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christie, i am LOVING "messterpiece"

i agree, it's an adorable thread! not sad, just a reminder to cherish what we have while we have it (and get pictures!). i just wish i could contribute a cute pic like yours ... that said, *someone* else must have one! where are the cute mommy pics ladies?!?!?

Quote: Originally Posted by karenk77 hey i guess im more important then i thought lol this cracked me up! yeah, i guess you ARE!

first of all, i'm so sorry your poor FI thought it was a serious comment. he must have been so hurt. what an ass this girl is for posting that. i can only hope she was just trying to be funny? but seeing all the drama it caused, the other friend should have NEVER divulged details of your wedding to this chick. (and NO, you shouldn't invite her. you never *have to* invite anyone. invite the people who are meaningful to you and leave it at that). as for your actual close friend ... "i'll see what i can do" would have made me cringe knowing i had done so much for her (not that you should keep track or anything ... i have an ex-friend who used to tally up her good deeds and seem to conveniently forget everything i ever did for her, lol). anyway i want to believe this chick isn't just selfish and actually just meant financially or because of her kid or whatever?

keratin : thinker

yay for being madly in love! i will have to remember to check out fb for your pics later tonight. that is so funny that she has seen this thread, and now so has her mom. hilarious! and it didn't scare them off? not even the part about her being tied up in the basement? lol!

man, when it rains it pours! at least he didn't lose control of the truck when the tire blew? (trying to find a bright side in all this mess!)

maybe she's using alli?

oooh jessica that would piss me right off. hers isn't a DW tho, right? there's no thunder theft because your wedding will be 14864841364651466 times better than hers. everyone will come home talking about the great time they had at yours and she will be sorry she missed it and wishing she had waited awhile to get married. then again, if my daddy paid for my entire wedding i probably would have had mine a lot sooner too. who knew weddings were so expensive? the people who actually PAY for them, that's who! ugh!

you're right about that! it's really why i'm sad i didn't get the pics. i almost lost my mom in a bad auto accident a few years ago and was just so thankful to have her here for my wedding. she also just turned 70 in august, so she's getting up there in age. i'm so happy i have the wedding video. the first time i watched it and saw my dad escorting her to her seat i got seriously all choked up. i know someday it will be very bittersweet to watch.

Quote: Originally Posted by mc5363 What did you type in to find her on facebook? i think i originally found her when doing a search for dreams cancun on there. but she's claudia cantillo. i think cecilia is on fb as well, but i only met her briefly on wedding day. they are both the sweetest girls ever in real life (and very hard-working). seriously you will feel bad for all the bitching we do here once you meet them, lol!

ok loving "desties" now even more, since it's more descriptive ... but you all can still be my besties rachel, i'm totally DYING @ "sensed some douchebagary tone" andi, sounds like your "friend" needs to shove her "normal" wedding right up her ! i'm mad on your behalf! and really, don't these "normal" wedding people know their weddings suck big BORING balls, when compared to a DW?!?

awww so cute (she looks so happy), and now i'm sad that i don't have a pic like this. my mom was so funny dress shopping ... every single dress i tried on she said, "oooooh lisa *that's* the one!" haha ... but then she cried real tears at the actual dress. i wish i had a pic of that. sadly, i somehow never got a pic of just the two of us together on wedding day either. do not let that happen ... you will regret it forever! pics with your mom like this one you've got are so special ... cherish it always!

Quote: Originally Posted by lisaloo79 great job girl!!!! you must tell me how you did the bookmarks. I love that idea!!! bookmarks were printed on card stock (designed using stock art) and then laminated (using work's equipment) cut out, hole-punched, ribbon-tied ... voila! not sure why i didn't make them more personalized ... a bookmark is the kind of thing people wouldn't actually mind if it had your monogram or wedding date, kwim? silly of me! and fyi, the bookmarks were one of the things i actually saw my guests using. remembered another OOT bag item ... deck of playing cards (box personalized with label ... sorry for the terrible pic ... they say "love was in the cards" on them):

Quote: Originally Posted by YaelM YAY so fun to read! I love how everything was last minute....but you would never know, it turned out awesome!! Now i feel guilty cuz i was MotM last month and i still havent done my planning thread *sigh* don't feel guilty at all! your circumstances were entirely different with having to cancel what you had planned so much for! besides, you've at least done your review ...

keep thinking of stuff i forgot, like the flower girl's pomander (aka kissing ball flowers) that i DIY'd. and that the kids got glowstick necklaces at the reception (which they LOVED), and also swim goggles in their OOT bags. and i forgot the biggest hit of the OOT bags, the disposable underwater cameras (purchased off ebay). i swear, thank god that i took pics of a bunch of stuff, because i seem to have forgotten everything that didn't have a pic of it staring me in the face! thanks for all the compliments, ladies. there were so many beautiful things i wanted to make but lost enthusiasm. or plain ran out of time because i'm the world's biggest procrastinator!

Quote: Originally Posted by Michelle613 Oh yay, I friended her =) She like hates me though, doesn't answer my emails, & when she does gives me two words answers, but now if she friends me I'll just direct all my statuses to her lol hahahahahhaha LMAO!

here are the pop streamers in action:

Quote: Originally Posted by jetsbride Everything looks awespme Lisa!!! Where did you get your comfy shoes and sand ceremony set? the comfy shoes were from ebay (i was an ebay shopaholic thru the whole planning process, lol!) and the sand ceremony set was from Unity Sand Ceremony. i actually wouldn't recommend the sand ceremony set ... it was smaller than anticipated (the website had the correct size posted but it just didn't sink into my brain how small that was), and their idea of an included "disposable funnel" was a pointy-ended dixie cup with the bottom snipped, lol! overall, it was more money than it was worth IMO, especially since once again, i had procrastinated badly and had to pay for rush shipping. sigh.

OOT bag stuff continued: mini-maraca bottle-opener keychains (ebay): puzzle books (dollar store) and spanish/english pocket dictionary (ebay): shell soaps (pier one): mexico postcards (group purchase split with other BDW'ers! http://bestdestinationwedding.com/fo...0-2#post653639) beach balls (oriental trading): baggy of stuff (hand sanitizer, bandaids, gum, shout wipes, rolaids, etc): DIY bookmarks: BM & GM gifts: i got my bridesmaids gift certificates to the resort spa/salon (had originally also purchased these bracelets http://bestdestinationwedding.com/fo...761#post720094 and got screwed by bad chinese company ... do NOT get enticed by their super cheap prices ... they sent me the completely wrong items and i had no recourse or way of tracking anything ... ugh)! DH paid for his groomsmen to go golfing, plus gave them personalized golf tees/balls (sorry no pic). i think that's it! whew! now i know why i put this off so long! i had centerpiece and cake inspirations too but i ditched centerpieces altogether and just took whatever cake the resort would offer, so not worth posting here. overall, it was a fantabulous day, and i'm soooo glad i chose a DW! our wedding pix are available at http://tomlisa09.shutterfly.com or check out our photographer's slide show at www.momentsthatmatterphotography.com (click "galleries," then "dreams cancun, thomas & lisa"). lincoln and lori of moments that matter photography were a pleasure to work with ... i can't recommend them enough!

the guest book (a shutterfly photobook http://share.shutterfly.com/share/re...0IZtWzhy5asnIA ... see thread for more info: http://bestdestinationwedding.com/fo...0-2#post776450): silver pop streamers (walmart) for our reception entrance: can't find the pic of them popping right now but it's in our slide show (see siggy) cake serving set (from mom) and monogram cake topper (ebay): take-home cake bags (oriental trading ... no one used these, lol): mini-maraca escort cards (holy crap i was painting these still in the wee hours of the morning the night before we left! purchased from oriental trading and hand-painted. thank god i scrapped the idea of painting that flower design and just put it on the tags. i absolutely recommend just ponying up the cash to buy a beautiful custom maraca from mishka http://mishkadesignspv.blogspot.com/...er-name.html): the OOT bags/favors: the bag (purchased from target, pic courtesy of billysbride i think): the card inside: chrome heart luggage tags (ebay): koozies (bought from oriental trading--poor quality--but i bought them after failing at making my own DIY with iron-on transfers): to be continued ...

the sand ceremony: the sand ceremony script, read by DH's godmother: "Before the two of you met, your lives were on separate roads ... each going in different directions and seemingly leading to different destinations. But somewhere along the way (through some twist of fate) you did meet, and you fell in love. Today, you find yourselves standing here together at the threshold of a new path, and have promised to forever join your once separate journeys into one. Before each of you there is a container of sand. Each container represents the separate journeys you once were on. They also represent your own sets of friends and families, that until today were apart from each other. I now ask that you blend these individual containers of sand together. As the sand has blended together, your lives too are joined. Your once solitary journeys have become one of companionship, as you now set forth on a single path together into your future. Your friends and family are as one as well. You will now share those who are a part of your lives as you walk hand-in-hand along the path of your marriage. Enjoy the journey always. May you remain as inseparable as these grains of sand throughout your days." fans (couldn't be bothered with wrapping the handles, too much work!): corsages for the moms, grandmother, and godmother (diy silk): bubbles: chair bows (purchased from wedding linens direct home page highly recommended): actual setup: programs (done DIY last minute when claudia finally gave me the order of the legal ceremony--which was WRONG anyway, lol!): to be continued ...

hair inspiration: and hair flowers (red silk orchids): jewelry: necklace (something old. i used to steal this marcasite necklace from my mom all the time!) i somehow spaced and didn't ever get earrings for the wedding! ended up borrowing a pair of studs from my mom on wedding day. BM dresses (david's bridal/apple red. i told the girls they could buy short, red, department-store dresses off the rack, something they could wear again and not expensive, but they decided they wanted long BM dresses and chose these): groomsmen's attire was all so last minute i don't even have pics from before the wedding. we had a tough time because they are big boys ... i had to find stuff fitting up to 3X. here are the boys (red shirts from jc penney--just happened to perfectly match BM dresses, cream linen pants from K&G) ... don't ask me why they didn't get their pants the right length: something borrowed [starfish bouquet jewel passed to me by the lovely diana (dc22173). she included a tiny journal to track his travels ... see this thread to possibly get one passed to you: http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t19677]: here it is in my actual bouquet: something blue (i had nothing so last minute i sewed a blue ribbon on my lace wedding undies ... and i used actual thread, not hot glue): the wedding rings (super cheap! sterling silver matching bands bought off ebay, $60 for the pair. was sold on the sentiment ... they display the claddagh and say "mo anam cara" which means "my soul mate" in irish gaelic. DH picked them and i couldn't say no. he thinks i'm his soulmate!): to be continued ...

being selected motm has resulted in extreme feelings of guilt over never posting my planning thread or review yet, despite having been married now for 3 months. thank you all for loving me anyway. anyway, i thought i should probably suck it up and do it already! i can't thank the ladies of this forum enough ... i both love and hate you for having so many great ideas ... you made my life hell with DIY, lol! in the end, i got lazy and scrapped most of the projects i was planning on anyway ... i had procrastinated way too much and then swine flu hit and i was more concerned with whether or not there would BE a wedding, KWIM? here goes: the proposal that started it all (may 18, 2007): we started to plan a halloween '09 big-fat-at-home-traditional-wedding, and quickly discovered we'd never be able to afford it. after much deliberation (and finding this forum!), we decided on a DW, may 28 '09, at dreams cancun resort and spa, mexico. the venue (this gazebo pic had me at hello): we pretty much told everyone thru word of mouth and chose to forgo STDs in favor of sending out our actual invites months early. this did *not* happen, LOL. i saw some fabulous BDW'ers DIY pocketfolds and decided i must make some of my own. PROJECT FROM HELL ... mostly because i am a graphic designer and wanted them to be *perfect*. i ripped off the floral design idea from Wedding Invitations, Bridal Shower Invitations & Announcements by Wedding Paper Divas and changed it with my own colors/fonts/layout and took forever getting it just right. i *finally* sent the project to a local printer i was set on using (totally running out of time at this point) and a week later he informed me he couldn't match my colors with the process he was using! so then i was forced to contend with the color printer here at work and EVERY SINGLE SHEET of cardstock getting jammed in the printer, and the two-sided insert brochure and rsvp postcards not lining up front-to-back ... anyway i was in tears. the printer guy felt bad and offered to still cut everything for me, which was nice, but then he cut everything CROOKED! again, in tears. (i am a graphic designer! my printed items can't look like ass!) anyway it was simply too late and i just had to send them out crappy. i was so dismayed with everything that i never even took pics of the finished product. so picture all this stuff in an opalescent-apricot-colored envelopment, tied with sheer orange ribbon and a shell: the dress, aka "something new" (allure 8531): on me, 2nd fitting: not AT ALL what i set out to buy (didn't want strapless or satin), but it was the one that made mom cry. oh and that's not my actual veil ... wasn't sure if i would wear one in dreams cancun's gale-force wind so i didn't want to spend the cash. my sister ended up making me one that she gave to me the morning of the wedding. the ceremony shoes (had to go with slutty red shoes to offset the purity of the traditional wedding dress, lol!): the comfort shoes: to be continued ...

Quote: Originally Posted by Love3 I don't know what I am going to do once I am married LOL you're gonna stay here with the friends you've made in the process, like the rest of us married ladies! i have to admit tho, it does get harder to explain why you're STILL on the forum *after* you're married ...