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Hi Ladies and gents! I wanted to share my letterpress invitation that fiance and I designed together. As we are both artist/graphic designer, the pressure was on! Thankfully, they came out beautiful and I couldn't be any happier. Here the original sketch that my fiance drew. Notice the luchador cherub from my STD in the background that I posted a while back I scanned the drawing, and I designed the invite with Photoshop and Indesign. I used SilkScript, Poetica, and Nuptual script for type. I submitted the file to the printshop. The printshop converted my file into a film. Here's the printshop guy burning the image onto a metal plate by exposing the film to light. The linework on the film is negative image, which means that the line area is clear, and the negative spaces are black. The plate is coated with a chemical so that when it is exposed to light, the light passes through the clear area and hardens the chemical underneath. After the plate is washed with water, it turns into something like this. Cool, eh? Bob, the printshop guy, then sets the plate onto a letterpress machine and prints away. We chose thick double-ply paper, so we had the machine hit it really hard. We used Pantone gold 871. Here's the finished invite! We also printed the flower pattern of her veirl on the envelope flap as blind press (without ink). More to come!

Kids are allowed at Azul hotel, which is also run by the same company

based on pictures of the bouquet, you may want to match the chroma (intensity) of the blue with the fuscia- aqua with a punch, and not soft, baby blue. You can use blue ribbon, but I would get rid of the brown ribbon. ALso, lose the blue flowers. They don't match the palette of the bouquet.

I think you're fine. Brown is a neutral color, and blue goes with orange and fuchia, becuase orange is a complimentary color against blue on the color wheel. Fuchia is still in the same family with the blue-purple, so I think you're ok. Some brides tend to match EVERYTHING, but I think this is overkill. The best is not matching the color precisely. It's about coordinating. Think about your brown and blue as backdrop colors that makes your accent color pop

I tried on a beautiful dress eventhough I had already decided on another just because it was stunning, and I emailed it to my mom. Her Response... "Good thing that you don't look good in it". I asked her what was that response about, and she goes "Oh, I didn't know you liked the dress seriously. I said that because you looked so good in the dress that you chose this one doesn't compare." YEAH, RIGHT!

It's really hard to see because of the monitor aqua color... but as far as I can tell, I would size down the "&" so that it won't be touching the "eighth" and scale down the "o"s in "Theodore". Try to get the height to match the "e". I don't think the sanserif type that you chose works either (on your date, etc.) Try small cap letters, or sanserif that's less geometric, or round.

I feel you girl! I'm allergic to wheat, dairy and eggs. Thus, I won't be having a wedding cake. I came to a conclusion that my resort cook probably isn't used to making gluten-egg-dairy free cake so it'll probably taste bad anyways. Dairy is not essential to cake, so I think it's definitely possible in your case. Maybe you can find a good recipe before hand and ask your resort to make it. Depending on how sensitive your sweetie is to dairy, you may also want to look into doing chocolate fondue with DARK chocolate. Also, there's chocolate chips that are gluten/egg/dairy free from the company "Enjoy Life". There are other desserts that don't use dairy- i.e. merengue cookies, pies made with vegetable shortening etc. Maybe you can look through this site for ideas Karina's Kitchen- Recipes from a Gluten-Free Goddess

Ohhhhh! That's good news! Thanks for the info! If anyone goes to PDC, can you check the price for me? I really appreciate it!

Quote: Originally Posted by paraisobeachbride2009 Hmmm, while I can't say I've really been there, I will say that that is exactly why I'm trying to do this as laid-back as possible. I do not have a wedding party, I did not send STDs or official invites (I let our parents on both sides let anyone in the family who wanted to come know about the wedding...it's basically an open-invitation to family, the more the merrier but no bigee if they can't). I'm not doing OOT bags as half of the people attending have already been to Mexico and know what to expect and those who haven't probably have a good idea. I think why I'm doing it this way is part laziness (I'll admit I'm not the biggest DYIer out there, though I love what many of the ladies on BDW do for their weddings, good on em for having that kind of motivation!! ) and part trying to make this as cost-effective as possible. I have essentially made all the decisions that matter in regards to the wedding location/date/time/food/etc, and the FI just gives it his obligatory blessing haha. I'm sorry to hear you're stressed, if I lived in Calgary, I would totally offer to help you out! I hope everything turns out for you! Mmmm, I think I have the same attitude as her. As I watched Bridezilla marathon on on-demand, one common thing that these brides have is that they feel that every little detail has to be PERFECT(aside from them being crazy). I refuse to put that kind of pressure on my self, knowing that I won't be able to enjoy the process of planning if I do. I made things easier by paying attention to things that I care the most, and fake the rest. For example, 1.I did email STD 2.pass on OOT bags but spend more money on nice wedding favor 3.Forgo wedding cake, since I can't eat wheat 4.Invited limited amout of people that I'm actually friends with now, not in the past 5. Pass on wedding party. I don't need them. 6. Politely accept, but don't listen to my mom's extra advice Unless somebody dies or my fiance cannot make his own wedding, I refuse to be angry on my happy day. Then it's assured that it'll be a perfect day even if not everything goes right.

Hi! I am in need of tin ornaments and luchador masks, and I was wondering if those things were readily available at giftshops in CUN or PDC. I feel silly importing them back to mexico if I can get them there, possibly cheaper than the US! Has anyone seen them, and how much do they cost? Thanks a bunch!

Hello! I've been getting "Database error" quite often for the last few weeks. Maybe 1/3 times I click on a thread. Do you have any idea why?

Pryzeless, that's good to hear! I'l try to see if they can roll back the price to last year.

Also, for those of you that got married at the chapel... are candles allowed in the chapel? I was going to order them, and thought that I should check first... there's so much rules in this resort

Did you guys see the updated prices for 2009 banquet kit?! The price jumped up so high!!! I can eat at Joel Robuchon or French Laundry for this price!!! I'm hoping that Valerial would give me the 2008 price since I booked before the price change... otherwise, I would have to start a petition like with the photographer vendor fee!

Thanks for your response, brigopens! I received email from Valeria regarding the rental price of the projection screen. 30 guests tent: 800 usd 30 guest dance floor: 230 usd Projection screen: 550 usd I rather buy a million threadcount white sheets and put it up myself like your dad!

How terrible! I'm so sorry! Curse those bastards that took your special ring! I hope it comes home back to you in unexpeted manner!

I emailed STD to lead them to my website waaay ahead of time, and I thought that sending the actual invite closer to the date will remind them about the wedding! People procrastinate and forget things so much!

Hi ladies. I think it's better to contact him directly and discuss what your needs are.

Oh how funny. I just psted a thread about Fer right now. I can't wait for my turn in July! Your pictures are amazing! Congrats!

Oh, I forgot to mention... this guy accepts Paypal so you don't have to send a check to another country.

Hi Ladies. I book a photographer few months ago, and I just wanted to let you guys know about him. He's absolutely fantastic!!! I found him though wpja.com, a wedding photographer's association. I'm planning to get married in Riviera Maya, but I decided to import him from his home in Monterrey because I was blown away by his talent and creativity. His style is unique- a little rock and roll, and there's nothing cheesy. No BW photo with red tinted roses! Yay!! His rates are very reasonable, and I think paying a few hunderd dollars more for his flight is very much worth it. Fer is also very prompt at responding to my e-mails, and I usually get a reply within few hours. I seriously believe he has an Iphone implanted in him! And it doesn't hurt that he always ends his e-mail with a phrase "I'm at your service". After I decided to hire him, he sent me a friend request on Facebook, so we've been keeping in touch outside of the wedding business. Oh yeah, and he's also a hottie. Definitely a plus! Without further ado, please check out his blog and tell me what you think! Fer Juaristi Blog - Sessions, Pictures, Adventures and Stories. Destination Wedding Photographer. Just to let you know, I'm not receiving any money from him for this post. I'm just a happy bride

I gave myself over a year, so the planning is going smoothly. So far I have Booked EDR(July9th) Hired travel Agent Jennifer from the forum Made wedding website at Mywedding.com Created Save the Date e-mail with the website info (so people already have access to the info and I can take my sweet time designing the actual invitation) Hired Photographer Fer Juaristi from Monterrey MX (he's the coolest!) Having my dress made Asked my friend from church to be the officiant Booked the trip for me, my FI, and FI's family bugged every guests to come!

walkie Talkie!!!! What a great idea, since I'll be at a large resort!

I confess that I've been feeling a little apprehensive about making moves on my fiance when he comes to bed in cartoon Tshirts... I also confess that I have a crush on Dr. Drew Pinsky from Celebrity Rehab and thinks that my wedding photographer ( Fer Juaristi from Monterrey, MX- married with a baby) is cute. Don't get me wrong, I'm thrilled to marry my fiance, but Kids Next Door T shirt just doesn't cut it. Is there such thing as a man-lingerie that I can give?! Ha!