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Quote: Originally Posted by PaulaV Thank you to........... AmyInMI !!! She sent me a very nice wooden frame that holds a 4x6 picture. It has 'Love' written on the glass so it shadows onto the mat. Found a perfect size sketch book that I can throw in my purse and draw and jot down ideas when I am inspired ... hold me to it Amy... Gotta get my butt moving! And the last item I opened made me laugh out loud it is so cute! A beach Santa to hang on my tree, inscribed to remember BDW Secret Santa 2007! You tug on a hanging palm tree and it moves his legs, surf board and boom box. Thank you Amy for the sweet card, the gifts (love them) and happy holidays to you! OMG that ornament is such a cute idea. I wish I had thought of something like that.

Welcome Dara. There are a lot of ROR brides on here, so you will be in good company. Happy Planning!

Welcome Dan. You will find enough info on here to make your head spin. You might want to get your FW to join as well so you can decide together. Good luck and happy planning.

Great deal. Good thinking meeting him at the store to make sure it was legit.

Wow, that sounds amazing, lucky you. I am sure you will find all the information you need here. Welcome to the forum and happy planning.

to the forum. You have a lot of searching through this site to do and that might help you decide on a location. I got married in Cuba so I can't help you, but plenty of people on here got married or are getting married in DR, Mexico and Jamaica. Happy planning.

This resort sounds amazing. I can't wait to see the pictures of it. I love it when people go to new places and we get to see what they look like. Great review I am sure it will help out some brides out there. Congratulations on your wedding.

Quote: Originally Posted by LeXiee heheheh Great point! However, I'm doing these neat deck of cards (all Sébastien's family is really into cards) oval shaped. I'm only giving them to each couple (no sense having two decks for each couple) and I'm making bookmarks with beach beads on them. Hopefully they won't throw them out! hehe Those do sound very nice. I would not throw out a bookmark or cards for sure. Good thinking.

Quote: Originally Posted by LeXiee Are your OOT Bags replacing your favors?? I'm giving favors to my guest the at the reception dinner. I will ask the hotel to place them at every two chairs (one favor bag per couple). I heard that they don't charge for this. If they do, I will find a way to do it myself. I did OOT bags as a gift to all guests for coming to the wedding. I really did not do favours because I thought people had enough to carry home. I did have Starfish name tags for each person and most kept those. And in all honesty, I am not a fan of favours at weddings, I usually always give it away or leave it there, I find them kinda useless. If its food, that is a different story, but the gifts, I never keep them. If I do they end up a thrift store because I have enough nick nacky stuff in my house, I don't need more. lol

I did not wear anything. I had cups sewn in last minute because I lost weight and it did not fit quite the same as it did before, and that is the only reason. It was way to hot to wear more material. I say if everything is in place and fits well then do not add more material to the mix. I had on a pair of thin undies and a garter, nothing else was under my dress.

Carly I think its a great idea and its going to look so good when its done after the wedding. Yay for checking things off the list, its a great feeling.

Deb that is so amazing. I never thought about doing something like that, but I will talk to DH about it tonight. I would love to sponsor a kid in Cuba. Like you said its a way to give back to the country. I love it. You are amazing people for doing this and I really hope you do get to meet him.

I did not want to trust someone to hand them out correctly and to not take some things from the bags. I am usually a trusting person, but to have them all sitting there waiting for people seemed to tempting to me. So, I did not even ask about the fee, I just handed them all out myself. Also, we got to see everyone's happy faces when we gave them to them and they all thanked us and tore into the bags like kids at Christmas, it was fun. So I am happy we handed them out ourselves.

There are a few girls on here who have gone through the same thing. Some cancelled altogether, some changed locations and some postponed, its a common thing to do because sometimes our plans do not work for those who we want them to work for. So try to relax and think about the good things, now you have more time to get things done, you get to plan some more and maybe even plan something new. It can be a lot of fun. If you need any help at all we are here for you.

Quote: Originally Posted by Cherielee well i live in kitchener ontario and i found it in toronto, and would like to yeah look for a cheaper price or at least compare prices...and i would like to find out who the actual designer is....to be able to search properly for it you know? Gotcha. I can't look around for you now, but will try later for sure. I do know one thing, when I was looking for dresses I found the prices to be cheaper in Toronto, sometimes by as much as $100 than it was in smaller cities. Smaller cities have less competition so they charge more for it. I searched around because I wanted to get the best deal and though it might be more expensive in Toronto. I found out it was actually cheaper.

Quote: Originally Posted by AnnR oohhh - has she come back on and let us know how it went? Mel - how was it? No, no word from her yet. Mel, where are you?

Wow Amy, those are up there on the list of best DIY invites I have ever seen. Great job! Of course your guests were blown away, who wouldn't be.

That looks stunning on you, I love it. Are you looking for a cheaper price on it, or what is it that you are looking for?

Oh Kim, I feel so bad for you that you had to deal with all of that. Thank you so much for writing this review as everyone needs to know what happened. I suggest you put this review in as many places as possible, Trip Advisor, The Knot, everywhere. People need to know who incompetent this WC is and not plan their weddings there. I am so glad you got married that day and you have a great vacation. I can't wait to see the pics, Juan is an amazing photographer. We know they will be perfect.

to the forum. You are going to love it here. Be prepared, the deciding on the place is a lot of work and a lot of stress, but after that it gets easier. I got married in Cuba, if you want any advice on Cuba I can help with that. There are brides on here that are getting married or got married just about everywhere, so you will find the perfect place for sure.

They look great. You should not have lost one already though. I say call them and tell them and get them to fix it. That is not cool. Not that we can tell, but I you want them to be good since you paid for them. FYI you are not supposed to wear mascara at all, so I hope she is not wearing any

Have you searched all the Alfred Sung sites? Some stores give their dresses numbers or names that are their own, and not the designers. So, I think you need to search the site for it, go through all the dresses. It might take a while, but you might be able to find it. Sounds like a perfect dress. I hope you find it.

Quote: Originally Posted by starfish kate Yes if it needs to be signed-for, but I was thinking that maybe her DH/FI/mother has it and didn't mention it?? Just a thought- Very true, I will wait a little longer and see what happens. I should check to see if she is even online, maybe she is just busy

These are some of the ones I had saved for me, so they might be too light for you, but you never know. Or you could use the same flowers, just darker pink ones.

Awe Shelley, Congratulations. You are going to make a wonderful Mod! Yay, so happy for you.