gkashmira

OK so here's my question - I need your opinions! Because the Hilton has an 11 pm cut-off time for music/parties on the terraces we are going to move our party from the terrace down to the beach for a bonfire at 11pm. Anyway Emeline suggested we serve drinks (which I am happy about) and also possibly offering smores to our guests. We are estimating about 60 people and it costs $3.50/pp for smores (plus tax & service - comes out to $262.50 for 60 people). However I'm not sure if the smores are worth it. With our buffet dinner we get fruit cocktail, custard and tres leches cake. Later in the evening we'll have our "cake" (aka 4 different flavors of cupcakes). I think offering smores is a cute treat but I cabn't imagine many people will wan t to basically eat a third dessert of the night. But everyone will be siiting around the fire and people will have been drinking for like 5 hours by that point so maybe they would like them? Do you think it's worth it?

OMG! I cannot believe everything you've made, done, sent out and more! You are AMAZING! You should do this for a living... well that is if you stopped savingt the world as a nurse!!!!!! I know you're going to have the best time ever - I kno0w it's not fot a few more days but let me say it in advance... CONGRATULATIONS!

Quote: Originally Posted by brandy '08 Hi Ladies! My wedding is not until Next June, 2008, but i find myself bored! I am trying to find things i can do like i called Yesica to see when we can start talking about food...and i talked to my wedding coordinator about when we can start dicussing flowers...they both said it's a little too early to start talking about that stuff.. I am in the process of taking care of my photographer's deposit....gave my wedding coordinator & the company who's designing my std's a deposit..... so now i have nothing to do....boo! Am i only the one alone on this suject?? lol! ..... Sorry for the rambling... -Brandy Brandy - consider yourself lucky! Having too much time is much better than not enough time! Here are some things you can start working on (things I wish I had started before now): - Build your website!!!!! (That's a good one to start now and make really in-depth for your guests) - Research different readings for your ceremony - Do your research: look at different color set-ups, bouquets, centerpieces, dresses, shoes, arches/chuppahs, general decorations. That way when you coordinator tells you it's time you already have it all figured out! - Start compiling your guestlist - names, addresses, significant others, etc. - Build your budget! OK... so start on that and come back when you're bored again

Congratulations! That is awesome! I know what you're talking about. I haven't actually lost any weight recently but for some reason all the waists of my pants are too big... I am glad

I am wearing a veil. I never planned on it but when they put it on me in the bridal shop my mom practically cried... so in the end I paid way more than I wanted to for my veil (the one that matches my dress) for my mom. But I'm happy about it - I think it's very pretty. I'm still wearing flowers in my hair as well: Anyway my vote it wear it!

I have done it before but I'm a lot like Kate. PLus even though I eat seafood I don't eat other meats so it's not a very viable option for me.

Geesh! This is a wedding not a keg-party! I mean what the hell! Who the hell are these people she's trying to bring (that's what I'd really like to know!)?

Quote: Originally Posted by JOELLEN Lessons learned, If you get quotes in mexico for things, and do not get a contract people show up and work for you. They expect to be paid, I got a quote for a mariachi 4 months before my wedding never heard from them again and they showed up to play??!!! WHAT? BE CAREFUL. This is very dangerous. The same thing happened for our transport company so we had double shuttles booked without any contracts. Really? Wow! I need to start emailing people telling them were not using them! How would they know what time to even show up? That is crazy!

Great thread Christine - i was just trying to come up with some ideas for us to incorporate in our ceremony! Perfect time

Thank you so much - I am looking for a good service to recommend to my guests!

Toby - if you love this dress you must order it today! Order it in your CURRENT size - it is so much easier to take in a dress than let one out and the truth of the matter is that this is suppose to be the happiest day of your life - I dont' want you worrying all the way up to the date "Will it fit?" I had the exact same worries - I wanted so badly to lose weight before my wedding (still do!) but thank god I ordered my correct size because truth be told I weigh the same as I did at my first try on! But the truth is that now as long as the dress fits me I'm happy! Go order it now! Or I'll order it for you!

OK - well here it is now that we're a month out... please ignore prior posting... Flights: $350 Hotel: $800 Welcome Dinner: $3200 WD Transpo: $605 Bonfires at WD: $600 Coordinator: $600 Rental Car: $125 Dress: $2000 Veil, shoes, etc.: $500 Groom's suit: $400 Hair & Make-up: $400 Flowers: $100 Chuppah: $250 Invites: $900 STD: $100 DJ: $640 Mariachi Band: $700 Photographer: $1200 Videographer: $750 Other decorations: $100 Favors: $100 Tiki torches: $100 Reception Food: $3750 Reception Drinks: $3600 Cupcake Cake: $435 Grand Total (of everything I can remember right now): $22305

OK, well I know this thread was started in December but hey - for me it's new! So here are my answers: We are spending $1200 on photography and honestly that's way more than I'd like to spend. While pictures are somewhat important for me, they are not the most important thing. To me the most important thing is the day itself - people having fun, good food, good drinks, good friends and family. For me if I have the best time ever I don't need professional pics to remember it by: 1) A large number of my friends are professional photographers. In fact the only reason we are hiring an outside person is because we didn't think it was fair to make one of our friends snap pictures all evening instead of having fun. However I know that we are going to get amazing pictures from them as well as our photographer. 2) We planned a destination wedding to save money (many less guests) because prices for everything in LA are sky-high. That being said I think there are some very talented photographers in Cabo and therefore I was able to afford one! If they were priced closer to 3k I would skip the professional photographer all together. 3) We are also getting a videographer. So anyway I guess the truth is that my photography budget is low because photography is low on my list of priorities. I would rather spend the money on other things...

Quote: Originally Posted by TAMMYM Fine I didn't even have a chance to offer my suggestion.. :-( But for what it's worth I think the red would look amazing but if I were to pick a blue it would have been the lighter one. I second all of the above.

Catherine - I think you have a good start but I think you should play with it some more. What program are you using? I think that if you are using power point it is not going to give you enough flexibility. You may want to try Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator.

Quote: Originally Posted by host thanks everyone...normally i would tackle it but i have "pregnancy brain"...my brain is fried...the other day i asked DH if we were going to get our little guy "castrated"...he got a horrified look on his face and asked "dont you mean circumcized?" oops. Holy shit - I laughed so hard at this I had to try and explain in to my FI... needless to say her didn't find it as amusing!

We had this in each invite: Formal Invitation Smaller Welcome Dinner Invite RSVP card & envelope A "More Info" card that had our website, accomodations, passport reminder. i then stacked them in order of size and tied together the bundle with a red ribbon. Here's what they looked like for an idea:

Welcome Claudia! I went to a really lovely wedding in the Bahamas last year for one of my childhood friends. Everyone had the best time and it was gorgeous! She got married here in Hope Town: Hopetown Bahamas | Abaco Elbow Cay Hope Town Bahamas At this location: Hope Town Harbour Lodge, Elbow Cay, Bahamas We stayed here: Hope Town Hideaways Let me know if I can find out any info for you!

If you can afford it I say do it - It will make it feel SO special!

I can write for you as well

Quote: Originally Posted by BRENDASTAR Okay so what if you get live music for the cermony, like mariachis or trios? Do you still request the music? or they play what they usually play? I think they can probably all play "Here Comes the Bride" but if you want something different you'll need to ask them what they can play for the "walk." Our mariachi trio is playing "Cannon in D" instead. If you have a WC you can also ask them for suggestions of songs that have sounded nice in the past.

Quote: Originally Posted by TarynC I think it looks really good!! I too have no idea about how to make a logo, so I will take your advice and check out Photoshop and see if I can work something up. Thanks!! You can totally do it! Just pull up some online directions on how to use photoshop and give it a try!

Thanks Sarah & Shelley! I made it in Photoshop. Basically I stole the images from my invites and cut out the red flowers so they would match. I don't know how other people did their's but that's how I did this one! I need to work on it some more though... Shelley - I'm sure you can find a photoshop savy friend to put something toether for you once you pick all the details! Also you can always hire someone or VistaPrint used to offer a free service where you could pick one of theirs and custmize it for yourself!

Quote: Originally Posted by host i still think you can get her to agree but we need to figure out her objections first...like if the time is primetime, maybe push it back to 8:00 or make it earlier like 6:00. Tammy is always thinking! I think you can find a way to make it work but unfortunately you don't have a ton of pull because it's a packaged deal so it sounds like you will need to make compromises to get what you want. Good luck!

I have not stayed there but i am hoping that there are no conferences while we are there! I know there was a big group that released their rooms for our weekend (which also dropped room prices - yay!) so I think we are in the clear. i guess asking is the easiest way to know. I do know however that they only do one wedding per weekend.