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Glenda, that is an awesome idea! And so nice of you to do. I have a while left before my wedding and I am not that far from NY, so perhaps when the time comes, I can go myself. Gives me a reason to go back to NY!

Btw, I can't view the pics either...

Wow, that was the best review I have ever read! Makes me sad that I didn't choose the Rui. Boo hoo. So happy that you loved it though!

I would pick #3, I am a sucker for lacy detail. #2 looks great on you, but I am not a fan of satin. #1 has the prettiest bustle I have ever seen! Damn, you have given us a hard choice. I would buy #3, but you have great reasons to go any way with it. GOOD LUCK!

Cool! good to know. Actually, now that you say it, I beleive that there is one by where I live in Montgomeryville. It is a $5 and less store, not sure if it's the same name, but I never would've thought to go there! Thanks Catherine.

Quote: Originally Posted by akh Maybe someone on here would want it - it would be so fun to see someone else wear your dress! I'll probably be selling mine as well, after my TTD session. I won't actually trash the dress though - if we do anything that would hurt the dress, I will wear my backup dress. Anyone interested in the Lazaro 3501? lol Actually I like your dress too! My fave dress is a lazaro (style 3664) - I am waiting for it to go on sale for like 70% off though. [edit] I have to say though, looking at the pic, it does it no justice. Why are the pics of bridal dresses never as good as in person?!

Tammy - I love your dress, will you post it on here or on ebay? I am sure you will end up getting a good price for it...

Yay! Was going crazy without this site. I thnk the true power of addiction has shown itself...

Ok - so the website is Florida Keys Weddings | Cheeca Lodge and Spa | Weddings in the Florida Keys and I am an idiot and must've deleted the documents she sent me. I thought I kept all the ones that I liked but probably found it too tempting and needed to get it outta my file. Here is a pic of what made me fall in love with it.

I told him that would be fine for the reception, cuz that is fun party time. but i told him for the ceremony, i wanted him to look nice, for the pics. YAY! Training over!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by jenn050709 Thank you all. I'm kinda biased in saying I love my proposal:o And in essence I've been planning for 2 and a half years almost, although it hasn't been for a DW until recently. We have the majority of our ideas decided on....we just need a location to put them into and we'll be set!! You haven't decided on a place yet? I looked at a place, i thnk called Cheeca. It was BEAUTIFUL! Don't know your budget, and I can't remember exactly, but I think it was on the more expensive side. If you are interested, I can send you the emails that I have when I get back to my desk...

Awww, that's a great story! Congrats!

Quote: Originally Posted by kucka00 We did a STD e-mail and I really didn't want to mail invitations but my FI insisted. I don't give in too easily but you gotta let them win some! right? LOL Anywho, our friends gave us this really cool place in the area and we got 75 invitations with 75 reply cards and all the envelopes and stuff for $200. It's actually more than I wanted to spend but, it's ok. Our invites are very plain; didn't want anything too fancy since people throw them away anyway! OMG, that is funny, my FI wanted that too. But he also wanted to wear no shirt for the wedding, and then tried to say he would wear a tuxedo t-shirt. So I can't give into him, cuz he tries to go crazy! hhaahhaa

Quote: Originally Posted by sheaa I think you might be thinking of someone elses.... I did my own, along with a magnet, but have not posted them yet. I did 100 of them. The magnets were 150.00, materials were 50.00, and printing was 115.00. But, these will serve as my std's and invites. I don't think you have to do both... I am having them rsvp to the stds, so what would I send out more invites for. I do plan on send an info packet closer to the date, but then only to the people who are coming. I think that I would recommend having them done for you- just because they were a hassle to me, and are nothing special... Sorry, I guess I did confuse you with someone else. I am in training and flipping back and forth between here and I guess I got confused doing too many things. Sorry!

Quote: Originally Posted by host Her quote: 2-Tier Wedding Cake =============== Top tier: 6" square (serves 1 Bottom tier: 10" square (serves 50) Total Servings: 68 All covered in Dark Chocolate Ganache, with some dark chocolate shells and two hand-sculpted palm trees standing up out of top tier as 'centerpiece' Cake & filling flavors T.B.A. Cost: $350 USD + $15 US delivery = $365 USD total Do you have pics of your cake? Sounds almost exactly like what I would want! My FI isn't crazy about the chocolate, but I LOOVE my chocolate! and Ganache is great.

My save the dates were like $400 something.... I thought they would function at my STD and invite, so wasn't too concerned. But now I read on here that we need to do STD's, invitations to the DW and then invitations to the AHR as well! Ugh. oh well. I think your STD's were awesome and I am going to be looking into doing that for my offical invites to the DW. how much was the postage since they were sent in a box?

that is awesome! love the idea...

Quote: Originally Posted by TammyB I'm with you on this as well. NONE of my family attended our wedding. And my best friend flaked out too. We have 6 guest there and to be honest, I was really sad at first that no one from my side went. Fast forward to the week we were in Cabo, and I could have cared less. We had fun, did what we wanted to do and I opened my eyes to think "if we really matter the "X" then they would have been there". I got a ton of slack from people too about them thinking I should have an AHR but these are the same peope who could have gone to the wedding. So piss on them.. :-) Seems as though we are all in the same boat. My fiance and I are paying for my sister and her 2 kids to come with us (she is in the beginning of a divorce with a 3 and 1 year old, being a stay at home mom, she can't afford it, but it is VERY important to me that she be there), but my parents are still saying they can't afford to go (orig they thought they were going to have to pay for my sis and the kids). I even told them to decrease the $ they were going to give me for the AHR by the amount it would take for them to travel with us, but they STILL bitch. At this point, I decided to go ahead with what I want and everything will fall into palce later. So I am happy to see in your thread, Tammy, that you didn't regret anything, cuz I am so scared that the week before the wedding I will be pissed that only one of my girlfriends is there and neither of my parents! But back to the original post - WE support you and understand the need to chose what you envision as the "perfect wedding". It's hard, esp witht he over-analyzing cuz I drive myself insane with that shit! But deep down, you know what you want, and I say go with it. Good luck!

Quote: Originally Posted by beachbride Oh, Shelley, I really like the second one!

this is a GREAT idea! I think I might steal it.....

Turqouise is one of the colors that I am using, but it ended up being more of an accent color. I am using fuschia, turquoise and orange. The dresses I chose are mostly a cream color with fuschia and orange flowers. My invites are turquoise and orange and I was hoping to use turquoise in my decorations. There are so many different ways you can incorporate your colors.... Back to training now... Check back in later.

Quote: Originally Posted by LadyP Great site I sent the link to Lawrence. Maybe he will catch the hint Hahahaha, that's great, Catherine! Sometimes you really have to spell it out to guys, cuz they don't catch subtle-ness very well...

How'd did I miss this thread before? I def need to get to my desk and check these places out. I am in training now and sneaking this website - its an addiction, as I am sure you are all aware...

Love these ideas. I am so not creative either, but I love to "borrow"! I really like the sand dollar with the names...

Ohhh, awesome. I have been searching for unique bands or ones with yellow diamonds and not having much luck. Thanks!