, as well as the shoes is great! I LOVE how each bridesmaids style is shown in her shoes {see photo below}.
continuing from Amberly {the bride}:
As for flowers, Linda King only did the bridesmaids and my bouquet and Nate's and the groomsmen boutonnieres. My mom and a friend made the alter arrangements and other boutonnieres/corsages. Eleanor Buskirk made the cakes. Mine was alternating layers of amaretto with raspberry filling and chocolate. The groom's was Nate's favorite carrot cake. Nate can never have too many flashlights. He loves them for some crazy reason. That's why we decorated the cake that way. Everything else was done by my mom, Katherine Costello, with help from friends and family.

Nate and I met while working at Portofino Resort on Pensacola Beach. We started dating a couple of weeks before Hurricane Ivan hit. Being without a job, electricity, and water for weeks gave us the chance to really get know each other. We've been together ever since."
Thank you so much Amberly and Nate for sharing your day with us and to Kricia of Kricia Morris Photography for taking such lovely photos.