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Felicidades and welcome to the forum!!

Felicidades and welcome to the forum!!

Felicidades and welcome to the forum!!

Felicidades and welcome to the forum!!

Felicidades and welcome to the forum!! I've never been there before - not a big Bucerias fan - but there are some people who love it there!

Felicidades and welcome to the forum!!

Well, I don't know the story about dreams but when I go meet the new coordinator I'll ask her and let you know what I find it ... Meanwhile, re: sparklers and fireworks - In order to have fireworks it has to be done by an approved company who has a permit - to my knowledge here in Vallarta we only have one company. Sparklers, however, are like 4th of July - anyone can go out and buy them when it's the time for sparklers - but, when it isn't the approved time for sparklers (i.e. their independence day, new year's, christmas, etc.) then it is illegal and you normally can't buy them because they aren't suppose to be sold except for their allotted times. It would not surprise me if Dreams can't do fireworks because their beach is not that big and they have a lot of guests - so I think where the fireworks guys can set-up does not leave them a lot of options and I could see the potential for harm. I don't know that's the reason, I'm just saying I could understand if that was the reasoning behind it.

I know I'm late in answering but for future brides - here in Mexico it doesn't matter if someone is ordained or not - it's not legal. And that includes marriages performed in a church by a priest or a pastor. So, technically anyone can perform a symbolic ceremony.

Quote: Originally Posted by DanielleNDerek i love those ideas/traditions. i need some grapes. So someone has to give you the undies for you to wear or it wont work? well, that's what I've HEARD so that's what I've done . I have a gfriend whose boyfriend thinks it's silly (which isn't so silly when you consider that once I got her hooked on the tradition she met and started dating him ... hmmmm - so I always get her a pair for christmas ... crazy I know!! But I think it's fun and it always makes us giggle, so there you go!

Hello my dear brides! I'm sure you are probably wondering what on earth I'm talking about NOW ... I PROMISE when the holidays are over I will be back to my old wedding and event self, but first I wanted to tell you about a tradition we do over here on New Year's Eve, that actually I started doing when I lived up top, i.e. the good US of A! UnderWear So, it's related to your undies, i.e. underwear, i.e. in Spanish "calzones" (you should have heard everyone laugh when I told them one time I wanted to make calzones for dinner ... whole other meaning over here!). I don't know who started this tradition, but it goes like this: on New Year's Eve you wear either yellow underwear for work, red underwear for love, green for money and white underwear for luck. They must be a gift given to you (you don't buy it yourself), so hubby and I usually give each other our theme for the year in our stockings . I know it sounds CRAZY but I've been doing it since the first year I met my husband (and the next year we tied the knot, so to speak!). Now, I'm not saying it's the underwear for sure but I figure it can't hurt! Juicy Couture GRAPES The other tradition is related to grapes. Each guest gets 12 grapes to represent each month and, at midnight, you eat each one and make a wish for the upcoming year. We have a full house this year so we will be buying oodles of grapes! Los Miller Blogspot So, if you want to incorporate a little Latin flavor into your New Year's Eve tomorrow, I say go for it and I wish you all the best, most beautiful upcoming year (and weddings!). Again, any questions or comments re: weddings, anything wedding or Puerto Vallarta related, just post me a line (or PM me) to [email protected] with "two pesos" in the subject heading!

I will be back to my normal programming soon, I promise dear brides! For many of you, someone else is the official "Christmas maker/going home to" in your family but for me and my family here, on this side of the border, I AM that person and it's a lot of work! In the meantime, enjoy the holiday season with your loved ones - for many of you this will be your last Christmas as a "single" person or for some this may be your first Christmas as a married woman! For me, this is my first Christmas as a mom and it is sweet! Feliz Navidad, my dear brides and coordinators and a happy happy new year! http://www.scrapblog.com/73186863-A6E7/0CEC21C7-FA96

Quote: Originally Posted by SoontobeMrsE When anyone was in PV, has anyone been into the Sam's Club? We were there and didn't go in and now I am kicking myself in the butt for it. This is my dilema: While in PV, we went to Pie in the Sky bakery to check on wedding cakes. They quoted us a price of $300 for a 3 tier cake to feed 30-40 people. That's $10 - $7.50 per piece of cake. Our choices of cake flavors were almond, vanilla and chocolate with buttercream frosting. For $300 I would like to have a different kind of cake flavor. Maybe a filling or something. I just wasn't over the moon with the cake there and was wondering if good old Sam's club in PV did cakes. I looked on their website and couldn't find anything. I guess as a little girl I just had this vision of a beautiful 3 tier wedding cake with flowers and a topper. But for $300 for a cake I don't like the tast of just makes me mad. Thanks! Celina Hello! I always work with Memo from Charme - if you look on my site, all the cakes you see on there were done by him (and cupcakes!). I think his prices are reasonable for a wedding cake. His phone # is 322-222-7320. Their website - which isn't great but, again, just take a look at his cakes on the site - is: Charme Repostera. Oh - I think I can put some of his cakes on here (bear with me - I'm sortof slow at his ).

Quote: Originally Posted by kateandbri Hey bridies!!! So I'm looking at Dreams PV for my 2010 Feb, wedding. It seems to be affordable for all of our guests and still good quality. However, I'm completely a mess when it comes to whether or not hiring a WC is really necessary, as well as, hiring a photographer in the PV area that isn't over the top expensive, as we are fairly young and trying to adhere to a budget of sorts. I just feel like the resort 'photographers' might not cut it especially since we only really get something like 50 photos, which seems miniscule!! However, again, budget friendly, seems hard to find. Any suggestions ladies? I'm not sure if you would be interested, but I know a young photographer who just moved here and graduated from photography school a year ago. Because she's a beginning professional photographer and needs to fill-up her portfolio she's willing to do weddings uber cheap. If you're interested, pm me and I'll send you the info :).

I wanted to add a note on here earlier and I forgot ... they can't toot their own horn, but this hearkens back to when I was talking about how a coordinator may be awesome but not have awesome photos to prove it - these guys have coordinated weddings for both a member of Green Day as well as a member of the cast of Scrubs - but can't post photos of either of those events. My point is - they do a really good job but quiet like .

kate - I heart heart you! Thank you for being one of the easiest brides I've ever worked with and reminding me again why I love doing what I do .

Too all you love birds out there, the mid-dec blog is up - all about love birds and birds of a feather ... tweet tweet! Mishka Designs' Blog: TwitterPated...Tweet Tweet!

Well, one of you did write me re: a topic and I PROMISE to get to it because it's a good one ... but this time of year my head is full of three things - upcoming weddings, maracas AND CHRISTMAS! I Love Love Love Love (did I say "Love"?!) Christmas. And Vallarta, IMHO, is THE place to be at Christmas time. I already told you about the Virgin de Guadalupe (which we just finished - I went downtown 3 times to eat my fill of tamales and atole - yum yum!!). So, now I wanted to tell you about Posadas! Technically, the Posada is a Catholic tradition here in Mexico and Latin America. I participated in a traditional one when I lived in Mexico City. So, what the Posada is suppose to be is a representation of the troubles the biblical Mary and Joseph had in finding an inn - children go from house to house asking for lodging and being refused until they get to the house where the party is. There's a bunch of recitation that goes back and forth and, then, finally they let the kids in, they swing at a pinata and everyone eats tamales and "punche" (some sort of fruit punch with a wee bit of "spike" to it). If you want the whole lowdown, this has a great breakdown of the story: Las Posadas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. In Vallarta, however, Posada, for the most part, stands for "Christmas Party." I know North Americans have somewhat of a tradition of returning to the family for Christmas but here it's taken super seriously. So, in order to celebrate with your friends and co-workers there is the Posada! Starting from Dec 12th onward Vallarta is a crazy, crazy whirlwind of Posadas and Christmas Cocktails. Just this week alone we've been invited to 4!! Anyway, because of that, it's hard to find anybody to do anything - everyone is in a festive, merry spirit and most of the coordinators will tell you that business pretty much comes to a halt until after Jan 2nd. I thought I would just share with you some of the photos of the street decor I saw while out and about (which I took just for you, btw!) as well as the Santa set-up in our one and only "mall", Liverpool. If you were here, I would be making you cookies like I will be doing this weekend - here's a photo to show you up what my kitchen will look like this weekend! I AM working on the regular blog - just so much to do! But I will get it up tonight or tomorrow, I promise!! Again, any questions re: weddings, wedding decor, etiquette, Puerto Vallarta, etc. just send me an email with "2 pesos" in the subject line and I promise to get to it! [email protected].

Lupe, almost all the clubs are open until late, just so you know . We're sortof like Vegas . Because you're in the southend of town, probably better to stay south/downtown so you don't have to go too far to continue the party ... If you don't mind the gay night life, one of the most happening clubs is Manana and that's located in Emiliano Zapata - the closest to Conchas Chinas. I think Mandala looks awesome (haven't been yet) but have heard that the drinks are super expensive - but it is a very pretty club . Lots of tourists love Sr. Frogs, Hilo and the Zoo (all mentioned below). Zoo has a reputation for being sortof snarky here in town, just so you know and I would steer you more towards Hilo and the Sr. Frogs. If you like Latin music and Latin dancing, THE club to go to is JB's. It's further out of downtown, but still not super far away. A club that people go to, to be "seen" is DeSantos - that's located downtown as well, although up from the Malecon. They have 2 levels - one being an upper level air bar that's pretty nice. Have fun!!

I'm sorry I've been so slow! I've had computer problems up the waazzzzoooo but it seems like it's all fixed now (cross heart and all my dedos!!). yes, the art isn't that expensive ... well, comparitively, eh? It's not as inexpensive as most of the items listed, but not ridicolous either. the picture frames we made and actually we just did those as examples for a photo shoot - I still have yet to find a bride that screams "picture frame favors" . I know what you mean about tacky - cool stuff can be found, but you have to dig and walk and look - by now I know certain places to go to try to find something unique and different and, if I can't find it, well, we'll make it by golly!!

I'm trying something new, dear brides, so bear with me. I've been asked to post my Two Pesos right here on BDW, to make it easier for you - so you can catch it here or the blog :). Fun fun! First bride question of 2 Pesos and here it is: "I like 2 Pesos Tuesday because one of my signature lines is "Only on Tuesdays!" So it works! So here is my question. I was wondering how to make a place setting with all of the pieces not look cluttered. I keep thinking in my head.... plate, flatware, napkin, place card, menu... and then to try to add maracas? I am still wanting to have you guys make custom maracas for me... I just don't know how to make them look good. And I am on a budget. What do you think??" - bride kate I can see why you would be confused! So many things, it seems like ... but, when you actually see all the pieces in action, I promise it starts to make sense. I have a variety of different advice so here goes! When you say "you are on a budget" the first thing I think is "consolidate." In your case, I think there are several ways to do that. Here are some of my suggestions: 1. One of my first thoughts would be to either a) combine your menu and place card together and there would be many ways to do that - by placing the name at the top, for example, or on the side. My other thought would be to really personalize your maracas with the names of your guests right on the maraca and have it set at each place setting. 2. If you combine your menu and place card setting you could place the combination inside the napkin on a plate (Quizilla), or on the plate and have the napkin placed in the water or wine glasses OR you could have menus that stand-up and have them set at the head of each plate (2941). Oodles of options! Napkins in Water Glasses Inside the Napkin on a Plate Menu at Top 3. Depending on where you decide to place the menus and/or menu/place card combinations, the maracas could go where the plate would be, at the top of the plate, or hanging on a chair tied with pretty ribbon! I think the maracas are also fun at the ceremony on each chair or passed out during a fun dance number (if you have a group that dances!). On Ceremony Chairs Back of Dinner Chairs 4. Keep in mind that usually the plates aren't on the table before dinner, as they are brought out with the food. So, you should have a space on the table for the plates which would be a great place for either the menu or maraca! Plates not set Plates Set Knowing what I do re: your full table set-up, if it were me, in lieu of having your names, date and location painted on the maraca, I would aim for a simple design with the first name of your guest (in case of double names, as in two Sams, with the first initial of their last name). I would set the menu at the head of the plate, the maraca where the plate will go with the guest's name facing-up and the napkin under the fork. Any questions about wedding design, decor, etiquette or anything re: PV, ask away and Two Pesos Tuesdayish it is (I'm on Mexican time, eh!) - either PM me if you see this at Best Destination Wedding or email me at [email protected] and put "two pesos" in the subject line!

I haven't been posting when 2 pesos is up because it was deleted last time for some reason. Anyway, here it is, although a tad bit late...IMHO of what makes a great vallarta wedding favor AND they can all be found and/or made right here in Vallarta ... SWEET! Mishka Designs' Blog: Two Pesos Tuesdayish-Vallarta Favors That Rock

I have not abandoned you my dear brides, I've just been super busy! December is a crazy time here in Vallarta and, then, of course, there are brides getting married . I was going to talk about all things birds, but got distracted by napkin accents! fun fun! here you are: Mishka Designs' Blog: Accents that Go a Long Way...

Felicidades and welcome to the forum!!

Felicidades and welcome to the forum!!

Felicidades and welcome to the forum!!