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i was married at an AI. we had 23 guests. the hotel WC handled it all. The cost was $350 for the whole package. It was very easy.

Would switching hotels be an option? EDR has a lot of rules. I can understand them having a minimum number of guests to get some sort of perk, but a max that can stay elsewhere? that's a little absurd.

Quote: Originally Posted by Denise40 Mogan, I thought i saw somewhere on Mpix that you can make your books and use the metallic paper?? Maybe I was looking at something else there. It was at the bottom of the page of products. Let me know if this is one of those types of books. (sorry for sounding dumb) thanks! i don't know how I missed that. I was looking for that option. They are very good prices too. $30 for a 10x10 20 page book & 50 cents for each extra page. They are not the thick page, flush mount books but that is OK with me. I'm more concerned with getting quality prints of my pages. now I'm worried about the pages being easily smudged. I'm going to look into that.

there are some that you can slip in the pages. they run about $50. There are also some with adhesive where you stick on the pages. I don't know about either of these options. The slip in ones would have a mat around them, so you couldn't do pictures that spread across the pages. I prefer the look of self-mount. I'm not as concerned with the quality of the book. I want to print on nice paper so the pictures look great. If the book won't last a lifetime I can always reorder it. The prints would need to be something that doesn't get finger prints though...hmm lots to look at.

We did a photobook guestbook that guests wrote in. we passed it around during dinner. It looked like people enjoyed flipping through it. I loved reading the comments. they made me so happy. we got several "thank you for including us" and "thanks for planning a great vacation." That meant a lot to me. anyway, my point is that with a small group you could possibly do it during dinner.

oh, i just remembered the reason why you switched from dreams. my hotel had the same issue with plumbing. 1 guest's room didn't have elctricity for the day & others had toilets back up. Our room was perfect. The lights flickered occasionally. no one minded the problems & many people said they want to go back to the same place.

Quote: Originally Posted by carly Such a supportive group here, aren'tcha. Giving props to each other. I reallllly want to do these books for our parents, but we are trying to buy a house and have like NO money, so I was hoping that there was a place that no one knew about for a way less price. I don't want to give them the regular books, I wanted the fancy flush-mount. But I think I can't afford it right now and that sucks big time! But Sarah, I never did forget about you, I actually saved your PM's from before in case I decided to use someone, it would def be you (unless I found a crazy cheap price somewhere else!) I'm pretty sure there is no way to do flush mount cheaply. shutterfly, Gift Certificates items on eBay.com The cheapest way is to get a book is to buy shutterfly or snapfish codes on ebay. They are not flush mount & don't have the thick pages, but it's a lot cheaper. Not the same quality, but if the flush mount are not in your budget atleast it's something. This is what i'm doing for our family. I want to get the flush mount book of my dreams for myself, but it might not be in my budget either. I'm barely starting to price it.

OH & i just saw in my siggy pic you can see the land we were on in the lagoon. I loved the location because of how it gave us privacy. plus the water was calm so it wasn't loud. people did kayak by, but i enjoyed seeing that in the video.

http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t15884 this is the wedding I was thinking of. I remember it being very private- but it's night time. I'm sure someone knows more about if this place is private.

http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t22796 this has some good info

Quote: Originally Posted by ericaandsy Hi Morgan! I am so excited to see your video...the description of the lagoon sounds amazing!! Which resort were you married at? About the people obviously it's a resort and other people are staying there too, I just don't want people in their speedos gawking...ew!! Do you have any idea where ana y jose were married? Thank you!! yes, that's what I wanted. I didn't care if there were people around, but I just didn't want them up in our business while we were getting married. I was married at catalonia riviera maya. it was one of the less expensive resorts. they have 2 private reception options, we we just did a semi-private dinner. it's not a luxury resort, but we loved it. ana y jose is the name of a hotel. i may have gotten the name wrong. I'm also drawing a blank on the name of the bride married there....her mom is on the forum, oh i'll do a search to see if I can find it. I remember it looking very private.

Quote: Originally Posted by carly Ok, so that is a silly thread title, but I don't know what they are called. My friend Roe had a wedding book made and the pages are really thick and hard and the pages open flat. I want to make/order one for our parents as a gift, but am having trouble even figuring out what they are called! Has anyone ordered these? From where? How much? Is there a place that would let you design it youself and then print it? Not sure if I would wnat to do that, but it doesn't hurt to ask! are you looking for someone to make it? I thought you were looking for a place to order you own. if you want it designed for you, check out this company sproullie designs. i've heard the owner is very nice

Quote: Originally Posted by Sarah Carly, they're called flush-mount albums. I have done extensive research on different album companies, and so far this is the only one I've found where brides can actually order them: Welcome to The Wedding Experts - BridesIncorporated.com. The books aren't as high-end as others I've seen, but for all the other companies you either have to be a photographer or designer to be able to order. do you know how their bind only set up is? I was looking for a place that had the metallic paper like mpix (i got my prints & I love it). This could be an option. I wonder how the pages turn out. Must submit print for book binding. Your prints must be the same size of the album ordered, ie. 10x10 10 page book needs 20 10x10 prints. Send your prints along with a copy of your recepit via mail. After your order is placed, an email is automatically sent with mailing instructions.

my ceremony was on a piece of land that sticks out into a lagoon. people were watching from the beach, but they couldn't get close. I'll be uploading my video soon so you can see what it was like. I did walk through the pool area with my mom on the way to the ceremony. the people didn't bother me. I wouldn't have liked them right there during the ceremony though. They were far enough back that i never noticed anyone was watching until i saw the pictures & video. there have been some very private ceremonies i believe. isn't the ana y jose place very private?

Quote: Originally Posted by Jacilynda I will let you know my FFIL is very well known microbiology research professor. He has a PhD in microbiology and has several students working on their PhD. He's had a couple girls who were pregnant while going to school and he said its really in the nature of the girl on how she'll do. Its up to you and you only on how determined you want to be. I'm working on my doctorate of pharmacy and this was the speach he gave me last fall when I first got pregnant. I really believe him... of course its harder than doing school w/out being pregnant but can be done. One thing to really consider though is what if you have a really rough pregnancy? I had great professors (mostly because of my FFIL) but i ended up on bed rest for 3 weeks and has my FFIL bring me my school work and then after bedrest had to go in on the weekends to catch up on lab work. who is he? I do microbilogy research. you can PM me if you don't want to put the name on the internet.

so cute! did you FSIL wear her dress too?

Quote: Originally Posted by ErinB I thought about Morgan on my wedding day because we were date twins. i was wondering how your day was going too.

Quote: Originally Posted by beachbride08 Morgan, I just looked at all your pics and they are by far my favorite wedding pics. Kudos to Kristie! wow! thanks! that is a huge compliment with all the amazing wedding pictures around. Kristie is awesome

i love it! the only thing I'm dissapointed with is that there is a different song playing as we are walking down the aisle. i didn't know that a song would be played over the natural sound. if I knew that, i would have given him that particular song on the cd of mp3s. mike's best friend recorded it for us so i would really like the real song on the dvd. i'm going to see if i can edit it. but other than that i love it. it was a little hard to watch becasue i was nervous about how it would look & if I was going to look silly. the 2nd time through should be much more enjoyable.

ha ha I see you added one about me being sweaty with my foam matress topper. problem solved!

Quote: Originally Posted by MelanieS Here's some of my favorite Morganisms: Are you going to try to get all of our moms to join the forum and talk about their sex lives? my mom doesn't have internet during the summer. I loved getting a pile of blue cranes last week. If people say they were too busy I get so annoyed. He just thought I was weird. Tack Daddy? Return of the Tack. Tacky McTackerson. Nope, Senora Tackmaster is the best. My old place was way too jungly. I was going to say the same sneaky thing. Woo Hoo drunk mexico shopping. wow, you went way back for those. I did do some drunk mexico shopping. The hotel had market night. I bought a bracelet that I thought was 30 pesos. With the bracelet on, I went back to my room to get the $3. It was $30 so I gave it back to the guy.

Quote: Originally Posted by starchild Funny, I ordered a foam topper the other day, it's supposed to arrive tomorrow! We currently have a down featherbed which is nice but we've heard such good things about memory foam we wanted to try it out. well if it's too warm, try putting the layer over it. it really helps.

Quote: Originally Posted by Pug3636 It feels I little weird posting these...probably because my FI would kill me if he knew (he's a little shy about this stuff)! I guess he doesn't check BDW, ...just refers to it as my addiction . Hopefully they don't post giant size! Here it goes... The moment Angel Grandma (screencap from DVD so it's blurry) aww! When i first joined BDW mike said I couldn't post pictures of him online. I love that your pug is watching from the couch

So after waiting 2 weeks, I emailed claudia to find out why it was taking so long to get to me. Turns out it was a different Morgan's video that was ready & the email was sent to me by mistake. It was a let down to hear that because I was in this constant state of anticipation. Everytime I'd see a fedex guy in my building I'd follow him to see if he was heading towards my lab with my video. The video was supposed to be shipped to my lab so someone would be around to sign for it. Instead, it was shipped to my apartment (another mix up). I wasn't home to sign for it yesterday, so now I'm waiting for it today. it will be here by 10:30am. I'm very excited to see it. I'm just a little dissapointed with all of the mix-ups. I looked at the tracking info for fedex & it only takes a day to arrive from Cancun.

You have to have pictures!! where are they??