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I just realized that Anny was getting legally married during this last week (or this weekend, my memory is thinking)........ Congratulations Anny!!!! Definitely would love to see photos! I know that with the good taste you have with wedding planning/decor, I'm sure your legal ceremony was stunning too!!
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Since my parents are older and so is FI's mother, we're definitely getting travel insurance. I also plan on getting wedding insurance if it's not covered by the travel insurance, altho I'm not sure how that works since we're staying and getting married at an all-inclusive. But I figure if we're spending 10-15K on our trip and wedding, it's worth spending another $100 on travel insurance and $300-500 on wedding insurance to make sure we could get our money back if something happened between now and then....
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Here's a website link for wedding insurance. I haven't really explored all the in's and out's of travelers insurance, so I don't know if it would cover lost wedding expenses.... but this is something that would provide additional reassurance to recoup some wedding expenses if something happened.... Travelers Wedding Protector Plan | Wedding Insurance
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Our "most likely" new venue!!
MikkiStreak replied to RaydensMama's topic in General Wedding Planning Information
That place is gorgeous!!! Man, the plus side is that you'll now get to experience the 'benefits' of having a local wedding: food tastings, cake tastings, etc.... I've been tempted to have a local wedding at times because I think it would be so much fun to DIY so much stuff without having to worry about paying an arm and a leg for shipping/transporting everything to a DW... I'm excited for you and can't wait to see how your plans and ideas develop! The site is just beautiful!!!! -
For this I am grateful: I was born without wisdom teeth and will never have to go through the pain of removing them.
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Quote: Originally Posted by mgreen Thanks for the input. Sorry I'm late to reply. Havent been myself today... Maria your project seems stunning! Have any pics you could share? I would post some pictures but I don't have any... I'll take them ASAP probably sunday. Tammy I have no insportaion yet. I sold all my beautiful furniture I miss it already. Jared has ok stuff but it's not really special or anything. Hence why I need to decorate and spice it up a little. Put a ladies touch on a bachelor pad. OMG he has a Scarface poster in our LIving room thank god he understood when i asked him to take it down. HAHAHAHA I need to dig. The sad thing is that I never even got to sleep in that room (it was a guest room that I planned on making the master bedroom) after I finished it because I got laid off, sold the house and moved to Dallas for a new job. It was literally just a few days after I finished the project when I lost my job. Then I was gone for months taking care of my mom and then staying down here to job hunt. I have a hodge-podge of pictures of different aspects of the room, but I don't have one complete picture of the room as a whole. I have one picture from the old house of the walls, but the furniture wasn't moved into the room yet and the room is seriously cluttered because it was the "landing pad" for everything while I was packing. I still have the nightstands in one of my current bedrooms that I can take pictures of---- but the bedspread and bedskirt, as well as the pillows I painted were eaten by my neurotic dog and we threw them away with the last move we did about 9 months ago (*sigh*).... So I don't think I have pictures of those items anymore.
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Fiesta Americana - planning help needed!
MikkiStreak replied to fogdog's topic in Cabo Accommodation & Site
Quote: Originally Posted by NABUMBAH I would not commit to anything until you have your pricing squared away for the actual event. You definitely don't want to get locked into a location if you can't afford to have the wedding that you want there. I think that Jak27 (?) is getting married at the FA - maybe you can ask her? I totally agree---- plus, I would think the room block can also be a negotiating tool. I know a lot of resorts treat the reservations side of their business completely separate from the wedding side of their business, but if you WC is the one pushing for the room block, it sounds to me like it's something to help you negotiate the wedding stuff.... -
I did mine a couple years ago. I used Ralph Lauren on the walls--- base layer in a dark chocolate brown and sponged a milk chocolate on top. Then I made some stencils and did those on the wall: half the stencil was gold and the other half a grape shade of purple. I bought a cream comforter from JC Penney and hand painted leaves in red, brown, gold and black. I stenciled a pattern on a green bedskirt in gold. Then I stenciled the same pattern onto the sides of my nightstands and what reminds me of a Lion's head on the front of the nightstands. I bought cloth roller blinds in a cream shade and stenciled on them with a dark red. I know, sounds insane, but it wound up looking really good- kind of a Middle Eastern thing--- and even tho it probably makes no sense whatsoever, it was a therapeutic project I tackled the weekend I flew back home after my mom had her aneursym...
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Classic Car Rental
MikkiStreak replied to Christine's topic in Northern California: Napa Valley - Wine Country Weddings
I was doing the same thing---- he was in charge of music and researching wedding ceremonies (wording). Once we had some of the basics figured out (like colors), then I would pick 2-3 things to put in front of him to let him make the "final" decision. Made for a lot less arguments. Granted, it's not like we got very far with that stuff before we decided to postpone, but I figure when we start actively planning again, I'll use the same techniques. -
Classic Car Rental
MikkiStreak replied to Christine's topic in Northern California: Napa Valley - Wine Country Weddings
That is *way* cool! I had a co-worker who had this done for her daughter's wedding and the photos were so cool! The couple had the Rolls and they rented a Corvette for each bridal party couple and the parents both rented limo's. I think it's a guy thing---- kind of like the remote control thing and the tool thing.... -
I have had moments like that too. But when I feel like I want to do something about the wedding, but really can't because it's too early, I just start looking at bridal stuff--- dresses, flowers, decor, etc.... just to get the ideas going. Also, I put together a scrapbook of wedding ideas---- I cut out pictures from magazines, etc... It's really helped me start to recognize patterns when I had previously felt like I was getting visually assaulted by all the wedding images- for example, I cut out pictures of dresses and I noticed after the first few pages that the almost 90% of the dresses were V-neck style. This gives me an idea to start with when the time comes for dress shopping.
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AHR/Bon Voyage Ettiquette
MikkiStreak replied to CourtneyV's topic in Wedding Etiquette, Traditions, to dos
That's actually a pretty cool idea to have a 'bon voyage' party before you leave. I know that as far as etiquette goes, your only supposed to invite people to the reception who have been invited to the wedding also--- but since this is before the wedding even occurs, I wouldn't think there would be a problem with inviting whomever you want. The only thing that would kind of make it one of those 'shade of gray subjects' is if people thought they needed to bring a gift to the BV party... But, I'm probably not the greatest source for actual etiquette tho... -
Quote: Originally Posted by jilly76 I've done lo carb before and I have to say after the first week or so you do fill up really quick, are less hungry, and have less cravings for sugar. I liked lo carb because I LOVE sugar and doing this I couldn't have it, so it was a good restriction. the only problem I have every time I do it, is that after about a week or I start to have trouble going to the bathroom. I think its because of the lack of fiber, does anyone have a solution for this?? (sorry if its TMI) Other than that I like the lo carb diet because the pounds just melt away! Lettuce---- lots of green veggies...
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Quote: Originally Posted by starchild That's my sentiment too. Since I must choose, I too would rather spend that money on good times. I do acknowledge that there is often a difference in quality/styles of photos when you pay more, so no disrespect to the many photographers here. From what I've seen you all are well worth your rates. My concern is simply that there are photos when it's all said and done, some color, some black and white. Not necessarily that they are the best out there or are worthy of publication. It's just a matter of priority. Trust me people think I'm nuts for spending so much on my welcome dinner but I'd rather pay thousands for fabulous food, conversation, and memories than have a low end welcome dinner but great photos of it. If the budget allowed I would do it all but since it doesn't I prefer the experience. Different strokes I guess ) I'm with Jamey on this one---- I know which photographer I would love to hire, but I have a hard time with the idea of spending $3K+. To me, even if my memories fade and the day goes fast, the memories of all our guests and family won't be as shoddy as mine and they will help me remember. Plus, a snapshot with a point-and-shoot is just a likely to make me remember a memory as a really expensive, journalistic style photograph. I'd rather spend the money on fabulous food, entertainment and "spoiling" our guests the best we can. Yes, it would be nice to have some great photos, but I don't ever remember my parents pulling out their wedding photo album hardly at all, nor my sister, nor my brother, nor my future in-law's in the time I've known them.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Just Martha I just try to think of it as changing my eating habits not really a "diet." I psych myself out like this and it works for me. The first couple of days it is the hardest...after a while I don't even crave bread (which I LOVE) or potatoes. I dont care for pasta, so that's good. I plan to start working out next month when I am on vacation. FI and I both have done this diet too before we met. We gained back the weight because we found every excuse under the sun to return to poor eating habits. We have some family events this week but plan on starting it again next week. It really works and isn't unhealthy if it's done correctly. We stick to seafood and lean meat (turkey instead of beef, chicken instead of pork) and throw in a lot of veggies. We down the nutritional supplements to make up for what we miss with a larger ingestion of fruits. And throw in exercise and the weight just drops quickly. The thing that always surprises me is how quickly my body adapts to a no-sugar/no-starch diet---- I fill up much more quickly and within a week or so, the sugar cravings are gone and it gets really easy to stick with it as long as I cook home-made meals at night...
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Perfect dress
MikkiStreak replied to MikkiStreak's topic in Destination Wedding Dresses, Wedding Attire & rings
Quote: Originally Posted by leigh miller i really like both dresses and i like the color of the BM dress although i dont know what youre thinking about as far as color goes. can you find a similar dress to the one you want in a size you can try on? maybe not at a bridal store? that way you can be sure its a style you really like on. i dont know how many times ive heard brides say the didnt get anything close to what they thought theyd get after they started trying dresses on. And that's exactly what I'm afraid of---- I told my BM on Saturday that just because I love the dress doesn't mean it would look good on me.... The BM color is way off (crappy camera phone)--- the actual color on the tag said "currant", but it was more like a purple to me. We (meaning I) want a very light blue for the BM dress. I did find some similar ones at David's Bridal, and their new 2007 spring catalog has some that would definitely be the right color and same "spirit" (kind of a retro 50/60/Audrey Hepburn style). -
So this weekend, one of my bridesmaid's flew into town to go to a bridal show with me. We spent Saturday afternoon casually visiting 2-3 dress shops to get an idea of whether what I'm looking at for BM dresses will actually look ok on the bridesmaid's and to get their input on comfort, etc... So, here's a BM dress that I love, but the color is wrong and I can't find the same style in the right color: And, as we were leaving one shop, I saw this dress and just fell in love with it! It's exactly the style that I've wanted: Here's my dilemma (beside the obvious fact that our wedding is over 1.5 years away yet): The size of the dress is a 6. In my best dream, I wouldn't be able to get that thing past my kneecaps! So, I'm debating whether I should just go ahead and have the dress made even without knowing what it would look like on me. Has anyone else done this? If so, what was your experience? (Were you pleased with the way the dress looked? Did you wish you had kept looking?)
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Pictures of your cake topper
MikkiStreak replied to LadyP's topic in Wedding Flowers, decoration, cake, etc.
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Ebay OOT bags
MikkiStreak replied to MikkiStreak's topic in Wedding Registry, Wedding Gift Bags, and OOT bags
I've received both types of bags now. The blue shoulder packs were shipped the same day I paid for them and I received them within 5 days. They are larger than I thought the picture made them look, which is good. They'll be able to hold almost everything I'm putting into the bags. The quality is great on them too---- Right after I paid for the pink bags, the lady sent me an email saying her supplier had them on back order for bags 4-10 and asked if I wanted to wait and ship all of them together, or do 2 shipments. I told her to ship them all together since we didn't have a rush. I received them all yesterday and the quality is great! They aren't lined on the inside, but they do have a small outer pocket and the size is perfect for the contents we plan on putting in them. They don't have the 'cheap' look or feel to them that a lot of lower priced bags have. All in all, I'm extremely pleased with both bags and would recommend the products to anyone else... -
I think it will look great once alterations are done so it's more form-fitting on the top. I'll be honest tho---- I don't like the tulle, regardless of color, and I think it's because it doesn't seem to "flow" with the dress. I didn't see a sash of tulle that would cause some to drape down like it does on the dress. So when I look at it, it's like the tulle just sprouts out of nowhere for no reason. And since I can't see the fabric of the dress under the tulle, it seems like it's awkward...
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If You Are Having A Symbolic/Renewal Ceremony...
MikkiStreak replied to Martha's topic in Destination Wedding in Cabo
I'll celebrate our anniversary on our legal wedding date here in the US. That is going to be a private ceremony with only the two of us and this is where we will use the vows we are writing. -
Song to walk down the aisle
MikkiStreak replied to Nrvsbride's topic in Wedding Music & Entertainment
We haven't figured out all of the music yet, but for the beginning walk, it will be Cannon in D. That was one of the pieces I performed the first time I was recorded. When we do the unity ceremony, we'll play "de Colores" but it will be FI's mom singing on the last record she made (which will be a suprise for his family). And when the ceremony ends and we walk back up the aisle together, we'll play "Imagine" by John Lennon as a tribute to his dad (his favorite song).