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The dress is still available if anyone is interested! It's a great dress and I would hate for it to just sit in my closet for years.

I also have several other pictures so PM me if interested in seeing more pics.

If you want more pictures or have any questions please let me know!

This dress is perfect for a beach wedding or TTD session; light weight and fun on the beach, but still elegant and beautiful for the reception. You could even have it shortened for a party/AHR dress. The pictures show the watermelon sash I added, but I also have the original white sash that I will send with the dress. Asking price is $200 OBO.

Check with Cathy at The Hip Tourist. I brought my own photographer to my Key West wedding in August and had the same trouble. Cathy was wonderful and did a great job with all the ceremony details.

I got married in Key West in August and would HIGHLY recommend it for a wedding location. None of my guests had been there before which made it even more fun because we all got to experience it together for the first time! There is no place quite like Key West :-)

I agree! I also got married in Key West this past August and we went on a sunset cruise the night before the wedding with all our guests. The cruise itself was nice and relaxing, but the drinks weren't great and the bathroom situation was a little..um...uncomfortable. I wouldn't suggest it.

I got married in Key West Aug 9th and LOVED it! We had about 30 ppl with us and couldn't have asked for a better wedding! With hotel/airfare (just for the two of us), ceremony and reception dinner our total cost was around $7000. We also had group events and a breakfast the day of the wedding, but guests understood that we couldn't afford to pay for everyone and they were fine with paying for their food or sunset sail. I wrote a review of all my wedding vendors in KW etc. on this forum if you want to check it out. If you have questions PM and I'll help as much as possible.

Haha...I just realized that in every picture we are kissing. We really do have pictures of us NOT kissing :-)

Key West Wedding Review (with pics) Our wedding turned out better than I could have imagined. When we chose to do a destination wedding our main goal was to have a fun, stress-free wedding that everyone could enjoy, and that is exactly what we got. The thing I was most looking forward to was having all of our family and friends in one place for the vacation of a lifetime. Here is my Key West wedding review, I hope it helps other Key West brides J  Invitations: The Stylish Scribe created our boarding pass invitations and they turned out soooo cute! She was really easy to work with and sent me several drafts before we finally got everything perfect. It took approximately 2 weeks from the first time I contacted her until I received my invitations. Everyone raved about how good they looked and I have noticed that several people kept theirs and put it with their pictures from the wedding.  OOT Bags: I made these myself and everyone said that they loved getting them. I found cheap canvas bags online and used iron on printer paper to create a design I liked with our date on it. I filled them with snacks, handheld battery fans (huge hit!!), germ X wipes and the welcome book that I created.  Welcome Book: This was an idea that I stole from another bride on BDW forum. I bought the mini scrapbooks at Hobby Lobby (1/2 off). I printed all the pages on cream paper and glued them into the book. My FI decided to burn the edges of the maps to make them look “authenticâ€. Several of the guests used the blank pages for pictures and turned them into photo albums when done. These were the pages I included in the book Welcome Letter Wedding Itinerary Photoshare – we create an account on Shutterfly for everyone to upload their pictures to so we can all see/print all the photos Contact info for wedding party Maps Suggested restaurants Suggested Sightseeing   Wedding Coordinator: I originally was going to use Peter and Sharon from EZWeddings in Paradise and they were great to work with at first. But once the wedding got larger than they usually work with, and I had an outside photographer come in, they handed me over to Cathy at the Hip Tourist. I could not have been happier with that change! Cathy was so easy to work with and SUPER helpful. Not only did she plan and perform the ceremony, but she contacted each guest to set up a sunset cruise the evening before the wedding and a snorkel trip for some of our friends. Anytime we had questions or needed a suggestion for restaurants, shopping, etc. she was right there with information and coupons or discounts. When I told her that I had my heart set on a bamboo arbor on the beach for the ceremony, she looked all over Key West for one to rent. When she couldn’t find one that was good enough, she had one made for us! She said that it was really an investment for her since she could rent it out again, but that was so amazing of her to do for us! I would HIGHLY recommend her to anyone going to Key West. Not to mention that her fees were very impressive.  Photographer: Nora Bohanon was our photographer. I won her contest for free photography on BDW forum so I was a little apprehensive about it. But she was great! It rained the whole day of the wedding except for the 2 hours around the ceremony (perfect). She didn’t let the rain bother her. She came to my hotel room an hour before the ceremony and took getting ready pictures. At the beach she took as many pictures as she could before it got too dark and started raining. She stayed for the reception and even went around Key West with us the next day (in the rain again) to take more couple’s pictures. They turned out great! Some of the pictures are on her blog www.norasweddingblog.com(Derek & Kendra). These are two of my favorites:  Hotel: My FI and I stayed at the Southernmost on the Beach resort along with some of our guests. I have nothing but great things to say about this hotel. We chose to stay in the oceanfront room and it was incredible. There isn’t a bad room in the whole hotel, but we had a private balcony that looked out at the Atlantic Ocean. There were 3 pools and a private beach. The price was average compared to some of the other hotels on the island. It was at the quiet end of Duval street which was nice, but still within walking (or scooter) distance of all the excitement.  Wedding day brunch: The morning of the wedding we invited everyone to join us for brunch at Blue Heaven Restaurant. This is a fun outdoor restaurant with chickens running around. It’s very eclectic and has that perfect Key West charm. The food was delicious and everyone enjoyed it a lot!  Reception Dinner: Following our wedding on Smather’s Beach, we headed to Louie’s Backyard for dinner. This is an old house that has been turned into an oceanfront upscale restaurant. The upstairs “wine bar†is where we had our private dinner. The room has a huge porch that over looks the deck and ocean below. We were able to watch the sunset while enjoying appetizers of bacon wrapped shrimp and conch fritters. The event coordinator for the restaurant also served as the bar tender making key lime and very berry martinis that were incredible. The food was some of the best food I have had in my life. Everyone raved about how good it was! The dessert was the best part: Key Lime Pie and Brownie Bottom Crème Brule (my personal favorite). Anyone who is thinking about going to Key West needs to eat here!!!  Sunset Cruise/ Snorkel Trip: The first night in Key West we went on a snorkel trip with some of our friends. We went with the FURY catamaran and had a great time. They took us out to the reef and let us snorkel for about 45min. Then we cruised back while watching the sun set and drinking from the open bar. It was really nice to get out on the water and spend time with our friends before the wedding. The night before the wedding we scheduled a sunset cruise for all our guests. We went with the FURY catamaran again. This time it was cloudy so the sunset wasn’t great , but just being out on the water and enjoying the drinks and food (we brought our own food trays on the boat) and visiting was great.  Bachelorette Party: My best friend and MOH planned a girl’s night after the sunset cruise and it was WAY better than the party I had back home. We ended up at AQUA watching a drag show. It was SOOOO much fun. We laughed and drank champagne for hours! We then walked up Duval St, stopping in a couple of bars. But I would HIGHLY suggest AQUA for a FUN girls night outing J  Smather’s Beach: Before visiting Key West I had decided to use the beach at the state park because I had heard that it was nicer than Smather’s. I am so glad that I checked it out ahead of time! The state park is nice, but it’s crowded and there aren’t any palm trees (or just a few). I also didn’t like paying $500 plus entrance fees for everyone for a short ceremony. When I visited Smather’s Beach it was perfect. The beach was just as nice as the other one, but this one had Palm Trees and rock jetties. Plus it was FREE! I don’t know why anyone would pay for a beach when there is a perfectly good free one. There were a couple of people on the beach, but when they saw that there was a wedding they stayed out of the way. (There were a few onlookers who cheered at our first kiss which was kind of cool)

Your picture is beautiful. Is that a pro pic? My wedding was better than I imagined it would be. It rained the day of the wedding (but not during the ceremony) so it wasn't hot or humid. It was comfortable and cloudy so no one was in sunglasses or squinting in pictures. The only thing I would have changed is the rain the next day. We did couple's photos the next day but it rained the whole time so it limited our options. I have a whole wedding review with pics that I plan to post soon.

The rooftop cafe is really nice. And a great place to people watch if you eat on the deck. I LOVE helping other bride's with wedding ideas so if you want more pictures, tips, ideas etc. please feel free to ask. Good luck!

I hope everyone has had beautiful, amazing august weddings! I hope you will all post pictures soon. Here is one from my wedding in Key West on 8-9-10. I am hoping to have more soon :-) Â

  Here is a pic that a friend took at the wedding. It was on Smather's Beach. I also chose this beach b/c of the Palm trees, the state park didn't have palm trees, it was mostly pine trees :-(

The beaches are decent. They aren't the pristine white sand beaches you would find in Mexico or the Carribean, but they are nice. They are clean and water is beautiful. There was a lot of seaweed when we were there, but that was from the recent storms they had. I liked Smather's beach the best for a couple of reasons 1. it was FREE and 2. it was a lot less crowded than the beach at the state park. Depending on the hotel you choose, they may have a private beach for weddings.