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Sumptuous Maui Wedding by the Sea

April 1, 2015 11:18 pm \ Leave a Comment \ by Bluesmaui

On December 6, Shelley and Pat Manning hosted their truly delicious wedding at the Olowalu Plantation House in West Maui, Hawaii. A white vintage canoe filled with crushed ice and topped with just made sushi, featured king crab, giant shrimp, and poke, all served with a variety of yummy sauces to bring out the flavors. That was just the start as five different passed appetizers were paraded through the crowd, coconut shrimp with lychee dipping sauce, kalbe marinated beef sticks, summer rolls with Thai dipping sauce, chicken skewers with cilantro mint and crostine caprese. Still more to come with two salads, many entrees, including fresh fish and prime, prime rib, pasta, a mashed potato bar, and accompaniments. All the food expertly prepared by Carol Longhi Catering.

The lawn was filled with white flowers by Teresa Sena Designs. Shelley wanted white orchids, roses, peonies, accented with green and white lush flowers. Teresa delivered a gorgeous interpretation of Shelley’s vision.

Wedding Design: Blue Sky Weddings
Food: Carol Longhi
Flowers: Teresa Sena Designs
Photography: Barry Frankel

Fabulous Wedding by the ocean by Gabrielle Longhi

Lush white flowers for elegant wood tables

Ethereal wedding arch with delicate white flowers maui

Ethereal white orchids

Brides Bouquet

Olowalu Wedding

peach accents

Maui wedding at Olowalu by Blue Sky Weddings

Perfectly balanced

Set up for 150 guests

Bridesmaids flowers

Peach accents for bridesmaids

Sushi

King Crab legs

Selection of poke

Seafood boat

Chicken skewers with cilantro lime

Kalbe beef sticks

Coconut shrimp with lychee dipping sauce - Maui

Coconut shrimp with lychee sauce

Caprese crostini

Summer Rolls with Thai dipping sauce

Caprese crostini

Aisle of white rise petals for maui wedding

Sunset west Maui

Sunset

Olowalu Evening

Seafood Boat

Posted in: Flowers, Food, Photography, Weddings \ Tagged: Olowalu Wedding, seafood boat, wedding sushi, white orchids, white peonies

June Wedding at the Maui Coffee Farm

September 15, 2014 4:35 pm \ Leave a Comment \ by Bluesmaui

Carrie and Kevin wed in June at the Maria Lanakila church in Lahaina Maui. Friends and family flow in from across the mainland, from California, upstate New York and Pennsylvania. Carrie requested spring flowers for her bouquets featuring, bright pink, white and pale pink peonies. The stems were wrapped in navy blue, an on trend color for 2014. After the beautiful church wedding the group traveled back to the Ka’anapali Coffee Farm to gather for the wedding reception and dinner. The ocean views and evening sky provided a dramatic sunset for a lovely Maui Wedding.

Flowers were provided by Sally of Blue Sky Weddings
Photography: Barry Frankel Photography
Caterer: Carol Longhi Oleary
DJ: Boomshot Jay Langworthy
Wedding Cake: Maui Sweet Cakes
Wedding Planner and Design: Gabrielle at Blue Sky Weddings

Pink and White Peonies

Down the aisle

Fluffy bridesmaids bouquets

First Dance

Posted in: Design & Decor, Flowers, Photography, Uncategorized, Venues, Weddings \ Tagged: Blue Sky Weddings, Blue Sky Weddings Maui, Maui Coffee Farm, maui wedding, Maui wedding planner, wedding photography, wedding planner, Wedding planning ideas

Fields of Coffee Above Pacific Ocean

September 6, 2014 4:24 pm \ Leave a Comment \ by Bluesmaui

Kevin and Carrie’s Ka’anapali Coffee Farm wedding reception featured inspired views of acres of verdant coffee and Maui’s pacific ocean.

Fields of Coffee in Maui

Image by Barry Frankel of Fresh Island Photography

Posted in: Photography, Venues, Weddings \ Tagged: Blue Sky Weddings, Ka'anaplai Coffee Farm Maui, maui wedding, wedding photography

December Wedding at Olowalu Plantation House in Maui

April 13, 2014 2:55 pm \ 1 Comment \ by Bluesmaui

Coming from Australia, Julie and Jarrod found a central meeting point to marry at the Olowalu Plantation in Maui. Their families flew out from Southern California and Australia to join the couple for their marriage ceremony in West Maui. The wedding and reception featured bright jewel toned flowers, a travel theme featuring the couple’s favorite cities and destinations and a clear top tent with pretty white lanterns. The music was provided by Ahumanu, a Hawaiian style duet, and DJ Boomshot. The food was provided by Carol Longhi Oleary Catering. For dessert there was an array of cake pops, French style macaroons made by Fabiani’s Bakery in three flavors and a pot of melted warm chocolate with fresh tropical fruit for dipping on each table. After the family style dinner was served dancing lasted into the night.

Photography by Hula Girl Photography
Catering by Carol Longhi Oleary Catering
Planning and Design by Blue Sky Weddings Maui
Flowers by Sally of Blue Sky Weddings
Officiate: Reverend Kimo Kirkman
Venue: The Olowalu Plantation House in Maui
French Style Macaroons: Fabiani’s Bakery

Colorful jewel toned brides Bouquet Maui by Blue Sky Weddings

Colorful Jewel tones

Brides Bouquet

Clear top tent

Olowalu Plantation House

Flowers for tables

Wedding Rings

Jewel toned flowers by Blue Sky Weddings Maui

Jewel tones for bride

Lush bright bride bouquet

Table scape

Ahumanu Hawaiian style duet

Bright flowers for tables

Ceremony Programs

Travel seating chart

Conch shell announces the bride

Reverend Kimo Kirkman

Olowalu Plantation House wedding ceremony

Olowalu wedding set up

Maui Wedding at Olowalu

Ring Ceremony

Bride’s attendants

White calla lilies for bridesmaids

Wedding Party Olowalu

Maui Bride

Reception time

Ahi Carpaccio in Cucumber Cups

Olowalu Maui

Beach Stroll

Olowalu Beach Maui

December Sunset

Olowalu Views

First Dance

Olowalu Night Lighting

Posted in: Design & Decor, Flowers, Food, Photography, Venues, Weddings \ Tagged: Beach Wedding in Hawaii, Jewel toned wedding flowers, maui wedding, Maui wedding planner, Maui wedding planning and design, Olowalu Plantation House Maui

Shave ice: A cool idea

February 18, 2014 11:05 am \ Leave a Comment \ by Bluesmaui

Shave ice is a fun addition to a wedding reception and Maui has lots of options for shave ice vendors. The choices available range from classic neon syrups in bright colors to organic local fruit flavorings, expensive and fancy to home styled and simple. Another popular idea is to feature cocktail inspired flavors such as pina colada, lava flow, blue Hawaii, or whatever your fancy and add a shot of rum or vodka to top it off for a lush cocktail. Shave ice is a cool idea for hot weather weddings.

Shave ice is a Hawaiian tradition brought to the islands by Japanese plantation workers in the late 1800’s. Fine ice is shaved off a block which makes the ice very fine and allows it to mix completely with the flavor syrups. It is typically served in a paper or plastic cup. Often a scope of vanilla ice cream or azuki bean paste is added at the bottom of the cup. Some of the many flavors include, pineapple, guava, coconut, lilikoi, li hing mi, lychee, mango, Thai tea, kiwi, tiger’s blood, watermelon and local Kula strawberry, add a snow cap, homemade azuki beans, fresh mochi balls or a scope of Roselani vanilla ice cream and you have a local Maui sweet treat to impress your guests.

Maui wedding with Shave Ice

Ice shaved from block

Olowalu Plantation House wedding wiht Shave ice

Flavors options

Shave ice bar

Posted in: Food, Weddings \ Tagged: maui wedding, Maui wedding planner, Shave ice, shave ice cocktails, Wedding planning ideas

January 22, 2014 2:41 pm \ Leave a Comment \ by Bluesmaui

Lahaina, Hawaii – January 22, 2014 – WeddingWire, the nation’s leading online wedding marketplace, named Blue Sky Weddings as a winner of the prestigious WeddingWire Couples’ Choice Awards™ 2014 for Wedding and Event Planning in Maui, Hawaii

The WeddingWire Couples’ Choice Awards™ 2014 recognizes the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire Network who demonstrate excellence in quality, service, responsiveness and professionalism. The esteemed awards are given to the top local wedding vendors in more than 20 service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers, based on their professional achievements from the previous year.

While many industry award winners are selected by the host organization, the WeddingWire Couples’ Choice Awards™ winners are determined solely based on reviews from real newlyweds and their experiences working with Blue Sky Weddings. Award-winning vendors are distinguished for the quality, quantity, consistency and timeliness of the reviews they have received from their past clients.

“There’s no better way to start the year than by honoring the hard work, commitment and success of the top-rated wedding professionals within the WeddingWire Network,” said Timothy Chi, CEO, WeddingWire. “It is exciting to celebrate a sixth year recognizing businesses whose clients believe they are committed to quality, professionalism and all around top-notch service. We are honored to recognize Blue Sky Weddings for their impressive achievements within the wedding industry.”

As a Couples’ Choice Awards™ winner, Blue Sky Weddings is highlighted within the WeddingWire Network, which is comprised of over 200,000 wedding professionals throughout North America and abroad.

Blue Sky Weddings is proud to be one of the top Wedding and Event Planning in Hawaii in the WeddingWire Network, which includes leading wedding sites such as WeddingWire, Project Wedding, Brides.com, Martha Stewart Weddings, and Weddingbee. We would like to thank our past clients for taking the time to review our business on WeddingWire. We value all of our clients and truly appreciate the positive feedback that helped us earn the WeddingWire Couples’ Choice Awards™ 2014.

For more information about Blue Sky Weddings please visit our WeddingWire Storefront today at www.blueskyweddings.com

To learn more about the Couple’s Choice Awards™, please visit www.weddingwire.com/couples-choice-awards.

Posted in: Design & Decor, Weddings \ Tagged: Maui wedding planner

Lauren Pearson & John Hart Marry at the Sugarman Estate in Makena Maui

December 14, 2013 2:36 pm \ Leave a Comment \ by Bluesmaui \ Gallery

This wedding ceremony and reception hosted at a private estate in Makena Maui featured the brides choice of bright pink peonies mixed with peach tones and bright yellow for all of the decor. The venue was on the ocean facing the sea. The marriage ceremony took advantage of the spectacular lava rock, and outer island views. Before the sun set into the ocean the couple had lots of time for gorgeous photography with Christopher Nolan of Little Rock Arkansas who flew into Maui for the occasion.

Photography by Christopher Nolan of Little Rock Arkansas
http://christophernolanphotography.com
Hair and Make up: Adiel Sneary-Cline from Maui 253 Salon for hair & makeup.
Food by Carol Longhi Oleary
Flowers by Sally
Wedding Planning and design by Blue Sky Weddings Maui

Blue Sky Weddings Maui

Marriage by the Sea

Peonies for brides bouquet in Makena Maui

Orchids, peonies and dahlias

Kiave Trees Makena

Married in Maui

Christopher Nolan Photography

Family

Beach Kiss Makena

Simple white cake with bright flowers

Filet Longhi

Pink peonies mixed with yellow roses for dinner table

Coral flowers for wedding by Blue Sky Weddings Maui

Christopher Nolan Photography

Draped tent

Place setting

Christopher Nolan Photography

Sunset Maui

First Dance

Sunset

Posted in: Flowers, Photography, Venues, Weddings \ Tagged: Blue Sky Weddings Maui, Destination wedding, maui wedding, Sugarman Estate Maui, Wedding Ceremony, wedding photography

Australian Couple Wed by the Sea in Historic Olowalu Hawaii

November 30, 2013 10:40 am \ Leave a Comment \ by Bluesmaui

Tara Beyer and Marcus Renna marry in Maui

Photography: Stewart Pinsky of Hula Girl Photography
Food & Catering: Carol L Oleary
Flowers: Blue Sky Designs
Wedding Planner: Blue Sky Weddings
Venue: Olowalu Plantation House – Lahaina Maui
DJ: Sound Wave Maui

Posted in: Flowers, Photography, Venues, Wedding Cakes, Weddings \ Tagged: Blue Sky Weddings Maui, Hula Girl Photograpghy, maui wedding, Ocean wedding, olowalu plantation house, wedding photography, wedding planner

Lahaina Maui Wedding Hosted at the Historic Plantation House

October 31, 2013 10:11 am \ Leave a Comment \ by Bluesmaui

Kara Pierce and Allen Nolley wed at the Lahaina Maui Wedding Venue, Olowalu Plantation House. Kara went with red flowers and tangerine accents for her decor theme. This color combination really shos up against the emerald colored grass, blue sky and water. Kara and Allen were joined by family and friends to celebrate their wedding.

Photography: Stewart Pinsky of Hula Girl Photography
Food & Catering: Carol L Oleary
Flowers: Blue Sky Designs
Wedding Planner: Blue Sky Weddings
Venue: Olowalu Plantation House
DJ: Sound Wave Maui

Posted in: Flowers, Photography, Weddings \ Tagged: Blue Sky Weddings Maui, Olowalu Maui wedding, red brides bouquet, red flowers, red wedding flowers

Maui Wedding by the Sea

October 22, 2013 10:23 am \ Leave a Comment \ by Bluesmaui

Charlotte Prynn and Drew Hirst married at the Olowalu Plantation House in Lahaina Maui in September. Charlotte choose one of my favorite color combinations focusing on orange orchids, tulips, lilies and tangerine accents throughout.

Photography: Stewart Pinsky of Hula Girl Photography
Food: Catering: Carol L Oleary
Wedding Cake: Maui Sweet Cakes
Flowers: Blue Sky Designs
Wedding Planner: Blue Sky Weddings Maui
Venue: Olowalu Plantation House
DJ: Sound Wave Maui