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Quote: Originally Posted by AQHARIDER I often wondered what Jeff would think when this was all said and done. I wondered if he’d realize all the work I put into this, all the details I thought of, and how I probably spent more time making this wedding for FOURTEEN people be as impressive as if it was for four hundred. Well, during our first dance, he looked at me and said “you’re amazing- I can’t believe you put all this together. Thank you so much for making this such a perfect day. I’m so proud that you’re my wife†Talk about making it all worthwhile… This brought tears to my eyes! Sarah - you really did an amazing job with wedding and I am so happy that it was the perfect day that you've been dreaming of. If I didn't know you were already busy helping mothers bring their beautiful babies into the world I would suggest that you should become a wedding coordinator. Thank you for your awesome review! I am so jealous that you, Edyta and Tammy got to go through all this together!

Quote: Originally Posted by dragonfly I am wondering the same thing, and what about if all your vendors are supplied by the resort? Do they just want to do their job and go home? Kelly~ I would think they would. Wouldn't it be weird to pay a resort to pay for additional meals for their employees that you're paying the resort for? With Jonathan and other photographers who are traveling just to shoot your wedding I think it makes more sense that you're feeding him. But I'm not so sure what to do about local vendors who aren't hired for very large amounts of time...

Quote: Originally Posted by jthrasherphoto.com Yes, always include your vendors in your meals. and leave a seat for them as well. Fortunately my clients have always been kind enough to mention it before hand so I didn't have to bring it up but I've heard many other photographers get upset about "vendor meals" and being stuck in another room. Caterers sometimes will put together a vender meal which is usually less than desirable. After being on my feet for 10+ hours its nice to have a decent meal and I'm always grateful with clients leave a seat and meal for me. Hi Jonathan - I had a quick question regarding your post. If you are hired for only 4 hours do you still ask your clients for dinner? I am wondering if I should include my photographer in my headcount. Since I am only hiring my photographer for 4 hours and our dinner is 1 hour long does that mean that I really only get 3 hours of pictures? Your help and advice is appreciated!

WOW! Mishi that sounds like heaven! It makes me wish I could plan a secret second wedding and do it there! You look beautiful in your pictures - I love the close-up of you looking away from the camera - so pretty!

Sarah - you look SO beautiful! That was defintiely the perfect dress for you. Your hair looks gorgeous too! Thanks for including some pics from Edyta's wedding - she is another beautiful bride!

I love #3 - the gardens are so beautiful!

Congrats! I'm sure your FI will look gorgeous! It must also feel great to have one3 more thing checked off the list!

I've never used Diet Watch but I've used eDiets and Weight Watchers and I have liked both and used both successfully. Both of these focus more on food than exercise but I think it can be a beneficial tool to get motivated.

Quote: Originally Posted by jilly76 And by the way Kash, you're going to look absolutely stunning in scarlet on your wedding day! Thanks Sweetie! So are you - whatever you decide! I say buy it, love it and keep it! To hell with the money - some things are more important! If after the wedding you decide you want to sell it then go ahead and do it. I guess the thing is we pay so much in life for things that are "necessary" let this be the thing you buy to celebrate YOU! And my last piece of advise is - if you do buy it don't feel guilty - just enjoy it!

I went through a similar dilemna and in the end bought my dream dress (with a nightmare price-tag). However I actually already have a buyer lined up (through Craigslist) who is going to buy the dress from me for 2/3 the original price. After my ordeal I have a few notes pre-wedding (so my opinions may change day-of): - If I could do it all over again I don't think I would have bought it. (Part of the reason though is I am concerned that the dress may not be super flaterring) - I am finding it very difficult to sell the dress and keep secretly hoping the other brides backs out! - I also actually bought a different dress at first and cried that night - freaked out and called the salon at 1am saying I wanted to return it for the one I really wanted. - Maybe it's just overall wedding jitters for me though - maybe my dress will look awesome and I'll be the happiest girl in the world. So in other words, I am absolutely no help. So I my advice it go with your gut. Both options will work and no matter what you will love whatever dress you end up wearing. Pick one and then just go with it - either way! (Again, sorry about being no help)

Quote: Originally Posted by TAMMYM Like this... Tammy - that looks awesome! I was going to buy these but honestly I'm just struggling against the $24 plus shipping cost of them! Maybe I'll try and make them instead...

Quote: Originally Posted by NATASHA Maye was my coordinator - I asked her and I also asked my photographer directly. Thanks Natasha!

Quote: Originally Posted by NATASHA Kash - you should ask your vendors. I asked mine and they all declined. My photographer and DJ just asked that they be able to have drinks (non-alcoholoic - they both clarified which didn't matter to me). Interesting... did you have an outside coordinator as well (I can't remember) or just Claudia? I guess I will just ask Maye (since all my vendors come through her) and maybe people will say the same.

Quote: Originally Posted by A10CALGAL Kash - that is so cute! I've never heard/read that before. Very unique & I am sure a wonderful representation of your relationship. Sweet! My FI found it actually (hilariously enough going through this million page thread on indiebride.com). We also have some more serious stuff in our ceremony but that's sort of the ice-breaker that our goofy friend is going to read. Here's a rundown for other brides who may be looking for readings: "The Wedding Prayer" by Robert Louis Stevenson (slightly changed): Behold our family and friends here assembled. We are thankful for this place in which we dwell, For the love that unites us, For the peace accorded us this day, For the hope with which we expect the morrow, For the health, the work, the food, And the bright skies that make our lives delightful; For our friends in all parts of the earth. Thank you. The Dalia Lama said about happiness: When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace. “Love†by Roy Croft I love you, Not only for what you are, But for what I am When I am with you. I love you, Not only for what You have made of yourself, But for what You are making of me. I love you For the part of me That you bring out; I love you For putting your hand Into my heaped-up heart And passing over All the foolish, weak things That you can't help Dimly seeing there, And for drawing out Into the light All the beautiful belongings That no one else had looked Quite far enough to find. I love you because you Are helping me to make Of the lumber of my life Not a tavern But a temple; Out of the works Of my every day Not a reproach But a song. love you Because you have done More than any creed Could have done To make me good, And more than any fate Could have done To make me happy. You have done it Without a touch, Without a word, Without a sign. You have done it By being yourself. .... I don't know where this is from: You have known each other for three years, through the first glance of acquaintance to this moment of commitment. At some point, you decided to marry From that moment of yes to this moment of Yes, indeed, you have been making promises and agreements in an informal way. All those conversations that were held riding in a car or over a meal or during long walks – all those sentences that began with “When we’re married†and continued with “I will and you will and we will†- those late night talks that included “someday†and “somehow†and “maybeâ€- and all those promises that are unspoken matters of the heart. All these common things, and more, are the real process of a wedding. The symbolic vows that you are about to make are a way of saying to one another, “ You know all those things we’ve promised and hoped and dreamed- well, I meant it all, every word.†Before this moment you have been many things to one another- acquaintance, friend, companion, lover, dancing partner, and even teacher, for you have learned much from one another in these last few years. Now you shall say a few words that take you across a threshold of life, and things will never quite be the same between you. For after these vows, you shall say to the world, this- is my husband, this- is my wife. Here are our vows (Officiant speaks, we repeat - Dan first then me): I ___ take you _____ as my wife. I choose you above all others, to share my life with me. I promise to love you just as you are, to laugh with you in joy, to grieve with you in sorrow, and to speak the truth to you. I promise to be faithful to you, and to cherish our marriage and friendship for as long as I live.

Quote: Originally Posted by DREA14369 Kash they also have a Dominos in San Jose: Domino's Pizza 30-minute delivery within San Jose del Cabo. Tuesdays 2 x 1. Coral Baja, Km. 29.5 Transp. Hwy. Ph: 142-4033. Daily 10am-10pm. L, D, S - $ You are a wealth of information! (especially about pizza!) Thank you! Anny - No one has requested food yet so I'm actually hoping I don't need to feed anyone!

Quote: Originally Posted by dragonfly I have budgeted $2000.00 for a photographer, but the problem is I can't find one in the Dominican Republic. I wish I could bring our own with us, but not possible, our trip for myself, my partner, and our 5 children is about $15000.00 then there is the wedding costs for 40 people, and I am also paying for my nephew to come with us. I want to do a trash the dress session so bad, but I have no idea if that will now be possible, I think I'm going to be stuck with the resort photographer, bummer. Kelly~ Don't worry - the resort photographer might be great! Maybe you can get in touch with him/her ahead of time and talk through what kind of stuff you want and tell them about the Trash the dress pics!

We are not doing it but we have lived together for 6 years. However I will say that if we didn't live together I think it is a good idea. There are a lot of things that will drive you crazy you move in with someone. Honestly, we had a tough year our first year in the same (studio) apartment. I think knowing how youre going to pay your bills together, whether you're going to have children - how many you're going to have, who cooks, who cleans the bathroom, etc. etc.

We have three readings one is very short, one is long and silly (below) and one one is medium. I love this one (I think we removed a stanza or two but I don't have the document with me): “I Like you†by Sandol Stoddard Warburg I like you And I know why I like you because You are a good person To like I like you because When I tell you something special You know it’s special And you remember it A long long time You say Remember when you told me Something special And both of us remember When I think something is important You think it’s important too We have good ideas When I say something funny You laugh I think I’m funny and You think I’m funny too That’s because You really like me You really like me Don’t you And I really like you back And you like me back And I like you back And that’s the way we keep on going Everyday And I like you because When I’m feeling sad You don’t always cheer me up right away Sometimes its better to be sad You can’t stand the others being so googly and gaggly every single minute You want to think about things It takes time I like you because if I am mad at you Then you are mad at me too It’s awful when the other person isn’t They are so nice and hoo-hoo you could just about punch them in the nose I like you because if I think I am going to throw up then you are really sorry You don’t just pretend you are busy looking at the birdies and all that You say maybe it was something you ate You say the same thing happened to me one time And the same thing did If you find two four-leaf clovers You give me one If I find four I give you two If we only find three We keep on looking Sometimes we have good luck And sometimes we don’t I like you because I don’t know why Everything that happens Is nicer with you I can’t remember when I didn’t like you It must have been lonesome then I like you because because because I forget why I like you But I do So many reasons On the fourth of July I like you because It’s the fourth of July On the Fifth of July I like you too Even if it was the nine-hundred-and-ninety-ninth of July Even if it was August Even if was way down at the bottom of November Even if it was no place particular in January I would go on choosing you And you would go on choosing me Over and over again That’s how it would happen every time I don’t know why I would go on choosing you And you would go on choosing me Over and over again That’s how it would happen every time

I used vistaprint but I actually just created the whole image (with text and everything) in photoshop and then uploaded the jpeg... I don't know if that helps you at all but if you know photoshop that might be a good option as well!

awesome! Thanks Janet!

Natalie - please post a picture - those sound so cute!

If I hand them out as favors what should i write on them: Thank you Welcome June 16, 2007 Los Cabos, Mexico etc. etc. Or should I do a combination of the above (write half with date, half with Los Cabos, etc. etc.)

I generally don't. I'm actually sick right now with fever and body aches and I am going to skip my yoga class tonight otherwise I might pass out!

OK so here's the deal. I bought these palm fans and have tied ribbon on each of them (I tried to wrap the ribbon so it looked a little bouquet like). I also bought these place cards from Michael's along with little gerber daisy stickers that I'm going to put on them to spice them up. So here's my dilemna: Originally I was going to have these set-out on a table for guests to pick up as they go from the cocktail hour to the reception. Each would have their name on the outside and their table number on the inside. But then I was thinking that the great thing about these fans in that it is going to be very hot in June and people can actually use the fans during the ceremony which is out on the sand at 6pm. But then how do I have these given out before the ceremony? Do I trust people to hold onto them through the ceremony and cocktail hour and then remember to look inside them for their table assignment? Or should I have these given out before the ceremony and simply write "Thank you" or something on them instead of people's names. Then I would use matching placecards for people to pick up as they go into the reception. And lastly one of the reasons I got them is so they would look pretty at the place-settings. But if I do this then they can't be used as placecards OR fans... sort of defeats the purpose. So here are the options: 1. Use as placecard to be picked up at reception - write names & tables on them and have people pick them up as they go to the reception site (around 7:30pm) 2. Use as placecard but hand them out as people arrive at ceremony 3. Use as a favor only - give out as people arrive at ceremony and have separate placecards 4. Use as decoration only - have set-out at place-settings

I think they would be very bulky but I think overall the idea is a good one. I'm not 100% sold ont he fake flowers because I do agree with Janet that I think fake flowers are best used when people can't tell they're fake. We are actually doing a very similar idea except we are using small palm fans - with placecards, gerber daisy sticker and ribbon from Michaels.