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I love your pictures - beautiful! You two are a great looking couple - and wonderful job, Jean-Marcus! Gorgeous photos!

Quote: Originally Posted by Nene Melanie your wedding web site is beautiful! I just checked it out now, too! It is so beautiful! We're going to start our wedding web site this week so that will be great inspiration for us.

Very nice and artistic! I can see why the prices are high, but I would still look into seeing if somebody can custom make it for you, though - you might find it cheaper going that route

I think it all depends on what the bands are like (ie are there diamonds, which are bringing the price up or is it a plain band that you could possibly find for less elsewhere?). The band I fell in love with was a diamond eternity band from Tiffanys that was $5000. I thought that was too much, but also fell in love with it and had my heart set on it. I probably would have spent that on it or tried to find a similar one elsewhere, but found it at an auction (the exact ring in my exact size - I felt like Cinderella!) and we got it for $2500. We looked today for rings for FI and probably will be spending around $500 for his.

Wow! I love everything you've done! Your soaps turned out fantastic! I may have to attempt some myself after seeing how great yours turned out! Your hankerchiefs are so sweet and thoughtful... I think they'll need them as soon as you give them to your mom, dad and FMIL.... so sweet!

Thank you so much for the monogram, Sarah! I love it! I'm totally going to the donation button right now! I love the little Ainsleigh monograms... I already have a name picked out for when I have a girl. Would that be weird to get one done before I'm married and before I'm even TTC? lol...

No problem! Happy to help! I'm sure they'll get a new shipment in soon for you

oh... and, yes, the color is bright, but great! We will definitely see all of our guests, but I love the color. I'm doing a chocolate brown iron on - I'll make sure to post them when I'm done and figure out the posting of pictures ... I know there are threads on how to post pics so I'll make sure to get to it soon!

Quote: Originally Posted by Alipires1 The picture is not very good. I can't find my charger for my cmaera so this was from my camera phone, but to the right of the bag is a 12 inch ruler so you can judge the size. Sorry, Monica, for not getting to that earlier. Thanks, Alipires1, for posting a picture of them. Monica if you want any more pictures pm me with your email address - I haven't figured out how to post pics online yet but I did take a few pictures against a black and hardwood backdrop before I noticed Alipires1posted the pic... but just let me know if you want to see any more

Quote: Originally Posted by Chiquita Hmm okay I will check to see if we have that shop here.. how much did you pay for them heidi&alex? $1 each! Let me know if you can't find them... I can always ship them to you.

Quote: Originally Posted by Chiquita Morgan, are all these little first-aid kits available at all Targets? We don't have Target in Canada and I haven't found a cheap canadian substitute yet.. our dollars stores don't seem to have them either.. although I haven't looked in all the ones close to me yet... sooo frustrating. I want cheap first-aid kits too!!! Argh I found them here in Ottawa at Dollarama! I was disappointed b/c I went in one day and didn't see anything... but I was in there they other day and they had a ton. If there is a Dollarama nearby check there!

Quote: Originally Posted by nylalany Sorry to bother you all about such a small details, but... Flores Julieta in Cancun was able to find turquoise cylinder vases for me!! - I love the vases! It's exactly what I've been looking for! Do you know who Flores Julieta is getting them from? My resort is taking care of my flowers, but I want to find vases just like those ones - the color is perfect!

Quote: Originally Posted by CarrieRN I worked for 5 years as a flight attendant for Delta before I went back to school for nursing. That was a lot of fun but the industry got a bit rough after 9/11. I miss all the travel opportunities though and I hate having to pay for airfare. haha... same for me. I was a flight attendant and so miss the traveling and free flights... but I wanted to be home more for when I eventually have a family and it wasn't something I wanted to do forever. Right now I'm in school on my way to becoming a pharmacist. My FI is an economist.

Quote: Originally Posted by Alipires1 I bought the teal ones and they are really really bright! I like them though. I bought the teal ones, too, and they are bright! I also like them, though... now I just have to attempt the iron on (although I was disappointed to find out that white ink doesn't exist as I was planning on white against the teal - apparently that's not going to work, though!)

That's perfect! Thanks, Morgan, for posting this and sharing your template. I'm going to have steal another great idea... thanks!

Congratulations! You look beautiful! I love your dress!

We were planning on a St Lucia wedding, but decided on Mexico to keep costs down for everybody. Also a lot of the resorts we were interested in didn't work for us... we would have been interested in Sandals, but have children coming to our wedding. We were thinking of Windjammer Landing, but decided in the end to have our wedding in Mexico and honeymoon on St Lucia. I think Mexico will be lots of fun w/ all our guests, and St Lucia will be a great, romantic honeymoon spot. We're leaving from Mexico to St Lucia after our wedding and are staying at Discovery Marigot, which looks beautiful! We'll be there from June 7-14... let me know if there's anything you want me to check out while we're there!

Quote: Originally Posted by JUSTUSTWO This is a tough spot to be in but I say if you were good enough to throw your own shower then just bite the bullet & organize your own bach party! From planning this wedding I've learned that if we wait for people/our so called good friends, to do things for us, they'll never get done. I know you don't want to have to ask anyone to do it for you so maybe this is the best option. Also, at least if you throw it, you'll wind up doing what you want to do as opposed to going someplace that you wouldn't have really liked. Why not give it some more time & see what your friends do. Maybe they'll surprise you & get it together. I agree... hopefully w/ time your friends will step up to the plate... but if they don't, and you want to have one then you should definitely go ahead and make sure you get to enjoy one

Quote: Originally Posted by Chiquita Okay, dumb question, but do you think it would be a PITA bringing little water guns in your suitcase with all the heightened security everywhere? I want to add these to my OOT bag list, but don't want any hassles bringing them with me.. even though they are obviously plastic.. No, I don't think it should be a problem. Just make sure you don't try to bring one on board and have it in your checked bag instead

Ahhh... thanks everyone for your input! I was leaning towards the invites but sometimes it's just nice to hear it from others... especially as I was so into keeping it simple at the beginning and then did a 180. Kelly, I completely agree w/ you, though, about the RSVP thing. I'm going to skip that part and do a contact us via email or phone type of thing... it seems from what I read on the forum most people aren't good at responding to RSVPs anyways. Quote: Originally Posted by 2bmosley What A Relief. I Have Been Going Back And Forth With The Invitation Thing. I Have Decided To Go Ahead And Send, But Now I Have Another Problem. My Sister Says I Should Do A Registry And Others Have Also Suggested That I Put Monetary Gifts Appreciated Since My Fi And I Already Live Together And Have Plenty Of "stuff". We Feel Like It Is Rude. What Do You Ladies Think? I have to agree w/ you on this one! In my opinion, it's not okay to put monetary gifts appreciated, especially in the case of a destination wedding where people are going to have to spend a lot to make it there. You could do a registry, although I would shy away from putting info about your registry on invites and leave that one to word of mouth only. That's just my opinion, though - we're not doing a registry b/c I really want people to know that coming to my wedding is present enough for me. My case is perhaps different, though, being only about 25 people thus far so I don't really feel a registry is needed.

True - it would be nice for people to have something official even just to show how much it means to us to have them there... it's funny, in the beginning I was all about having a simple destination wedding and cutting out these kinds of things... but even w/ a small wedding it's nice to have all the touches - plus I kind am enjoying all the different projects so I might as well... I think I'm going to go ahead and attempt DIY invites - hoping to replicate Shelley's beautiful starfish ones (wish me luck... lol). Thanks for your input!

We are getting married in June in Mexico and have about 25 people confirmed to come to our DW. I've always figured that it will probably only be those really close to us (family and friends) who will make the trip so planned on just telling everyone close to us of our plans with word of mouth that everyone is welcome - the more the merrier, but I figure it will probably just be those 25 coming. My question is do I need to send out invitations to everyone? It seems redundant to send out invitations to the 25 people I've been in talks with (who have mostly already booked). For all the others should I send out an invitation so they know we have thought of them? I don't want to seem like I'm fishing for presents and don't want anybody to feel bad for not making it... which is why I originally thought word of mouth would be better... but perhaps some people won't really feel invited if we don't send out formal invites and perhaps those who have booked would appreciate them anyways. Perhaps e vites is the answer! lol... anyway, bring on the suggestions please!

Sorry - hijack - but Carly your signature picture is so adorable... those are the cutest kids ever!

Welcome to the forum, Virgina! Congratulations on your engagement and happy planning from another Ottawa bride to be!

Quote: Originally Posted by Alyssa becks, i voted go for the hair pins! the veil isn't your style and you have always wanted to wear the hair pins - they will have a lot more meaning for you on your wedding day. i wouldn't wear the veil just like i wouldn't compromise having a wedding at home "to make other people feel happy" I agree. Your mum will understand and it sounds like the hair pins have special meaning, too, so I would go with that.