Wedding Favor….Yes Please! This wedding season Brides are coordinating their “thank you” favors with their wedding themes, and in all honesty we are saying “thank you”. Often favors are thrown to the wayside and most often forgotten amongst the many “to-dos” of a wedding, or some Brides simply do not give favors much thought […]

  An Alter or an Arbor is the pivotal point of the ceremony, with one quick passing of the hand, the Mother and Father’s duty to their daughter is handed over to her Love. It’s where one phase of a Bride’s life comes to an end, and where a new one begins. In this spot she succumbs to many responsibilities. […]

This 2013 Fall season you will not see a lot of the typical primary orange, yellow and burgundy! Oh no! Not this year! Those practical primaries are being upstaged by the new kid in town. A new  trend has hit the wedding scene and it goes by the name…Rustic! Now even though we all appreciate a few pumpkins […]

Bunting: Strips of cloth or material used especially as drapery or streamers for festive decoration. This Wedding season we are seeing more and more of this fabulously festive form of decor! Brides are choosing to drape this as an overhead attraction, they also are placing teeny tiny bunting flags on top of their cakes in lieu of […]

Patterns Patterns over there, Patterns Patterns under here, Patterns Patterns EVERYWHERE! This wedding season was boasting with colorful patterns and we LOVE it! The trend of patterns is taking off this year and we are along for the ride! Patterns can be fun and quirky, romantic and personal, and if placed just so, it can […]

The Crystal Coast Tourism Board teamed up with Belk and Bluewater Vacation Rentals to put together a FANTASTIC sweepstakes! Couples were asked, in 50 words or less, to tell us why they deserved to win a Dream Wedding, all expenses paid! They would receive accommodations in an Oceanfront home for a week on the Crystal […]

We LOVE a tented reception! There is just something about being out under the stars, able to feel the breeze on your skin but being able to be covered if needed for weather! The ambiance outside on a nice night is just so romantic on it’s own, but add in candles and paper lanterns and […]

Gwen and Patrick tied the knot on the beach at The Islander Suites in Emerald Isle. This was such a fun, dancing group! These two were so sweet and in love!! The whole group burned up the dance floor! The simple and clean decor was light and refreshing on this hot summer day! Light blue, […]

Bluewater Weddings & Events is a fabulous department that is within Bluewater Associates of Emerald Isle , a Property Management Company. Bluewater builds, insures,  manages and rents Vacation Rental properties as well as an Oceanfront Hotel in Emerald Isle and surrounding communities. Bluewater Weddings offers beautiful venue options in the area as well as full service Coordination […]

One of the worst things that can happen on your wedding day…,Mother Nature gets angry!! This was the case for Rachel and Andrew’s big day in June. They had a beautiful wedding planned at the oceanfront beach house, Dream Maker, but Tropical Storm Andrea forced us to come up with a plan C…fast! We were […]