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I am making my own with the help my Marth Stewart FMIL. I saw these and fell in love. Found out all you need is a projector, material and paint. Here is a picture of how to trace the image so you can paint it on:

Quote: Originally Posted by aimeeyonke too bad the machine wasn't on sale! i would have splurged I got mine outline at the cricut outlet at a pretty big discount.

Quote: Originally Posted by kate.com how are you going to do a "blessing?" That is a great idea! Since we are doing a Mayan/Cosmic ceremony for DW, we will have a christian blessing by a pastor/priest to please my mother. There are different blessing depending on which denomination your officiant is. From what I have been told they actually do this a lot in cases where the couple was married in one faith but wants to be blessed by another; eg Bride is Catholic, Groom is Baptist. Right now I leaning towards a non-denominational minister.

Quote: Originally Posted by Jenn3878 Great job, did you DIY? Yep, mostly I did everything for 1 & 2. Sarah from sproullie designs did the design for 3 & 4 for me. So I took her design added some different text, color to the compass and texture.

I actually just posted mine that are my top two. Here in case you want to look: http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t29307

Hi Ladies So I finally have a couple monograms I love. I now can't decide which one I want to use or if I want to use both of them. Which one do you like best? Thanks ladies your the best! Carla #1 - Compass Circle, Solid Text #2 - Compass Circle, Outline Text #3 - Compass, Text on Top and Bottom #4 - Compass, Text on Bottom

Thanks, just proves I know nothing about veils. I was trying to find a couple picture of veils that were place in the hair like this so I could show my FMIL. She is taking her veil, which was worn by both her and her mother, and putting a different clip on it for me.

Hi All, I like the way this veil looks, coming out from the bottom of the hair instead of from the top of the head. Is there a name for this kind of veil? Thanks, Carla

Yep totally agree. One thing you might want to look at is how much brighter the colors are on the real touch silk version vs real cymbidium orchids.

Quote: Originally Posted by Amarillis May The Force Be With Us Thank you for posting these. "May The Force Be With Us" may have just replaced the Lao Tzu reference....

Quote: Originally Posted by shelly some girls on here have used little picture frames or pendants (not sure what they are called lol) and tie it with ribbon onto your bouquet They are called memory frames. You can get them at any craft store.

I am carrying a small framed picture of my father on my bouquet with me when I walk down the aisle. Christopher will have one of his grandmother on his boutonniere. Then we will have a small table with a candle burning for my father, his grandmother and other family members that we lost. Thinking about putting a picture of each on the candles.

Quote: Originally Posted by O'Driscoll Photography In my opinion, $25-40 for a 4x6 is exorbitant. I know a lot of wedding photographers, and I would say that most photographers don't charge that much for a 4x6. I don't think I know of any wedding photographers currently working who are charging that much for a 4x6. I would say the average price for a 4x6 would average in the $10-$15 range. Maybe it is different for weddings but when my niece, nephew and FSIL did their senior pictures and that is how much 4x6 were. They went to different photographers so I gave the ranges between the three different photographers. I wish they had only been $10-$15 because then our house would be covered in their pictures.

I merged template #1 with the "really big to-do-list" so that it is more DW geared. I even made it calculate due dates too. Hope this helps others, Carla PlanningWed.xls

Quote: Originally Posted by Bianca I feel like your FI. I do not want my legal "ceremony" to take away from my DW, but my parents feel differently. I have no idea what we are going to do, so I'm not much help. I second that. We are not going to do a ceremony for the legal stuff. Are you having a party when you get home? Since we are only inviting like 5%-10% of our family to the DW we are having a blessing and AHR for everyone when we get home....

Quote: Originally Posted by KatyKo tanning bed or spray on..because I too am scared of tanning beds, but don't want to be orange or look "dirty" as my sister says. My FSIL did a air brush tanning this past spring and it looked great! She is very fair skinned liked me, so tanning beds are a bad idea for us.

Quote: Originally Posted by SoontobeMsKniss I was just wondering how many people will have something engraved on the wedding bands. We are considering it but haven’t made a decision. It got me to thinking of other things to engrave other than just the date or "I love you". What did you put engrave on the rings? I am thinking of engraving the words "a single step". This is from the chineese proverb by Lao Tzu ~ "The journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step". I guess this is what you would call our wedding saying since it is on almost all our stuff. Carla

Quote: Originally Posted by Evan Baines Can't say on the after-package average, but the average couple in the US spends about $2500 on photography, +/- $500 depending on who you talk to. This includes both the couples who spend $500 on the Craigslist budget-type photographer and the couples who spend $10,000+ on Joe Buissink. It is the cost of the prints that will really kill your budget in the end. Make sure you get the digital files so that you can print your own. For example a 4x6 would cost you less than a $1 to print but buying them, depending on the photog, will cost about $25-$40 each!

Hi All, How many monograms did you use? If you used more than one was it very similar to each other? I am asking because I have 2 designs but I love both of them. They are VERY different in the way they look. Should I use both of them in different areas? thanks, Carla

Quote: Originally Posted by coppergoddess13 Just heard back from XCaret- the rep said that they try to reserve on-site photo sessions for those who are getting married there only. However, if you pay a $1000 fee, they will allow you to take pictures at the site. Needless to say, that puts Xel-Ha high on my list, and totally removes XCaret- thats about 1/2 my photography budget right there!!! OMG! That is out ragoues!!! Thanks for letting us all know.

We looked at Italy and the prices were so much higher than HI or MX. If just for pure cost I would vote for HI.

Quote: Originally Posted by Lexico Adias.angel....what font did you use to get the starfish? and do you know where i could download this font? I am attempting my boarding pass invites also. Thanks! Its called SC By The Sea. You can download it here: SC By The Sea Font | dafont.com

Quote: Originally Posted by catandcleo i have to go against the grain here and say that the rates and package offered by the travel agent we were going to use (through FI's company) were way higher than booking the whole package directly through the airline. (And as a Canadian, you know that Air Canada is almost never the best option!) That being said, $10 grand should be feasible, it just depends on how many people you are paying for, and what extras you will be adding. WOW! Sounds like your TA wasn't very good. We have been doing price comparisons and our TA is getting us much better rates than anywhere we could book

Quote: Originally Posted by amyblant I am also interested in this, I am going to try this weekend. Are there any with a starfish theme? You can just add the starfish with a font. My favorite is this one:

Quote: Originally Posted by PhillyBride09 Here is the one from Becks that I used. It's really good and you can decorate it anyway you wish. Again, this isn't mine, it's Becks..So she gets any and all credit on how good it is (And it's good) All my family & friends thought my Boarding passes were done professionally!!! Enjoy Thank you so much!!!