MsShelley

too funny!!!! YAY Maria!!

it look so good!!

Quote: Originally Posted by starchild Mine was $500 with free alterations, it came to $650 with tax and veil. I only wanted to spend $300 since I didn't plan to wear it twice. I honestly didn't care too much about the dress unlike most brides - I didn't set foot in a dress shop until 4 months prior to the wedding. If it was too late I was going to buy a white dress from Neiman Marcus - they have an affordable informal wedding section. I also didn't feel it was "the one". I went to one bridal shop and bought the 3rd one I tried on - same day. It was formal on top and beachy on the bottom so I said "that will do". I loved it the day of and it worked and I haven't looked at it since I came back...but I stare at hubby everyday ) that's totally how I feel.... I am 4 months from the wedding and just about to go shopping~ it just really wasn't a stresser for me...

Quote: Originally Posted by dragonfly So cute, my mom bought me a clutch that looks similar to that, it has a rose on it, and I don't like the rose. I think I am totally going to take the rose off and do the pin on it, the only question is, I love the starfish, but I am thinking a dragonfly? I have a dragonfly tatoo that is going to show with my wedding dress, it is on my back betweeen my shoulderblades, I have a whole dragonfly tatoo thing, they represent the people I have lost, so I wonder if I should do a dragonfly on my purse. And maybe in my bouquet, along with the starfish in my bouquet? yes, I say use the dragonfly pin!! it is important to you and represents something special to you...

Quote: Originally Posted by dragonfly Oh so cute, the idea's from you girls are flying!!! You are overwhelming me with idea's, I want to do them all, I could totally do this on the ivory shoe's I bought, I could actually put little dragonfly pins, that would be so pretty. Oh now I have more decisions to make, ugggg, stop girls, please stop with all the freakin good idea's.... hehehe that would be so nice!!

Quote: Originally Posted by Wisco4 Look at this Swarovski Crystal Starfish Brooch I did a search for starfish brooch and a ton came up. This is the first one I looked at. oh~ I love it!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by foxytv I love the sand dollar idea! So cute! Our groomsmen are wearing solid shirts with a hibiscus panel across the chest, so I'm thinking I might just skip the boutonniere altogether for them. I'm sure they won't mind. :-) And Tom is wearing his military dress blues, so he won't need one. Maybe just one for my Dad and Tom's Dad... where did you find their shirts And I lvove the new monogram!!

ok here it goes.... it's not really that interesting I have one sister, Melissa, she is 2 years older than me I got my first job when I was 14 I am a licensed Cosemtologist I can't wait to be married to my FI of 8 years!

Quote: Originally Posted by foxytv Can I resize it to post? I did it in preview and it's HUGE... there probably is an easier way, but I resize online here Resize photos

I fell another diy coming on as well....

Quote: Originally Posted by laura b I bet if you email this person and ask if they have this dress in a 4 or 6, they will. Pay attention to the measurements, though, and if you're on the cusp, go down a size. bcbg dress thanks so much!!

thanks Ann, very nice... I haven't even thought of getting a purse yet...

Quote: Originally Posted by akh i bet you could make something similar to this. find a cute purse (LOVE eBay!), and a cute starfish broach or pin and sew/glue it on. i bet you can do it! yay! i really liked it - it was a perfect size for what i needed do you have a pic of what it looked like?

totally not in my budget either... wonder if we can find them cheaper

Quote: Originally Posted by laura b P.S. I just noticed I like how it looks like I have weimaraner legs coming out of my short eyelet dress. lol!! I didn't notice that..

Quote: Originally Posted by laura b You can still get it on eBay. Let me know what size you wear and I'll try to find one for you. I wear an 8 usually, but I got this dress in a 6. And you need booby pads underneath because the top is pretty shear, even though lined. I "hope" to be a size 6 for the wedding LOL!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by Shelley Your guys' tags all look great! I can't wait until I'm done my bar exams next week then I can really kick all my DIY projects into high gear. Where did everyone find those clear luggage tags? I bought mine at Office Depot

Quote: Originally Posted by laura b Okay, here is my story (again) about the five dresses. In my defense: I am probably about the cheapest person you'll ever meet. Seriously. If it's an item of clothing that costs more than $20, I don't need it. So it KILLED me to have to shop for a wedding dress that I'd only wear once and spend all that money on. DRESS #1: So I shopped a bit but it made me feel sick to my stomach so I started cruising eBay. And at the time, yes, I wanted a great big Cinderella dress. Even though nothing I'd tried on that was great big looked decent on me. So I found this dress I liked by this Italian designer that was $$$$, and had a Chinese company copy it for me. I checked their references, feedback, etc. and the price was only $170 including shipping. DRESS #2: In the meantime, I knew I would not want to wear that big old dress to the reception part of the evening since I had a morning wedding and it's July in Tulum. So I ordered a BCBG dress also off eBay which I got for around $100. It's gorgeous and pretty casual, but all rhinestoned up. DRESS #3: When I got the big dress, I wasn't really that pleased at how it looked on me; I still hadn't found one that I considered "the one." So I started looking on eBay for more formfitting dresses and decided I liked the Pronovias gowns. I found a site that was selling them for about $200-$300, but wasn't sure how they fit. So my mom and I decided to go to a boutique and try them on, but ended up "making a day of it" and going to several boutiques. I got talked into trying on a mermaid style which ended up looking much better on me than I thought it would. After an exasperating visit to a very haughty salon, I felt pretty beat up and when we went to the next place (the 5th of the day) and I found something kind of decent, my mom wanted to just buy it for me and be done with it. "no more eBay!" she made me promise. And it killed me for about two months because it was ridiculously expensive, but I do like my dress: DRESS #4: THEN, we decided to get legally married here and I wanted to invite my grandmother because she's, well, old, and it ended up being all relatives everywhere and some kind of great big deal (which I didn't want). So I found a little eyelet dress with tulle underneath at Ross for $19. DRESS #5: And another time when I was shopping at Ross and found a long white dress for about $19 that was a perfect TTD dress, so I bought it. That is why I have more than 1 dress and my (in my mind) reasonable explanations for them. AND, any one of these dresses could be yours! (well, I'm not selling the BCBG dress or the eyelet one). do they still make the bcbg dress?? I love it... I now am going to need 3 dresses as well... my wedding dress for DW, my TTD dress, and my home "family only" wedding dress!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by foxytv Great! Wonder why my computer is being difficult tonight.... Much thanks!! alright... let's see it

you did great!!! all the details, awesome... I love the undies, and everyone's shirt with their title~ so cute! your headband is gorgeous! the bubble tin is great! I could go on and on, everything is amzing! Can't wait to see how it all comes together in the wedding pics...

Quote: Originally Posted by calyx6 We mailed the people in our wedding party and the people we already knew were coming for sure one luggage tag each with the STDs. We'll send everyone else their luggage tags after they've made their reservations. We're also going to give them extra tags (who only takes one bag?) when we see them in person between now and the wedding. -V- great ideas, most guests will definitely take more than one bag...

when it's open can you right click and save to your computer, that worked for me...

we don't have a song yet.... I need one asap

so cute... I love them

how is it picked? does the computer do it... it really does seem like the same people win everyday!! lol!