mrsmark08

Great info, thanks. We're thinking about honeymooning in Maui so this is helpful!

Welcome to the forum. Your big day will be here before you know it!!

Welcome!! The Mona Lisa is beautiful!! There's lot's of great info here.

Our photographer is a friend of a friend and we are flying him down from Southern California to Dreams. We are paying for him and his wife's air, hotel & r/t transfers. In addition we are paying him $1000. His packages for weddings here at home start at $5000 and there was NO WAY that would have fit into our budget. My friend that put us in touch knew that we didn't have a huge budget for a photog but he told me to call Joel (our photographer, anyway). Joel outlined what he was looking for (the room & air as well as the $1000) and even sent me an agreement just so we could make sure we were on the same page. He says it's a nice chance to see a new place and it's a mini-vacation for him & his wife, so he was happy to do it. He does AMAZING work and we are getting A LOT more than what we would have got using a cabo photographer. We are getting unlimited shooting time on the wedding day by him and his wife who is his assistant, then the ayafter he will take us into downtown Cabo for some "fun" shots. We get all high res files and a flush mount album. Overall, we are spending less than what most of the photogs in Cabo were asking for and getting a lot more.

I'm planning on doing the Adesso album too but thanks for the heads up about the film, I didn't even think about it going through the Xray machine! I bought my film on ebay and am borrowing a Polaroid camera from a friend. You can find the cameras on ebay as well. FI's nieces are going to man the guestbook table so they'll be in charge of snapping everyone's pics as they go into the reception. They aren't actually "in" the wedding but I thought this would be a great way to include them.

Quote: Originally Posted by cessyboston wow your doing awesome......question can you find out the cigar roller through your wc i would love to suprise donnie with this..... of course i will! I will email her tomorrow and let you know a soon as i hear back. it's the one thing eric was really excited about so i knew we had to do it. he & his buddies will be lovin' the cigars after all their drinking!

ok, after MUCh delay I am finally updating my list. I need to do it to help me maintain a healthy level of sanity! so here's what i started with, WAY back when! it looks like nothing... Wedding date: June 22, 2008, ceremony 5:00 pm Ceremony: Gazebo Cocktail Hour: on beach after the ceremony Music: Would like Mariachis for the ceremony & cocktail hour-Mexican trio booked through my WC Reception: Cascade Terrace food for reception: appetizer: Crab cake w/ avocado dressing salad: mixed lettice salad w/ cherry tomato main course: beef tenderloin w/ julienne vegetables OR penne pasta with shrimp and scallops dessert: tulip of strawberry with vanilla ice cream cake: probably just get whatever comes w/ Dreams package Wedding Cordinator: Mariana at Dreams and Katie Thompson from Weddings in Paradise what i have added/done: colors: fuscia and lime green (because i saw so many great ideas from other brides in this color scheme) booked photographer, Joel Maus Wedding Photography and Portraits by Eckman Maus Photography he is a friend of a friend so he is giving us a GREAT deal. He's here is So Cal and will coming to Cabo to shoot the wedding. He will also take us around Cabo the day after the wedding to do some candid shots bought my dress, waiting for it to come in booked rehearsal dinner at Pancho's booked all travel for FI and I, room block secured through TA Tammy sent out invites, you can view my invites on this thread My Prim & Pixie Invitations Arrived (pics) Hair & Make-up booked through WC DJ: Arturo Ortiz, booked through WC and cigar roller also booked through WC Flowers: we will be using the Flower Cart as that's who WIP uses. My boquet will be white & green cymbidium orchids with ivory roses. the bridesmaids will be fuchsia roses with green cymbidium orchids and green button mums. I'll have to post photos in a "flowers" thread. Centerpieces: drowned cymbidium orchids in a large glass cylinder with a floating candle on top, 4 small pink votives around the base of the tall cylinder. ivory tablecloths with lime green table runner and fuchsia napkins at each place setting. the napkins will be folded around a menu card. i'll have to post pics of this stuff too when i have more time. Still need to do: (pretty much everything for the OOT bags) Order canvas totes, plan on buying from cheap totes Order custom koozies, luggage tags, travel sizes of pepto, immodium, advil for bags-i DID make it to my local Target to snatch up the Spanish Phrases for Dummies though Find wedding day shoes Print menus Order votives for centerpieces Decide on & buy favors Pick out and purchase groom/groomsmen attire Order guestbook (Adesso Polaroid book, already have camera & film) Buy wedding day shoes Get wedding bands :SIGH: you know when I see it all on paper it doesn't look so bad! It actually makes me feel a lot better!

everything looks perfect!! can't wait to hear all about it and see pics!

Quote: Originally Posted by amy&andy08 I cannot believe how close some of us are to the weddings! My god girls we are almost there! Just having a freak out on time day today......and noticed half of us Dreams gals are almost under 4 months out! EEEK! OMG Amy, I soo know how you feel! It's like I blinked and I'm just under four months away. I almost don't like looking at my ticker right now because it stresses me out. I have to remin myself to BREATH and think that even though there's lots left to do, I have already accomplished alot! I think I am gettting stressed more easily. I have actually done alot more than since I did my forst post on this thread. I swear I'll get around to updating it soon! I think it will make me feel better too. I can't wait for yours and really do hope we can at least meet up for drink or two!

Quote: Originally Posted by naga0066 So cute! They did a really great job! Where they relatively budget friendly? They were a little more than what I had anticipated spending but I only ordered 50. I tried to justify the cost by telling myself it was ok since I didn't have to get 100 or something! The complete invite with all the inserts were $7.25 each Quote: Originally Posted by amy&andy08 Oh too cute! They turned out really nice. Wish I would have saved myself the time and worry of DIY.....I love those!!! Amy your invites were GORGEOUS!! If I had the time and the patience I would have loved to do DIY!! I'm so NOT crafty though. Thanks to the rest of you for all of your compliments. You guys are all too sweet! They are all labeled & ready to go, just need postage so I should be getting them out tomorrow!

Quote: Originally Posted by nenamono Hi girls. Figured I would get in on the action b/c Im trying to figure out the same thing before my dress fitting in a few weeks. Im not very big I think since Ive lost weight I might actually be a B cup now but I want my ladies to "look sexy" and not be sagging in my dress. Do the cups really hold them up like a bustier would? I was leaning towards cups but thought maybe I should buy a bustier to do a test run and see which I like better (even though I cant test cups until they are put in). What to do?? My dress isn't in yet but I have been thinking about this same thing. I feel like you do! One of the reasons I chose my dress was because of the way "the girls" looked. It's a halter neckline. I wondered f the cups would push them us as much as a corset. Mine are natural so they tend to be ummm...not so perky...

To all you girls that used and recommended the Pixies, thanks so much for sharing. After seeing some of the beautiful stuff they did for you, I also ended up using them for my invites and I love them. Enjoy!! They were great to work with and very patient. I made multiple changes and it was never problem and once I gave the ok to print I had my invites in under a week!! The quality is excellent also. Now I have to get them out ASAP!! Here are some pics for you.

I am a claims supervisor for an auto insurance company. My unit handles litigated and complex injury/liability claims. I fell into that industry as soon as I graduated from college. I had no idea what I was getting into but I've been there for 10 years now!! I LOVE the people I work with which is probably why I stay because th job itself ain't that great...

I too am using Tammy and I would highly recommend her. I know I have asked her a million questions and I have some guests that's are being a PITA but she has been very patient with me and everyone else! Thanks so much Tammy!!

I agree with everone else about the MAC lashes. I just wore them for a wedding I was in a couple weeks ago. I'm scared of eyelashe extensions. A friend of mine got them and they looked really great but when they started coming out they took some of her own lashes with them so she ended up with less than she had to begin with.

I meant to post earlier but just kept forgetting. I finally did hear back from them and we are now in the process of finalizing the invite. They emailed me a proof and I asked for them to tweak a few things. Once I get the finished product I'll be sure to post it. Like the other girls said the price will totally depend on the style you want. I am ordering the one that looks like a little book that ties on one side. Each invite is $7.25 including all the inserts and RSVP card, and then an extra .25 to have my return address printed on the envelope. Just let them know what your budget is and they will work with you. Thanks to you girls who had already used them for helping me stay patient. I am so excited to see the end result, I can't wait!!

I bought some too! Someone had posted about them in an OOT thread. As soon as I saw it, I ran out and got them. They're perfect!! I don't know how many guests i'm having yet either but I bought enought to cover about 75% of the people on my list. I think I'll end up having some extra.

So they charge to deliver them to the rooms, but not to give them out at check-in, right? I thought I had seen that before. I was planning on just having them hand them out as people checked in and bringing the remainder to the rehearsal dinner since I know not all of my guests are staying at Dreams.

Welcome! There's tons of great info here. I'm a Bianca too Love the name!!

Thanks Glenda! Hopefully this helps. Some of us that have been here for a while need to feed our addiction for new info. I get so excited to see how many unread posts i have when I log, only to get let down because so many of them are questions that are already answered...but I still love it here!

thanks for the info leia! i never would have known. i checked it out and the site looks great. i had to update my wedding website too because the link was no longer working. good thing i found out about this before my invitaions went out.

Thanks girls! I appreciate the info. I'll wait until tomorrow to see if I hear anything. If not then I'll email them again. What i like is how quickly you all received your invites after you ordered them, considering I went someplace else to check them out and they told me it would take 4-6 weeks!! YIKES!!

i look forward to seeing how many unread posts i have every time i get on the forum! thanks so much to tammy and the mods who make it all possible. you've provided SOOO much great info!!

For all of you that used Prim and Pixie for your invites and STD's I'm just wondering how quickly they responded to you. I sent them an initial email asking for info and they sent me their questionnaire. I completed it and faxed it (as well as sent an email letting them know it was coming) early Monday morning and I haven't heard back from them. Also, once you actually placed your order, how long was it before you actually got your invites? I'm probably being impatient, but I keep looking at my ticker counting down the days and I'm freaking out slightly Thanks!!

Quote: Originally Posted by MelissaH Is Harrah's ok to stay at? If I book now I can get flights, 2 nights in the Grand Canyon, 2 nights in old Vegas at the Golden Nugget and then 3 nights at Harrah's for $1300 taxes in. My parents liked the Golden Nugget so I have no problem staying there, and the hotel in the canyon is one they stayed at as well, it's just Harrah's I'm not sure about Harrah's is totally fine! If I had to choose between Harrah's and Imperial Palace, I would pick Harrah's. The location is ideal and the rooms are a little bit nicer than Imperial Palace. Also, Harrah's has an outdoor bar the plays great music all night long.