KittenHeart

Thanks girls!! and THANK YOU Christie!! You make me blush darling!! I'm telling you when you have 2 years, you have lots of time to think and lots of options, can't believe it's all about to come together, feels so sureal. <3

Wow, Linds I agree!! This is tough, so many amazing deserving ladies, good luck to you all!

Thanks so much girls!!

You girls have awesome sounding jobs! I work at a software company in corporate sales. My boss gave me extra over time this week... gee thanks. My diet has been slowly dying for the past 2 weeks and it's really upsetting! This weekend is gonna be nuts!

Diana - love your new siggy pic by the way, you are such a gorgeous girl!

Quote: Originally Posted by amybermuda Yeah, please stay for 3 weeks extra and drag your suitcases down the road to Azul beach and help me! I wish I would have had professional printers make all my tags and stuff. I am so not detailed orientated and everything has jagged edges, and glue squidges on it. How are you decorating the Sky Deck? Are you have the chuppah thingy? What about other decor? I also want to make a door sign for our door being the wedding couple. Anyone have any ideas for that? I would LOVE to Amy, seriously! Girl Kinkos is where it's at! They should know FI and me by now, we held up quite a long line one Sunday where there was only one guy working Oh and the best purchase I made was a Fiskars cutter, it's one that has all sorts of measurements and you zip a rotary blade up and down and BAM, clean beautiful edges. I also live in craft stores. There are the coolest glues now, little dots, love em, not wet, sticky as hell, wonderful. Door sign, hmmm do you have publisher? You can also buy a blank door sign or probably download a free one and put whatever you want on it. There are SO many free download on the internet it's not even funny, my doorsign was a free download, same with my moustache signs, I just combined them and put some popsicle stick like wood on the back to keep them upright. That reminds me... I forgot some stuff on my planning thread, haha whoops!

Quote: Originally Posted by milejilo hey girls... i haven't been on this thread since forever, but i found these really cool pictures of a wedding at the AS. i might be totally re-posting, so sorry if i am, but it would take me an eternity to catch up with all the posts. Here's the link, scroll down to March 24 and 31: Hawes Photography Blog Hawes Photography and Design Oh that's Andrea!! We love her and her photos are amazing, thanks for sharing

Thank you Wendy! I spent SO much time and put my blood, sweat and tears into this wedding. I'm totally an all or nothing girl so it was literally between this or elope. Eloping would have been easier... LOL I could plan someone else's wedding easier though, maybe I'll stay in Mexico and drag my 5 suitcases around with me and making my living out there

Thank you girls SO MUCH! I just read every single comment and I'm seriously feeling emotion!! I wish you girls could come because I know all you brides and Mrs. appreciate this so much more than my guests, haha I couldn't have done all of this if it wasn't for you all

Thanks girls, I definitely cannot hypenate my name it sounds RIDICULOUS I wish that was an option, I am just going to give it time and decide later, good suggestion

Thanks Meghan!

Wendy!!!! You are SUCH a beauty!!! I am gonig through the pictures and getting so excited, it not only cleared up for your wedding but it was a BEAUTIFUL day!

Quote: Originally Posted by amybermuda F**K Amy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I cant wait to add tons of stuff to my To Do list Thanks Amy!!! OMG, seriously my list(s) are STILL long! Quote: Originally Posted by cjb0arder13 Ok, KittenHeart...read your planning thread, and I now officially have an inferiority complex!!! You are doing some AMAZING things...so freakin' creative. The people attending your wedding are soooo lucky! Thank you! That's soooo sweet of you to say I can't believe we leave in 6 days! Quote: Originally Posted by meghan For anyone who has or is getting paper lanterns, what sizes are you getting or did you get? I got 30, 3 different sizes, 10", 12" & 14" I think...

Hi girls!! My photog emailed me the sneak peak of Aneliese's pix at AS! Enjoy!! Destination Wedding Photography|Los Angeles Ventura Santa Barbara County Wedding Photographer

Ladies I posted my planning thread! There are a few items in between comments that I forgot on the 2nd or 3rd page... drinking wine and computers don't go hand and hand with me http://bestdestinationwedding.com/fo...-thread-58383/

Ladies, I posted my planning thread and thought I'd share it with you all! I forgot a few things some some are on the 2nd and 3rd page in between some comments http://bestdestinationwedding.com/fo...-thread-58383/

I'll add more if I find stuff I've missed!

Thanks ladies!!! Such sweet words, I'm happy to share with you all, I took so much inspiration from brides on this site! <3

Leather & Lace Lingerie Bridal Shower/Bachelorette: I was thrown a Leather and Lace Lingerie bridal shower by some friends, we had a blast! There were naughty and nice name tags, games and an area for a photoshoot: My Bachelorette party will be in Cancun a few days before the wedding!

Somehow this didn't make it in! Photography: We got recommended by a good friend of ours to use Chris Schmitt Photography as she had recently used him for her own wedding. I saw his pictures and loved them; he was out of our goal price range but WELL worth the extra money. We did our engagement shoot in August 2009 in Union Station in Los Angeles. There is no air conditioning there and that day it happened to be 110 degrees. In between most shots we were wiping off the sweat and trying to look comfortable, the pictures came out great despite the insane heat! Chris put us up on his blog Union Station Engagement Pictures | Chris Schmitt Photography Blog I also got my Boudoir Photos taken by Chris, my BFF/MOH came with me, the wine never stopped flowing and we had a blast! My photog had the pictures made into a leather bound book for my FI. It will be delivered to him on wedding day while he’s getting ready by my MOH and instructed to look at it privately. a little more!

I made this for FI to wear on our way to Mexico as well, cracks me up  Some bikinis! I could go on with clothes but at 12 Word Doc. Pages I figured I should stop somewhere. I hope you all enjoy this and I wish you all amazing weddings, hope it helped!

Created and printed: I downloaded and printed this door hanger for me while I’m getting ready I also downloaded these Tree Programs from marthastewart.com. On the front is says “What tree did you fall from?” Then you match up your birthday to the tree and it reads you like a little horoscope. It has nothing to do with anything except that it’s something to do while people are seated for the ceremony. I punched a hole through the back side and put black ribbon through to hang from chairs We made our own menu’s using Microsoft Publisher; it was very easy to use: We also created a sign for our signature drink, which I spent an evening with some of my girls making 3 different recipe options and doing lots of taste tests to decide. We ended up with a Sparkling White “Swangria” which I know, it’s cheesy but it cracks me up since we’re having a bird theme: I also made postcards at VistaPrint to have everyone fill out at the farewell brunch the following morning noting down advice or their favorite moment of the trip and then I’ll have my MOH stick these in the mail once a week so we can continue to be reminded of our day. I got this idea from someone else on the forum, I don’t remember who but it’s brilliant! Our BM created our wedding day Timeline that we printed out on cardstock and put in the OOT bags: Clothing: I bought this tank top for our flight and made this hoodie as well: More to come...

I made these keycard/tip holders, ebay for the card holder, punch and coil for the wristlets & Vista Print for the business card inserts I ordered these vanilla scented candles from Beau Coup and put our monogram stamp/sticker on it I ordered custom matches from weddingchannel.com I also made Just in Case kits with First Aid kits I got from Target for $1 each. I added 2 packets of Emergen-C & 2 packets of Emergency and individual packets of B1 vitamins which is the vitamin that you become deficient in when you drink and causes a hangover. FI and I made the sticker we put on top of the kits I bought these recently for the groomsmen and FI immediately picked out his color Instead of Spanish for Dummies, I decided on Cocktails for Dummie which I found in the Target $1 section for 50% off! The group I’m going with is mostly friends and more of a party group and they are always trying to come up with a new drink or fun shot so I thought this would be more appropriate: I also had OOT bag tags made by on Hornbill Hill Design Studio by hornbillhill on Etsy She also made me escort & place cards but they didn’t photograph right for some reason. More to come...

OOT Bags: I have a hookup with someone that works for a corporate gift service so I got major discounts on the following: Bridesmaids beach bags (with vintage lady deco cards attached) Groomsmen messenger bags (with vintage rook cards attached) Guests mesh beach bags White board dry erase door hanger with pen attached (I got blank ones and sold the ones in the photo) Vanilla lip balm (had the custom stickers made by Welcome by MAUpromos on Etsy on Etsy) Got the following from Oriental Trading Company Maraca keychain Chilli pepper notepads Deck of cards Sunglasses (the white are glow in the dark!) These are for all the wedding party day of for cool pix More to come...

I have gathered up pictures of my and FI’s family’s wedding photos and framed them to decorate the guest book table: I kept putting off getting a cake cutter and knife set. Finally the other day it dawned on me that I recently received a full set or 2 of silver from my grandmother. I bought some silver polish and had FI get to work on polishing it up and it’s like brand new! I tied ribbon around it and this is what we’re using (it’s so shiny the glare from the flash kept messing up the photo so sorry for the bad pic) As for table numbers I wanted to do something a little different. I’ve been collecting vintage playing cards that have birds on them and got lucky with getting 2 of each. These will be my table “numbers” I bought a chalkboard from Framed Mirrors and Chalkboards Handmade by Ashley by RowansRoom and plan to write some clever saying about finding your nest or something, I’m still not sure (and open to suggestions) FI was messing around with it when I was taking my photos  I bought these signs to hang from our chairs at the reception: More to come...