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Welcome and congratulations! I live in Gainesville, Florida, where are you at?

Thanks for posting this thread. I am gettting married at the Grand Palladium Riviera Maya, and I have been trying to negotiate our fees there also. The package includes 8 people for ceremony for $1300 (seems a bit high, but whatever) and then we have to pay $20 pp over the 8 people. I asked to have that waived since everyone will be resort guests, but she said no and if we didn't want to pay the $20 pp we would only have 8 chairs, cake and champagne for 8.. I am not sure that I agree that it should cost that much. Then we want a private reception, so another $45 pp for that. It is frustrating feeling like I am paying regular catering prices when we are already paying for AI rate. But, I figure big picture, we are still spending way less than having in the US... but it feels like a rip off and makes me annoyed. Any advise would be appreciated, but I feel like lots of people probably try to get this stuff waived with no luck..

HI! I live in Gainesville, FL too! I am actually from Northern California pretty close to Mendocino... and my fiance's name is Josh... crazy!! Hopefully we aren't dating the same person.. hahaha.. when and where are you thinking about getting married?

Supercute! Thanks for posting all of the pics! It is such a great inspiration!!!

Such a cute idea! I think it will only be my 2-yr old niece at our wedding, but I SO want to make one of these. My mom got me a sewing machine, but I havent used it yet.

www.vistaprint.com Ladies - here is a great deal that I found. I ordered tons of stuff, STD magnets, RSVP postcards, tshirt, pen, hat, letterhead, post-it notes. It is awesome and you just pay for shipping. You can customize your stuff, they have tons of templates, or you can upload your own photo for a fee. You can only order one of each item for free, but you can get more free stuff if you just place multiple orders. Shipping is pretty resonable, especially due to how much stuff you can get. I am addicted, I am already working on my third order... Here's their ad: Every product here is either FREE or drastically marked down! FREE Business Cards + Glossy - 250 FREE Photo Wall Calendar - Now FREE Standard Postcards - Now FREE 2008 Desk Calendars - Now FREE Small Car Door Magnets - 1 FREE Large Car Door Magnet - Half Price Pens - NEW! - Now FREE Pocket Stamps - Now FREE Oversized Postcards - Now FREE Thank you Cards - Now FREE Large Magnets - Now FREE Premium Business Cards - 80% OFF Return Address Labels - NOW FREE Premium T-Shirts - Half Price FREE T-Shirts - 1 FREE Sticky Note Holder - Half Price Note Cards - Now FREE Presentation Folders - 33% OFF Letterhead - Now FREE Photo Uploads - Half Price Flyers - Now FREE Theme Wall Calendars - Half Price Announcements - Now FREE Small Stamp FREE Small Magnets - Now FREE Date Stamps - Half Price Note Pads - Now FREE Signature Stamps - Half Price Invitations - Now FREE Brochures - 33% OFF Rack Cards - Now FREE Envelopes - 25% OFF FREE Rubber Stamps - 1 FREE Business Card Holder - Half Price FREE Sticky Notes - 1 FREE FREE Checks - 25 FREE 2008 Calendar Magnets - Now FREE FREE Logo Design - 1 FREE HURRY! ACT NOW! Offers end July 31, 2008!

bummer, I just noticed this. Repost if you get any other ones that expire later. Thank you!!!!!

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I looked at sams, did you find any individual sized packets there?

seriously, that is awesome. I am brainstorming on how to make something for the door that you can hang that says where you are. Or maybe some sort of adhesive whiteboard.. I know others have just done the post-it notes and pens for the door, so maybe I will save myself the trouble. I dunno, I am going crazy here with all these ideas! But- thanks for the aftermath logo, I am using that. And I do like the personal door hangers, I will go find that template!

Ya, I did a lot of research and found vistaprint to be the best deal. I think I am going to order magnets too for our STD. Is it tacky to do a tentiative rsvp on the website, not formally in mail? We will still do a formal invite and rsvp later.

I like the idea of the boarding pass STD with tentiative rsvp. I think I am just going to do std magnets with online rsvp. Then formal invitation with formal rsvp. I like the passport for all the info just before or at the wedding. I am about at the same stage as you, just trying to figure out what we want to do.... so many choices!

Yay, I got the list! Thank you!!

Cute! I am going to order off vistaprint too... maybe my stds..

Beautiful! I really love the cover, it looks amazing!

Good advise about the dark transfer paper. I just got the transfer paper for light fabric not thinking about it...

Wow, sorry to hear all of the troubles with that vendor.. but as I am in search for mugs right now, good info for me to know. Thanks all for posting your feedback

I agree on can over bottle, but I have been to a few AI's and the cups are probably even too small for koozies.

Super super cute!!! Those look amazing!

ooohhh... chap stick on a leash... that is perfect for a chap stick addict like me!!! Thanks for the post, I will have to check this stuff up.

My mother just got me a sewing machine as our pre-wedding gift, so I am thinking about making wristlets for the ladies to use to keep their keycard and a few dollars in it. Might make them a little larger so I can stock them with some handy stuff like gum and chapstick

Well, this has inspired me to add so many things to my list. My FI is going to kill me... haha

I know what I am doing this weekend... Thanks for the post!

Great resource, thank you for posting!

That is great! Thanks for posting!! Sounds like a great gift for my friends that are big fans of shots... Should be a fun wedding!