KittenHeart

I'm getting them made at Shavon's Wedding Silks who other BDW members have raved about and the photos look great. Just to give you an idea, I want orchids, I love orchids and I want lots of them. For a brides bouquet, 6 bridesmaids, 1 groom bout, 9 groomsmen & family bouts & 4 ladies corsages + shipping is $245... quoted @ AS it's about $1,000

Quote: Originally Posted by amybermuda Kittenheart - you are making fake flowers for centerpeices? How are you doing it? I was going to try but am nervous about transporting them. How many tables are you going to have? I'm having all the bouquets and bout's made for me with fakes and for the centerpieces I really want to do what Ash is doing with the orchids in 3 vases under water with a floating candle on top. Those will be fake orchids as well. I am going to be bringing a lot with me so extra baggage fees, here I come. I'm still trying to figure out a way to get champagne there, does anyone know the legalities of bringing many bottles of alcohol into the country?

Quote: Originally Posted by AshManahan Tiffany got back to me earlier. Said that the only fee is to hang or assemble, so no fee for the napkins. I can bring my own napkins and they will use them. Hmmm I wonder if they iron Not sure what you ladies are trying to budget for centerpieces but I am doing some awesome ones for $85 a piece. If anyone is interested in seeing them, let me know. They are a cluster of 3 sizes of vases filled with rocks, green orchids and floating clear flower candles. That's great news about the napkins! Ash!! OMG that's literally EXACTLY what I wanted to do! I'd love to see pics, I was wondering how I was giong to do that and where to buy the stuff. Thanks for sharing

I searched but didn't find this subject covered... for past brides who shipped items down to Mexico from the states, did anyone successfully ship champagne? The price my resort wants to charge me WAY too much for just one bottle! I really want a champagne toast too... Any knowledge of legalities or rules, advice anything would be helpful! I don't know what the distribution laws or limits are. Thanks ladies for any help!

Quote: Originally Posted by Allisa Plain white napkins are no charge, same with white table clothes. We are paying the extra $30 per table for the table clothes because I wanted black.... otherwise they would have been included in my package (silver). KittenHeart, my bouquet is more expensive too, but my $50 went towards the two boutinieres -for my FH and his BM. You should check on that. It wasn't a problem for us to do that at all. I'm a bit bummed about the beach too.... we are all ocean dwellers (why we didn't get married in Cabo) I guess water socks/shoes will be the order of the day! That's great to know! I'm going to do that then. I think I'm going to get natural touch flowers for the rest of us... I did the math and the pricing for flowers vs. fake are no question. It's more than triple the cost for wedding party flowers NOT including centerpieces so I hope my fake ones look good

What?! My WC told me that napkins and linens came with my package or private event!!! I'm gonna ask her again. Oh and the brides bouquet that comes with package is a $50 bouquet, the one I liked was $300 and they won't even knock the $50 off to upgrade. So annoying... Sorry, this turned into a rant =/

Allisa!!! Great stuff! I love it, I've been searching for vintage bags and I love the kissing kit!

Target is having a 50% their dollar section at the moment, I found Cocktails for Dummies books for 50 cents a piece! It has all kinds of crazy drinks and shots for my guests to try (they are so the type) so I'm excited! I bought out the entire stock they had!

Yeah Katie, BTW, what weight do you have to lose! I thought you had a lovely shape in your BEAUTIFUL gown!

MrsVaughn - trust me that's not Bridezilla of you at all! You're not asking too much of them, it's too bad that they are giving you a hard time. I myself have issues with my own mother. My father is passed away and my mom is having money issues and so her and my brother probably won't end up coming. On the other hand, she's all for it and happy to help me make decisions, yet she won't come? I've even offered to pay for her and her reply is that she's afraid to fly. Ughhh it doesn't add up to me. I still can't believe that none of my family will be there yet FI's releatives and parents are coming and they live in Australia and have never even met me! Weddings and traveling really bring out a different side to people.

Katie congrats on getting the dress! That to me was the biggest stresser, everything else seems easy after tackling that. Allisa - what else do you have in your OOT bags? I'm just starting mine, don't even have the bag yet

Quote: Originally Posted by AshManahan Ok, here's the thing ladies. I saw Bree's post last night and was like, oh, I could do that and move, too. But then I was like, oh, I'm still going to be stuck paying Lomas crazy reception prices! So who cares. Reviews on TA have gotten better the last few days. Two weeks from today, I will be waking up at Sensatori for vacation. I promise if anything even remotely seems bad, I will let you ladies know. Also, I will bring my laptop for live posting!!! So, everybody change their karma to positive or something!!! I still have no wedding dress, but going to Atlanta in 2 days, so keep your fingers crossed. Thanks Ash! I'm going to stay positive! Brides change locations all the time from other hotels to different hotels, it happens. I hope you have a great trip, I can't wait to hear all about it.

MrsVaughn - It is OOT I'm in this mode now of OOT bag stuff, I just found flip flops for my bridal party @ JCrew on sale for $6.40 each - 20% off sale items and free shipping! You can't beat that

I bought my first OOT bag item on Friday, couldn't pass it up! Target's dollar section had mini "Cocktails for Dummies" booklets on sale for 50% off, 50 cents a piece! I remember when I was in Cancun last year, them not knowing a lot of the off the wall drinks and shots so I'm going to make a note on them saying something to the effect of "when you're drinks are unlimited, so are your options! - bring me to the bar" (that needs a little work ) I also had a sample bag sent to me from 4imprint, a black lined jute tote that I'm in love with, a little pricey but I'm not doing favors so I want to do quality bags people will reuse for the beach.

Quote: Originally Posted by AshManahan What is Emergen-C? Us States girls don't have the same stuff over here. I'm thinking a few improted Sulpadene tablets would be a good idea, though Hey Ash - I live in CA and you can buy Emergen-C @ any health food or vitamin store. Whole Foods, Trader Joes or online @ Vitamin Shoppe. Emergen-c is a vit-c powder you put in water, I put it in hot lemon tea personally and I haven't missed a day of work this year because of it. It's a lifesaver! It comes in a box of 30 packets for about $7 - $8 bucks, can't beat it! Search Results The Vitamin Shoppe

Quote: Originally Posted by Katie_2010 what about insect repellant too?? when I was in RM in February I got bitten by mosi's loads!!! maybe thats just the english blood!! lol it would be TOP of my list of things to put in one!! Katie GOOD IDEA! When I was there last year I got bitten a lot, forgot about that

Wow, what a great idea!!! I love them

It's definitely unique and fun! I'd love to see your pictures.

It's perfect! Don't worry about it at all, especially if your bridesmaids love it, double score!

I went in thinking I could find something simple for less than $1,000... let me just tell you that you shouldn't try anything on OVER your budget. I didn't check the price of the dress I ended up buying until AFTER I fell in love with it... oh well

Congrats and welcome! I would narrow it down to a city and country first and take it from there, if you get a travel agent that visits the resorts he works with then they can help you out A LOT!

Congrats and welcome Christy!

Congrats and welcome! You'll everything you need in this forum

Congrats and welcome Abby! Everyone here is so helpful

Congrats and welcome! You'll find pretty much everything you need here on this forum