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if you burn a cd you lose the crossfade. I finally found a program that will burn a cd with crossfade. it's called acoustica. it's $25, but you can get a free trial. it might be a good idea to make a cd backup of your ipod mix if you are using it for your reception. Acoustica - Easy to use Audio and Music Recording software. Mix, Edit, Record, Burn, Convert, Label and create!

there is lots of info on the forum. you might be interested in alltournative tours. i think there is evena thread called riviera maya excursions. use the search bar in the upper right

Quote: Originally Posted by adias.angel Thanks Morgan! I think you hit the nail on the head with all the evals. I loved the ones by Jeremy but I couldn't figure out why I wasn't jumping up and down yelling "he's the one". Once you said that about the pictures having no connection/romance I went, THAT'S WHY!!! I am really leaning towards Laurie for all the reasons you said. She has only been doing it for about a year but you can tell she is good. I think the pictures of the dogs really gave her that edge as we want our puppy (possible 2 puppies since we might be getting another) in our pictures. I emailed her and ask if she could remove my braces in the pictures. Keeping fingers crossed. glad it helped. I'm a photo blog junkie. will you be getting digital negatives? i could teach you how to remove braces that way you could do it yourself and not be limited with your photographer. i'm surprised she has only been doing photography for a year. she is really great.

Quote: Originally Posted by Tlseege I really like them Morgan. You're such a great friend! Your friends will love the extra time you spent on them!!! thanks! i was really looking for this to be a time saver. I think it will save me time in the long run. I was able to put these all together while watching one episode of oprah. before I'd spend so much time at hallmark finding the right card. then I just got burnt out of keeping up with birthdays that I quit all together. there are 2 bdays in my family next week so I'm excited to give them the new cards.

Quote: Originally Posted by adias.angel So I have heard back from a good number of the photogs I emailed. Here is my top three so far based on price, getting digital negatives and artistic/photo journalistic style. 1.) Engagements Dayna Schroeder Photography Concerns: LOVE the style of the 2 newest posts but not so much the older 2. Wondering what style I will get.... I love the first set on her blog. I agree the older ones are not as cool, but I do think they are still really good. but that first set is great. I save the pictures that inspire me in a folder & I saved almost everyone from that set. 2.)Jeremy Lawson Photography No concerns. He is a little bit more than the other 2 but love his work. Still waiting to hear back to see if he can photoshop/edit out my braces. I think he'd be great for a wedding or family pics. he is a really great photographer and i love his wedding pics. but i don't like what he does with engagement pics. none really capture the romance. it would be fine if the couple prefered to be quirky, but I would also want some pictures that showed our connection. there are so many with the couple looking away from each other. they are fun, but there are none that really show the couple connected. the only ones with the couple connected are kissing pics. I don't really like kissing pictures. I like a picture taken the moment before a kiss. 3.) Kevin Weinstein (click on the engagement link towards bottom of page Concerns: he doesn't do any photoshop editing and I would have to pay a professional extra to remove my braces out of the picture. I like the pics, but there are not enough. i think that is just one e-pic session. he does no photoshop at all? or he just doesn't do extensive editing? I need some honest opinions, what do you think of them? Thanks all! Carla laurie peacock-http://lauriepeacock.com/?cat=102 My favorite!!! you can see she is great with e-pics with dogs. she really captures the romance and connection between the couple. I love her pictures. there are passionate ones & playful ones (like the couple splashing each other with the water fountain). I really think she is amazing.

I have found the knot to be helpful for finding a photographer specific to an area. I was looking for a boudoir photographer in raleigh so I went to the north carolina knot & got some great suggestions. so maybe as the chicago girls. I also vote for doing city pics. I'm off to look at the websites you posted to see who i like.

Quote: Originally Posted by jrodsgirl Morgan - those are hilarious! thanks! I don't like how the green ended up looking. I'm going to redo them later.

be sure to save along the way. the saved book ends up in "my projects"

you now have until 11/22 to make the books because of the website running slow

i think it depends on how you are printing them. a photolab prints RGB, but I'd think your invites would be printed CMYK. not sure why you had the issue with your printer. but, I beleive you want the color setting to match up with the printer. if the printer has CMYK colors of ink, pick that option.

here is some motivation. you can tape them to your fridge & pantry.

Quote: Originally Posted by AnnR sure is! Honestly, I was going to say I wasnt' going to do the next Biggest Loser, just because I was getting a little tired of people emailing me saying they can't get me the picture for this or that reason, or they forgot, or they're too busy - whatever. I felt like people just weren't really into this anymore. BUT - I love Morgan's attitude! It's that positive, and motivating attitude that makes me really like helping out by hosting! So, if people are in for BL5 I can start a sign up thread. Or do you all think that it makes sense to wait until AFTER the holidays? Usually the next one starts up a week or so after one ends, but not sure it makes sense in this case - but it's all up to you ladies! aww thanks! I really appreciate you doing this. I've never been so motivated. I went to a gym that had a holiday contest where people weighed in before thanksgiving & after new years. the goal wasn't to lose, but to maintain. so if we don't do biggest loser, maybe we can do a holiday before & after weigh in. or I can put santa hats on the fluffy animals & a note that says, "don't be naughty during the holidays."

Quote: Originally Posted by mummergirl congrats to morgan! i can't believe there's only one week left! this is the first time i've been able to open this thread all week ... kept getting the ol' blank white page. hopefully all will be resolved by tomorrow when the forum maintenance is over. i've been having serious BDW withdrawal! i actually snuck into the thread by just clicking "reply" on my subscribed thread in user CP. when i clicked on the thread name, or any of the page numbers, i always got the blank page. i imagine others are having these problems too, so don't be too concerned about the lack of loser posts! best of luck to us all, and i'll see some of you in BL5! LOL! about a year ago there were a few weeks when we were having lots of forum issues. I found that if I searched a topic in google like "OOT bag contents" a BDW thread would pop up & I could read it in a weird way. I clicked "cache" and google shows you a snapshot of the page taken the week before. It helped with the withdraws. I just finished taebo with a friend. I felt really encouraged today. I've been feeling like the weight loss isn't real because I'm not seeing it. today i realized my favorite bra fit again. for the last 6 months it has been too small. I never thought that my boobs getting smaller would make me happy, but it sure did. I think its because it was proof of the weight loss i believed. when my jeans are looser, i figure they are just stretched out. but, even out of the dryer they fit nicely now.

i just looked on slickdeals & i think the shutterfly books expire 12/31/08

Quote: Originally Posted by Jacilynda Thanks! I was so excited when I saw this. I just received 3 photo books from shutterfly yesterday and i wanted to do a snapfish book to compare. So, I clicked on the link about and went to snapfish and started my book, but there was never a promo code and didn't automatically apply. Does anyone know how to actually apply this offer? I wrote a review on here, but shutterfly is much better in quality. still, i'll take a free snapfish book. I ordered mine already. Also, i posted this on another thread, but I learned about this one today This holiday, go beyond gifts. Give memories. Shop our holiday specials for ideas. Place an order and you’ll receive an award for a free 8x8 photo book (a $29.99 value) in a future order.* Even better, spend $25 or more on this order and shipping’s on us too.** Place your order by November 17, 2008. Enter code REWARD4YOU in your shopping cart.

This holiday, go beyond gifts. Give memories. Shop our holiday specials for ideas. Place an order and you’ll receive an award for a free 8x8 photo book (a $29.99 value) in a future order.* Even better, spend $25 or more on this order and shipping’s on us too.** Place your order by November 17, 2008. Enter code REWARD4YOU in your shopping cart.

OK I made 16 tonight I had all these silly pics on my computer already from another project. I plan on making more with pictures I took of flowers & butterflies for people who may not like silly animal pictures. The blank cards are from AC moore. they are 50 for $10. I used a 40% off coupon. The photo corners were $3.50 for 252. I printed two pictures per 4x6. I have so many 1cent pics in snapfish so that was really cheap. So I can make each card for less than 25 cents. I usually pay $3 a card, so tonight I saved $44 on future cards.

I've heard of this, but I've never been to a wedding where it was done. I think I've only seen it on movies.

I agree with brushing teeth. something stong like mentos can help or mouthwash if you don't have time to brush. also finding a substitute. Like to break my chocolate bar addiction i started eating a bannana with sugar free hersheys squirted on it. so i get my chocolate fix, but I'm not so hooked on that now. also, don't have the bad stuff in the house. have plenty of healthy options around too so you don't feel deprived.

check craigslist to see if anyone in the area is selling a used dress look at a department store. my wedding dress (and TTD dress) came from macys. holiday dresses might be out already. just get something long, white & preferably flowy. just don't stress yourself out shopping. find something that you like & just go with it.

I just finished taebo while watching the office & 30 rock. both were hilarious tonight & I feel really great after such a good workout. I just looked at my before pics again & I'm feeling much better about my progress. I think I just can't see it because I see myself daily. I'll be ready to take after pictures next week. I wish biggest loser still had several more weeks to go. this has been so motivating. I'll definitly leave the fluffy animal pictures around the apartment. they keep me on track. good luck everyone! One more week!!!

before I go... OK ladies, we have 1 week left. we should all commit to kick butt this week. I'm going to try to workout every day this week. Also, I'm going to delete the email from my favorite mexican place for $5 off.

Quote: Originally Posted by KLC77 I'm pretty sure next week is it. Are you at your goal weight yet? If not, you must be so close! I'm 1.6 lbs away! Woohoo. nope, but i was way over my normal weight when this started. I'm 5 pounds from the goal. I don't see a huge difference right now. I'm really scared to take the after picture worried that even with as hard as I've been working I'm not seeing what I want. I carry all my weight in my stomach. the great thing is I got over the "losing weight sucks" hump & now I'm in the phase of loving it. i've been eating so good. so hopefully I can keep it up & get back to where I was a few years ago before i started this steady creep up. Our gym closed down sept 06. we had a year membership paid in full too. I had this major exam (to stay in grad school) in november. then there was a buy one get one free coupon for papajohns that lasted through january. That was the start of the weight gain. Before that i was doing spinning twice a week & at what is now my goal weight. OK off to turbo jam.

i just saw in a guests pictures you two on steps & the bridal party around you. i didn't see those in the pro pics, but i think they could be made into B&G pics b/c no one is in front of you.

Quote: Originally Posted by KLC77 Congratulations Morgan! You are doing a fabulous job and you are keeping me motivated. Thanks for that! yay! I'm happy to hear that. I had a really lazy night of sitting in front of BDW. now that this thread got bumped I'm getting off & doing some turb jam (while watching the office & 30 rock). is next wednesday the end?