Shannon and Devin are a young and fun couple from St Louis, Missouri. Shannon works as an attorney and Devin in the finance field. Both have highly demanding jobs, so they live by the motto "work hard and play hard"
Whenever they get time off they are on plane jetting to a new and fabulous location around the world. We were so happy they chose Costa Rica as the destination for their big day. Having seen and visited many different countries and being such adventure seekers we were honored that they chose our little country of pura vida paradise in which to wed.
As always I had a blast working with Shannon on creating a design that really reflected her and Devin's personalities. The style of wedding they wanted was a bold look and as Shannon said with a celebration of the tropics but a design that made guests think "crazy fun" just like her and Devin like to live their lives. I loved what we came up with and I will never forget the e mail I got the day after my design consult call with Devin. She wrote to tell me that she was "giddy with excitement over what I had come up with" those kinds of e mails are what continue to reassure me that I have the greatest job on earth!
One other element that was very important to both Devin and Shannon was good food. They are die hard foodies and wanted a meal that would leave guests amazed. So we enlisted the fabulous Chef Torsten of ONO Cuisine and their goal was met, The meal was "sensational", "delicious" and "unbelievable" as many guests were heard saying.
The day of the wedding we had what would be described as a tropical rainstorm by the locals, but many of the wedding guest asked if it was an actual Hurricane? The Ceremony luckily took place on the roof top terrace with gorgeous ocean and rain forest views and luckily right before the storm hit. After the ceremony, came the rain and as the storm got stronger the entire planned space (even with a tent) for the reception was quickly soaked. Karen Ogden my amazing head planner and mid pacific manager, gathered the entire group of vendors on site and within the hour the entire reception was re-located to the houses main floor. This space ended up working fabulously and one more reason why we love this venue. It has so much space and each and every room it boasts is equally as great for any events setting. By the photos you would never guess a storm had hit, but as Devin and Shannon said, it was as they wanted just another element that made the event "Crazy Fun"
Please enjoy the images of Devin and Shannon's big day captured by the wonderful Katie Stinnett at Comfort Studios
And even with a party that raged on into the next day, Devin and Shannon still looked radiant at the day after shoot on Manuel Antonio's beautiful Playitas beach.
Many thanks again to Ono Cuisine, Rodrigo Vasquez, Katie of Comfort Studios, DJ ESTIF, Eventos Boadicea, Chelsea at Mariposa Pastry and Hair and makeup by Fernando, for all your hard work in making this event another Success. We especially want to thank Devin and Shannon for being such great clients start to finish. May your lives be filled with much laughter, love, travel and may you find crazy fun wherever you go!
The Team at Tropical Occasions
The wedding was absolutely fabulous! I couldn't have imagined a more perfect celebration for Shannon and Devin! To many more! Slainte. :)
Posted by: Kerry | 09/23/2011 at 02:22 PM
I am just totally amazed to see these beautiful pics. these wedding pics are just fabulous.
Posted by: Villa Manuel | 10/07/2011 at 05:45 AM