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Quote: Originally Posted by monicaswave So, where exactly is this cenote at Thanks! LOL which one? There a ton of them all over the Riviera Maya. My favorite (at least from picture) is the Ik Kil Cenote (Ik Kil Cenote). Who is doing your TTD? They should be able to take you to one for your shoot plus they will know the best time of day for light for that specific location. Otherwise let me know where you are staying and I will find you a copy close to where you are. Carla

Quote: Originally Posted by laybar I like your idea of white / tan / neutral colors.. i saw it in a photographer's pics & it looked awesome! Check it out: : Jesse Hernandez Photography : Go to galleries.. then destination weddings.. i like it when i originally didn't think i'd like that idea! Funny enough, i think it's different! Thanks When I first read that for a Mayan ceremony all guests were asked to wear neutral colors I had the same "NO WAY!" reaction. But after seeing some older family portraits of my FI's family where they did the same thing I feel in love with the idea. Here is the example laybar found: What I really love about going all neutral is that the only splash of color (orange) on everyone will be my FI tie, the back of my dress, monogram on my parasol and my flowers.

Yea these are great. There are so many!!!!

So the hotel arranges it for you? Or do you have to find an outside company to arrange it with?

Quote: Originally Posted by Bianca I think they would love to have one just to keep for memories. I second that. My FMIL is a scrapbooker and I know she is going to want one for just that purpose.

Quote: Originally Posted by nicoleandscott i used "embroidme", which i'm pretty sure is a chain store. it was a little pricier than i wanted, but i couldn't find anyone else to do what i wanted (3" letter) I hate to be the one to ask but how much was it to have the embroidery done? I debating between that and iron-on or silk screen printing. Thanks, Carla

Ok I am going to go against the grain but I am of the mindset why not let her wear white? The whole idea of a white wedding dress started when Queen Victoria wore a white lace dress and everyone like it and thought it was stylish. Before that wedding dress were of all colors. In some cultures, like India, white is the color of morning and no bride there would want to wear a white gown. All of our guests are being asked to wear white/tan/neutral colors because of the type of ceremony we are doing. I think that its going to make for some amazing photos of us all in neutral colors with only Chris and I wearing orange accents. If you don't want her to wear white ask her change it to a tan color. Then its a compromise and you both win...

Quote: Originally Posted by scoutley I'm thinking of getting brown bags and ironing on our "logo" in a turquoise colour. Has anyone else tried putting a lighter colour on a darker one? Is this maybe a bad idea? If you buy a darker colored bag you have to buy the printable iron sheets that are white not clear. They are created for ironing on dark colors. So if your logo has any areas in the middle of it that are not colored you have to cut it out. BUT I did do this same idea on black shirts for my robotics teams uniforms last year and they turned out amazing! People thought we had paid for silk screen printing. I think I still have the website marked where I ordered the iron on transfers from. Let me know and I will send it to you. Hope that helps, Carla

Hi Ladies, I have heard some awful things about customs. I would like to make OOT gift boxes but wrap them up like a present. If I wrap up 10-15 small boxes in wrapping paper and place them in checked luggage am I going to have a problem with them when I get to MX? Will they unwrap them? Thanks, Carla

Quote: Originally Posted by photographerShay Do you have a link for this? I can't decide between a cenote, Tulum, or a private beach.... decisions, decisions..... I think this is what your looking for. Here are 2 movies of couples doing their TTD in cenotes: del Sol Photography - Movie - Trash The Dress del Sol Photography - Movie - Trash The Dress Here are a couple albums: del Sol Photography del Sol Photography Wedding Photojournalism del Sol Photography Wedding Photojournalism In one of the packages you can do a cenote and beach TTD combination. Hope these help, Carla

I have super straight hair too. My friend who is a hair dresser told me that one thing thing that helps is if you don't wash your hair the morning of. The natural oils in your hair will help hold the curl. Also heavy duty gel helps a bit too.

Quote: Originally Posted by JUSTUSTWO I think I used this in the past: CutePDF - Create PDF for free, Free PDF Utilities, Edit PDF easily;. I second CutePDF Writer. Works great and easy to use. You probably have another PDF reader you like so here is the cnet download for JUST the writer to create PDF's: CutePDF Writer - Free software downloads and reviews - CNET Download.com

Quote: Originally Posted by DanielleNDerek the round pic isnt coming up They just updated the Picasa Web program I use for my planning album. They have been having issues since. Press F5 and see if a refresh of the browser helps. Hopefully Picasa will get this all straightened out soon.

Quote: Originally Posted by daltx So, after an unfortunate accident, baby to bes daddy, shot himself thrut he wrist and then up thru his arm and has already had 5 surgeries and still has a couple more..so I dont think they are going to be able to cruise with us after all!! OMG! I hope everything works out with the next couple surgeries.

We were looking at doing Xcaret for our TTD but I guess you have to ask permission. Advice from Paul (playa weddings) is to tell them you are doing a bridal elegance photo shoot. Trash the dress doesn't sound very good. LOL In the end my FI saw the TTD cenote tour that Del Sol does and fell in love. So we are going to do that instead of Xcaret. I would love to see your TTD pics if you did them at Xcaret.

Hi All, I saw this and thought I might post for all the other December brides out there. We thought that since we are getting married a couple week before Christmas we would give out ornaments with sand from the ceremony beach as favors. That way our family would be able to hang it on their Christmas tree and remember the wedding each year. We are going to get glass paint pens from a craft store and add our names, date and location to it. Here are just a couple of the shapes: Original from another BDW bride: Another I found in square shape: Flat and round shape example: Right now I am leaning towards the flat round ones. Since it would take very little sand to make it look 1/2 full and that would make it much lighter to hang. Not sure about adding shells... Anyone else interested in doing this? Carla

My FI and I are also paying for the wedding ourselves. Chris opened a money market account through our bank the week after we got engaged. Every month we each put in $500. That plus a 2 year engagement gave me my dream budget plus extra left over for a nice little saving account towards our honeymoon in Europe. I also found a lot of ways to save money (read the book Bridal Bargains plus lots of online research). Here is what I am saving on: 1.) I am doing a lot of things myself. Invitations STD's Thank You Cards Programs Menus Favors All AHR decorations - including table linens and wall hangings Petal Cones Place Cards OOT bag/package personalization Veil 2.) Travel during the off season and also using a good TA. By doing this we going to be getting a great discount on rooms. 3.) Buying my dress online/import from China. With the dress I am looking at now it will be close to a $500 or more savings. 4.) Having AHR at park in the afternoon and having cocktails only. We live in MI so our parks are just beautiful plus standard rental rates are $50 for the day. That along with only doing cocktails is going to cost us just a couple dollars per person. I think these are probably my biggest savings so far. If I come across more I will make sure to add them. Carla

For our place cards we are going to use these:

Quote: Originally Posted by lanalovesyou We used ewedding.com It is super super easy..Its free, but you can get extra options if you choose to pay after. I highly recommend it! I second ewedding.com! I am a web developer and this was SOOOO worth the money just for ease of maintenance. We are going to be upgrading to the $10 a month one when we get one year out from the wedding so we have the RSVP functionality.

Quote: Originally Posted by nathanielthompsonphoto and I will try to think of the impact this forum has before I make a quick response. Please don't think like that. This forum is for sharing of information and opinions. You posted info about what was asked and we really appreciate you placing your opinion on here. The emails to Del Sol were just a side effect and not something you should worry about.

Quote: Originally Posted by Matt Adcock I'd like to keep this thread on subject here because we have received boatloads of emails from clients and potential clients, just based on them reading this thread... Its informative and has some juicy facts. Matt, Thanks for the post. Always appreciate your input as a photographer in the area. Carla PS Hope you had a great honeymoon. Love the pics.

Wow yea I say you have given more than enough. We are doing a OOT bag and a favor. But the favors are going to be DIY ornaments (since Christmas will be just around the corner) with sand from the beach. Should cost about .35 each so the cost won't be much. Otherwise I am not sure we would doing them.

Quote: Originally Posted by merocket59 Are there any local places to shop? If so you could add something about that but it looks like a great list to me! That is a good one. I am going to add it now.

Quote: Originally Posted by soon2bePowers The bag was my favorite part. I am thinking about doing a bag (beach tote) with a welcome book. Hmmm maybe I need to rethink not putting it in a bag. Were the bags per room or per person? I just cant imagine male guests wanting one LOL

Hi All, I am working on my Welcome book for my OOT bag. Here are the pages I have so far: Schedule Of Events Guests Rooms Hotel Map Currency Conversion Spanish Phrases Restaurants Photo Sharing Hotel Activities Things-to-do/places to shop I borrowed these pages from a couple girls on here who posted their books (thanks Becks & MelanieS). Any other pages I should add? Any of these end up not being useful to guests? Thanks for the help. You ladies are the best! Carla