Jacilyn's planning thread... thus far

[Jacilynda]

Hey Ladies!!!
So here is my “sort of” planning thread. A few people have been asking about my location, etc because I’ve been able to plan the whole thing w/ such a small budget. Our original budget is $5500 although unless I find some stuff I can’t deal w/out we’ve spent $4650. My FFIL and FMIL are paying for our travel down to Akumal, and covering our accommodation for 2 weeks.

So… it all started w/ a ring (not in the budget cause fiancé paid for it already). It’s so hard to take a clear picture!


Here’s a picture I found online of the whole set.


Here is Joe’s ring:


Here are our invites thanks to all the lovely ladies on here!!! The passport is the actual invite and the boarding passes have all the info.






We are having our ceremony out in front of the Cannon House. There is no fee for our ceremony sight because we are having our reception at the Hotel Akumal Caribe (Hotel Akumal Caribe). Here’s a photo of the ceremony sight:


Then our reception is in the North Pala on the beach. The Lol-Ha restaurant will be catering for us. Our guests will all be served ceviche and spinach artichoke dip. They have a choice of Yucutan lime soup, house salad, or Caesar salad. Then they have a choice of Pork Poc Chuk, Grilled Pork Chops, Tampiquena Beef, or Mango Chicken. The total for our reception came up just under $2000.Here’s a pic


Continuing....

[Jacilynda]

Here’s one side on the inside of the palapa. We are going to have the tables around the outside so we can dance in the middle. The palapa has its own sound system and dj equipment so FBIL is going to be our dj. We’re going to be hanging lanterns throughout to lower the ceiling a bit.


Here is the bar inside the palapa


Our tables will have white tablecloths with aqua blue runners, pink napkins and chair tyes. Here is our centerpiece inspiration (along the runner):


Here are our chairs and ties



These are our flowers. They are just like these, but instead of the white callas there will be hot pink callas, the green stay the same, and the orchids are off-white instead of green. We’re very excited about them. Sharon Nagassar is doing them. Our total for our flowers (includes shipping) is $320.
Here is my bouquet:


This is the MOH bouquet:


Here’s the rest of the BM bouquets:


This is the toss bouquet:


Here are my corsages:

[Jacilynda]

The groom’s bout:


The groomsmen, and father’s bouts:


And our flower girls pomander… all off-white:


The Turtle Bay Café is doing our cake!!! Very excited. Jennifer is charging us $300 for our cake which includes delivery. Here is a picture of it:


Here is my hair inspiration:


And what everyone wants to see…. My dress! Here are a couple pictures of the front and then one of the back. Te back criss-crosses and then ties.

[Jacilynda]

holy crap! I'm resizing these now

[ericaandsy]

WOW Jacilynda! Everything looks great! After seeing those flowers I had to google Sharon's website..those flowers look so real!!You are very organized for Aug 09!! I need to catch up!!

[Jacilynda]

I'm such a freak about getting done. I'm working on my doctorate of pharmacy and I have a 3 month old so I don't have much time to plan during the school year. And once the school year is over our wedding is only a couple months away.

[BeckyN]

Congrats from another Pharm student!!! Everything looks amazing. Your invites are awesome... I'm sure your guests loved them. And the cake is so cute!

[jkcz0702]

Wow everything looks amazing and you got it all done while going to school and having a new baby. You rock!

[beachbride08]

Everything looks great. I love the flowers and your dress is beautiful! I also like how you put the passport and the boarding pass invites together. I haven't seen that done before, but it is a really cute idea!

[Jen5372]

Everything looks awesome-especially your gorgeous little baby!