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Hey ladies.....I just posted my planning thread.....check it out! http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t42308-2

Hey ladies.....I just posted my planning thread.....check it out! http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t42308-2

Some more templates: scavengerhunt.doc Welcome letter.doc Post Card Instructions[1].ppt Votive wraps.doc

BM’s OOT Bags: My mother made these bags for me to give my BM’s BM’s OOT Bag contents: all the same stuff as every other OOT bag PLUS a BM survival kit, BM tank top to wear at the Bride’s breakfast and while we were getting ready, I also gave them their wedding jewelry and paid for their dresses. GM gifts: personalized shot glasses from Personalized Shot Glasses, Engraved Shot Glasses, Shot Glasses and Rich paid for all of them to go on an ATV excursion. Our Pre-Wedding Brochure: I think that’s it!! Oh wait, here are some templates: Enjoy!!!! Pashminastickers[1].doc paintbrush tags.doc Key insert template.1.ppt listerine and chapstick tags.doc guest tracker(1).xls

1st aid kits: Also included: mojito and margarita mixers, deck of cards, beach safe, suduko book, hand sanitizer, disposable camera, crystal lite lemonade, snacks Kid’s OOT Bags: Tons of toys, games, sand toys, coloring book, colors, towel, Frisbee, mug, snacks, etc… FG also got: her own bag and T-shirt ****almost done****

Songs from Mexico CD: Room Key/Tip Holder: Custom Beach towels: Purchased from Untitled Document They are awesome 30x60 Terry Velour towels. Great vendor and wonderful quality! Hangover kits (advil, immodium and tums), Chapstick (address label from Vista Print and chapstick from the $ store) and Listerine strips ordered from Ebay Spanish for Dummies: Purchased at target for $1 Bath & Bodyworks Room Spray: ****not too much more left! lol****

OOT BAG Contents: Welcome book: I got the templates for the pages from Mandy’s mom…thank you! The books are from Hobby Lobby, they are 5x7. On the cover, I inserted the blue cardstock and used our custom stamp. Post Card and Pens: Post cards were printed at Vista Print and the engraved pens are from OTC Customizable Mugs: Purchased from Ebay seller: factory_21. They were awesome to work with!!! *****a little bit more left****

Pasmina’s for the women: Guest Book Alternative: Guest Book Quilt……instead of the traditional guest book, my mom wanted all the guests to write special messages to us of pieces of fabric that she is going to use to make us a quilt. I put an envelope with the instructions (printed at Vista Print), pen, supplies, etc in each OOT bag and then the guests brought the finished pieces of fabric to the reception, where my mom collected them. I can’t wait to see the finished product!! This sign and basket was placed on the welcome table at the reception: OOT BAGS: We purchased the beach bags last fall when they were on clearance at Wal-Mart for $3 each. We got them in blue, pink, orange and yellow. OOT BAG tags: *****still more coming*****

Cake Serving Set and Champagne Flutes: Cake Topper: Menu’s: Printed on my own printer Scavenger Hunt Camera’s: Purchased plain white camera’s from the Knot wedding shop for $1.99 each and decorated the with rub-on graphics and rhinestone numbers from Hobby Lobby “Shot at Love†shot glasses: We gave everyone a shot at the Welcome Reception the very first evening. The guests loved them and they were super cheap! Bought the shot glasses at the Dollar Tree and used rhinestone heart stickers from Michael’s DIY personalized coasters: ****and yet still more to follow****

The bracelet I fell in love with…. But at our rehearsal dinner, my dad gave me this bracelet and I wore it instead. He had it made and had a cross that was his mother’s added to it. Our wedding date would’ve been her 95th birthday if she was still living. It means so much to me to have this special piece! Our wedding rings: My garter: Centerpiece Inspiration: Table Numbers: For each table, there was a pic of Rich & I at the specific age Place cards: maracas purchased from OTC Wedding Favors: starfish wine stopper for the adults and palm tree cookie cutters for the kids ****Wow....still more coming!****

My hair flower: Bought at David’s Bridal My ceremony flip flops: I ended up not wearing them because I loved my reception shoes so much….I thought, “So what if I fall in the sand!†lol Luckily that didn’t happen! My Reception Shoes: Purchased from DB and had them dyed to match the BM dresses. My DIY on the bottoms. I purchased the bling sticker letters from Hobby Lobby My getting ready tank: made by a local shop in Dallas My Wedding Panties: my mom gave these to me as a gift and they say I DO Wedding Jewelry: the earrings were given to me by my MOH. The necklace I ended up not wearing. Lol ****still more****

My Flower inspirations pics (once we arrived at the resort, I made a few changes and had them do the flowers in all hot pink and orange….they were beautiful!) My TTD: Purchased from Lightinthebox.com for less than $250! (see my thread about it) http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t39752-2 On the model: On Me: Sorry for the horrible pic! Hair and make-up inspiration pics: *****still coming!****

Sand Ceremony Frame: Purchased online from Sandframes - Home They did an amazing job and so easy to work with! BM dresses: I loved this Bill Levkhoff dress, but they didn’t make it in the color blue I wanted, so…. Bridesmaid Dresses and Formal Dresses by Bill Levkoff in New York I had my seamstress mimic that dress in our colors and I think they turned out fantastic! BM’s jewelry: purchased from Charming Charlie’s Flower Girl Dress: I didn’t take a pic before we left, but here is one of here at the wedding. I loved her dress….It is very similar to mine. FI’s and GMs’ tuxes: FI’s had a white vest and white tie. I had our seamstress make the GM’s ties and pocket hankies to match the BMs dresses….same fabric and everything! FI and GM flip flops: ordered from the Buckle My Dress: Maggie Sottero. I love it!!! I bought it from a Boutique in Dallas. I couldn’t save the pic, so here’s the link ASM3143 - by Sottero & Midgley My dress: On me.... ****yep, there's still more!****

The ceremony and reception chairs: White Chivary and then we had our WC tie on our sashes we had made like this with a real starfish attached to each one. I hot glued felt on the back of the starfish and the glued a pin to that Sandbrushes: there was one placed in every chair Ceremony Programs: hung on the back of each chair ****still more to follow****

Our wedding colors: Tiffany Blue and khaki Our monograms: Made by Sarah -Sproullie Designs Our invitations: My invitation thread: http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t34766-4 We both knew we wanted to get married on the beach from the very beginning. In fact, I had this huge mural painted on one of our walls and every time I walked down the hallway and saw it, I envisioned me walking down the aisle on the sand. When we got home last night and I saw it, I had the biggest smile ever on my face knowing our dream wedding came true! The resort: Azul Sensatori The wedding gazebo: ****and more to follow****

It’s now my turn to post my planning thread! I have been on BDW since last August and I have looked forward to seeing all the new planning threads as they’re posted. I think I have borrowed, was inspired or stolen ideas from each one! Thanks to everyone before me for all of the great ideas and templates!!!! I was going to put this together 2 weeks ago before we left on 4/29 to the Riviera Maya, but all the craziness broke out about the pig poison in Mexico and I got side-tracked….anyway, we got back Thursday night and had the time of our lives (I will be posting my review and pics soon!), so I thought I would get this posted now! I will also post any templates I have in case they can help another bride!!! Here we go…… Rich & I on our first date The evening Rich proposed. He took me to Bob’s Steak & Chops House in a limo. After a great dinner, he got down on bended knee and asked me the best question ever! A couple of our engagement pics: Our engagement party frame that the guests signed: My ring: FI had it custom made and I LOVE LOVE it! Our Save the Date magnets and luggage tags we had made. We sent these out with the STD magnets. ****More to follow****

We just got home a few hours ago and everything was perfect!!! We were at the Azul Sensatori in the Riviera Maya and not one single case of the swine flu there! Not many people know that in Mexico City, where all this started is so far away...it takes 24 hours in a car to get to Mexico City from Cancun! I will be posting our pics, my review as well as my planning thread very soon!!!

Hi everyone!!! Well, we just got home and let me tell you.....I had such BDW withdrawls while I was gone! I just kept thinking about everyone worrying about this dang flu! I will post a review with tons of pics later (as well as my planning thread since I didn't get to it due to all the swine flu stress)! We left on 4/29 and returned about 3 hours ago. If there are any of you still debating on moving or cancelling your wedding......DON'T!!!!! There is nothing to be afraid of! Most people aren't aware that Mexico City (where the majority of this started) is 24 hours driving from Cancun! It is so far away and there still hasn't been any cases reported in the Riviera Maya!!!! Anyway, our wedding and vacation was more than I had even hoped for!!! I truly had the wedding of my dreams! I'll share more once I unpack! lol

Quote: Originally Posted by yamille Trayce- i love your swine flu ticker- that made me laugh! Thanks! I know I had better have a sense of humor right now otherwise I will go insane! We leave in the morning and most of our guests leave on Friday. Hopefully they still decide to go....if not, I'll be sad but I feel like it's too late to really worry about it! One of my BM's is thinking about not going now....we shall see!

Quote: Originally Posted by JHarwood2Be Tracy, We just got back. Everything was great! Pack your meds and hope for the best. The chances are extremely slim. Once you're there, you'll forget all about it! I'll post more tomorrow! Yea!!!! Congratulations!!!! I can't wait to hear all about your trip and the wedding! I've honestly been waiting for you to get back! lol Thanks for the tip!

Jax....I love your pics! haha They are great!

Quote: Originally Posted by [email protected] Any advise from brides leaving next week for MX? We leave next Wednesday and everyone is calling me to find out. I will send this information plus information on tamiflu. But they just issued a statement to not travel to MX unless extreemly nesessary. Has anyone postponed or even thought of postponing? We leave the day after tomorrow and we are going no matter what! We have entirely too much time, strss money,etc invested in this wedding... there is no way we are cancelling.....especially when you can take Tamiflu if you start to feel bad! Hopefully everyone else planning a vacation during the time we are there cancels so we can have the whole resort to ourselves! haha

We leave in 2 days and I am very worried! Everyone keeps calling us and asking if we're still going....UGH! Stupid swine flu!!!! I just hope we don't have people cancel at the last minute! I just tell them to see if their Dr. will give them Tamiflu as a preventitive.....even though as of yet, there are no cases in Cancun or in the resort areas!

OK....I really need to calm down and breathe!!!! Over the past 10 months I know I have planned and planned wanting the perfect wedding and I have also bought and bought....anyway, I am doing all of my wedding stuff packing and I have 14....yes, you read that correctly 14 bags full of wedding stuff! I haven't even started packing my clothes or FI's clothes yet....oh yeah, let's add the wedding dress and TTD that I'm planning on carrying on the plane! I am stressing since the airline charges $75 per bag (You get 2 each and then they start charging)!!!! I have been calling my family, MOH, friends, SIL, etc....to ask if they can all carry an extra bag or 2 with them! I need a drink and a bubble bath! lol The good news is that I took tons of pics of everything as I was packing so I should have lots to show on my planning thread!

Quote: Originally Posted by Cassondra2009 I love these shoes! I really want fuschia but can't find any that I like/can afford. Did David's Bridal dye them for you? Do you like the way the dye looks? I haven't dyed shoes in forever. Yes, they dyed them and I was skeptical at first, but they turned out great! Plus, they only charge $3 to dye them! The shoes themselves were only $59! I bought them in the store, but here's the link: David's Bridal - Dyeable platform with ornament ring detail.