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I Know!!! We leave in 12 days!!! Amazingly enough I'm not that stressed....yet

ooh Ana - how exciting to do it all over knowing what you know now. I would TOTALLY do it! Have fun!

When I was there for my site visit, there was only 1 per day - EVERYDAY. However 2 of the days had 2 receptions going on. Both of those days there was one wedding at teh beach/gazebo and a church wedding. One reception was at the Oceana Terrace and the other at Cascade Terrace.

What a great list - just downloaded and printed....thought I would bump as I know a bunch of us are getting ready to pack up and head out!

I ordered my BD book from shutterfly and it came today and it is wonderful!!! I thought my pasties that I wore under the black and pink outfit got photoshopped out, but when those pics are 12 x 12 and staring back at you, you can clearly see them - oops!!!

9:30 am - doing anything BUT work.....wedding on the brain - leave in 2 weeks!!

Great pictures and Great location!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by JGAMMAGIRL77 The pictures came out so good!!! I'm still working on losing a couple of pounds before I work up the courage. Jess Thanks Jess - I stressed about dropping pounds before my shoot too - my advice, don't get to wrapped up in it, you'd be amazed what a good photographer and photoshop can do...I was!!! Quote: Originally Posted by poohshek Very nice!!! Beth did a great job! I like the hair and make up. Thanks - LOVED my hair and makeup too!!! I look at my siggy pic now and I feel like my face looks so plain! Quote: Originally Posted by tcram Wow those are GREAT pictures! I especially love the last picture, I really like the outfit you have on in it. Do you remember where you got it from? All of my outfits were from Fredericks. The outfit with the corset are actually a corset with a bra underneath...just FYI Quote: Originally Posted by jean-marcus my props to your photographer my two faves are the one on the yellow couch and the one facing forward on your stomach. really great pics of you have a wonderful wedding Thanks Jean-Marcus - those are my faves too! Thank you ALL for your wonderful comments!!

Ok, so one of the best things I have found on this forum was this whole BD Book idea - who knew The next best thing I found was MarieSam's referral of Beth Cocuzzi Boudoir Photography by Beth. Beth was nothing short of AWESOME!!! Now I am a little bit of a planner, control freak, etc (you guys know the type) but this whole BD idea is so out there for me, that I handed over the reins and let Beth take control of everything - outfits, hair, make-up, etc. She coached me the whole way through and after I relaxed a little, the pictures got better. I would recommend her in a heartbeat to any of you So Cal girls! I will let her pictures speak for themselves.... That was the last pic in my book....so its the last pic for you guys too!

So Cute!!! My favorite is the one of your legs and shoes in the bathroom....

Which dress is in the top picture - the BM dress or the J Crew dress. I tried looking up the "avery" dress on the JCrew website and it wont show the pic. Thanks

LOVE IT!!! If I hadn't re-done my place cards last night (because we switched from seat yourself to assigned seating) I would have proposed this FI. He didn't really want the long head table - we have 4 BM's and 4GM's but also didn't want everyone watching us eat at a sweetheart table...We went with the sweetheart table, however musical chairs would have been fabulous! Maybe I can still pull it off...

I have a miserable ex-wife that I deal with too....gotta love 'em!

Yay!!! Have a great time and enjoy yourself. Can't wait to hear EVERYTHING when you get back!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by Tammy Host deanna, those look great...how has it been working with shavonne? heard she was great! Tammy - she has been wonderful, SO easy to work with. I actually just chose flowers off of her gallery and then modified a little bit. She had a lot of things she had previously done posted on her site for inspiration. She was VERY affordable too!

Ok so here is a pic of my original e-ring and I LOVED it. I love love love princess cut. I loved the three stones and how the diamonds around the band made the ring look so delicate. So over the weekend we went to the jeweler to do the wedding bands (one from FI and one from FI's kids). They were going to have to custom make them so they fit flush, kinda like puzzle pieces. When we were there FI mentioned wanting to upgrade the diamonds for our 1st Anniversay. The guy told him if he did that, there is a chance that the wedding bands wont fit anymore.... FI told me to try on some others, I was hesitant to do so because I really liked the ring I had, until I found my new one!!! Please bear with the pics they were taken from my cell Here is just the e-ring And the ring with the bands on each side my FI's mom reminded me that like 2 years ago, I ripped out a picture of a Tiffany ring and put in our kitched drawer for FI for when he was ready...my new ring is a scaled down version of the Tiffany ring... Tiffany & Co. | Engagement Rings | Tiffany Novo | United States

So, I used Shavonne fresh real natural touch artificial silk wedding bouquet flowers based on a recommendation from Jacilynda. I got my approval pics yesterday...I know this forum is all about sharing ideas and such, but I also know that if you are going to talk about something - you better post pics, so here we go The only thing that is missing is the groom's bout, which is supposed to be 2 cream callas. I cant wait to get them and have them in my hot little hands!!

Erika - thanks for updating that list. Kinda scary to see my name so close to the top!! I have been so busy with work and FI's kids and trying to get all of my DIY projects done that I haven't had much forum time I miss it!!!!

Jac - they look beautiful! I used Shavonne off of your reccommendation in a post back in Jan or Feb, and I got my approval pics yesterday! They look great! Just waiting for them to arrive now!

Everything looks BEAUTIFUL!! Cant wait to see the "real" pics!

Yes Dave - we want pictures!!! We are considering honeymooning here next month...can you email some to me? Or just post on the forum for everyone to see? My email addy is [email protected]

Erika - those are SO PRETTY!!! What is that font you used I love it!! You used it all over, but specifically the one that the date on the RSVP Card is written in...Thx

SOOO pretty!! Looking forward to the rest!

FYI - I bought the same J&J first aid kits at Target for 99 cents each...

PM'ing you on the necklaces now...