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Hello Ladies! Sorry I haven't posted in a loooong time. I've been so busy since the wedding I haven't even gotten around to posting my review and planning thread. I promise those will be up VERY soon. Our wedding was absolutely amazing and our family and friends are still talking about it and how much fun they had. Picking the Palace and Playa Azul for our ceremony and reception was probably one of the best decisions we made. We would relive that day (actually the whole week!) over and over again if we could. As promised, I'll post the review soon, but here is the link to our photographer's blog site in the meantime. They launched our blog yesterday and thought I'd share with you ladies. They did an amazing job capturing our day. I'll post more pictures once I get our completed package. Enjoy! And please feel free to ask any questions regarding the resort, wedding, etc. Rowena + Tak | Riviera Maya, Mexico Verve Photo Co.

Our wedding blog was just launched last night!!! We've been eagerly waiting since our wedding last April 22nd. We were married at the Barcelo Maya Palace and had our ceremony and reception at Playa Azul. We used Verve Photo Co. and absolutely loved and recommend them. I've been so busy that I haven't been able to post my review and planning journal. I promise those are coming soon! ) Here's the link to the wedding blog as well as the engagement shoot we did in Mexico before the wedding. Enjoy! Rowena + Tak | Riviera Maya, Mexico Verve Photo Co. Rowena + Tak | Engagement, Mexico Verve Photo Co.

Hi everyone!!! I've been missing in action for so long now. I have been so busy the last month trying to get all the details down for our wedding. I'm happy to say that we are now finally married and absolutely loved the experience! We are still here in Mexico in a different resort for our honeymoon, but thought I'd drop a quick note to update everyone. I LOVED, LOVED, LOVED our ceremony and reception and can't wait to post our review. I will definitely get on that along with my planning thread when we get back. Everything was absolutely perfect except for our co-ordinator. I don't want anyone to panic as almost everyone on this forum has had great experiences with them. We were just unforutnate to have had such a crappy experience which we are still dealing with right now ( I'm sure it will all turn out and I will update everyone when we get back. Again, don't panic, from what I've heard from others, they do an amazing job. Ours was probably just a one-off. Congratulations to all the other recent brides. I saw a bunch of people getting married during our stay and wasn't sure who was who (haha), but all the other weddings were beautiful and I'm sure everyone had just as great a time as we did. I'll talk to you ladies soon!!! )

Very cute!

These are great! Thanks!

Very cute!

Here's the full 90sec trailer!!! I can't wait for June! I kinda feel bad 'cause I have my two countdowns going...wedding and eclipse! haha Enjoy ladies! Eclipse Movie

I just saw that this morning too! They're apparently coming out with the 90-second trailer tomorrow morning at 9am! Can't wait!!!

I'm in LOVE with your invitations! Amazing job!

I loved your engagement story! So original and cute. Congratulations!

Beautiful pictures...and I LOVE your dress!!! Congratulations.

Those look great! Awesome job!

beautiful pictures!

Quote: Originally Posted by Calgrl Hi....I'm looking for some feedback on Barcelo in Riviera Maya. Planning a wedding there in Nov. Thanks! I'm a Barcelo Palace Bride myself. I know quite a bit about the resort and weddings there and I've also gone down for a site visit last April so let me know if there's anything in particular you'd like to know. There's a ton of information on the forum about the Barcelo Resorts so I would suggest you do some searches to help you with your decision. Here's one thread that I find extremely helpful. Just a warning that it is pretty LONG, but read through it and I'm pretty sure it'll have the answer to about 95% of your questions: http://bestdestinationwedding.com/fo...-here-d-21746/ Here is another website that you should also check out: UNOFFICIAL BARCELO MAYA | Unofficial guide to Beach | Caribe | Tropical | Colonial | Palace They have information, photos as well as a discussion board/forum that's really helpful (the forum has a section dedicated to weddings at the Barcelo). Hope this helps! -row-

I've been busy during the other get-together...I'm hoping I can make it for this one!

Quote: Originally Posted by melette As our centerpiece I wanted to keep it as simple and CHEAP as can be. I used the same Orchid Flower Heads I used to make my MOH/BM/Bride Bouquet. I put 3 white orchids, 3 coral orchids, Sand, 2 fluorolytes and starfish submerged in water. Surrounding it, I had my Table # in frames with my Puppy's picture, votive candles, 2 maraca's which i purchased at the mall at Hacienda Tequila. I used as placecards glass votives that I purchased from Michael's and wrapped them with our guest names. and wrapped it with a colored ribbon of their dinner choice. For the escort cards, I purchased white starfish from Ebay, and attached our guest name with the table #. Okay, this might be a really dumb question, but how did you place the flowers in the vase to they are floating the way they are. I am using the same exact vase and my original idea was to have floating orchids inside with some fluorolytes (except my sand is on the outside as I'm using a plate charger under the vase), but when I tried it, they all just fell to the bottom. I tried using some fishing lines to hold them in place but that turned into a disaster. That's why I was so curious as to how you did yours. I pretty much abandoned the idea, but now that I see yours...HELP! ) thanks... -row- * beautiful cake, by the way...and I love the cake table set-up *

Welcome to the forum! When is your wedding day? I am getting married on april 22nd at the Palace too! Check out the Baracelo Maya Brides Thread on the forum...lots of information that may be useful. Let me know if you have any questions. I'd be happy to help

I love love love how everything turned out! Congratulations! I've been wanting to do the flowers and crystals on our huppa too, but haven't had the time to start the project. Let me know if you're ever interested in selling yours! lol By the way, I couldn't really see clearly, but what did you have in your centrepiece?

Quote: Originally Posted by caribbeanLover got it!! Thank you again! No problem!

Hi ladies, Forgot to mention that I was working with the template the other day and noticed something. If you're using the template, you may want to adjust the punch lines for the ribbons. I found they were a little off centre...sorry Minor adjustment, but I didn't want you to have uncentered ribbons and find out too late.

Quote: Originally Posted by caribbeanLover I just have a question Bride2010. You all can call me stupid but why is the Y T S in the templated? are those where the clip arts go? I am soooo confused but so despretaly want to use this I love it so much it's so adorable!!! thanks so much!! Hi! You're only seeing letters because the pictures of the starfish & seashells are actually fonts. You need to have those fonts in order to see them. I got them free from DaFont.com and they are called: Scriptina Sansumi WMquatic1 You can download them there for free and once you have them saved in your font folder, you should be able to see the template as I have it shown. I hope that helps. Let me know if you have other questions -row-

Autumn, they're amazing! I haven't even dared to tackle this project yet. We've decided to just use them for our AHR as I was worried about having to travel with them plus the fact that I'm super swamped with all my other DIY's. I love that you used them for your cupcakes. What did you use for the picks and how did they stay on? It looks like you just pushed them through the hole?

They look great. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for sharing!

Just pm'd you!