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Quote: Originally Posted by finleys7 My Aunt had a nice and very true comment at the shower. "Why save my money for when I'm gone, why not splurge a little and go on the vacation. When in our lifetimes will both sets of cousins be away on vacation together, let alone Mexico" And it's so true. This is a once in a lifetime for some family members. We can't even get together at Christmas...so this is a TREAT and completely worth it in the Grand Scheme of things ;-) I would rather the vacation, memories and great time, then the extra $1,000 down the line... Well said!!! What a wonderful attittude, I love it

Quote: Originally Posted by MrsVaughn2B I did the real touch (Thank you Amy F) and no one even knew they were fake. My photoogh even made a comment and said he had no idea they were fake until he notice how much lighter they were than real flowrs. http://www.sharonnagassardesigns.com...dingFlowerOrde Oh I'm SO glad to hear that!!! Fabulous news, I can't wait to receive mine

I too posted on your thread, love them, they look great!

What a great idea! Totally practical and something I'd love to get... and the price is great!

Quote: Originally Posted by prettypigpig I heard stories that the custom likes to hold on the MADE IN CHINA stuffs (it is very hard to find things that are NOT MADE IN CHINA nowadays), so I guess it is safer to bring it and pay the extra weight on ur luggage. This is true, I'm combing through all my items and making sure I remove any stickers or tags that said made in China. Also, bring all your receipts and have them ready for customs in Mexico. I also read that a girl put a obvious sign with her stuff that read "NOT FOR RESALE" and they pretty much saw it and left her stuff alone. I know this all sounds scary and daunting but I'm confident things will be totally fine for any of us bringing stuff. I heard one girl brough 12 extra suitcases. You just explain you're getting married, they won't care.

Quote: Originally Posted by gingerlover36 I have a question? For everyone that has done some DIY projects...Are you shipping anything down ahead of time or packing? I know I am so worrying about the wrong things right now esp since I haven't booked AS yet (but going in 9 days for visit!!) But I am for some reason obssessed with centerpieces. THinking should I do them myself ahead of time or use theirs...if I DIY then should I ship...would that cost outweigh doing it myself... Also...what does Siggy mean?? hahahha I have no clue. No shipping at all, it's VERY iffy and we aren't allowed to ship directly to the resort. There's a few threads on here and a few nightmare stories I've read where a girl shipped all her OOT (out of town) bag stuff for her guests as their favors ahead of time and found out one week before her wedding customs seized her items. You must go down there with a hired customs official to retrieve it within a week, she found out too late they had burned her boxes due to non retrieval. I bought some extra luggage and am hauling it all down with me and giving some stuff to bridesmaids to bring as well. I really had a tough time deciding what to do since I got quoted $500 per table for my centerpieces. 3 vases each with an orchid stem and candle on top. Soooo after a lot of deliberating, I decided to get real touch stems for my centerpieces and rent just the vases from them and bring my own candles. Siggy means signature, as in your signature picture, the one at the bottom of every post.

Quote: Originally Posted by daniepps Yeah those are the ones I'm talking about. I'm just worried if I get a bouquet that looks nothing like those they'll clash. I'm sure I'll probably be the only person who notices though! Can't wait to see a pic of yours!!! Haha, oh I doubt anyone, including you will notice. In order to keep it somewhat contiguous, I'm having white fabric and white flowers, that way, no clashing. I also have the luxury of having cream/off white as one of my theme colors.

Quote: Originally Posted by erinandbrent2010 How long did it take you to get your flowers after you placed your order? It says they do not do rush orders and that it is subject to how many orders they have. I'm just curious of ball park since my wedding is May 14th. -Erin Oh I'm not going to be any help with this... I ordered my flowers in September of 2009 and scheduled my delivery for mid-March. So I ordered mine way in advance. I would email her and see if she is able to do yours in a short period of time.

Quote: Originally Posted by ~Katie~ haha! thank you BUT....I haven't done it yet! It's from a photoshoot I did about 18 months ago with my mum, and believe it or not I am in a strapless dress so i kinda look naked! lol but I like the pic and it's FI's fav pic from the shoot, and I was feeling left out with everyone elses BD siggy pics on the BD threads!! my shoots on 24 march, so not long now....I've stepped up the fitness regime - 3 nights of the week workout DVD (cardio and toning/strengthening) and then the 2 nights inbetween running for a serious cardio workout. goddamn this better be worth it! it's wearing me out!!!!!!! lol LOL!! I was confused at first because I thought it was later this month and I figured you would have said something Well it's gorgeous, love it, now your BD is going to be even better, I know it!

Quote: Originally Posted by daniepps Thanks! I'm on her website now and I see a couple of bouquets I like already! Did you get the hanging bouquets from the resort or did you get them from her? You mean the ones that will hang from the Chuppah at the ceremony? Those I'm getting at the resort.

Quote: Originally Posted by ~Katie~ wow, you must be on something coz that is THE most relaxed I've seen you write about how quick it's coming round! lol but that's a good thing I've been told by my WC that our ceremony (which is legal) will be held in English...if that helps! Hahaha, I actually am MUCH more relaxed. I had a bunch of people book recently and things are going well so I'm not as on edge. I also decided, no matter what happens I'm not stressing it. I'm 2 months out, it will be fabulous one way or the other. I too heard that the ceremony will be in English... I'm writing it so if she feels like translating that into Spanish on a whim, I say go for it, maybe I wouldn't cry and I could get some good calm looking ceremony photos

Quote: Originally Posted by daniepps Hi ladies! I'm really at a loss as to what to do for flowers. Did anyone get their flowers from the resort and if so how much did they cost? And if you didn't, where did you order your real touch flowers from? I got my real touch flowers http://www.sharonnagassardesigns.com/ Andrea (MrsVaughn) here also used her for real touch. I love working with Sharon, she is wonderful and very accomodating and helpful. My proof photos are coming in 2 weeks and I'll post my flowers. I got quoted by the resort thousands of dollars for bouquets and centerpieces and I just felt it a huge rip off.

This deserves its own post but Katie I love your BD siggy pic!!! When do we get to see more?! Don't hold back on us girl! We have almost twin-like sig pix too! Well done you! (hee hee) I can't wait to see more!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by ~Katie~ and.....(ok, Amy F - don't read this!!!) only 2 months today til we fly out!!!!! or, 8 weeks and 5 days!!!!!!!!! and only 9 weeks on Friday until our wedding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HAHA!!! Don't worry, I realized yesterday that we're almost 9 weeks to the day out!!!

Great job!! I agree, if it's going to save me a lot of sanity, it's worth the money! LOL They are super cute

It is a great deal if the quality is good, sheesh I wish mine only cost that much... I think my photog has been my biggest expense so far!

Wow!! My wedding is one week after yours and I have a LOT of my projects left to do... so at this point I give myself 7-days to finish them all and catch up to you because I'm totally jealous you're all done! I love your bouquet... I know what Etsy bouquet you're referring to and you could have told me it was the same one and I would have totally believed you, VERY talented!

Quote: Originally Posted by meghan Just wondering why so many of you chose to do the symbolic ceremony instead of the llegal ceremony? I'm TERRIFIED of needles!!! Like hysterical tears... so I refuse to have any needles stuck in me unless I'm in the ER.

Quote: Originally Posted by taylorwd OMG that is so awesome!! I can't think of a better way to have a second ceremony. For our legal ceremony, we're going to the JP on April 1st. April Fool's Day seemed like an appropriate day to us! Those in our family who have asked know that we'll be going to a JP and that Mexico isn't our legal ceremony. We're putting so much into the Mexico ceremony (we've asked my brother to officiate in Mexico and we're writing the ceremony ourselves, for example), and we're putting nothing into our legal ceremony. So, our families have been okay with it thus far. We're treating Mexico like it is our legal ceremony; it's the one with meaning in our books. However, no one knows when we're actually going to the JP. That's our little secret Thank you! I can't wait, I'm happy I'm so close to Vegas so we can just drive there. That's awesome, April 1st is a great day to get married. My BF/MOH had her first baby on April 1st and her boyfriend at the time called to let me know her water broke that day and I refused to believe him that she was in labor because he is a serious jokster... she grabbed the phone and says, "it's true! My water broke an hour ago, I'll let you know when I'm at the hospital" I felt horrible.... but it's still funny <---- wow sorry, just totally jacked your post! I'm writing my ceremony too, do you tear up or freakin' cry while writing it? I do EVERY time and this makes me very nervous.

Quote: Originally Posted by erinandbrent2010 One more thing......where did you girls get your TTD dress? I want to do a shoot and don't want to actually use my dress. Someone said earlier they got it from some out of country site? Just curious...I don't want to spend more than $100 on it. -rin I got mine from China... cust made @ Duosheng I doubt you would able to get one there for $100, you maybe able to get a short wedding dress from Light in a Box for under $100 not including tax and shipping.

Quote: Originally Posted by erinandbrent2010 Hi Girls-I'm Erin and I'm getting married at Azul Sensatori May 14th 2010. I've been reading some of the posts on here and it's been very helpful. I do have a question about what everyone is doing with decorating the gazebo. It's pretty expensive to buy those colored sheets. Is anyone bringing that from home? Also-bridesmaid boquets. I have seen that some people make silk boquets to match the 'real' brides boquet and bring those. Any thoughts? -Erin Hi Erin! Welcome and congrats! I'm leaving Mexico on the 14th! I'm paying for the fabric, I'm just using white fabric so it's like $60 each I think? I am bringing SO much with me already, I need to rent half and bring half with me. My quote for flowers was so proposterous that I am having real touch flowers and NO real flowers at my wedding. I saved thousands of dollars by doing this. I hired a professional to make all the bouquests, boutinierres, corsages, cake flowers and even centerpiece flowers (they will be submerged in water anyways) and my cost is much less. The downside is having to bring extra stuff but worth the savings.

Quote: Originally Posted by MrsVaughn2B I am still gathering pictures from people from the wedding but at least wanted to share this link with you. Of course when I get my link from the photog's I will post it as well. Welcome Andrea, thank you for the compliment in the above post, that's VERY sweet of you!! I've done a lot of "working on myself" in the last 6 months. You're probably right, the dress will fit better this way, I just wasn't anticipating hundreds of dollars more of an expense! Anyways, I've got your site up and ready to look at as soon as lunch hits for me, just based off the couple photos I peaked at, you are a STUNNING bride!!! Love that dress too, so much!

Quote: Originally Posted by sjmacphe I have never tanned before in a tanning bed...I am wondering what you ladies do, do you wear sunscreen on your face (like a lotion with SPF in it) when you go in? Also, do guys usually strip down or do they wear underwear lol? My FI wants to go with me and he doesn't know how it works either lol (I don't like the thought of stepping into one right after a guy's junk was laying directly on it eewww...) I thought a month before would be ok...What do you guys think? Should we start earlier? You typically wear some of their tanning lotion (which doesn't have SPF in it) and sunscreen isn't normally used. You start with a low time and then gradually increase it. I normally go a few times a week and increase time as I see fit (if I'm pink I do the same time until I'm used to it and no longer pink). I go in there totally naked, you are by yourself in a room with a locked door so I go naked to avoid tan lines. Your FI would go in a different room as they clean the beds after each use. If you have never done this before, I'd suggest maybe 2 months or a month and a half. I take awhile to build up a base and actually start tanning so I started last month and am getting married in May.

Gorgeous!!! I too am biased because I'm using real touch flowers as well. I was even embarrassed at first to even tell any of the girls in my wedding party... I recently mentioned it to them after questions started and their reaction was, "wait, does that mean we get to keep them?!" I said, yeah of course... they were totally thrilled so, it's been one of the best choices so far that's saved me thousands of dollars.

Quote: Originally Posted by Girasole We were hoping for my best friend to be my MOH, no bridesmaids...and I was really hoping for my FIs brother to come & be his best man...well my MOH swears she is coming but hasn't gotten her flights or anything yet and my FIs brother told me Friday that he can't afford to go. At this point we both just have said, if they show, fine but we aren't going to let them ruin our wedding/honeymoon and we certainly aren't paying for them. It amazes me though how people are...we said from day 1, if you can't afford to go we understand but don't wait to the last minute telling us you can go then canceling. Ugh, that's so frustrating. I had about 3 "We wouldn't miss it for the WORLD! We'll definitely be there's" fall off. I don't understand why people can't plan 5-6 months in advance. I've been engaged for 2 years too and people have known that long in advance that is where we planned to get married. That's the attitude you really have to take at this point, there's no reason to let their lack of planning ruin your day, it's still going to be the best day of your life You have an AWESOME wedding date by the way, we're date twins!!