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I also needed welcome letter ideas. Great thread!

Nice Find. Don't you love it when you find a sale?!

You are awesome - so cretive. I love the pics!!

I agree. The media has blown this whole thing way out of proportion. Good for you!!

Everything looks great. Good job!!

Hi!! I know there is so much drama with planning a wedding. I would say that a year in advance would be the earliest I would send out the Save the Dates. You don't have to put the destination if you don't want to, as long as you have the wedding date set. You can keep it simple by having the date of the wedding and mention something like STD for our destination wedding, Feb.14 2011, invitation to follow. You will confirm the actual location and resort on the invitation (this should be sent out around 6 months in advance, in my opinion). The whole bit about having to have a group number to secure a venue I think is crazy. Yes, you should have an idea if you want to allow children at your wedding and whether you want to keep it big or small, but you should not have to come up with a number this soon in the game. I still dont have a number of guests coming and my wedding is in November. I say tell her whether you want a family or adults only resort, areas you are interested in and if you prefer the wedding on the beach or elsewhere just to narrow down resort choices and let her know that at this point you dont know how many guests are coming. I booked my wedding a year in advance BTW. Your wedding date is very popular since its valentines day..I would book as early as possible. Hope this helps!!

Also, which menus did you guys pick??

Congrats!! I am also getting married there. Let me know if you need any help!!

Ladies who have been married at the Cat - Did you use the DJ?? How was he/she? What was the process -- Did you send them a playlist?? Thanks for your help!!

I was wondering the same thing!! Thanks for the info!!

My bridesmaids will be walking down the aisle to Have I told you lately that I love you by rod stewart and i will be walking down the aisle to "you are so beautiful" by either rod stewart or Joe Cocker I have been debating but i love both of these song and they blend really well together. What do you think??

Morgan, OMG!! I didn't see your posts until today!! How did that get past me?? Thanks so much for the video!! I have been really worried about my grandfather taking me down the aisle. Maybe I will follow what you did and have my mom walk me down. Thanks so much for the support!! You are awesome!!!

Yay!! I'm glad you liked him too!! I think we made a great choice and for a great price!! We are lucky gals

Hi. Not sure if you already booked a photog but I was also on a budget and needed a photographer. I decided to go with Ivan Luckie. I have just met him 2 days ago and he seems to really love what he does. His prices are also amazing!! His website is http://www.luckiephotography.com Before booking Ivan, I was looking into Sascha gluck, who was also pretty reasonable.

Hi ktyum, I was wondering if you were able to book a photographer?? If not, I met with my photographer, Ivan Luckie and would recommend him and his prices are wonderful!! His website is http://www.luckiephotography.com/ Hope this helps!!

Have a great time!! We went last year and got engaged there. We are currently planning our wedding there for November. I'm sure you are going to love it!!

Joanna, I know you were scheduled to meet with him as well. What did you think of him??

Hi Ladies, I met with Ivan yesterday and we really hit it off. He seems to really love what he does and he is so sweet. I feel confident that he is going to do a great job. I am happy with my decision :-)

Congrats fellow NYC bride!!

Hello fellow NYC bride :-)

I'm doing Orange, sand and accents of green and brown

I was over there in November and the weather was perfect. I'm not sure about Jan, sorry. I am getting married in November on the same day and place we got engaged, so hopefully the weather will be just as beautiful as last year

Stacy and Adam, my thoughts and prayers are with you in these difficult times.

I think it's a great dress as long as you are comfortable in it. I am using a similar dress for my TTD

Thanks Everyone. Please keep the suggestions coming. I am going to call RK Bridal today to see if they will do alterations for me eventhough I bought my dress elsewhere. Thanks Again!!