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Quote: Originally Posted by MrsFisher2B Aw, does it still cause tension between your grandmother and your mom? Actually there is, it has never went away. My grandmother even moved onto my mothers property and is being taken care of by her. The one time my mom gave my grandmother a good yelling at though she sure kept quite for a while. It was right after my dad died and she pushed my mom over the edge. I think in the end my mom let her know how everything was making her feel was a good step forward. I am thinking if you give you dad a good talking to that he will keep his mouth shut, at least until after the wedding. You don't want to let it all bottle up inside until the wedding and explode the way my mom did. Pressure kind of does that to everyone.

Oh thank you! These are great!

Quote: Originally Posted by beachbride08 We have received a few cards with $ for our wedding. About half are from our guests coming to the wedding that didn't want to bring it to Mexico and the others are from those that aren't coming. I didn't anticipate getting wedding gifts from those coming, let alone people that aren't. I knew FI's parents were giving us money because they told us. I figured if we got anything I wanted to order thank you cards with some wedding photos on it. Now that we have gotten gifts I don't know if it is tacky to wait to send the thank yous, or just send something now acknowledging the gift? Mind you I'm the girl that writes thank yous the day I receive a gift so people know I am prompt with this. You are only 2 weeks out, I say wait and get the thank you cards printed with the wedding photos like you wanted. If you can get them in the mail 4-6 weeks after the wedding you are doing good.

Quote: Originally Posted by MrsFisher2B We do not have a relationship ever since I had my son... at age 16. I can understand how parents have tons of emotions when their child comes home pregnant; however, I have done well for myself. I am the only one in my family who has gone to university, and I am not finishing my Master's degree. I actually took care of my son and I did not go out and party like the stereotypical "teen mom". Needless to say, he has failed to see how positively my son has impacted my life. I know how this can be. My mother became pregnant with my sister at 16 also and to this day my Grandmother will not let her live it down. I hate to say there is only one solution to the problem. You need to confront him on it. Be honest and let him know that if he can't behave himself at your wedding you will have another one of your guests escort him for the area. You will be amazed at how quick that loud talking will stop when you call him out on it. Hope that helps, Carla

Quote: Originally Posted by sdnative222 O ladies, thank you ever so much for all of your wonderful letters. I leave for HI in 11 days and I'm really starting to freak out. Reading your posts is slowly bringing the reality of my DW to the surface. All ya'alls made me cry.....happy tears, of course. *hugs* I know its going to be just amazing! Can't wait to see your pics.

I am going to wear a different dress, simple and white.

Quote: Originally Posted by *Heather* A friend of mine is going to introduce us to 2 designers she knows and then hopefully one of them will be interested in helping us out. We haven't met with either one of them yet though so I'm not sure who we'll be going with. The designer will likely just give us the file on a disk and then we'll get the posters printed at Kinko's or something. These 2 individuals are free-lancers who do designs for event promotions and magazines etc, so they aren't really in the invite/stationary business I hope you post these when you have them done! My FI loved the idea when we saw it online and want to send out engagement announcements in this style.

wow! They look great!

This I think was the hardest part cause we kept changing it. I started looking through different photos of peoples weddings online. It took me almost a month but I kept coming back to the pictures that were mostly orange with accents of pink. My FI suggested using a sand and orange color scheme with accents of pink. Once we saw the three colors together we just knew it was perfect! It was that light bulb moment when everything just clicks. Carla

Quote: Originally Posted by PlayaWeddings The tourists don't arrive in earnest until Christmas so it's not so crowded. Our tourist season here starts in December and November is at the end of low season. People earn much less money during low season so everyone in the tourist business is eager to please and start earning money again. Hi Paul, Thank you so much for posting this! You said that the tourist season gets busy around Christmas, how close to Christmas? We are a looking at the Dec 11, 2010 and wondering if it will still be during the slower time. Thanks, Carla

Hey ladies Im back and wondering how everyone's planning is going? Hope everything is going good, Carla

Add me to the potentials list. We are holding off until next fall for our site visit so we can see a few of the new hotels that are opening in 2009. Our TA is working on getting together a list of the resorts that fit our criteria (the 2009 ones are being a bit of trouble) but as of right now the GP is #1 our list. Carla

Quote: Originally Posted by heather007 I saw these at Michael's for sale. They are sort of expensive, but I'm sure that once it gets closer to Christmas time, they will go on sale. ~~ I got them 50% off last year in November at hobby lobby. They had a huge selection of styles too.

These are so beautiful! You did an amazing job. I hope mine come out as good. Carla

Mine is going to have some orange: This is from the Alfred Angelo dream in color line. I loved it the moment I saw it. All of our guests will be asked to wear white/neutral colors. The only colors at the ceremony will be the decor, my dress back, my parasol, my bouquet and FI's tie; all of which will be orange. So I totally agree to do for it. Carla

Quote: Originally Posted by trophywife That sounds so awesome!! Are you Mayan?? No, we are actually huge history buffs and love the culture. Plus we do not want a religious ceremony. This was just perfect because all of your guests get to be part of the ceremony. They each get to say a special message to you. Everyone who has done says their guests just loved it and it was more meaningful to them than a traditional ceremony.

We are not have a bridal party either. We are doing a Mayan/cosmic ceremony so everyone will be in a circle around us participating anyway.

Quote: Originally Posted by trophywife What is the AHR?? It is a "At Home Reception". We have 2 guests list; one list is invited to the wedding & AHR, the other guest list is for those we are only inviting to the AHR. I have a couple places you can look at all kinds of boarding pass STDs; some are more formal, some are not. My planning album: Picasa Web Albums - adias angel - Save The Date Boarding Pass Thread: http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t22754

Quote: Originally Posted by MalibuBarbie I didn't realize that you had changed your date but I did take a look at your planning Barbie Yea we sat down and figured out not only our costs but also how long it would take our families to save. Plus my FI has agreed that I can get braces so that I have a straight smile for our wedding pictures. It will take the next 18 months for that and about $4000! To keep myself busy I have started planning a TON of DIY projects.

We are only doing traditional for the wedding invites and the marriage announcement with AHR invite. We are sending out so many different things but here is what we have planned so far: Flip Flop Invites - Bridal Shower Movie Poster Spoof - Engagement Announcements Boarding Pass - Save the Date Picture Pocket Fold - Wedding Invites, Marriage Announcement with AHR invites included Picture Postcard - AHR reminder Picture Collage Thank Yous

Quote: Originally Posted by petunia Of course, what happens in 2014, when our anniversary will be on 8/9/14 and yours is 12/11/14? Think they'll remember? LOL LOL! I bet Chris had not even thought that far ahead.

That would look so cute. The kids would probably love to have the parasol to play with later anyway.

Hi All, I was wondering if anyone sent out informal engagement announcements? I was thinking of serving a duel purpose with these. Since we have two different guests list, DW & AHR (25 people) and AHR only (200 people), we could send these to AHR only guests as a "hey were going to be doing a destination wedding and there will be a party when we get back for you to attend" kind of thing. Since we are sending save the dates to DW guests these engagement announcements could go out the same time to the AHR only guests so we don't have anyone upset that they were not informed or didn't get something in the mail too. Is this only making sense in my head? Carla

Quote: Originally Posted by MalibuBarbie We are making a few changes with our wedding---due to the economy, we have postponed it until......april 2011! Time will fly by. It seems like just yesterday we got engaged but now I am realizing it has been months!! And I will be here to wait with you since our date is only 4 months before yours.

How about clamshell cases with a DIY sticker of your logo? Here is what a clamshell is: I love these cases. Thin, light weight, very durable many colors and about .20 cents or less each.