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Have a wonderful wedding day

I love it! Soooo pretty!

I was also thinking about doing menus, but I contacted my WC at RIU and she said they put their menus at everyones seat. A thank you note would be really cute too!

Wow! They look great! Love them!!!!

I like #3 the best too! Great job, Morgan!!!

to the forum, Reggie!!!! We have heard soooo much about you (all good things, of course)! So glad you decided to join. You and Heidi are adorable

to the forum, Dani! Happy planning!!!

to the forum, Mandie! I am a Jamaican bride too (RIU Ocho Rios). Happy planning!!!

Your ring is gorgeous! I think a band with sapphires and diamonds would look great. Something like one of these: 3 x 3 Round Diamond & Sapphire Eternity Band Princess-Cut Sapphire and Diamond Ring in 18k White Gold (1/4 ct. tw.) Five-Stone Sapphire and Diamond Ring in Platinum (1/3 ct. tw.)

Congrats girls

Quote: Originally Posted by PVBride Hmmm...since you are doing boarding pass ivnvites, you could use "Passengers". I have also seen this done before: ___Yes, have a Margarita ready! __No, I sunburn easily! I like that! Very cute!

I think all of the East Coast BDWers are going to show up...lol!

Congrats Hope you are having a wonderful wedding day!

Quote: Originally Posted by MoBride That's what I was going to say too. If you set a table near the entrance with cards that direct your guests to their tables they are actually called escort cards. Then (usually at the more formal weddings I've been to) once you get to that table, there is a place card at each seat, telling each guest exactly where to sit at the table. That seems like more work to me unless you wanted something formal. I find that most people just use the escort cards and let their guests sit at any seat at that particular table. This is what is done at every wedding I've been to. Usually near the guest book, there are cards with the guests names and table numbers. When we go to our tables, we just pick a seat! This is what I'm planning to do.

Quote: Originally Posted by Jerzzygirl Today is my 2 week anniversary....lol You're so cute!!!! You and your DH need to have a celebration drink tonight!

Quote: Originally Posted by IrieBride08 Sounds good. I guess I was thinking about how to let the day flow without a big break in the day, but that may not be a bad thing. I'm going to have a cocktail reception with heavy h'ors, so maybe it would be a good idea for me to go ahead and have a break and have everyone meet me for dinner at one of the restaurants later (and then I can get around the high cost of a sit down dinner reception.) I just need to decide whether to do the cake cutting, first dance, etc. during my little cocktail reception or not. I'm not sure how I feel about that. *Sigh* So much to decide! I think you should do the cake cutting, first dance, etc during the reception, that would be really nice. When my wedding was at 12:00, I thought that a 4 or 5 hour break was too much, now that it's at 2:00, I don't think 2 or 3 hours is that bad. When I go to weddings at home, there is usually a 2 hour break between, so it won't be a huge deal I hope.

Thanks for the warning, Robin! Sorry you had such a bad experience. Have a great time in Cabo and tell Angela and Matt we said hello!

Quote: Originally Posted by IrieBride08 Yayy Lizz! So happy for you! Way to stalk!! OK. Now that your time is 2pm, what kind of timeline are you considering? I'm getting married at 2 and still don't know how I'm going to plot out the days events... I'm going to start hair/make-up around 9:00. When I had the noon time slot and I contacted Renova Spa to tell them my 8 BMs and I needed our hair done, I was told they would need to start at 7:00! I'm guessing if we start at 9:00 now, all of our hair and stuff will be done and we'll be ready to go around 1:30. I am going to have the photographer come to my room at 1:30 to get some shots. Then, from 1:45 til I'm guessing around 3:30, we'll have the ceremony and more pictures on the beach. I'm going to tell my guests they can either go freshen up and relax and meet back for dinner or they can come with us and the bridal party to one of the bars to have some drinks for a few hours. During this time, I'm going to have my sisters go over to the Planation to make sure that the reception is set up as I want. At 6:15 or so, I'll make my way over to the Plantation and do the whole reception thing. I'm now undecided on whether to do the Plantation for 4 hours or for 2 hours plus the disco for 2 hours.

It's my understanding that they are automatically scheduled to photograph the wedding. I emailed Michael directly a few months ago to make sure and he said yes that I just need to meet with him when I get there.

Yay! My time has been changed to 2:00 instead of noon! I have been practically stalking the RIU to find out if any brides have canceled and found out today that one did. I would still rather have 4:00, but I'm a lot happier that I got 2:00 now!!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by Christa Hey Christine - great ideas, but hard to implement when there is a recruiter in the middle. ANYWAY - I got a call yesterday at 6 pm offering me the job! WOO HOO! The salary is exactly where I need to be, the location is awesome, and the growth potential is huge!! I start Nov 5. Congrats, Christa That is so exciting!!! You're going to do great!

Yay! Have so much fun

Quote: Originally Posted by Morgan They overestimate to be safe. But it might be a good idea to have the girls go sooner. They will probably need to have them altered. They are usually pretty long. I'd take it somewhere else b/c david's alteration prices are high. I agree about not getting them altered there. I just had my bridesmaid dress altered there and it was much more expensive than the places the other bridesmaids went (i.e. $85 as opposed to $30!).

One of my friends and I were just talking about this yesterday. The wedding I was in 2 weeks ago we got the dresses from Davids Bridal. They told us 4-6months and they were seriously in within 1 month! I've heard that happens a lot there.