Our Wedding in Paradise - Part One

There are some moments in our lives we will never forget and it had to be our wedding day. On June 21, 2013, Mr. D and I took the blessed leap into wedding bliss on the island of Grenada, our home. Since the age of 9, I always said that I wanted to get married on the beach, so when my mother found this venue, The Aquarium Restaurant in Grenada, it was destined that we would exchange our vows here on the sand. One of best parts of planning our wedding were the DIY projects and customized accesories that truly made our wedding special.  Please enjoy a few of our photos from that day thanks to our amazing photographer, Kelon Pascal Photopgraphy. 

Hair accessory by Aye' Shanti Designs. My locs were styled by the amazing Shireen Burris

Myself with my maid of honor, Marie. I'm placing a yellow orchid hair accessory by Aye' Shanti Designs in her hair.

One of the DIY projects, our glittered initials and a handwritten guestbook signage all could be found at the Paper Source.

DIY programs and menu cards using Paper Source products and stamp.  The paper bag color reminds me so much of sand.

A sneak peek of the golden wedding dress that I loved so so much... More pics to come. Designed by Marcelle St. Bernard Designs.

The bouquets and boutonnieres were filled with tropical loveliness from spider orchids, ferns and anthurium lilies. I sneaked in a gold camera charm as a pre-wedding surprise for my hubby to be. Florists information tba.

My matron of honor, Nadia posing so lovely by the water.

Pre-wedding giggles with my girls overlooking the beach.

I saw these Fringe Flag DIY creations on AnnMarieLovesPaper and I had to recreate them for our guests to wave as we walked down the aisle. It's a beach wedding so I didn't want rice or bubbles but something that would blow lovely in the wind. Galvanize bucket from Paper Source.

The Aquarium Restaurant was a spectacular venue right on the beach. Paired with Aye' Shanti designed programs, menus and decorations and their lovely table settings including my favorite batik, it was paradise.

Our gift bags were hand-stamped with our initials and filled with customized items for our guests courtesy of www.AyeShanti.com and www.Spiceklyn.com. 

Our gift bags were hand-stamped with our initials and filled with customized items for our guests.

    Hair accessory by Aye' Shanti Designs and bow tie by Whitney House

More pictures to come very soon on www.AyeShanti.com Blessings, Shanti

NEW Metallic LOVE in Aye' Shanti SHOP

New in the Aye' Shanti Shop are these lovely GOLD and SILVER metallic earrings. 

I've been wanting to get these in the shop for such a long time because I love the pairing of metallic jewelry with other colors, so this is the perfect earring to add a bit of glitz and glam to your outfit.

So definitely head over to www.AyeShanti.bigcartel.com or click on SHOP at the top and grab your metallic ear candy! 

Love & Light,

Midsummer Isle's Dream Collection 2012

It's 1am and I'm up adding finishing touches to orders, projects and preparing for the release of a collection I call "Midsummer Isle's Dream". These designs are filled with color, flair, riddim and a mix of fabrics and metals. I was so inspired by the mix of my Caribbean roots and Urban settings, that I somehow enjoy sketching designs that merges both worlds. I currently have a few of the pieces up and ready for purchase in my SHOP so definitely check it out.

Here are some of the designs currently up:

Tie Dye Fringe Necklace Short

Hand dyed Fringe Necklace Medium

Tie Dye Fringe Necklace Extra Long

Tie Dye Fringe Earrings Short

There's more to come... sweet dreams

Happy Monday and New Designs!!!

First, I hope everyone's Monday is starting off on the right foot. I think the remaining days of the week are reflected by the first day. My weekend was filled with jewelry creations, stationary designing and lots of fun at the Grenada Day Festival in Brooklyn(photos coming soon). I am also preparing to add more photos to my Etsy shop (still in production) but here's a sneak peek. Enjoy and make sure to check back for updates.


Blessings,
Shanti

Friday Instagram Faves and NEW Vintage Finds

Happy Friday Everyone!
Just wanted to share a few of my favorite Instagram photos for this week which really all happened yesterday at music festival under the Brooklyn Bridge which celebrated the music and culture of Brazil:

You should definitely sign up for your local community events, especially with summer on its way. If you're in Brooklyn check out www.bricartsmedia.org

Also, I'm preparing a new line of designs inspired by vintage finds. I was blessed with some pieces from a friend who shops only vintage and being its only of each, I'll be up-cycling the pieces for a new look and flavor for order. Again, it's O.A.K. (one of a kind) so first come first serve, I'll choose a date when they'll be up for purchase, do definitely check in!

Have a great and blessed weekend,

"Saying I Do" Vid, Instagram and GIVEAWAY

I have to say, I love this season for all the wedding preparations, designing fascinators, jewelry and now Stylin' Knot Bracelets for Happy Couples! Here's a video I put together with some of the wedding designs from my collection for Spring/Summer 2012:

Also, if you checked out my post from last week about Instagram, I just LOVE IT! Here's some pics of this week's designs and packaging:

Don't forget to sign up for this lovely GIVEAWAY! Check out the information: CLICK HERE

Have a great weekend,

More Behind the Scenes (Photography Part 2) & Aye' Shanti in Tokyo!!

Happy Friday Everyone! So, we're a few days away from revealing all the new Jewelry and Accessories from the 2012 Collection. Here are a few more photos from the shoot just to hold you off till then! I want to thank Spiceklyn for the AWESOME video! If you haven't checked it out, CLICK here!

"Angel Wing" Ring and Arm Candy!

Inspired by bracelets: "Love" bracelet 

Marsha's holding a DIY purse COMING SOON to the blog!

Prophet Z rockin' the JA neck piece from the "Island Map" Collection

Shireen rockin' the Fringe neck piece

 Also, I just got some great news from my fellow Caribbean - based in Tokyo blogger, Petra from GyeNyameJapan that my pieces finally made it into the Lil' Limo Shop in Tokyo! So, to all myclients in Japan, head over there and tell them I sent you!! 

Blessings,