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interwebnets = the internet i love snarky too. i thought it was real.

So will people just check off how many they found? How do you know your winner? Do they upload it to the photoshare site & then you get a winner? I love this idea. I might have to do it too. I am picturing the things written with a box by them so they can be checked off. I haven't read the whole list yet, but one picture we like taking on vacation is a picture of someone taking a picture of someone posing stupid. That was confusing. An example is on a vacation we took a picture of a girl taking a picture of her friend posing with a menu.

Quote: Originally Posted by Christine that was something we deliberated for a while and I think its really will make it feel special. We will add your name, wedding date, location to the posting, but you just have to write an entry. The ones girls have already written (mostly last summer's brides) have ranged from really emotional and heartfelt to simple advice entries. Its really about you and what you would want to share with other brides. ohh, I can't wait! Super secret clubs are exciting.

Quote: Originally Posted by MsShelley Morgan, I do believe that your motm banner does replace your title OK, then I'll be senora tacky in April.

Quote: Originally Posted by Alyssa Morgan, i thought about messing with you late last night and changing your title to "Senora Tacky" to crack you up but i didn't do it b/c i got home too late PS - that invite is insanely TACKY I wouldn't put it past you. Always abusing your mod powers My title is gone. Do you know what happened? Did the member of the month thing replace my title? It said "Photoshop Addict."

MySpace.com - www.myspace.com/18644654 Here I am. I'm not on much. I spend my time on BDW.

Love the idea! I have my starfish ready! How much info goes in a journal entry? Is it just name, wedding date/ location. Or a story?

Quote: Originally Posted by twelve_piece Blue man pic is too funny! I wish i had photoshop....but then i would really never get anything done! It's still my facebook profile picture. There are some online based, free photoshop programs. One is called "aviary." I don't know much about them, but it might be fun.

Oh, I just thought of another. I like this topic I've been working with Kristie on making stuff like business cards. We were joking about how I eat spaghetti every day & how I should get a bold dress that POPs. So this is the business card I designed for her.

Me & Mike before going to see the blue man group Me photoshopped into luxurious settings. A flying cat OK, that's all the weird stuff I've photoshopped that is in my photobucket account

OK here are some of mine. I love doing silly stuff in photoshop My friend has 2 sisters & they joke that if none of them find a man, they will just create a baby together by the magic of science. So this is them & their baby. I took features from each of them to make a face. I've been making pictures for my honorary brdiesmaids. Here are the onces I've done so far.

I think he asked because he wants to know if it's a problem. It sounds like it is so just be honest. I would tell him you already turned in your seting chart.

Quote: Originally Posted by SoontobeMrsE Tacky Junior - you just keep them DIY projects coming honey! We love you! You are such a good sport! Maybe you can post some directions on how to make origami doves with all of our BBB inserts! OK here is my template And my idea: I will send my guests that template along with their invites & a BB&B insert folded into a dove. I will also send them the "fable of the dove" that I am writing. It is a tale about how when someone sends you an oragami dove you should send them back an oragami dove folded from money. Preferably large bills. Then you will recive good luck for 7 years. Did I find the politest way to ask for money? I think I did. Feel free to "borrow" my ideas.

Quote: Originally Posted by S2BLennon PS- the "crush and cuddle" isn't something you want to look back and see that you did on your wedding day. But I will give you all professional advise that your FI WILL NOT no matter how close you are, want to take lessons from you, advice / be tricked into "practice". They will figure it out and usually feel less than adequate. Men hate to think that they can't do something and for themto hear it from the one they love- forget it, even though they would never admit it! BUT - they will take the advice and learn from a stranger, you need a middle man, you stay the nice person and he learns something in the meantime! Whats crush & cuddle?

Quote: Originally Posted by IslandLover Im starting to wonder, should I fly in my photographer or just have the one the WC has? I just wonder how more expensive it is to fly someone in? A few thousand is ok, but I only get $1000 off my package if I use who the WC has..to me pics are VERY important. have you seen who your WC would hire? See if you like their work first. My hotel's photographer was bad.

Quote: Originally Posted by Mandy Wow, I go to the hospital for a few hours, and you guys just get everything all figured out for me! So is the thread hijack over and we're now back on topic? Wait, nevermind. We will NEVER be on topic around here, what with the doves and cages and money and such. I think we solved the original question & have moved on. Don't worry, your mom & I have your wedding all taken care of. You just need to show up. I promise, we won't make it tacky.

Quote: Originally Posted by timelsel OK, I had to go get a kleenex to wipe my tears I was laughing so hard. I'm thinking maybe we can hang the doves from the gazebo and have a bird cage nearby for people to stuff the cash into. That is a perfect solution. We found something to do with those BB&B inserts & a way to get your daughter some money.

Quote: Originally Posted by Virginialedoux Oh my goodness!! ARE WE RELATED!! My mom has about 5 or 6 different animal print coats, and matching winter hats....everytime My Fiance sees something leopard, jaquar, or whatever print, he comments that it reminds him of my mom... lol Are you my Tacky Cousin? So my mom doesn't dress tacky anymore, but she used to love fringe on her clothes. And big metal conchos. Now she just decorates tacky. But it's fun for her. She had one of those light up christmas deer in the living room year round. She finally put it outside when she saw a family of lizards was living in it. My old place was way too jungly. I had lions everywhere. I toned it down a lot when I moved in with Mike. The lions are now mostly confined to one area (their den).

To me it sounded like he is from a wealthy family from the way you described his feelings about the invites. This sounds like way too much to have to stress about for invitations. I'm sorry you are having to figure all this out.

Quote: Originally Posted by Mandy Only in Hawaii, and I'm not sure BB&B cards are "official" origami size. All I'm saying is if you want origami doves at my wedding, we're buying the real paper! You're making me nervous that DIY-itis is spreading across the web! Too late, I've already folded you 100 oragami doves. Your mom asked me to. They are being fedexed to you right now. The best part is they have my registry info so maybe your guests will get me presents. Well, tell them I prefer cash My friend recently made 1000 oragami cranes. If you fold 1000 you get to make a wish. He made them from magazine pages that he cut into squares. I donated a lot of magazines so I got a portion of the cranes. They are flying above my desk at work.

Quote: Originally Posted by Mandy Morgan, I was going to suggest a DIY intervention til I read this: Now I'm just sad for both of you! (But Maura, we want to see pics of what you created!) Your mom would disown you if you staged a DIY intervention

Quote: Originally Posted by mauraw you guys are seriously the best! my FI bust out last night that he hates them, but then i reminded him that 1) i am paying for the invitations, and 2) i went with the more boring, bland, traditional wedding invitations being sent to his family and friends in mexico. i am hoping when they arrive, he feels differently. i havent had a chance to scan the uglies yet, but promise to do it tonight! i cant wait to get my sample in the mail from white aisle, hopefully it comes tomorrow. i am just so tired of invitations by now, that i just want to get them done with no more fighting about our vast differences in taste and what he deems appropriate for a wedding invitation. i told him that i thought his view was based on a cultural difference and he got so mad at me last night haha. he thinks invitations with graphics on them are "low-class, tacky, tasteless, inelegant" etc etc. I told him with all due respect, i disagree and I think the fact that we are from different cultures is why. You shoulda seen the shade of red his face was. Is it a cutural thing? Anny is making some beautiful decorative invites in Mexico. I think it might be an upbringing type of thing. I love decorative stuff. But some of my friends think wedding invites have to be ivory with little pieces of tissue and the most decorative the can get is a scripty font & some embossing. I totally don't agree. I get bored with the typical invite. If people thought my bright blue invites were tacky then they can just call me Tacky McTackerson I thought white aisle invites were high class. They look so formal too me.

Quote: Originally Posted by Morgan Food coloring works. It fades over time, but nothing you'd need to worry about. We took all the chemicals from a guy in my lab & made replicas of them. Then we put water & food coloring in the replicas. It took weeks, but his expression when he noticed was worth it. We still have the bottles with food coloring in them. They are lighter now (2 years later) but they are still colored. Here is a picture of the prank. The bottles on the right are real chemicals. The ones on the leftare food coloing and water. BTW, my bench is the super messy one against the wall. I'm a slob.

Quote: Originally Posted by mauraw This is exactly one of the correct ways to go about it. Ha, Galit, we did add things to our BBB registry that we have every intention of returning for cash, so we can buy some other stuff we want but is too expensive to register for, like furniture. Some of my married gfs gave me that tip! Sorry, there's no way around saying this: It's tacky to ask for cash. Anybody remember the thread I posted awhile back about the DW invite my FI and I got from a friend in Mexico? First of all, they included a gift registry enclosure, which is tacky anyway -- you should never solicit your own gifts, that's what showers are for, when someone else sends out the invites and can include that info. And also, that's what wedding websites are for, where you can post the info if they want to see it, but its much less agressive than sending it in an invitation. Anyway, the people included little enclosures with the invitation asking for cash gifts and then had the balls to but their bank account numbers "for easy transfer" ---my FI was so offended, he threw out the invite, we didn't attend and we certainly didn't send a gift. If you want things like sheets, pots & pans anyway, why dont you just register for them Then just add a bunch of other stuff from BBB and return it. It's better for you to have the hassle of returning stuff rather than offending your guests. People don't forget that stuff. The DW I mentioned above was in early Nov 07, and our circle of friends is still actively talking about it like it was yesterday anytime anything comes up about wedding etiquette. You can also, at many places, just register for gift cards. I would drop that straight in the trash. No wait, I'd save it so I can show people "can you believe the nerve." Bed Bath & Beyond gave me those little enlosures. I should have gave them back because it seems so wasteful to trash them. Hmm, wonder if I can do a craft project with them. Stick something on the front over the words like it's a piece of cardstock...

I realized I do already have a tacky nickname. My mom calles herself "the queen of tacky" because she like a lot of decorations. Her bedroom looks like a jungle safari. I also like a lot of bright colors & decorations so I call myself "Tacky Junior."