~Stephanie~

Quote: Originally Posted by luna1923 Hey girls, who has hired a photog? The obvious choices (according to this forum) seem to be Elizabeth Medina and Del Sol. Has anyone hired these two? Is anyone aware of their pricing - I would assume given their popularity, they are likely $$$. The costs seem to just keep adding up! Has anyone hired someone besides the two aforementioned that may be a little more reasonable in pricing, but still take creative/artistic photos other than the usual group shots? I am using Nathan Cordova. I could not afford either photographer and Nate is super cheap but takes the same quality/artistic photos. license to Still

Congrats Ladies!

Quote: Originally Posted by lmuze Stephanie, they have two new colors and you can order English Beige, they are just saying they are almost running out of them. I have a swatch if you want to borrow, I can mail the swatch to you (it doesn't have the two new colors though). I'll PM you.

I agree with Mallory but I would ask if he packed certain things.... like if one of your resturants has a dress code? Did he bring his dress pants, etc. Maybe he isn't aware of that? Our resort is like that. Otherwise, relax. As long as the wedding attire is there he could be naked the rest of the time right! lol. Have a blast! Can't wait to hear about everything when you return!

Old Tan? I guess I will have to check that out. Now that there isn't English beige I think I have no choice but to order the swatches. Did someone say it takes them about 3 weeks from order to delievery? I still have time if that is the case....

Quote: Originally Posted by duprk452 I've been going back and forth with this for weeks now. My fiance' thinks that 3 hours will be long enough, but to me I am figuring it will take at least an hour to finish dinner, and that only leaves two hours for dancing. He suggested that we take those who want to keep the party going to the Blue Parrot. Our wedding is on a Friday and they have a nightly beach party here with fire dancers on Friday nights. Supposedly this is the place to go, so we shall see. I think this is what we are doing. We have a small group, so after the reception I want to see the Fire Dancers. I have a document at home that has the measurements of the aisle, I will post it later. Do the flowers have to be freeze dried or fresh I assume? They probably won't allow fake flowers, since they would blow away?

Very Cute!

WOOT! I voted! Good Luck Ladies!

UM what do you mean they are out of English Beige?! Did they say if and when they would get more in? I was going to place my order this week and that was the color I had settled on! OMG, this sucks!

It makes me sad that I can't justify the cost of the light up floor when we only have 13 people and the budget is already tight. It was something I have wanted since the start. I really wish there was some way to do it... but it just doesn't make sense. I appreciate the opinion on the plywood Jesmcan, I think I will just ask for sand and no floor..

Holy Cow! Those look so pro! Nice job they are just breathtaking!

Awwww Ang! They are so pretty! I love them!

Di- I thought the best man that was giving you trouble booked his trip finally? And to Mrs. G2B- You need to have the wedding you want, not what everyone else wants. You just have to be okay with the possibility that you may end up with very few guests and no parents. I only have 13 people coming and my dad isn't going. It is just going to be a small group of friends and my mom. I am ok with that now. It is still the wedding I want and I am happy.

Hols! Hunny! Wow! Great Job! Everything looks wonderful! You are like an Etsy queen, lol. I seriously wish I could be there for your big day but my kids have activities that I can't let them miss. You are going to be so gorgeous and everything is going to be perfect! I can't wait to pour over your pictures! Muah!

Quote: Originally Posted by candicemarie I'm not sure if anyone knows the answer to this, but can you get the light up dance floor w/o the dj? I can't remember if this was discussed awhile back. We're doing the ipod thing in the garden area and planning on no dance floor since the wood planks are not gonna work for our dancing group, but the more I think about it, the more I want that light up dance floor. Yes but as Di said, it is like $700 Quote: Originally Posted by Jacinda Can anyone tell me, does the Royal Playa Del Carmen make guests wear bracelets (I really hope not)? And my step brother is coming to my wedding but he's only 17, do they bracelet him because he's underage or do they care? BTW what is the legal drinking age in Mexico? Yes they do bracelets but they let you remove them for the wedding so you don't have them showing in pictures. I would think your brother would have a bracelet too, not sure if it is different colors or something due to his age. And I'm not sure what the drinking age is in Mexico.

Quote: Originally Posted by carolina24 i have the swatches and i think the english beige is what youre looking for. its has a brown undertone instead of "peach" as you say. it think it would work well with an ivory dress too. my dress is white and FI and GM are wearing cream shirts. FI is wearing the jacket and GM are doing just the pants. Thanks! Quote: Originally Posted by SDbeachgirl I have the swatches too and was looking for a color to go with Ivory. I also picked out the English Beige. I'm glad you agree with me! I have the hardest time making decisions lately. I also think Rome Beige or Dark Beige would go with ivory if you want a darker color. My FI and Father will wear suits in English Beige and the GMs will pear just the pants in English Beige. I can't wait to see them! Glad you girls agree! Sounds like I should do English Beige. We are doing the same thing, FI is wear a suit and we are getting the GM's just pants to match. Quote: Originally Posted by Vallarta_2009 Our suits are arriving tomorrow too! We ordered the English beige suits and my dress is a light ivory or off-white. We ordered the straight leg for all of the pants so I'll post pictures as soon as I can! Yay they're finally here!!! Yes! Please post pictures as soon as you can, I really need to see the straight leg before I decide and order! Thanks!

Quote: Originally Posted by dianep i FINALLY heard back from angie. she said my e-mails were going into her junk folder (what?!). anyway, i'm so happy to finally have some answers. short answers, of course, but answers nonetheless! hooray! Seriously? Her junk email? Ok. Any answers about anything that would be helpful to us? So my brother is the only one that booked through a 3rd party site. I am worried he will get bumped since the resort is booked. I will be there when he checks in so I can scream!

Um, you have to post pictures or I think they kick you out of the forum! Hope you had a wonderful day!

Quote: Originally Posted by lilly129 Hi I really want to do this!! Quick question - how do you change the color once you download the image?? I just used my photoediting software to do it. Save it as a JPEG and open the picture in your program and there are tools to change the colors. It took some tinkering but I finally got it! I also used the software to crop the image and use just part of it for my inserts and monogram on the front cover. Good Luck!

Ok I am still debating on what to do for color, I don't want to have to order swatches due to how much time I have wasted now. Does anyone have an Ivory dress? If so what color of suit did you get and how did it look, or what color would you recommend? I want the guys to wear ivory/cream shirts too so I don't want the color of the suits to be too "peachy". Also, the tie will be pink, so I want a very "brown" hue to the tan color in the suit, instead of the peachy color. Does that make sense? Also, did anyone order a straight leg instead of the Classic Comfort fit? How did this look?

Quote: Originally Posted by Shirley_Ken Thank you so much! I hate the cakes, haha. I wanted to pay to upgrade for one of the couture cakes, but only 2 layers, but was told that it would be the same price, whether or not i got the 2 or 3 layers. I am not sure I want to pay 180 dollars for a 2 layer cake, and I also don't want enough cake to feed 150 people when we're only having 40 of us! I know! I wanted to upgrade too but with our tiny little party I am just going to settle for one of those... at least there is a choice of ugly now- before there was only one design! lol. I may go all out and choose the one with the seashells - might as well!

Quote: Originally Posted by dianep we're expecting only 12 guests. so my group will be small too... just what we wanted! i'm still planning to do OOT bags. but instead of getting anything personalized (though i still think that's so much fun), i just bought some reusable canvas totes. i think people would be more likely to use them on down the road since they're not wedding-y at all. the only downside, for me, of having such a small group, is the lack of much of a dance. my FI and i aren't big dancers, but it's always such a fun part of a wedding party. I know, we are not big dancers either and I feel like my reception will be awkward now. But I don't want to give up having my "first dance" kwim? Di- thanks mom!

Quote: Originally Posted by Shirley_Ken Hi! I have been filling out my Luxury Wedding Checklist that was sent to me and I was wondering if anyone had the brochure of the 5 styles of cakes that were included? I have all of the upgraded brochures, but not this one. Can you email it to [email protected]? Thanks! Oh me too! DI was this a document that you recieved? I don't have the 5 cake styles.... can someone email it to me too? [email protected]

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