Lady_Di

Love the pictures! We wanted to go to Tulum for our TTD with our wedding photographer but decided not to because of possible restrictions but we ended up having pictures at small ruins in playa del carmen courtesy of del sol. Who knew there were small ruins in playa del carmen??

Picture of the ceremony fan Picture of the ring bearer shell Picture of the huppa and aisle Picture of parasol and the huppa Picture of the whole ceremony setup

Love them...so glad to share the template with you!! <3

Wow, Rachel! Some people never cease to amaze me with their lack of compassion and common sense.

UPDATE: Just got the slideshow up! Enjoy! http://www.pictage.com/photographer/...uyraivhyitozxs I am so excited to get some teasers already! I will update once I get a full slideshow of our pictures. Chris was wonderful! He posted the teasers like three days after the wedding. How cool is that? The Royal Resort in Playa del Carmen Destination Wedding with Rocky and Diana | Chris Schmitt Photography Blog

LOL, that's what I was trying to figure out who he reminded me of! Hubby said he reminds him of Jim Carrey. Hehe.

Wow, I love everything! I especially LOVE the response card from the White House. That is AWESOME. Have a beautiful wedding!!

Here is a shot of my makeup so you can see my eye makeup...i had mine done by Norma from MAC Cancun. She did a great job! Her partner did my bridesmaids. $60 for bridesmaid $110 for bride

Thanks ladies! Rachel, that is cool!! Lindobride, I would suggest you looking at this thread to get any potential leads. http://bestdestinationwedding.com/fo...-artist-46406/ Ana, I got the shell from ShoreChic. Beach Wedding Favors, ideas, accessories, Creations for destination beach weddings receptions, bridal shower or Luau No, sorry, I don't know where she got the tequila bottles personalized. She bought the bottles then took them to a printing company. I got the pashminas from an order on here. They were from glass-html

Quote: Originally Posted by msglave Yes ladies, you can have a sand ceremony with a legal wedding! I found out from Julie that me WC in Mexico is Lilia Levet. I hope she's as good as Julie! She is!!! She is awesome. I need to do my review soon... It's so hard to get back to normal and being sick didn't help! I'll post one this week!

Quote: Originally Posted by ~Stephanie~ I picked up my dress Saturday- made it so real! We leave Wednesday morning at like 5am! My experienced playa girls.... I know you can buy cigars there but does anyone know how much we can expect to spend on some cheap cigars for the reception? Also, girls that have used petals... don't they blow away? I really really really want petals but I can't see spending $20 a bag on petals only for them to blow away.... we used petals and they didnt blow away..

Thanks Amy! Every person pictures are unique so none of our stuff were better! Karen, welcome back! Love the teasers! Yeah you should have contacted me and we would have put you up for a night! As long you guys made it home!

Of course, you guys are geniuses when it comes to photography challenges. Love the picture!

Thanks ladies for your compliments. They are well appreciated! I do have pictures but I have to upload them to photobucket...way too many pictures! But if you look on the photog blog, you will see the entire ceremony setup. thats pretty much for the details besides the dress and suit. The Royal Resort in Playa del Carmen Destination Wedding with Rocky and Diana | Chris Schmitt Photography Blog Quote: Originally Posted by SouthernSweetie HAPPY WEDDING WEEKEND!!! I'm loving your FI's dress shirt, and the sandals and dresses for you BMs; where did you find them? CONGRATS!!!! I found the BM dresses at Macys last summer and the sandals on Endless.com Quote: Originally Posted by *Rachel* Holy crap that's one planning thread! Everything looks beautiful and obviously you invested a lot of time and thought into all the details (probably some money too ) It will all be worth it! Congratulations! Just wondering- why did he ask you to marry him in ASL? Thanks! Because that is my primary language

Quote: Originally Posted by Lisa DSO Awesome, thanks That's good to hear, especially in May. :-) Lady_Di, You looked amazing and everything looked perfect. Your dress if FAB! I might have to make a roadtrip to Houston and check out that store you went to! I got my wedding dress from the rack at a consignment store so i got a good deal on it! It's a White One brand so I was pretty excited! I am going to sell it once I get it back from the cleaners next month. Anyone interested, PM me. It will fit a size 8 or 10 depending on the measurements. I had the top altered but left the hip area alone. Quote: Originally Posted by astreit Sorry I haven't been on here much since my wedding, it has been hectic getting everything in order. I will tell you about my aisle runner though since it was my favorite thing. I ordered it online without my fiance knowing, and hauled it to Mexico in a huge box with all the gift bags. He still didn't know. Well after a bunch of hassle getting it through customs (they wanted to charge me tax on my big box of stuff they thought i wanted to sell)...I finally got to the resort with it. It was a heavy weight runner, much heavier than one Lilia showed me that someone wanted to use. This one was on a roll and more of a thick net almost, not like a lacy fabric or anything. Lili went to put it out for me, and the wind blew it everywhere. They tried candles holding it down, tried pinning it to the red carpet, they tried everything. They ended up having to roll it up and only let the runner go to the bottom of the steps (i got married in the gazebo). Any further and the wind kept catching it. It turned out really neat for my pictures though because the monogram was in all my pictures then, but it was a huge pain for them to get to stay down. So I guess my advice is....if you really want it, make sure it's as heavy of a material as you can get, and be aware that on a super windy day there will be nothing that will hold it down. I will try to include a few pictures to show you what I mean. I'm not very good with shutterfly, but here is a link to a shared account I created with a few pictures in it of the aisle runner and us. Hope this helps. http://justinashleywedding.shutterfly.com/ Beautiful pictures!!! Quote: Originally Posted by ~Stephanie~ New question... Those who did TTD pictures, what locations did you go to? Just go on 5th ave...there are PLENTY of colorful locations to take pictures! Quote: Originally Posted by msglave Lady Di, Congrats and welcome back! Beautiful pics! looking forward to reading your review. I'm a little disappointed by the Michigan office closing. My wedding coordinator (Julie) has been awesome! I'm hoping I'll get as much of a prompt response! I talked with Julie yesterday and she told me she wasn't going to Mexico because of her daughter...boo, it sucks that good ones are out of the jobs. Um, is Angie going to keep her job? Quote: Originally Posted by Matt Adcock CONGRATS and welcome back amiga. Was a pleasure to meet you! Mucho saludos ---photos coming soon mateo It was surreal meeting you and Sol! Thanks a million for taking us on an adventure. Can't wait to see the pictures. Quote: Originally Posted by ~Stephanie~ I am so sad right now.... 10 day forcast calls for 60% chance of Thunderstorms on my wedding day... I want to cry. Also, Any opinions on this? Zulma told me she needed 1 week notice on my flower choice in case they needed to be imported, but when I responded with questions in order to help make my decision- she has been MIA again and now its too late to get anything imported.... Do they have to import roses, cali lillies or gerber daisies?? Dont look on weather.com!! It always said 60, 50, 40, or 30 so i just hoped it won't rain. It didn't! Have faith. Roses and gerber daisies are always in season but cali lilies are not. I think they aren't in season after april. Quote: Originally Posted by Lisa DSO I'm also having a legal ceremony and want to do a sand ceremony. Lady_Di might have had one...we'll defer to her.... Sorry, no go here. We didn't have a sand ceremony! I think it was mentioned that it was ok to have one. Don't quote me on this though. Quote: Originally Posted by ChicagoBride2011 So has anyone used a BDW travel agent? We were not going to use a travel agent and just have our guests book through our WC, but now that the Michigan office is closed and we have no clue what's going on we're thinking a travel agent might be a good idea. Any suggestions? I def can vouch for a BDW TA! We used TA Jennifer. She was wonderful Quote: Originally Posted by duprk452 As far as the sand ceremony, I heard that you could have one with a legal wedding, but that you could not mention anything to do with religion. Steph- I still have not heard ONE WORD from my on-site coordinator so I wouldn't know about picking flowers, but Aja had told me that calla lilies are out of season after april and that I could not have them. You can get lillies however. We leave in a week and two days and I feel like I have so much to do, but at the same time I'm bored. Does this make sense? Any chance if your onsite coordinator is Lili? If so, don't worry...she will take care of everything!

Aw, you guys are too sweet!! Thank you ladies. We had an amazing wedding!!

Hey ladies! I am back and we had an amazing wedding! My photog put up some teasers up. Destination Wedding Photography| Los Angeles | Ventura | Santa Barbara Wedding Photographer Wish we were still in Mexico! Boo!! Crazy how May flew by fast! I look forward seeing your pictures, ladies!

I am back from my wedding!! You ladies have NOTHING to worry about. My wedding was fantastic and I have zero compliants. I will post a review soon!Lilia was AMAZING so you don't have to worry if you have her. here are some teasers from my photog...if you have the reception in the central garden, it will be BEAUTIFUL. even though it was wide open to people walking by, we did not get bothered by other people except a wedding crasher but we kicked him out. He just wanted to get on the fun too!! Destination Wedding Photography| Los Angeles | Ventura | Santa Barbara Wedding Photographer Loved loved the Royal! It's so worth to stay there instead of Gran Porto.

yes, one more day until we leave tomorrow! SO EXCITED! Lexibride, love the pictures. you were beautiful. Now with all of amazing reviews, I feel so calm - not stressed out. THANK YOU GUYS!!!

Finally! I so love the engagement pictures!! I really like the teal and brown combo...beautiful!

Quote: Originally Posted by Lisa DSO Yeah hi, thank for nothing! :-) I'm sorry you have to deal with her, too. Insane she's the manager... Yeah, I'm still trying to figure out why she's still the manager. Quote: Originally Posted by taapple One more question... If I decide to hire an outside photog for our Royal PDC wedding and I pay for a room for them to stay over night, am I still responsible to pay the outside vendor fee since they will be guests of the hotel?? Thank you all!!!!! We did not have to pay the vendor fee for my photographer who is staying at Gran. Quote: Originally Posted by smckinney22 Wow your planning thread is awesome! Your guests are going to be so spoiled with all that you have done for them. Can't wait to hear all about it when you get back!! Thank you so much! Quote: Originally Posted by RunningBride24 So........I just went to open my 'Wedding Stuff' folder on my desktop only to realize that it's GONE. G-O-N-E. I can't find it anywhere on the computer, and go figure, I hadn't backed it up. This is 6+ months of every photo/link/idea/website/contract/email EVERYTHING I HAD in there. Fiance claims he didn't "accidentally" delete it but for some reason I think differently. UGH!!!!!!!!!! Sorry for the random vent, I just had to get it off my chest! O.M.G. I don't know what to tell you. That sucks so bad! Do you still have contract/emails in your emails??

Thanks meli! We leave tomorrow morning and its nothing but nerves!!

Aww, it is a stressful time for you guys but you guys WILL get through it. Just take one day at time. BTW, it is totally fine to cry!! Hehe.

Thanks ladies!! vdaybride, i got them from here... GKat Designs For the modern baby by gkatdesigns on Etsy

What! She said that? We got charged for the vendor fee for DJ Ivan. We booked through him. Sigh.