adias.angel

Quote: Originally Posted by DanielleNDerek BTW Carla my grandparents thought i was crazy for having a DW they didnt understand why i would want to go away and not get married at home. Well we just got back from the wedding and my granparents thanked us countless times for having a DW because they had the best time and it was the best vacay they ever had. They want to go back and got a whole bunch of pamphlets from the resort to give to other friends and family that didnt go. I wouldnt be surprised that if your mom is against it now but likes it the most when she gets there. I hope so. She was pretty ok with the going away part because she knows I hate being the center of attention in a large crowd but its the details she seems to give me the most trouble over. Basically if its not boring and traditional she tells me she doesn't like it. I have come to the point where I started taking her opinions with a grain of salt and go ask my sister, FSIL, FMIL and a couple friends. They always tell me the truth and they never agree with my mom.

Thank you ladies, you give great advice. Well I guess I will "put my big girl panties on" and talk to her tonight. My FI built her a new computer so we have to go see her anyway. Cross your fingers for my ladies! Carla

I would use business cards. As long as the cut you put in the card are small the tension should hold the card up. But if all else fails put a glue dot or 2 on the umbrella handle after you thread it through.

Hey all, Well I am back again about my mom *sigh*. I posted a while ago about my mother having a fit over our Mayan ceremony (http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t27198). She has continued to be negative anytime I sugguest something that is not white lace in a church. Well I thought we had shared everything with her that she could make snide comments about, wrong. We decided to have our engagement pictures done in Chicago. So I sent her a link to a photographer we fell in love with, Laurie Peacock (Website Blog). She wrote back to let me know she didn't like the pictures. Everyone else I sent them to loved them. I get all excited about something and then she rains on my parade. If she is going to keep doing this how I am suppose to keep her in the wedding plans? Ever since my dad died a couple years ago she has regressed to a child that throws tantrums when things are not going her way or when she is not the center of attention. How do I keep including her while still keeping my sanity? Carla

Quote: Originally Posted by coppergoddess13 I'm already spending the extra $$ to have the legal ceremony there (due to my mother throwing a fit about us getting legally married beforehand and then 'pretending' to do it for real at the resort- it was a great discussion), so I'm not wanting to spend too much on 'little' extras like music during dinner! I know how those conversations go, I had one of those recently when we announced that we were having a Mayan ceremony instead of a Christan one. I learned my lesson. I just am not telling my mom that it is not legal and that we did the paper work at home.

Sorry about that. Let me try again...

I am using the share feature. I select individual blog posts that I think are great and mark them with notes and share them. Anyone interested in reading the ones I share, here is the link: Google Reader - adias.angel's shared items

Wanted to add this one, great TTD pics. Google Reader - KBBlog

Glue dots are great and you can get a whole roll of them in the scrapbooking aisle for just a couple dollars.

Quote: Originally Posted by ashrose Have you tried ordering the free samples from Vista Print? Is this the samples: http://www.vistaprint.com/samples-re...1%3a17%3a22+PM

Could it be something like this?

Quote: Originally Posted by edssbride09 I printed a bunch of avery labels and they look super cute. The return address ones i did in hot pink text to match my envelopes, and then the mailing address ones i put a straight hot pink border around it to tie it to the envelope too and it looked great! It was super easy too, i just couldn't be bothered to handwrite all of them! Do you have any pics?

Wow yea that is expensive!

My reasons are totally different I guess. I am highly allergic to pollen and I don't want to be miserable while holding my bouquet. Carla

LOVE LOVE LOVE the first one!!

I am guessing for 20 people it will cost about 145 for the bag and contents.

Quote: Originally Posted by Morgan my links still don't look right. carla, do you know what i'm doing wrong? Right click on the links on the bottom left hand side (see pic below) and select copy link location. Then paste it onto the thread. They look better now Morgan. Then all you need to do is inside the img tags change the name you want it to display.

Here is my first round of links. More to come as I come across them. Google Reader - Ben Chrisman Wedding Journal Google Reader - Critsey Rowe - Destination Wedding Photographer Google Reader - Dayna Schroeder Photography Google Reader - Chicago Wedding Photography by Laurie Peacock Google Reader - Sol Tamargo Photography

PLEASE ONLY POST PHOTO INSPIRATION LINKS IN THIS THREAD. Hi All, Morgan and I were talking and thought everyone might benefit from what we are doing - using google reader to keep updated on blogs and sites that have photography inspiration. So what is google reader? Google reader is a FREE web application that will keep track of any blogs/websites for you and let you know when new content/pictures have been added. So if you have a lot of photography blogs this is an easy way to see all the updates in one location. Here is info on google reader and a step by step tour of it: Google Reader Step-By-Step How To Use Google Reader Each post from now on will contain links of wedding and e-pics inspiration sites. A lot of them will be photographers blogs but still great if you are looking for inspiration. Morgan and I will keep adding links. Please feel free do add also but ONLY place links in your posts. That will make it easy for people to browse. We hope this helps other brides. Let us know if you have any questions. Carla

There will be a mariachi band in the restaurant. Check out the thread I linked to for more info. I guess another couple hired a band to be with them on the terrace as they ate...

Quote: Originally Posted by Morgan awesome! Glad you found your photographer!! is she going to edit out your braces? now you have until august to get inspired by blog-stalking. check out google reader. it makes it so easy to keep up with all of the photography blogs. She said she would be happy to do a couple of them which we are using on the invites and STD's but all would be a TON of work, which I understand. So I guess I will be contacting you this summer after I get them back to teach me how to remove the rest. Google reader huh? I am a HUGE gmail girl so I think I might like this. Would you mind sharing some of your links with me that you are currently "stalking"? I am off to add to google reader.

Quote: Originally Posted by coppergoddess13 We picked Portofino- wanting the beauty of the terrace area! Plus, I've heard that Portofino is one of the tastier of the a la cartes! If there is live music, that would be great as well:) I'm just trying to find out if I need to start working on a playlist:). I tried to search and find out but I couldn't find anything. So I cheated and posted it out on GP Addict forum. Welcome to the Palladium Addict Forum • View topic - Portofino - Live Music?

I use the fiskar rotary trimmer because it has the different blades you can buy. They have one for perforating that works great on the boarding pass STD's. It is so worth the money. Carla

Quote: Originally Posted by hbsbride This has been great. I was debating whether to have our e-pics done in MX or Chicago (where we met) but I'm definitely leaning towards Chicago now. Thanks for all of the links. They've been super helpful. Did Misha Media ever get back to you? Are you taking your pics soon? I'm not sure if we should take them in the winter or wait until the spring. I know, I know Chicago only has summer and winter : ) but I don't want to wait. I'm too impatient! YEA!! I am so happy to hear you are doing yours in Chicago too. Maybe we can swap info about poses and locations? Misha did get back to me but her digital proofs were not included in the engagement session. I didn't want to pay an extra cost for those. Then I saw Laurie Peacock's work (that includes digital negatives at the same price) and fell in love! Plus of all the photographers I emailed she was the only one to call me personally instead of emailing. Needless to say that we are booking her, she is so friendly and sweet. I went through about 50 photographers from brides.com, theknot.com, wedding photo journalist association, and a couple other sites. Narrowed the list down to about 20 that had a great photojournalist style and emailed them all for prices and to see if the negatives were included. My top ones I emailed back to find out if they were edited before being given to us. I have everything in an excel spread sheet if you would like the info. Just drop me an email cause I don't want to attach it here as prices changes over time. I totally hear you about being impatient but we are going to wait until August '09. I asked Laurie and she said the summer months are the best because of the great weather. My rule is always listen to the expert, they know what they are talking about. Carla

We are doing a Mayan/Cosmic ceremony and asking our guests to wear all white. Then the only colors we will have is orange on the back of my dress, my bouquet, FI tie and my parasol. I think everyone wearing shades of a color would be awesome though! A sea of blue on the beach would be so beautiful. Carla