We Win Photography Award

TheKnot.com gives an award to Aloha island Weddings photographers @ LotuStar.com , the award is from theKnots real weddings poll.
We are especially thrilled to have been selected by one on the most prominent wedding companies in the USA , says Paul Owner and head photographer of LotuStar.com its especially great that it was the wedding on 7/7/07 our busiest day of that year. if you want to take a look at the photos it is viewable here @ The Knots "My real wedding award page".
Viewed here : The LotuStar takes a bow ! Photographers Paul and Darren

Inga &Haris Yusuf

Hawaii Wedding Site

Our blog site showcases a wedding everyone month
this time its Inga & Haris from California have the honor spot of our workflow.
Their wedding ceremony was set on the island of Oahu in Hawaii was Coordinated by
Paul of Aloha island weddings
Photography www.lotustar.com which recently won an award from the knot.com for most beautiful wedding pictures of the year
Our designers used cutting edge creativity to shape their next generation content wedding photos.
Flash Cs3, Dreamweaver and Photo shop and action script all worked together to
deliver seamless sophisticated code to enrich their online ceremony portfolio site.

Ceremony location East coast beach of Oahu
Limo pickup at 1:45
time of the ceremony 2:30
on the white sands of east coast beach

Brides Cell phone 293-50xx
Grooms 692-22XX

guest count : 9 people............................
both set of parent
bride's sister { Cindy}
younger brother {Dennis}
family friend

8 chairs 2 rows..............

Staying at the Resort Quest Waikiki Sunset.
1:50pm

Christian Ceremony Rev Chris Catholic ....
Sand ceremony: Color of Sand Green and Pink

Sash : turquoise , with pink hibiscus for bow of the chair

Hair and makeup .... Beauty May arrives at 11:30am
2 moms white ginger lei...
brother green lei ...........
sister lei .....green orchid lei...

The grooms lei green Tea leif lei ... w/green dendodrium orchids
Bride's Lei : baby pink roses buds

Arrival date on the 24th to Oahu

Reception on the beach in Waikiki at 6:00pm at Michelle's Restaurant

http://www.alohaislandweddings.net/inga/haris.html

Michael & Danielle Moser

Our next generation flash website is found here

My Hawaii wedding

June 20, 2008

Hotel staying .......... Golf Resort in Makaha
Bride getting ready :

Flying in to Hawaii
Fly in on June 16th .........
meet couple June 18th .....5:00pm
Ilima Hotel 445 Nohonani street
Time the wedding : 11:30am
Guests:: mom , brother and wife
and two kids

No bridal party
East coast bay Beach Park

Use the Hibiscus Bright Cranberry Red of Red Hawaiian ginger plus and white orchids was the color used for their wedding.

Red hibiscus for aisle and chair flower ------

After eating the yummy cake provided by Hawaiian wedding cake company

Onsite Wedding Coordinator Paul from Aloha island Weddings
Flower arch or chapel
with white wedding chairs
{with garlands of
flowers and custom designed flower arch}
White arch with the flowers........
greenery..... with Red hibiscus Flowers as the center oiece
9 by 17 Hawaiian plumeria wedding certificate
Choice of Minister Rev Chris ..............
Solo Musician o Harpist.
Hawaii florists provides leis for your close family
Bride single tuberose lei.. for the bride
For the groom tea leaf lei red flowers
for the Mom... Ginger with red...... one flower to be cream color flower..
two adults and two kids .....floral red orchids......
An email from the patents of the bride:::::

Paul,

I would like to thank you for making Danielle and Mike's wedding day

special. The flower arrangements, the flower arch, and the colors

were absolutely stunning! Danielle loved her bouquet..it was exactly

what she wanted..beautiful! Everything was perfect in every way. We

all could tell that you put a lot of thought, effort, and care into

making it beautiful for them. It is obvious that you care about the

work that you do, and you do it very well! Please thank everyone else

involved in their wedding. Everyone one was great! We all loved the

video and the photos..anxiously looking forward to their website.

Thnak you again Paul! We appreciate everything!

Sharon Moser(Danielle's Mom)

Marissa & Liam

Marissa & Liam Married in Hawaii on Oahu

Our next generation flash gallery may be found here
http://www.alohaislandweddings.com/marissa/marissa.html

Ceremony: Thursday 19th of June 2pm - East coast Beach. Beach Chapel Arch Package- Bamboo Arch - Colour theme Fushia Pink & Green.

We are not having bridesmaids or groomsmen, I think I might have my Mum & Dad walk me down the aisle????

Minister: We would like to have a non-traditional personalized ceremony which is still really meaningful (we have the wording for whole the ceremony & vows that we would like already). We would like to also include the Hawaiian shell conch sand ceremony (pink & blue sand) We have been looking at either Mahalani Mix, Rev Alan or Lei Hula Mamo -
I think Leihulu mamo would be great to have if he is available. Do we get to meet with our minister before the ceremony?

Musician: We would like someone who to play the guitar or ukulele and sing. We would like somewhere over the rainbow &
is it possible to get them to sing any other sings - e.g. a jack johnson song?

Flowers:- Orchids - I especially like the Green cymbidium orchids (the ones with pink in the centre), Plumeria flowers, for my bouquet
I would like green cymbidium orchids with bright pink ribbon (like the one from john & nina's wedding) but I would like to have it a little
bit bigger and with bright pink and cream roses and thin long grass
(dont know what its called) woven through it - picture on

www.hiltonhawaii.com/aloharomance we are also wanting all of our guests to get leis.

And for my Dad & Liam to have flowers for their buttonholes that math my bouquet, and maybe corsages for our mums?

Chairs:- we will be needing approx. 25 chairs - With Fushia pink sashes & green cymbidium orchids or could you recommend any other green flower?

Photos: Pre - Marissa getting ready, Ceremony, Reception & Sunset - Are the photos put onto cd? How much to have the hard cover book album?

Transport:- What sort of limo is included? Is it possible to have a white hummer? Can we organise a bus for transport for guests from
Waikiki to ceremony location, returning to reception venue? if so how much?

Reception:- We have booked the reception a Tiki's Grill & Bar on the Hina's Lanai 5pm

Cake:- Can we have the cake at the reception only please - I really like the cake from john & nina's wedding as well but could
we have it with a stand between the two tiers with the same flowers from my bouquet filling in the gap? I dont know
if I have explained it very well but got the idea from www.yvonnefloral.com

Waikiki Sunset Wedding photo
Paul Hawaii's very own creative Oahu wedding coordinator also happens to be a harpist

Brandi & Keith Krolak

Brandi Evans Keith Krolak Hawaii Wedding


Wedding Date June 10th 2008
Guest number 23 adults and four children
Flying into Hawaii on the June 6th




Brandi and Keith used the unusual color combination of fuscia and black for the chair teis
the red and pink Hawaii ginger down the pathway and light and dark pink plumeria flowers scattered on the sand

http://www.alohaislandweddings.com/brandi/brandikeith.html

two ring boys
two flowers... baskets

Wedding at 5:00 pm
Reception is at Willows at 7:00pm

46-148 Yackclub place
Kaneahe Hi 96744
4:30pm pick in the limo

Guest = between 20 to 25
bridal party ... 4 on each side

Our website is found here

http://www.alohaislandweddings.com/brandi/brandikeith.html

Paul Hawaii's very own creative wedding coordinator

Brittany & Jay Cabrera

Welcome to our next generation flash wedding gallery

http://www.alohaislandweddings.com/brit/brittany.html

Bridal
His sister maid of honor ..Elizabeth
Bridesmaid brides sister ..Paislee

Best Luis
Groomsmen Alex///

Guest 14

Reception at Luau Paradise Cove......
{ Resort Quest Waikiki beach hotel }

Flash site

wedding colors Hawaiian Tropical
Fuscia ,Yellow ..

transportation to and from the wedding provided by xcel limo ..
note to limo driver .......All of the men are going to leave for the wedding site early and the women were going to take the limo, but I was needing a source of transportation for the men. Also, with the extra pictures after the wedding I am not sure that we will make the bus to go to our luau so I was wondering if the limo could drop us off at the luau (Paradise Cove) and then we would just take the bus back.

additional little bouquet of flowers to throw just in sake of tradition. Nothing fancy... even one big flower with a ribbon would work.

Finally, Jay and I have decided on the leis for the wedding. I actually found these on another website www.alohafriendsshop.com. If these styles are unavailable the closest thing to them will be fine.
Jay: Maile style braided ti lei entwined with tuberose
Groomsmen and My Dad (3 leis): Maile style braided ti lei
Me: Close Braided ti lei entwined with tuberose
Moms and close female relatives (4 leis): Closed tuberose lei

Here is a list of the guests attending our wedding:

My family: Gary and Jan Williams, and Paislee Williams

Jay's mother: Maria Cabrera

Jay's sister: Elizabeth Cabrera

Other family members: Lucy, Alex, Daisy, and Luis Benavides

Consuelo Pena

12:30PM PICK UP THE GUYS {4 guys and two women}
12:45PM PICK UP THE BRIDE {Two bridesmaids and the bride { 2 mom }
Limo holding 8 guest pick up for the bride

Cake

Jay and I liked the design of the cake in the attached photo if the flowers and ribbon on the cake were all fuschia. We would like a vanilla cake and would prefer a vanilla or butter cream icing rather than a fondant icing...... .two circles on top of each other pearl boarders {flowers on the top just a few on the side}

Paul Hawaii's very own creative wedding coordinator

Michael Martin & Maghon Walker

Our Wedding next generation flash gallery wedding website
http://www.alohaislandweddings.com/mahgon/michael.html

Cell- {910} 603-XXXX
Cell {919} 260 XXXX

Wedding Date - June 21, 2008
Wedding Theme - Bamboo Chapel Arch .....
colors ...........
Time of Wedding: 2:00pm
Number of Guest - 20 guest
4 bridal party
Bestman Greg Martin
Bestman Jeff Martin

Maid of Honor Kasey Walker
Bridesmaid Andra Ize




Paul Hawaii's very own creative wedding coordinator

April Yi & Oscar Garcia

April Yi & Oscar Garcia

June 6/08
3:15 pm

www.alohaislandweddings.com/aprilandoscar.htm

Maid of Honor - Erin tong
Best man : Tommy

Location : Makapu'u Beach

Flyin in June 5th / 8:00pm ....
Moana Surf Rider ......

Guest List

Reception @ 6:00pm Serentos at the Ilikai

Sunrise: 5:49am
Sunset: 7:12pm

White cotton chair covers with shimmer iredecent pink and tourquise sashes multi col,roeerd rainbow plumeria flower in the bow of the chair, pineapples and yellow and pink plumerias for the sand aisle way flowers , Gazebo organza sun yellow gold fuscia and pink sheer materials on Hawaiian bamboo.

Hawaii red rose semi tropical french style bouquet

red roses setup Hawaiian yellow plumerias with pink star gazers and light pink plumerias
without the orange Asiatic lily add a pink stargazer....
in a bouquet holder......

5 bridesmaids flowers included?

Maile Lei for the groom
Pikake jasmin lei for the bride

2nd photo shoot at the point.

We used a 24 person excursion truck limo to transport our guest to the wedding and reception

sand ceremony natural colors of sand,

Lomi Lava theme with the orange ties on the chairs.

Paul Hawaii's very own creative wedding coordinator

Ariel & Andy wedding

Ariel Carter Andy Belzer

Welcome everyone to our wedding website our next generation flash gallery may be found here
http://www.alohaislandweddings.com/ariel/carter.html

www.alohaislandweddings.com/arielandy.htm
Guest 25

No bridal

June 4th

509-936-xxxx (cell)

509-936xxxx (cell)

Staying at a house on the beach east coast of Oahu . .

Ariels bouquet consisted of multi colored plumeria flowers set in a silver bouquet holder, she took pre wedding photos in her beach house right on the ocean.

Flower for the brides hair: mixture of rainbow plumerias.

like to get married at 1:30pm, to have great lighting for the sun to be at a good angle at that time for photos .

Colors/Flowers - French style round.....We have decided that our colors will be fuschia, orange, and yellow. I would like my bouquet to be plumerias in those colors, as well as our leis. We have also decided to go with the bamboo arch with fuschia, orange, and yellow fabrics and flowers scattered around. We would like to incorporate pineapples and those decorative monarch butterflys that are featured in some of the layouts into our theme as well.

Minister - We would like to request Rev Chris as our first choice,
Will we be meeting with our minister before our ceremony, to talk to him about the details of our vows,
Cake - We would like to have a coconut cake with vanilla buttercream frosting (or something along those lines) in a tiered design (2-3 tiers) with flowers in our colors cascading down the side/around the base.

We would like to add more photos after the wedding and do atrash the dress shoot, i would love to get in the ocean with my dress......

http://www.alohaislandweddings.com/ariel/dress.html

Well, that's it for now. We are soooooooooooooo excited and are counting down the days - less than 4 months now!

We are so excited to get married at Oahu beach house wedding. We are interested in the Lovers In Paradise package, but there are a few things we would like to add to it. We would like to add an arch – either one of the bamboo/fabric ones or something like the tiki/palm one on this page: http://www.alohaislandweddings.com/hawaii_beach_weddings.htm

We would also like to get the negatives to our photos (you take AMAZING pictures!) and make sure we have a large enough cake and enough leis for our guests. We are probably going to have around 20 people attending, but we aren’t 100% sure yet. Basically, we just want to have a very casual wedding with our family and friends standing around us – no aisle, no official bridesmaids/groomsman, and so on.

http://www.alohaislandweddings.net/ariel/flashGallery.html

We are not sure what time of day we should have the ceremony at. We would like to have our pictures taken after we are married, though. So, whenever you think the sun is at the best angle and the beach looks the prettiest. :-) We really aren’t too picky. Also, we don’t really want to have a private reception/party afterwards, but we would like to do something with our guests. Are there any luaus we could attend or do you have any other ideas for affordable things we could do with our guests in the evening after the ceremony?

http://www.alohaislandweddings.com/ariel/ceremony.html

Paul & Dewi,

Andy and I just want to say THANK YOU again for making our wedding the most perfect, magical day of our lives! You definitely made our wedding day stress-free... I still can't believe how smoothly everything went! And, the most important thing to me was the photos and you definitely exceeded my expectations. We recently received the photos from you and I am still in awe of how beautiful they are - especially the "trash the dress" shoot! Also, thanks for the amazing website! We just can't say thank you enough. You are the best! Keep doing what you do!

Mahalo,

Ariel & Andy Belzer

PS - We hope you have a blast in Bali! I would love to see your photos when you return.

Paul Hawaii's very own creative wedding coordinator