Sarah

Quote: Originally Posted by EDYTA I wanted to share this site with all of you, I think it's such a great and cute idea for everyone who hasn't decidede on their invitations yet This is what they say.... BOTTLE SPIN If you're having a beach wedding and think engraved wedding invitations seem a bit washed-u, mail a message in a bottle instead. Skateboarding legend Tony Hawk and Lhotse Merriam sent each of their wedding guests a Coca-Cola bottle stuffed with an invite created to look like a treasure map... Check out www.islandweddinshops.com or www.invitationinabottle.com (here you can create a custom message that come sin a bottle with sand, shells, a cork and raffia or ribbon, then have it mailed to your guests ($39.99, 20-bottle minimun). They also offer do-it-yourself kits ($23.99, 19 bottle minimum) Edyta, these are awesome, are you thinking about doing something like this?

Yay Christa! You're winning the big bucks now. Woohoo!

Quote: Originally Posted by host i found this stray kitty...actually saved him from a street person...and named it isabella so i could call her bella...she was so pretty...i bought all these pretty purple accesories for her and took her to the vet...the vet asks me what is your kitties name...and i said "isabella, but we call her bella"...ans he is like interesting name since he is a boy...isabella is now oscar. That is hilarious:) My parents had a cat named "Little Girl". They took Little Girl to the vet to get fixed and found out that she was actually a little boy. But, they kept the name the same- so this poor cat was named Little Girl all its 14 year life! It was a huge fat orange male cat called little girl and he had quite an attitude- I blame it on my parents because they gave him a complex!

Here are some things I found: (This from http://www.theknot.com/ch_article.ht...3247&x=20&y=14) Invitation Wording: Divorced parents are hosting jointly (formal) Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Miller & Ms. Rachel M. Wood request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Karen Percy Miller to Michael Francis Jacobson Saturday, the seventeenth of May two thousand and eight at half past four in the afternoon or Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Miller & Ms. Rachel M. Wood request the pleasure of your company at the marriage of their daughter Karen Percy Miller to Michael Francis Jacobson Saturday, the seventeenth of May two thousand and eight at half past four in the afternoon Note: A good rule of thumb is to list whomever is paying for the majority of the wedding, first. "request the honor of your presence" is traditionally only used if the ceremony is taking place in a house of worship. Invitation Wording: Divorced parents are hosting jointly (casual) Charles and Linda Miller with Rachel M. Wood invite you to the wedding of their daughter Karen Percy Miller to Michael Francis Jacobson Saturday, May 17, 2008 at 4:30 in the afternoon or Charles and Linda Miller with Rachel M. Wood invite you to share and celebrate at the marriage of their daughter Karen Percy Miller to Michael Francis Jacobson Saturday, May 17, 2008 at 4:30 in the afternoon or Charles and Linda Miller with Rachel M. Wood invite you to share in their joy at the marriage of their daughter Karen Percy Miller to Michael Francis Jacobson Saturday, May 17, 2008 at 4:30 in the afternoon These suggestions are from http://weddings.about.com/cs/invitat...ationword.htm: Brides parents are divorced: either Issued by the parent who raised her Ms. Janet Myers requests the honor of your presence at the wedding of her daughter Anne Catherine etc. or Divorced parents are hosting the wedding together Mr. Christopher Myers and Ms. Janet Myers request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Anne Catherine Divorced parent and new stepparent are hosting the wedding: Mr. and Mrs. Marc Velez request the honor of your presence at the marriage of Mrs. Velez's daughter Anne Catherine Myers etc. Child of divorced and remarried parents both hosting the wedding Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Myers and Mr. and Mrs. Marc Velez request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Anne Catherine etc. OR Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Myers and Mr. and Mrs. Marc Velez request the honor of your presence at the marriage of the daughter of Mr. Myers and Mrs. Velez Anne Catherine to etc. There are about a bajillion websites that pop up if you google it, but I thought these two were pretty succinct.

Awesome idea, thanks for sharing. This board is going luminaria crazy!

Yay Ann! It's so awesome how involved you have gotten in such a short time. The PV brides are lucky to have you (and so are the rest of us). Congratulations!

Welcome to the forum Bella, let us know how we can help. Did you have anything in particular in mind?

Congratulations and welcome to the forum Erika!

Quote: Originally Posted by EDYTA Karla, Thanks for all your advice its greatly appreciated Sarah, I have tons of starfish at home and they do smell at first but they just need to be dried out...so keep them on your balcony when ur at the resort and just stick thm out in the sun for a couple days and than the smell will go away Good to know, thanks!

Happy Birthday MariaElena! Hope you enjoy your first b-day as a member of the married crowd

This is awesome! I hope a BDW girl gets it:)

Quote: Originally Posted by NABUMBAH yeah, but I am sure she didn't choose to have them in there, you know? It was probably the photographer's discretion. And fwiw, I doubt they meant for these to be released to the public. True, and I agree!

Quote: Originally Posted by NABUMBAH I think those photos were nice, and tastefully done. Boudoir photography has become SUPER popular. and well, she has the body. I definitely don't dispute that she has the body, and I agree that boudoir photos are beautiful when done appropriately (and these are nice onces), it just seems a little tacky to me to have it in the slideshow of your wedding that everyone will see!

Quote: Originally Posted by NABUMBAH I can give you example pricing : white calla lily bouquet - $265 white casablanca lily bouquet - $85 green cymbidium orchid bout - $25 hope that helps! Let me know if you want to see my full quote. Thank you- just needed something to compare:)

Quote: Originally Posted by akh wow - she's not shy, is she?! Quote: Originally Posted by Natalie M i agree i was just waiting for someone to say something. And the ones with her holding her breasts! Not for a slideshow! Everything else was very nice! What do you girls mean? These were the type of poses I was planning for my wedding boudoir photos- do you think I should rethink them? I thought they were very tasteful and sexy. I was going to draw the line at the full frontal nudity pose, but decided maybe just one wouldn't hurt... lol- as Borat would say- NOT!

Thanks Natasha, they have beautiful work. I'd also love whatever prices or info you have on them! Thanks

I think also that alot of it depends on the overall budget of your wedding. If you're having 10 people and a cake reception and your budget is $4k, then spending a ton on photography probably seems out of the question (I STILL would blow my whole budget on the photographer, flowers be damned!), BUT, if your budget is $15-20k and you're having a fairly large group, there is certainly some place where you can trim the budget in other areas. Also, guys totally don't understand most of this wedding stuff. My FI freaked out when I told him how much we were spending just on engagement photos, much less the 5 hours for the wedding with Juan. I told him that I wasn't going to budge on the issue, that it was important to me and that was pretty muth the end of it. Considering the fact that I'm the one working 20 hours of overtime a week to pay for everything, I figured I could get my way!

Quote: Originally Posted by host wow, multi-quote queen... Well, since I live on here and post so darn much I figured I might as well start combining them!

Welcome! We have several RM/cancun brides on the board now. Our RM/Cancun moderator Jackie (Ryjaxs19) has tons of info posted in the Cancun/RM section. I know there are a couple girls who have been looking at the El Dorado. Thanks for joining us, can't wait to hear all about your plans!

Welcome Tara! Good luck with the rest of your planning

Quote: Originally Posted by KARLA Thanks Kash. Honestly Natasha was super cool about it. I think I just made it worse because I felt so badly about it... and then not being able to take them to her on time, etc.... in my mind it just kept snowballing, yet I'm sure it probably barely registered in the grand scheme of things with a bride-to-be. The responses I've gotten from some of my friends have cracked me up thought... - I did take mine... oh no, you want them back?!? - Eww, no, they were smelly. - No, but I should have! I was too enibreated to think about it. Ok, at least it is somewhat amusing.... I can't believe the nerve of some people sometimes. Why would you steal starfish from a bride? That's just tacky! I've wondered if my guests would want them or not- I had heard that they smell funny, hmm...have to think about that one.

Thanks for posting the link to your other dress. NOW I remember your dress- I knew it was something really unusual, I just couldn't quite picture it. I don't know, it's a hard choice, they're both really pretty! I guess, not to be bold, but are we talking several hundreds of $$ or several thousands for your new one? I have no idea what Pronovias' cost, I've never looked at them.

Quote: Originally Posted by akh What the heck - now I go to that dress and it's full price. Am I going insane?!?! It was down to $111! That has happened to me on Macy's.com before too! Once, I loaded my shopping cart full of stuff that was on sale, then went to check out and it wasn't. What's up with that? I love the dress though. I actually had something very similar in my mind when thinking about my RD dress.

Quote: Originally Posted by akh This is a photographer that someone posted earlier, and has great pics! I just thought I'd start a new thread to post the info., so it doesn't get lost. I also got pricing info - see attached. I am just starting to collect potential photographers, and this could be one of them! I love her work Ann, she's does some really cool stuff. When are you getting married though, didn't Jackie say she was booked until 2008 sometime?

Very pretty, I loved the pictures with the little girl, she's so cute! Thanks for sharing!