Chickadee

Welcome back, Kristy!! And welcome all new St. Lucia brides! I am so excited - we leave Monday for a day in Miami then Tuesday, look out St. Lucia, here we come! We are staying at the Rendezvous, an all inclusive and will have our wedding on the beach, Friday June 19th. The wedding planners at the Rendezvous have been fabulous so far. I've had no hidden costs and lots of great communication with them. We've talked on the phone, letters and emails. I just finished my bouquet and Rob's boutinaire. I did them in silk so I'd have just I wanted. I am one of "those" brides with 4 gowns! Eek! As we planned and I thought, my idea of our wedding changed. I started with a gorgeous Jessica McClintock that I bought online. However, it did not flatter my figure. :-( So then I got a fantastic deal on a chiffon Alfred Angelo that was very simple, again online, but didn't feel like a bride in it. :-( I ended up with a very elegant beaded and sequined lace gown (slight mermaid) that I absolutely adore! Then I got a TTD so that makes 4 dresses!! I'll end up selling the Jessica McClintock and the Alfred Angelo but I can't even think about that now!! I have everything I need, including a short and a long veil that everyone here helped me decide that I needed depending on the weather. All I am missing is a garter - something that is not a big priority for me. If I get one that's ok, if I don't that's also ok. I'm packing tonight as well as a few girl friends have invited me for a farewell drink. Oops, just saw the time - need to go have that margarita!

Hi Ctweety, Welcome from another St. Lucia bride-to-be! We'll be getting married pretty close together - my wedding day is June 19, 2009. We will be staying at the Rendezvous and getting married there. It'll be just the two of us in St. Lucia but plan on having a fun reception for friends and family when we get back.

Best wishes, Kristy! Relax and have the ultimate time of your life! Can't wait to see photos of you as a gorgeous bride on the beach!

Fantastic job!

Beautiful, just as your wedding will be!

I love them! Everything is just perfect!

Thanks, Kristy! I missed your post on photographers. Did you have your parties, last fitting this last weekend? 5 days until you leave!! Woo hoo!! Do you fly through Miami or is there a direct flight from NY? I'm leaving from Dallas, fly to Miami, spend the night there so we can be on the morning flight to St. Lucia! We'll probably miss each other by 3 weeks!

I DIY's the envelope liners. I looked all over for some paper that was lightweight as well as had my colors. The liners I cut from wrapping paper! Very easy and quick to do.

I just wanted to show off my invitations that I and a few friends made. In 5 days they went from an idea to being mailed! What do you think? Rob and I are going alone to St. Lucia for our wedding but will have a big reception a month later - these are the invitatins for that.

Love it! Beautiful colors you have chosen.

Anyone with a recommendation for a photographer in St. Lucia? We're getting married at the Rendezvous in just a little more than a month. Help!

Wonderful! Thanks so much!

Thank you everyone! I really wanted MIB invites but I couldn't get them like my inner vision saw them - which probably was not possible. My fiancee, Rob, was very understanding and along with several girlfriends, we all designed, printed with a gocco, cut, assembled, lined envelopeand actually mailed all of my invitations in a span of 5 days! That's 100 invites! Whew!! Rob asked me in my teary moment what I envisioned a perfect invite to look like. Once I actually told him what I wanted, it was easier to leave my beloved MIB behind. We are getting married in St. Lucia on June 19th all by ourselves but the invitations are for the reception a month later. I've provided some links to the process as well as my finished invite! What do you think?? Here is the finished invite suite. We used ivory and orange cardstock plus parchment ivory text paper for the invitation, a turquoise ribbon belly band with an attached flower with rhinestone sticker in the center, ivory cardstock for rsvp and turquoise cardstock for the info card. The envelopes are ivory and then we lined them with some gift wrap paper we found: Here we are gocco'ing away: Here is the ivory cardstock that is layered with orange cardstock prior to the invitation being attached: [ Invites drying on the floor at work: And the invites along with the diy lined envelopes, rsvp, and info cards:

I'm getting all ready for my first Gocco project - my invitations! I'm excited and scared. Tonight I'm cutting all my paper and then tomorrow... As I'm bored stiff cutting all the paper, I started thinking about how everything is assembled. I'm going to have the invite with a belly band, a RSVP and envelope, and one other card giving more details on everything. My question is: Do you put the belly band around just the invitation or does the RSVP, envelope, info card, and invite all get banded together?? Help!

I have been designing my invitations for our reception when we get back and love the look of the petal cards like this one: A7 Aqua Lagoon Metallic Petal Card Enclosure - Paperandmore.com I have a question: do the directions and rsvp/envelope go INSIDE the petal card? I will have my invite adherred to the inside of it. Or do they go separately? Thanks!

I would love the TTD, sundress, and vases. Please contact me at [email protected]

Wonderful - love the colors - so soft!

Welcome! Lots of friendly people are here.

Mucho congrats!! Cancun! How exciting. Do you have your colors picked out?

I have been working my invitations. We are getting married in St. Lucia on the beach, just the two of us. The reception will be month later with all of our friends and family. In a book I saw directions and photo of a message in a bottle invitation and fell in love with it. I ordered my bottles, strung beads on embroidery floss, then made a mock-up of the invite so I could get an idea. I love how the bottle looks but hate how the invitation inside looks!! Because I had to roll the paper tightly to get it inside the bottle, the paper refuses to lay flat so someone could read it. You have to hold it open, literally. Secondly, the paper has to be thin so it can be rolled tightly. I played with lots of types of paper and found out the harsh truth of this. So I guess I hate the paper as well as the fact it will not lay flat ever again. I want to go with an elegant tropical theme and this is not cutting it. I brought the mock-up to work, and another teacher suggested that I make other invitations that I like better but use the bottles to serve a small portion of our signature drink. I could put the corked bottles in an iced filled pail (tied with ribbons), with the beads tied on, cute labels on the bottles that say "Drink Me" and festive straws also in the pail. What do you think?? Is there something essential I am missing on my Message in a Bottle invitations that would make me love them? Or should I do with the drink idea? Or is there a better way to reuse the bottles?

Thanks, everyone!! I will get both a long one and a shorter one (just in case...)

I am getting married in St. Lucia on the beach in June. I have fallen in love with the cathedral length veils. My dress is a chiffon empire waist strapless dress with the front about ankle length and a chapel train. Can I wear a full length or cathedral length veil?? I WAS looking for a waist length veil but then saw the photos of the longer veils... Please help! Chickadee

Kristy, Unfortunately, I've just seen the "Just Married" flip flops in the hard plastic. Please let me know if you find softer nicer ones! Did you make your own barefoot sandals or did you buy them? Can you post a photo of yours? I'd love some ideas. Only 2 months and a few days to go for me!

I saw these pretty Porcelain Cake Toppers in the clearance area of Things Remembered.com One are two ribbon hearts entwined, the other is a bride and groom. Both are white porcelain. Both are only $14.99! Hope this helps someone!

I was looking for some gifts to give to our moms and came across the clearance area at Things Remembered.com You can sort by price (I'm always trying to stay within my budget). I saw some cute heart shaped red compacts, flasks for the guys, an Engish garden heart frame, and lots more. Here is a code for an extra 15% Off - WORKINGTR Hope this helps someone!