Sarah

Aww Julie, your mom is so sweet! That made me teary- you are so fortunate to have such a wonderful mother. Never take that for granted I'm so glad you got your dream veil!

OK, for those following this thread, here's the new thread: http://bestdestinationwedding.com/fo...ps-tricks.html

Lisa, this is something alot of the "older" members of the forum have been working on for a long time- and we did it all through outside email so Tammy wouldn't find out- don't feel bad! I know that if we had opened it up to the entire forum it would have become overwhelmingly difficult to handle because everyone would love to gift Tammy because of all the wonderful things she's done for us.

I'm so glad it all finally arrived. A big thanks to Christine to organizing the books, and to Christine & Jen for taking care of the food! Everyone worked together so well on this project I knew you would love the chilaquiles! I miss our breakfasts together at Dreams

Yes. Although I have the Extreme version, you can actually choose which version you want to work in, so I adjusted my program to Basic to double-check everything as I made these directions.

Happy belated birthday Courtney! Hope you had a wonderful day, have fun on DH's b-day too! I remember when I also was at the age when I wanted people to think I was older than I really was- don't worry, in a couple years you'll be over that!

OK girls, as promised, here's a thread where we can share how-to's and info on LumaPix Fotofusion. Here are some basic instructions below. If you have something specific you'd like to know about, feel free to request. I've learned this all by trial and error, and I'm still learning, so if you've got something to share we'd all love to hear it! OK, here goes... Basic FotoFusion stuff: AutoCollage: A good place to start is by selecting File > New Project > AutoCollage Find the file your pictures are in by using the drop-down Folder menu. Choose your images by double-clicking, or dragging and dropping to the space on the left. Or to select several images at once, hold the ctrl button down and when you’ve clicked on all your images, click Add to List. At the top left, there are tabs. Click Canvas Size Options to change the size of your project. Finally, click OK at the bottom of the page to add your pictures to your canvas. OK- got pictures on your canvas? Basic Picture and Frame Tools: Click on a picture- notice there are several buttons (or “handlesâ€) on your picture. The blue corners and sides will resize your frame. The yellow squares just inside the blue corners will zoom in (crop) and out of your picture. The center button allows you to drag the picture up and down, side to side within the frame (pan). The button toward the top center allows you to rotate the image within the frame. You will notice that if you hover over any of these handles, their description pops up. Adding a picture once you’re in the canvas: Under “Main†click the folder icon- if you hover over it it says “Browse for Picturesâ€. Find the folder on your compter, and as in auto collage, hold ctrl down and select several, the OK, or double-click just one picture to add it to the canvas. If you select just one picture, it will automatically add the picture to the canvas in a new frame. If you select several pictures, you will notice them as small thumbnails by your cursor in the order they will be dropped. Hover over the canvas and drop either into an existing frame, or into a new frame- you’ll see what I mean. Or, under “Canvasâ€, click the icon on the far right the + sign inside a square- that will add a new frame to the canvas, and you can drop pictures into that. To pick up and exchange pictures into different frames, either right click and select “Pick up Selected†or click the number that’s on the top of the frame. To delete a frame, click the picture within the frame and hit delete on your computer. If you click on a picture, you’ll also notice that a menu pops up titled “frameâ€. Hover over the square icon on the top of that menu and click to select either the image, the border, or the shadow- there are many options for each of these. Have fun playing around with that! Text: Go to Tools > Text > Add Text to Canvas. Once your text is on your canvas, drag and drop the canvas box wherever you want, and resize using the side and corner handles. To edit your text, double click inside the text box. When you click the text box, you’ll notice a text menu pops up- notice that you can edit the text, or the text shadow. In that menu, click in the text area to type whatever text you want in the frame. Use the dropdown font menu to change the font. Any ttf fonts you have stored on your computer will show up here. Play around with the options- you can change the color, opacity, shadow, outline, etc. Click anywhere on the canvas to get rid of the menu when you’ve made your changes. Layering: Learn to layer using text at first- start by either adding a second text box the way you added the first, or what I like to do is highlight my existing text box by clicking on it, then hitting ctrl+D to duplicate, Hit this several times to make multiple duplications (I also do this to duplicate frames). Then click in each individual text frame to change the font, color etc. Right click on the text frame and you’ll notice a ton of options for layering: bring to front, send to back, and moving up and down a layer. You also can change the opacity of the text to see through to the underneath- this feature is very useful for making monograms, and layering text over pics- how I make my sigs. To save your project, just click file>save as, like you would for any other program. This saves it within the FotoFusion program. To export (and use your project anywhere else) you need to export. I normall expert to a .jpg file, 300 dpi- this works best for most applications. Export is on the lower left. You also can email your complete project to yourself or others. I share photo collages this way a lot. My family loves getting them. You can click Preview to see what your final image will look like, or Render to just get it. OK, more to come. Let me know if that was clear and if you have any questions about this basic stuff!

I got my BM dress from Nordstrom. Actually, I ordered like 10 different dresses and we picked the ones we liked and sent the rest back- so easy and their customer service was great. They were so easy to deal with, even when I ended up losing a BM about 2 months after my original order and despite not having a packing slip to refer to, and already returning 3/4 of that order, they gave me absolutely no hassles about returning the other dress. I'd highly recommend them...

Welcome Sara!

Welcome Jamie! Happy planning

Welcome Karen! Let us know how we can help!

This is definitely a touchy subject, and has definitely been hashed out before: http://bestdestinationwedding.com/fo...n-wedding.html But, in reference to the original question, I think if you've set a precedent (whether or not it's one I agree with!) you should stick with it, otherwise you're going to have some pretty upset relatives.

Wow Heidi. What a difficult situation to be in. I don't even know what to say. I just hope that during this time with your siblings that you are able to remember the good times, work through the bad, and gain closure where your relationship with your dad is concerned. My heart goes out to you and your family.

Maureen you are absolutely stunning in these photos! I absolutely know what you're saying about not havin the perfect body, but feeling so beautiful in these photos- i was the same way. You couldn't look more beautiful- your FI is going to be blown away. They are so classy & gorgeous, yet seductive. Way to go!

Quote: Originally Posted by Morgan I'm having trouble figuring out how to resize a picture. I can make the frame the size I want, but I can zoom out on the picture so it's not fitting in the frame. I don't think I'm understanding the question. There are handles on the corners that let you resize the frame, then there is a green button just inside the corner handles that you can drag to zoom in and out of the picture. Is that what you're asking? Sorry i teased you all with this tutorial thing and then never followed through on it. This week has been crazy at work, and I'm still getting over whatever sickness that was last week so I'm pretty much just working and sleeping right now...Hopefully this weekend I will catch up on this. However, if you have specific questions, feel free to post them here & I'll try to answer them...

Congratulations! Your pictures are gorgeous...it looks like you had a wonderful time!

That turned out great Morgan! What a fun keepsake.

Those are really pretty! I love the monogram belly band. The saying is cute too:)

Happy Birthday Drea!

I love them all (I see why you couldn't decide!) but I picked 4

Tammy you already know- I'm just trying to go beyond that. Is that cryptic enough for you? lol

I haven't forgotten about this...I'm just trying to get my photobook done so I can send it off to be printed. I also have another side project going on that I'll get into later...lol

For the week before we left for Cabo I just drank tons of water, ate pretty much only veggies and protein, avoided carbs and sugar. Even when we got to the resort for the first 5 days I made reasonable choices. I still ate the normal resort food, but it was within reason. I also was on the treadmill for 45 minutes, then the elliptical 45 minutes, then weights for 30 minutes almost every day for the 2 weeks before the wedding. I even kept this up at Dreams- getting up at 7am every day so I could be back to the room to get ready for each day with Jeff. It was pretty brutal, especially since I'd only been working out like 3 times a week before then. Believe me, right after the wedding I ate anything and everything in sight! This explains why I've gained 12 pounds since the wedding. Yikes! Sorry for the hijack, although I think mine probably belongs in the "what I wouldn't do again". Don't save your working out and dieting until the last 3 months before the wedding! lol

To those of you debating Spanx. I was planning on wearing them and had my last fitting with them on (2 weeks before the wedding). However, the wedding day arrived and when I put the Spanx on with my dress the night before- I had this recurring nightmare that my dress wouldn't fit & I'd have to wear my TTD dress to the wedding- my dress was actually too small! I guess my crash dieting at the end worked, and although I liked the look better with them on, I didn't feel like my dress was snug enough. And I totally vetoed it the day of the wedding- I was really warm while I was getting ready and I totally didn't want anything extra on. It was just me, my Mrs. Spr**** undies and my dress