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OK I ordered them. 25 brochures for $7.45 shipped. I love vistaprint!!

My friend was married in st lucia. It was just her & her husband on that trip. I think the main thing to consider with st. lucia is the costs to guests. If you guests can afford it, then do it. I know if can be pretty expensive. Being that you are in florida though it might make flights much mroe affordable. Florida has it so great when it comes to flying! Welcome!

Quote: Originally Posted by chprfan Morgan this looks fantastic....I incorporated a picture into the background of mine as well! Your guests are going to be so impressed with all of your DIY projects!! I'd like to see it. Do you mind posting it? I think I'm about to order it. I'm so tired of looking at it! I found a little typo (left out the $ sign) but I just don't want to fix it. For some reason it's not that easy to fix. Oh well, they will get it. I am really ready to check this project off my list. I still need to make a meet the guests brochure, a welcome brochure, and maybe one of things to do in riviera maya. That might go along with the welcome brochure. haven't decided. But, if vista print will keep giving me free brochures, I'll keep making them. Oh, & I still have my programs to make. The projects never end. Once I think I'm done, I get inspired by something I see on the forum.

Quote: Originally Posted by trisha0612 Oh my word, everyone that knows photoshop should do a little "steps to follow so you do not kill yourself while working with photoshop!" Everything looks amazing! I think I spent more time on the step by step guide then I spent make the brochure. OK, not really but thats just because I've spent a ridiculous amount of time making this brochure.

I can upload a template with that background, but you'd have to make all your text fit in the light squares. I made a step by step guide of how to do this so you can use your own picture and the right sized boxes.

I got the backgrounds erased from behind my logo & map. I used magic eraser in photoshop. The problem i was running into before was that the background would reappear in photoshop. I finally just left it all in photoshop.

Quote: Originally Posted by Stormsong WOW! That is all I can say! You should really seriously consider being a wedding coordinator Morgan! I think you would be a wonderful job!!! Thanks, but I don't think I could deal with bridezillas. I might do some photo stuff on the side after my wedding, but nothing big. I'm getting a phd in genetics so after all this time in school I really need to do something in science But, I find I'd rather be photoshopping wedding stuff than thinking about science lately. How is your brochure coming along?

Quote: Originally Posted by nkslats79 We are actually looking at November 23rd. bc my brother-in-law would be back form Iraq then. What is the proper ettiquete for inviting guests and do we have to pay for their travel. we are pretty low on funds ourselves. This is all new territory to me. thanks for any info anyone might have. no you don't have to pay their way. Many of us treat our guests to an excursion to say thank you for coming. We also make welcome bags (OOT bags). But most the time people are exctied to have you organize this group vacation. I felt guilty at first, but now I've learned people are excited to make the trip. The search tool is on the upper right side. Search around & you will find everything you could want to know. You might want to PM tammy (host). She is a dreams expert & a great travel agent.

Straw Fans (12 pcs) They only come as a rainbow of colors or natural Natural Straw Fans (12 pcs) The natural ones are a little more expensive. Shipping is fast. They shipped out the next day. Oriental trading also has natural ones for less than $2 each. You can probably find a free shipping code too.

Another idea is to just order natural colored ones for everyone. They are less than $2 each. You can tie pink ribbons on them. I think guys will use them. They are usually hotter and will be wearing warmer outfits. I got a rainbow assortment for 71 cents each. I figure guys can swap if they get a pink one.

Also the host of this forum, Tammy, specializes in Dreams resorts. She was married at Dreams Cabo. You have come to the right place for all your planning needs! Are you planning for this July? The only issue might be availability. You could probably get a weekday, but not a weekend date. There is also Dreams Tulum if you want a more secluded area. Maybe secluded isn't the right word, but there are less hotels in that area. Just search around the forum. You'll find everything you need to know.

Oh & my vote is for #1. BTW if you want to know how I got the picture, I have a program called Gadwin Printscreen. It's a free download. I click "print screen" and it does a screen capture.

Here you go. If you want to put this in your top post insert this [ IMG]http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p148/morganleighbomer/Picture1.jpg[/img] Just remove the space in [ IMG]

Everything was amazing! And such great pictures to capture it all. Wonderful review too.

Quote: Originally Posted by Sarah Here's an idea: Sarah, you are awesome!

Quote: Originally Posted by LC_Rachel Discounts on Dune Buggy Tours in Puerto Vallarta Here's the company they used. Apparently you go through parts of town then up into the jungle. They said they got totally soaked going through a stream but it was a blast. You do a tequila tasting and then head back to the starting point. HAHA only in Mexico would you taste tequila then dune buggy back. We are all so excited to do this. That looks like a blast! Is see they even throw in a bandana Includes: Goggles, Bandana, Professional Guides

Quote: Originally Posted by MrsV-to-be Sorry - I dont have anything to add, because I haven't found anything either. I just wanted to say - I think that's an awesome your doing this! Your guests will sure appreciate it I have some guests who don't fly a lot so I want to make it super easy for them. My dad hasn't flown in 30 years. I want everyone to arrive stress free & ready to party in Mexico.

It came in!!!! School records were enough! It only took 2 weeks after we got the birth certificate!!! My grandma is going to Mexico!!!

I don't think W's hurt. Sometimes people withdraw because they realize they didn't want to take a particular class. My school does WP (withdraw passing) & WF (withdraw failing). I think W's only look bad if you have a bunch. Like you drop half your classes every semester because you couldn't keep up. I had 2 or 3 Ws on my transcript & I got a great job out of college & got accepted to Duke for grad school. The Ws never came up. I also recently withdrew from a class because I realized I didn't want to get this extra certificate. It was becoming to stressful & I didn't really need it.

http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t15328 Found your other post. Realized you also asked if this was the norm. It's becoming really common now that digital cameras are so popular. I think it's great for brides. It gives us so many options with our pictures.

Sometimes you get prints & a DVD. I think the right location for this post is "invitations, stds, photos & website." Anyway, if you get all your files on DVD you can upload them on your computer & make all the prints you want. This is what I really wanted. I like messing with digital picture, making photobooks, photoshopping, etc. So I wanted digital images that I could do all this with. I opted to get no prints & just digital images. There are companies likeMpix where you can get pro quality prints made. I got a cheap deal on 1000 snapfish prints ($12!) so I plan on printing all of mine that way. I might blow a few up for hanging with Mpix.

Quote: Originally Posted by ajncooter l love your updates to the back-drop Morgan! it looks awesome.. do you have the new template for that back-drop that you might be able to share too? I'm going to work on getting it up today. It got a little complicated because I was using a mix of photoshop & powerpoint to do the background. I want to write some easy to follow steps so people can make their own background with whatever picture they want. After a lot of trial & error I figured out how to do it in photoshop.

Quote: Originally Posted by jilly76 I don't have any pictures, but your description sounds accurate, from what I remember. if you wanted to add it, you could say that after they get through customs they will proceed through sliding doors and go to the right, walk down a long hall (this is where the time share people are, but they kind of just yell to you from the side, they don't come right up to you) and then at the end of the hall there is another set of doors, when you exit that you will be outside where all of the vans and busses are. Great I will add it. Thanks!

http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/ Post in the newbies section of the forum, or use the search tool. You'll get more info than in the blogs. The blogs are new & not full of as much info as the forum.

This is probably my most ambitious project yet. I made brochures to send to our guests who have booked their trips. I ordered 25 of them through vistaprint for $7.45 shipped. Outside http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...Picture1-1.jpg inside http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...cturepage2.jpg All the details of how I made the brochures, plus a template are here on the forum: http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t14888 Update: they came in & I love how they turned out http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...res006edit.jpg http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...er/fans001.jpg I ordered 36 multi-colored fans from asianideas.com for $25.60 shipped (71cents each). I plan on attaching my program to them. I don't have official wedding colors. I just want everything to be bright and festive. I really think these fans will be great for that. Plus, they will help keep our guests cool at 4pm in June. more info here http://bestdestinationwedding.com/fo...501#post261149