Love can lead us to the happiest occasions — and generally the happiest occasions can lead us to like. That’s what occurred with Kim and Timmy. They met at a birthday celebration. It didn’t take lengthy to find that their personalities and humor meshed, launching them onto the street to an engagement and an island celebration the place they’d decide to everlasting, eternal love.
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Selecting a vacation spot
Armed with a mutual ardour for journey and journey, Kim and Timmy had a dream vacation spot in thoughts for his or her vows. “Jamaica was at all times on our want listing and neither of us had traveled there earlier than,” says Kim. “We wished to have a good time someplace with stunning water and sand. That’s how we discovered Ocho Rios in our search.” Kim and Timmy noticed pictures of an incomparable tropical backdrop with rivers, lush foliage, and cascading waterfalls. They marveled at spectacular stretches of pristine seashores and turquoise waters, fantastically and naturally tying collectively their imaginative and prescient for a dream Caribbean wedding.
Selecting the resort
Whereas on the hunt for the proper backdrop to their vows, one place captured Kim and Timmy’s consideration: Sandals Dunn’s River. Nestled upon essentially the most beautiful seashore of Ocho Rios the most recent addition to the household of Sandals Resorts is in contrast to any vacation spot on the island. It pays homage to Jamaica’s pure magnificence with indigenous plants and crystal-clear river water flowing by the property. Even the artisan coffees and the spirits at Dunn’s Rum Club come from native fields. Kim and Timmy seen that inside this pure Jamaican resort are luxurious improvements that may elevate their wedding ceremony week past expectations.
Planning the dream
The marriage group at Sandals Dunn’s River highlighted a number of distinctive wedding venues to Kim and Timmy, who selected a extra intimate setting. Though they have been unable to tour the venue beforehand, the couple-to-be confidently left the planning within the succesful arms of their onsite wedding planner at Sandals. Then they turned their consideration to the friends.
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Impressed by Sandals’ Blissful Beach curated design components as a place to begin, Kim and Timmy have been capable of personalize this look and make it their very own. They pulled colours and floral concepts from this in style pure model to create an occasion that was uniquely them.
“We initially have been going to elope,” says the bride, “however we determined to increase invites to family and friends with no expectation of anybody coming.” When these family and friends members noticed the beautiful tropical locale and the comfort of getting there, Kim and Timmy quickly had a gaggle of 38 family members enthusiastic about becoming a member of the celebration — with out the pre-wedding stress.
“Because of the marriage group at Sandals, the smallest particulars have been taken care of,” Kim says. All Kim and Timmy wanted to do was arrive at Sandals Dunn’s River. There, they’d get pleasure from their dream wedding ceremony coming to life.
Curating the look
The bride wore an A-line silhouetted tulle robe with a light-weight prepare that flowed spectacularly within the Jamaican breeze. The selection of a tan go well with for the groom softly complemented the sand, waters and sky. The bouquet had an earthy, but basic look, incorporating quite a lot of bleached ferns, dried wheat, and pampas grasses highlighted with a single rose. The boutonniere mirrored this look donned by the groom. “The bouquet and boutonniere have been my favourite items,” says Kim, “as a result of I at all times have beloved a extra pure but elegant model.”
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The “I do’s”
“The simplicity of the decor that Sandals arrange for us was excellent,” the bride says. The ceremony itself was held below a pure picket pergola accented with white flowing cloth. Because the bride walked alongside the flagstone path to the altar, Jamaica’s lush palms fantastically framed her.
Greater than three dozen family and friends members witnessed Kim and Timmy say their “I do’s” within the heat Caribbean setting. Trying again on the day, the bride tells us that the second they have been pronounced husband and spouse shall be one which she’s going to cherish all the time.
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A sundown reception
For the reception, the couple wished to maintain the give attention to the realm’s pure magnificence. The resort’s Oceanfront Terrace grew to become the setting for his or her tropical sundown soirée. Lanterns and crisp white linens gave a sublime really feel, whereas the impartial colours of the florals, pampas grass and dried palm softly married with the setting solar. The intimate group regarded out over the seashore whereas eating and dancing below the celebrities.
The honeymoon
One main perk of getting a destination wedding is that {couples} can proceed the escape with out lacking a second whereas spending valuable time touring to a honeymoon vacation spot. Kim and Timmy selected to increase their keep at Sandals Dunn’s River and went straight from “I do” to “I did.” “We had a marriage and honeymoon mixture,” Kim says, “an all-in-one expertise!”
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Sage recommendation
When requested what suggestions they’d give future {couples} within the midst of planning their very own large day, Kim and Timmy say, “In case your wedding ceremony is at Sandals, you received’t must stress. The resort wedding ceremony planners made certain every part fell into place for us, so we might absolutely get pleasure from our large day.”
One might say that celebrations are the cornerstone for this couple’s future having met at a birthday celebration. Contemplating they began with an elopement in thoughts and near 40 friends traveled to be by their facet in paradise, it’s doubtless that celebrations shall be a household custom that lives on for generations.
