northernflasher

Stunning work.. a very talented guy, but clearly you guys made it a little easier for him, being such a cute couple! Many congratulations, beautiful memories to cherish.

Stunning work.. a very talented guy, but clearly you guys made it a little easier for him, being such a cute couple! Many congratulations, beautiful memories to cherish.

Congratulations, photos are stunning, thanks for posting.

Congratulations, thanks for posting , your bouquets were stunning. Cant wait for pro pics.

Congratulations, thanks for posting , your bouquets were stunning. Cant wait for pro pics.

Continental breakfast : Full english

Okra : Curry

Jeans : Skinny fit

Quote: Originally Posted by NRLanders Hello everyone and congratulations on the upcoming weddings! A new 2010 bride here! I am new to this site but I am so happy I found this thread!!! I got engaged in May, and I knew right away I wanted a destination wedding. I have been searching for the right place for months, and we finally decided on the Barcelo Maya Palace!!!! SO excited! After weeks and weeks of waiting we finally got the wedding date we wanted put on hold! Now what I am playing around and attempting to do my own Save the Dates (passports), but I honestly don’t know what all to include! This is all so new to me and I’m starting to feel a little overwhelmed! DONT PANIC! We've all been there or are going through it and we're here to help so you've come to the right place! You really dont need all that much info for an S.T.D and as I've found out from experience, dont stress over them or spend excess time and money! The majority of people think they are cute but really dont appreciate the effort you have gone to, I'd save time and money for the actual invites when you're much more likely to have a feel for who's actually going to come and include the detailed info for those people. We bought cheap postcards with chillies in the shape of love hearts on to give a hint at our Mexican wedding. We made up a silly little rhyme that indicated the date and location and that was all. People appreciate getting a heads up so they can weigh up their finances and start saving. The majority of people we sent them to backed out due to financial reasons at this stage (we fully expected this but thought it was still polite to send them) so now we dont have to waste time and money including reams of detailed info in invites for them. You'll find plenty of inspiration and support on here... Enjoy

Well done you, so unique, thanks for the inspiration

Quote: Originally Posted by carmen2009 I’d rather live music for the ceremony than the sound system. I’m having the ceremony in the chapel so the waves won’t be an issue. I assuming my only choices would be the guitarist or violinist. I wonder if the Caribbean trio could play something appropriate for the ceremony than play lively music for the cocktail hour. Excited to see a fellow "chapel" girl, we dont get many of us on here.... As for your idea about the trio If I were you I'd double check the timings with your W.C before you make a decision. Its my understanding that you usually only get them to play for one set of 45mins - 1 hour so if they started to play in the chapel im not sure if they would then come back later to play the cocktail hour unless you paid a seperate fee. Also perhaps they would start timing their set from when they start to play in the chapel so you would then not get the full set for your cocktail hour? Just a thought, maybe some past brides can give more specific info.

Quote: Originally Posted by Chanti I think she's fairly recent there, she came on while I was planning during the winter. She was a bit disorganized: I'd receive documents she wanted me to fill, which I promptly returned to her, only to re-receive the same email and documentation to fill a few weeks later. But she was great at responding to my communications though, and put me in touch with Javier, the head concierge, when I asked for his email. She might be getting better, as I said, I think she just started there less than 6 months ago... Have you had any problems with getting a hold of her? Chantal Just to jump in here, I have received my first email from Aurora this week. She responded to my question within 48hrs (damn good by DT standards!) and was the only person I've dealt with so far to actually answer my question in a clear and confident manner. Looks like she's finding her feet.....

over-achiever : under-achiever

Quote: Originally Posted by Jo&Daz 20-10-2010 I did my inspiration board this morning - its helped me so much in getting a vision for everything! I started by looking on theperfectpalette.blogspot.com for some inspiration, and once I had the colours I loved I made my own buy 'google image'ing the colours and picking pictures I Looooved. Its a start in terms of planning anyway Beautiful and inspiring... We have the same colours, thanks for sharing.

Cotton : Sheets

butter : popcorn

You look great, loving the underwear in the last shot... Your FI's gonna love them.

Meat : Lean

1. Where is your cell phone? Charging 2. Your significant other? Soulmate 3. Your hair? Growing 4. Your mother? Angel 5. Your father? Lonely 6. Your favorite thing? Laughter 7. Your dream last night? Unmemorable 8. Your favorite drink? Coffee 9. Your dream/goal? Happiness 10. The room you're in? Living room 11. Your ex? Forgotten 12. Your fear? Unknown 13.Where do you want to be in 6 years? Home 14. Where were you last night? Wedding 15. What you're not? Chilled 16. Muffins? Chocolate 17. One of your wish list items? Pool 18. Where you grew up? Memories 19. The last thing you did? TV 20. What are you wearing? Robe 21. Your TV? Essential 22. Your pets? Fish 23. Your computer? Overworked 24. Your life? Unfulfilled 25. Your mood? Tetchy 26. Missing someone? Mam 27. Your vehicle? Feet 28. something your not wearing? Underwear 29. Favorite Store? W.W.W 30. Your summer? Wet 31. Like someone? FI 32. favorite color? Purple 33. When is the last time you laughed? Minutes 34. Last time you cried? Sleeping

Cows : Fillet steak

Stunning.... KLK photography are amazingly talented, helped only by the fact that you are such a beautiful couple.... Congratulations

Congratulations, thanks so much for the review, glad to hear you had such an overall wonderful time. Good to know about the spa issues to factor poss delays into the planning process. Thanks for the tip about the menu's, i'm def gonna get onto that as we have spent ages trying to piece together a menu from the options available with no luck! Looking forward to pics.

Congratulations, Everything looked stunning. Such beautiful images to remember your day by. Cant wait to see TTD

Fri 31st July 8.06pm G.M.T. Checking the weather forecast and looking forward to 9pm tomorrow when I finish work for a week of camping...... British summer + tent =

Chanti and Starlitk, thanks so much for your input. If its usually 9pm the timing fits cos our reception starts at 6pm. Good idea about locating our reception so we can see the performance anyway without actually moving. Still cant decide how the guests would find this, either having to move location or our reception location being over-run with people coming to see the show. Any opinions on this welcome. Another major headache Im having is set up fee's for a private reception. The new wedding guide now states $750 set up fee inside or out. I knew this always applied to the seaside grill but are they really going to charge me $750 to set up a table for 13 on the beach or by the pool. Please help me out with your recent costs, experiences or W.C feedback on this cos at the minute it looks like we are going to lose our photographer...