Natalie Z

Janet, Your pictures are great!!! They are so pretty! You look beautiful and looks like you had so much fun! Congrats!!!

My FI and I met in Cleveland in June of 2004. He lived in Chicago and we did the long distant thing, that sucked! We broke up for about 2 months in between there. He never gave up and we got back together! I moved to Chicago Sept of 2005 and he proposed on March 15 2006. I'm so excited and I can't wait to marry Him. congrats Carol btw!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by JPMO We're hosting a welcome dinner the first night instead on Dreams' beach The ceremony/reception will take place at the Cascade terrace as well. It is such a great spot. I think the pool is so picturesque. Since it's two levels we'll use the bottom level for ceremony and top for reception. The terrace next to the waterfall and pool will hold the cocktail hour. I felt the same way about an offsite rehearsal dinner. Transportation would eat up our savings. We will however rent a truck/van for the week. Besides, people paid a nice amount of money to stay at Dreams I figured we'd try to maximize our dollar. If you or I had picked a non AI then it would be a harder decision. Hi! I have so many questions for you if you don't mind. I have never been to dreams and I'm not sure if we are going to be able to make it down there before the wedding so I was hoping you or anyone could anwser some questions. We are getting married at the gazebo and then we are doing our reception at the cascada terrace. I saw you were doing your ceremony and reception there. I'm confused it is 2 levels? We plan on having about 75-100 people. How many people are you having and what size tables are you doing and how many can even fit. Are you doing 8 or 10 a table? Also you are having a cocktail reception at the terrace next to the waterfall and pool, is that all apart of the cascada terrace? Are you setting up tables there as well? Sorry for all the questions i'm just so confused by not having been there at all. What time are you getting married at? For the rehearsal dinner i was thinking about doing a mexican theme and i have reserved the oceana pool. But i did hear that it is kind of small so now i'm worried about fitting everyone. I love the idea of the beach! is is pretty private or are there always alot of people around? I think that would be fun too. ok I think that is it! sorry so many questions!

no but if you email like i have been doing, she will get right back to you.

Thanks for all of the information!!! It is great!!

Congrats Ann!!

I have been in contact with her and she gets back to me very fast! She seems really nice and is pretty reasonable. I got no response back from sweet dreams when I contacted them. So I think I'm going to work with Jennifer.

your pictures look great! Huge wedding party! looked like you had such a great time! you looked very pretty! where did you get married at? how long did you have juan for?

are you going to use 4x6 frames or 5x7? Are you going to get different colored vellum or white? I don't know what one would look better. I think white but not sure?

Welcome and good luck planning!

welcome and happy planning!

Quote: Originally Posted by amyhmartin Yes, I plan to place pics of us in them. I've started to sift through pictures of us have them scanned (pre-digital camera) or have downloaded them into one folder on the comp. I still have some time (200 so I haven't started anything else. Ikea always has great sales during the holiday, so if the frames go onsale (I know I'm cheap!) I'll probrably purchase them this year and look for bargins on the Velum paper. But they seem to be pretty easy to make. Again I love the idea, also i was thinking of doing them for the guests that are attending at there tables. So they could see themselves! The only thing though is almost all of the pictures are horizontal not vertical. I guess I can still print them vertical i think? Are you using all vertical pictures?

Welcome and good luck planning!

Oh i love this idea! are you going to put pictures of you and your hubby in them on all the tables? Have you started to make them yet?

Welcome Bella! You will find planning so easy on here for Cabo! There is so much information! Good Luck!

Quote: Originally Posted by NABUMBAH Wow i love this picture! it is so cute! i hope you don't mind if i reuse it! so happy birthday MariaElena I hope you are having a great day!

Quote: Originally Posted by KARLA There are 2 types of calla lilies available in Cabo. National or imported. The difference is in the size. The national are a bit skinnier and have thicker stems. That means that you can't have as many in a bunch as you could in an imported bouquet. The cost is a big difference also. The bouquet of the imported was quoted at $200. My bouquet was national callas for $115. After I got the explanation above, I thought my bouquet was going to be really thin, but it was actually really full and I thought just the right size for a bridal bouquet. So I would recommend saving money and going for the national calla lilies. Oh, my calla lilies were actually painted. The natural pink calla lilies were not strong enough of a color for me, so I got them painted to that deep color. Parasol or fans.... well, it depends. I got fans for every seat (men and women), not sure if you would provide parasols for the men also. Also, depending of the amount you want to carry with you to Cabo. The fans packed pretty flat and were super light. I would think Parasols would take a considerable amt of suitcase space. Great to know about the lilies! I had no clue! I was wondering how yours were so pink! I loved them! I will definelty do the national lilies that seems to be a waste of money to me! I like your thought on the fan's! I will put them at every seat! We are getting married at 6:30 so it is later in the day but i was still worried about people being warm. I will go on the website and check them out. Did you attach your programs to the fans? I saw that before and it looked cute but maybe annoying for people.

Quote: Originally Posted by KARLA Hi Natalie M! I see you've gotten quite hooked on the forum (like me) in the past couple of weeks! I don't mind answering your questions at all!! 1 - Got the 10" rafia fans from oriental trading company online http://www.orientaltrading.com/ I got the ribbon and Michael's to match the BM dresses and wrapped and tied for a hours! Lots of people used them, it was VERY hot that day. 2 - The florist my wedding planner contracted was called Rossy. I wanted something really elegant and modern, I think they totally hit the nail on the head! Like I said... I loved all my flowers!! 3 - I think my bouquet has a dozen calla lilies. 4 - Ceremony was set to start at 4 PM.... but we did not get to the restaurant until 4:30 PM (my parents were late, older sister was freaking out looking for her hubby and baby, don't get me started!!)... ceremony started probably around 4:40 PM. We had to rush around to get pics at the beach though, since we were almost an hour behind schedule. Thanks Karla, Ya i'm addicted to this forum now! I just feel if I'm not on I'm going to miss out on great info right away!! Thanks for anwsering all my questions. I was thinking about doing white calla lilies and i liked the amount you had, and I also liked the color. I'm so torn on what to do with flowers. If you don't mind can you give me an estimate on how much your flowers were. I was debating between either the parasols or the fans. I still can't decide. I loved the ribbon on yours though. Do you have any thought on which one to go with? Thanks

She looked really cute! thanks for posting!

I say follow your gut! If you love it that much then get it and shift things around. You will feel better I think because you really like it. I really like both of them! I do like that the 2nd one is more for winter so I think you should get it!

Quote: Originally Posted by TOESNTHESND I inquired about the firedancers and this is what I received from my WC. Hi Natalie, There are more than once dance group here, however we only recommend one of them The pricing depends upon how many dancers and how many musicians we have: X2 Dancers with CD Music = $600 + Tax = $660 X2 Dancer with X1 Musician = $700 + Tax = $770 X2 Dancers with X3 Musicians = $950 + Tax = $1045 I have attached a couple of pictures to this email for you Take care, Natalie. the pics are the same ones that Tammy posted a while back. How long are they there for?

How long do you want pictures for because I'm using Juan Carlos Tapia and for 6 hours he was only $2400. Alot of girls on here are or have used him and he is amazing! He seemed really amazing. There are links in here where you can view his work. I think that is nice for your sister as well to take pictures especially because she is going to start a buisness doing that. Just do what ever makes you the happiest!

Quote: Originally Posted by host its nice...its at las ventanas...thought the shot of her in her g-string was a little weird for a wedding slideshow... 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!

Karla, sorry I have questions for you as well. 1- Where did you get your fans from and did you have to tie on the blue ribbon at the bottoms of them? Did alot of people use them? 2- Who did your centerpieces? 3- Do you remember how many calla Lillies you had in your bouquet? 4- What time was your ceremony at? Thanks. Again I loved all of your pictures and you looked beautiful!

Hello tara and good luck planning!