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Gorgeous!!! You must be in heaven right now with all those gorgeous photos!! Did you get your video as well?

Quote: Originally Posted by MaggieandJay 4 days till the Vegas wedding! Are you Excited? I am! It's weird, I feel almost exactly like I did with Mexico but far less stress. I feel like it's not really happening I love Vegas and I'm pretty confident it may be our best trip ever we're looking at 30-34 people, I've never been to Vegas with that many friends before! I even have 2 dresses again, one for ceremony, one for partying and clubbin' afterwards. Can't believe it! LOL

Quote: Originally Posted by Mischaka I was thinking of reading Dracula. Since in all the vamp books they mention how great it is. lol Amy, you are funny!!! lol I would have loved to pics of that. Hee hee!! I made this album public so you could check out some pix if you want. The night before Halloween I wore a 70's outfit, Halloween night was Sookie Amy Fitch's Photos - Halloween 2009 | Facebook

Quote: Originally Posted by meghan I am super excited and very stressed at the moment. I still don't even have my vows written! We are having a legal ceremony, so we can't change what is said, but we want to say something personal to each other...I better get on that!! Meghan! I wrote my personal vows I think 3 days before we left, don't stress it. This is going to sound like terrible advice but I was stressing and thinking about it so much that I couldn't come up with anything (good at least). A friend on the forum says, "Go home, have a margarita and write!" So that's exactly what I did. I was in our living room alone, made a margarita for myself, drank half of it quickly then waited a little, once I felt relaxed, I sat down at my laptop, wrote 4 paragraphs (341 words) in less than 15 minutes. I even deleted a paragraph wedding day because I was afraid it was too long. So don't worry, you'll do great! Quote: Originally Posted by dstinationdrmr I am a person of my word. I said that I'd be in hers and didn't want to back out on that obligation. Yes, definitely lopsided. I'm sooo happy for you girls! I have to admit just a little jealous too! Hope ya'll have lots of fun!! And your hair dresser....AMAZING! How lucky are you?! Well good for you, sticking to your word, you are being the honorable person here. You're a good friend Thank you!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by **~Jenn~** I have the whole set, which i would have been more than happy to send you to borrow, however a co-worker of mine has book #1 right now That's so sweet of you! No worries, I am in no rush Thanks so much!

Hey Vegas brides! I already had my DW in Mexico last month and am having my legal wedding in Vegas this Saturday! I wish I had found this thread sooner. I wanted to see if any of you Vegas brides had suggestions on cool pictures? Our 30 guests and I are going to drive around the strip after it's official and jump out to take fun pictures. I know Vegas sign, Bellagio fountains etc... but not sure where else. Any suggestions?

Quote: Originally Posted by dakotaAZ I think we have finally settled on a photographer and found it frustrating at first because of the conflicting information....So from everything I was told by my TA and the Karisma WC you can either bring someone with or you can pay $500 to use a photographer from Mexico and both would be ok as far as the resort was concerned. We chose to bring someone from Phoenix but you can use someone from the area....hope that helps:) Regardless where the photographer comes from, if it isn't one of their listed photographers you have to pay the outside vendor fee of $500 OR a 3 night stay for them. So if you hire someone in Mexico, obviously you wouldn't be having them stay at the resort and you'd pay the $500 fee. This is true for every vendor, DJ, florist, makeup artist you name it. Of course you can always find loopholes

Thanks Jenn! I think I will, we need some new vampire reading material around the house anyways, thanks

Quote: Originally Posted by Mischaka ok...to you ladies who haven't read the book...just wait!! oh just wait and see!! lol I haven't read any of them yet! Should I? I have been debating this for awhile now. Quote: Originally Posted by cougs i think i almost peed myself laughing when *sookie* even made fun of the way bill says sookie! mmmmmmm eric. Me too! I totally LOL'd and then repeated it My DH mimic's Sookie and always looks at me and says "Beeiiiiillllll" and I look at him and say "Yes, Sookie" dressed up at them for Halloween Quote: Originally Posted by **~Jenn~** Ha! I was doing the same Amy. However...I am a little P.O'd that they cut his hair..LOL I always picture Eric the Viking with his long blonde hair and hotness.. Not that he is any less hot. OMG I cracked up almost as much as I did during last season when Jason acted like the "God" that Maryann was waiting for. So funny!! I think he's still hot with short hair! I haven't read the books so I think I also have a different perspective and less expectation. Jason last season was my favorite when he was pretending, hysterical!!

Quote: Originally Posted by finleys7 So my husband is home today and FedEx delivered the photos and I think the video...but I won't let him look at it until I get home. This day is just dragging on...I want to see my pictures!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How exciting!!! I would be going crazy! Can't WAIT to see some

Quote: Originally Posted by amcferron So, are you able to use photographers from Mexico?? I thought i read somewhere that it was either use one of the places Azul Sensatori recommends or bring someone from the US?? Or, can you use whoever you want but just have to pay the $500 fee Don't listen to the Miami WC, you can bring a vendor from anywhere, US, Mexico etc. I noticed the onsite WC (Loma's people) accomodated our vendors, US & Mexican VERY well, waaaaayyy better than expected. Quote: Originally Posted by taylorwd I'm with Amy, I have very limited time to finish my To Do's! My big Sam's Club shopping trip is tomorrow, and I'll be spending Thursday and Friday cooking for this thing. I'm so excited, both to go have some fun and for all this to be OOOOOOOOOVER! YAY! I'll be thinking about you in Vegas Wendy, so cute we share a day of celebrations My Costco trip is Thursday, nails, tanning and working out and done! Found out while at my hair dressers this Saturday she just happens to be in Vegas this weekend staying at my same hotel!! She offered to do my hair (same one who went to our wedding) for free again and wants to party with us. I was already going to invite her but thought she may not be able to get off work, crazy!

Agree with you girls, yes, yes, more Eric, shirtless, naked, sleeping, I don't care! Me and my BF were yelling at the tv last night, Sookie say yes, just sleep with Eric!

Quote: Originally Posted by bigboponthebeach Oh Amy, I forgot to thank you for the real flowers link! I went over there and checked out her stuff and it looks great!!! Thanks for the suggestion as well! Do you mind me asking how long it took for her to produce your order from the time you submitted it? Also, how did the travel/transport to AS from Cali go for your flowers and how did you pack them? You're welcome! I suggest you contact her and ask her questions, she always answered my emails in a timely manner as was very helpful with all the questions I had. I ordered my flowers in September and received them mide February. She is so busy that you need to give lots of time for Real Touch. You can find out how far out she is booked out to give you an idea of when to order if you ask her. Quote: Originally Posted by dstinationdrmr So on your cake table was there room for items other than the cake? I wanted to put some candles around the cake. Thx! We're using white lillies and white, purple and lime callas.[/url] Yeah there were some candles on the table, definitely plenty of room for candles. Pretty! Love the colors and the lillies, those should go great with either bronze or white blume boxes, good choice! Quote: Originally Posted by dstinationdrmr So, for my "I don't care about your wedding cause it's too expensive story" I have a good friend who (I did bullets cause it was wayyyy too long): - took my original wedding date - asked me to be in her wedding - refused my request when I asked her to be in mine - told me that since mine is a month after hers, she has to "see if they have money left" after theirs is over to come to mine - chose a dress and shoes for us that total almost $500 - chose a honeymoon location that required plane tix that were $4000 (just airfare) - cancelled that honeymoon because she needed more money to spend on the wedding (although everything was already planned and money was already alotted) - called and asked for my TA's info NOT for info on how much travel was for our wedding, but for recommendations on placed to go for her honeymoon - just got her mortgage reduced over $1k/month (approx cost for her and her FI to come to my wedding = $1600) - and constantly says she's poor!! Wow, you are a nice person! I would have let a few things go but may have jumped this ship part way through. Lindz is right what she said and I declined two other weddings weeks before mine but these were mere acquaintenances. If I was in someone's wedding that declined to be in mine, I don't know how I'd take that. That's a little selfish... not only are you spending the money and making the effort for her while planning your wedding she's not doing the same for you, lopsided indeed. Good luck! Quote: Originally Posted by thefuturemrslutz How is everyone doing on their "to do's?" I got my invitations mailed!!! YAY!! I will post pictures soon. They turned out great, but they were SUCH a labor of love. Hours and hours and hours and hours of DIY. I think I'm doing pretty good! I need to remember what they are, mine need to be completed by Thursday so I need to update you by then!

Quote: Originally Posted by bigboponthebeach I would LOVE to try on dresses but I'm being really vain right now and don't want to try them on until I lose some weight. I was giving myself until August to drop the initial pounds for a proper fitting. Do you think this is a bad idea? I've decided to do real touch flowers, but I really want orange tulips and have not been able to find tulips PERIOD online. Has anyone seen any? I've decided our colors will be burnt orange, khaki brown, and white. I'm going for the whole burnt orange, starfish, and raffia theme. I LOVE raffia for some strange reason! LOL Well, this all depends on what you are looking for. I found my dress and purchased after looking for 3 weeks straight mid August 2009. My dress came in at the end of February and after 3 fittings finally had my dress with me at home mid -April for my May 8th wedding. Just to give you an idea of the typical timeline. If you end up buying a dress off the rack, you're golden, you can wait until next year to purchase a dress. Just keep in mind, if you don't know what you want it can be a process to find you dress, it was for me, to me the dress was most important, I'm big into fashion so yeah Also like Wendy said, you still have awhile to drop the weight since your alterations won't be until right before your wedding. sharon nagassar designs, Silk bridal bouquets, silk weddings, Custom orders, Latex, Real Touch, Natural Touch & Floramatique Silk Wedding Flowers Has the most gorgeous real touch flowers ever. She has anything you could possibly want and if not, she'll dye them. I had magenta tulips in my bridesmaid bouquets. She could always dye white tulips for you. I suggest you contact her if you are doing real touch, all my flowers are real touch and I was blown away by how unbelievable they looked.

Wow!! So detailed, I love everything, so coordinated, you're going to have an amazing day!

Quote: Originally Posted by bigboponthebeach Before I headed to bed, I just had to say how much I LOVE this freakin' thread! We all seemed to come together, drop a few F-Bomb smilies, encourage one another, and log out of here with our pep back in our step about our DW planning or experiences. I appreciate all of you and your support! All of you had the most honest and genuine advice and it helped me get out of my temporary DW pity funk. Upwards and Onward! So I haven't been good at the whole to-do's list thingy, so I'm going to ask you more senior or advanced brides what I should be doing with my time as far as planning and preparation right now. I've done the following and I keep feeling like I have all the time in the world, but I know 11 months will sneak up on me and I'll wish I completed more tasks. 1- Sent out STD email and ordered STD magnets from ETSY. 2- Booked photog and paid deposit. What's next Does anyone have a DW checklist or know of where I can find one on here? Love hearing this I know how you feel, love you all too, you all are wonderful women I feel fortunate to be a part of our little thread You are on the right track! Right now I'd be doing the big staple stuff, avoid details until later. I would absolutely start looking for your dress, if you get a dress that has to be made it takes 8 months and you want time for alterations etc. It's a big decision and you don't want to be rushed. Then I would start looking into flowers, decide what you want to do, resort flowers, real touch etc. If you want anything custom made do that early too. Sometimes it can take awhile. Also deciding the theme and colors of your wedding now is a good idea so everything looks coordinated etc. Quote: Originally Posted by Boam2be Hello everyone, Im a newbie from the uk and just wanted to say thankyou. Ive read this forum, right from the beginning, starting a couple of weeks ago and have been hooked, ever since. The advice and support that you give on this forum is great. I plan to get married there September 2011. Ive booked the hotel but im still undecided which wedding package to choose (silver or gold) so havent got my wedding day yet. Is the gold package worth the extra money, or should i just go for the silver and add extras? Thanks Natalie Congrats and welcome Natalie!! Personally, I did the free wedding which came with some basics and I added on and totally customized my wedding since the packages (silver & gold) came with stuff I didn't need or want, so it just depends on your needs. If you are bringing your photographer then obviously you don't need a package with one. Good luck!

WOW! Gorgeous photos, you look amazing, that cake is unbelievable and how cute is your dog!!

Magalie - I think I commented on your thread for your wedding photos but... LOVE, LOVE, LOVE! Your pictures are truly STUNNING, you looked gorgeous and I love your DH's hat, looks perfect on him! Your resort and wedding was picture perfect, I would absolutely want your wedding, looks amazing!!

Quote: Originally Posted by bigboponthebeach Thank you beaz and kittenheart!!! I'm just confused at the nerve of people. We KNEW going into this that travel for no one, ourselves included, would be free. I guess I'm just starting to see people's true colors late in life. Kittenheart, you put it in perspective when you said even your Mom didn't show up. I'm sorry to hear this and it makes me sad. :-( In the end, you both are right....those who were meant to be there and want to be, WILL. I'm not really stressed, just more irritated than anything. But I'm moving past it right now! And beaz....I've wanted to tell more people to in the past 48 hours than I have in my whole three decades on this earth! I LOVE that sign...I feel empowered using it! I'm letting off agression through smilies....how passive/agressive is that LOL You're welcome! I learned a tough lesson on who my friends were and weren't. Better now than never right? I can now invest my time and love into those who I know are truly there for me. Don't be sad though, my mom and I aren't really close and the family that did come was MORE than amazing and supportive through the whole process. Quote: Originally Posted by dstinationdrmr We're having about 50 people if the stragglers finally go ahead and book (hopefully no extra people decide to come). So, I'm assuming 7-8 tables. My mom feels like we need a table for just the 2 of us like AmyKH did and I didn't even take into consideration the DJ (which we still haven't decided if we're getting) and the cigar roller. Would he need a centerpiece? How big is that area he works on? I bought vases for the cake and guest book tables. Are there any other tables I'm forgetting? My BM's are wearing vintage bronze and my MOH's are wearing purple. We decided to use lime accents for the bouquets and our moms/aunts will be wearing a praline color. I know this can be confusing so these are the dresses...Bridesmaid Dresses - the source for bridesmaid dresses fashion at Mori Lee Style 266 The DJ, Cigar roller and the cake table I would say don't need a centerpiece. My cake table wasn't that big and it would have been in the way, especially since they pulled it out into the center of the dancefloor for me to cut and everyone circled around us. I had candles on the cigar & cake table and that was fine for me. I love your colors! Nice and warm and rich White goes with everything so a combo of the two would be nice I think! Do you know what kind and color of flowers you are getting? Quote: Originally Posted by ~Nicole~ Amy, it has come full circle for you!! Now you get to reassure all of these brides with me Ditto to what Amy said. I wasted so many tears on people that I honestly wish I hadn't... one of those being my mom as well. I had 7 people show for my wedding..... 2 of those were family members - one brother and my sister. And you know what, it turned out perfectly! The attendance numbers were definitely lower than we had expected, but I can tell you that I honestly don't care to this day about that! I know right! You should be so proud, your totally my mentor Nicole and I your protege I didn't realize your mom didn't come either. I had zero parents, FI had both and seriously I was perfectly fine! Quote: Originally Posted by taylorwd Amy is absolutely right!! It's hard to imagine this now since you're in the throws of planning and have incoming negativity, but on your wedding day NONE of this will matter. I promise you! You'll realize that the people who are there to share it with you are the ones who needed to be there and wanted to be there. Having a DW really does show people's true colors, shockingly so sometimes. During our planning DH's family could not stop talking about what a financial hardship coming to our wedding was. I wanted to scream "SO DON'T COME!" In fact, they still talk about "financial recovery" from it. But I'm waaaaaaay beyond caring about statements like this. People can make their own choices and need to take responsibility for them. They also need to realize that this is a WEDDING, i.e. not about them but about YOU! Just to throw in some brevity here: one of DHs good friends from way back (more like a sister to him) just called yesterday to say she won't be coming to our AHR--because she's not comfortable in a bathing suit!!! Okay, now hear me out. I know a lot of us women have body image issues (though she has no reason to, she's maybe a size 6 and tall), but the reason this makes me at the stupidity of the situation is because of how mad she was that she wasn't "chosen" to go to Mexico. She actually hung up the phone on DH when she found out she couldn't come to the wedding. To a wedding in Mexico. At a resort. On the beach. Where bathing suits are pretty much mandatory. THIS KILLS ME!!! People are so odd sometimes...

They look amazing! I adore the fact that you made the bags, melts my little sewer's heart <3 Your guests are going to love them!

V!!! OMG, you can't possibly still be so frustrated with such a gorgeous piece of work! Your guests will LOVE this and then magnet?! Hello, so thoughtful! After DIYing my STD passports I couldn't even handle doing my invites so my hat is off to you, that's a lot of work girl!

Quote: Originally Posted by bigboponthebeach Afternoon my "forum friends!" ;-) I was just popping in to vent and whine for a tad. We sent our STD's out on Monday and we've officially got the buzz going for our wedding. I'm amazed at how many family members have been so critical. Mature adults (or so I thought) have made every comment ranging from "Those rooms are too small' to "Why isn't flight included in the rate" to "Kinda selfish to make everyone fly just to see you marry." I know I shouldn't be so sensitive, and I'm usually not, and I know from reading all the earlier posts that many of you ladies were met with similar negativity. But I'm trying to be a gracious and polite bride and instead I feel like telling people to Shut the F**K up and just stay home if they feel burdened. I'm so tired of responding to people, "Well I'm sorry but just know that we are NOT offended if you cannot make it and we totally understand." I feel like people don't realize that this is an optional attendance and no gun is being placed to their head for them to fly to beautiful Mexico to attend our wedding. Anywho, I know I should suck it up and drive on......but I'm just sick of all the complaining and commentary and know that there are a few more to come. I had to vent because I feel like you chicks are the only ones who get it. I'm thankful for this space to do that from time to time......:-) OH just know that this has happen to us all! I'm not kidding, probably every destination wedding bride has experienced a guest or family member complaining or voicing an opinion. My own mother and brother did not come to my wedding in Mexico. To each, their own and everyone is different but people need to realize a wedding is about you and your fiance, celebrating and declaring your love. The number of attendees to this celebration and union doesn't matter at all. On your wedding day, I promise you, you won't be thinking about who wasn't there, or who thought you should have done it differently or who didn't approve of blah blah blah... I promise you that the feeling you will have on your wedding day is solely focused on your then husband and this blissful floating feeling. Wendy knows! I can tell she felt the same way It's an unbelieve experience... ahhhh I'm so jealous mine is over! My response was a little less PC, to anyone who commented, just told them, "it's my wedding and our decision was this, if you can't make it, we totally understand." I think us past brides all mentioned how over emotion we were during our planning stages, it's natural Sorry for going off, I just don't want you to stress or worry, those complainers won't be hatin' life when they are floating in the pool with a margarita now will they?

Quote: Originally Posted by lolo Amy (kittenheart) I saw your pics...beautiful! You looked amazing. I didnt even think blog...if anyone is interested checkout this likn to my photogs bolg. Some wedding and TTD (we went into Puerto Morales and a cenote) Blog | Toronto Wedding Photographer - Jon Rennie Look at the bottom for Jason & Linda Thanks Lolo! Quote: Originally Posted by ROBINBOOSE Has anyone had a wedding here recently? if so how was it and with all the add on's was it expensive It definitely can be expensive, very easily. It was easy for me that's for sure! It also can be done very cheap if you aren't very picky and don't insist and certain aspects being a part of your day. There are extremely economical options for sure! Quote: Originally Posted by michelle14 Not sure if we are booking with Azul yet but it is in my top 2 choices! What can you tell me? I know this isn't what you want to hear but read through this thread. It's what I was told when I first joined and I did it, it's truly the MOST helpful experience because you get to see what we run into, planning all the way through to our actually weddings, reviews and photos and answered questions. This thread is priceless if you're considering AS for your wedding. Quote: Originally Posted by dstinationdrmr Thanks to all of you who complimented our centerpeces. We do plan on putting flowers in them FYI, but my sister says she likes the white box better. I'm torn and my mom wants whatever I want. So, for those of you who looked at them, which one do you like better the bronze or the white? I may use both, but if more people like the white I may just incorporate more of them. What are your colors? Quote: Originally Posted by ~Nicole~ Ok here's a pic of the volleyball area. Aww that takes me back... right next to the beach BBQ Quote: Originally Posted by meghan Robin, I added a lot of extras, and including the photographer (who is not one of the resorts photographers), we are just under 10K (probably right at 10K if we include the price of travelling.) It is more than what I thought it would be originally, but I think it will be beautiful! WOW! I'm impressed, with that many people you did the wedding for a great price Quote: Originally Posted by ~Nicole~ Clearly you haven't seen some of my questions then! Completely appropriate question in my books!! If you need anything else let me know!! Oh and I apologize to all the ladies that have been posting links to pics... I haven't looked at them because I'm at work . But I promise I will!! I swear I'm not a snob lol! Just wanted you all to know that! LOL!!!! Nicole you are a TOTAL snob!! I can't believe you would even think that any of us would think that You're hysterical! You're the complete opposite of a snob, total down to earth awesome chick <3

Lolo!!! Long time girl! Glad to hear back from you and see some pix, they look great and your BD pix are HOTTTTT!!! Here are a few links to my photos... some my photographer put up on his blog and then about 50 on a private link: Azul Sensatori Wedding and TTD with Amy and Daylen | Chris Schmitt Photography Blog Amy + Daylen 2010

Lolo!!! Long time girl! Glad to hear back from you and see some pix, they look great and your BD pix are HOTTTTT!!! Here are a few links to my photos... some my photographer put up on his blog and then about 50 on a private link: Azul Sensatori Wedding and TTD with Amy and Daylen | Chris Schmitt Photography Blog Amy + Daylen 2010