~Jessica~

Quote: Originally Posted by da.shmoopies Those are great Jessica! I sure wish I had found dafonts.com before I had my monograms made, and my labels, and tags!! I could have saved some moola and done alot of it myself! Thanks!! Yah I love dafonts!! Christy I would also totally recommend a bone folder to crease the ticket jackets with. I think mine was $4 and it made it sooooo much easier to make the folds look more professional!! I just did a mock-up one last weekend and it totally helped!

I would use Rebecca too, she did an awesome job on mine and so many others! And even if she isn't offering the promotion I believe it is only $3.50 to have one created with your info which is worth it compared to the headache of trying to do it yourself!

Does anyone you know golf?? I know those would probably fit in the hard cases golfers travel with their clubs in...maybe if you know someone who has one they would let you borrow it??

I just created mine too! And totally look at dafont.com! I used two fonts under the nature section, Hibiscus and WM Trees 1 (for palm trees). And then one font under Animals for the starfish WM Aquatic 1. And hey if you love the shells, use the shells!! These are what mine look like so you can see the different fonts you could use if you want to change the shells

Jess they look so amazing. I love the originality!

Jess it looks awesome!!

Number 1 is really pretty and elegant but I love the veil and bow tie aspect of #2. As Kristy said you just don't see it that often and it is more original.

Thanks for posting Erika!! I know we all kept checking back to finally see Lori's monogram! Looks awesome Lori!

Gorgeous!! I love it and think it will look amazing on!

My fiance has one and has only had for about 2 weeks and the top stripped from being unscrewed to drink out of so often (he drinks alot of water) so now it doesn't even hold a seal. I would just make sure the ones your order won't do that, may be there are reviews on the site?

Great find!! Thanks for sharing I have been trying to find nice ones that didn't break the bank!

Quote: Originally Posted by Bethany68 Thanks so much for the info how are his prices? I am certainly going to have to check him out! Beth Beth, his prices are great! He offers two packages. Pm me with your email address if you want his price list and I can send it to you!

I vote dress #2, I just love the back.

Quote: Originally Posted by SMB&CRZ Thanks for the responses so far. So if I send out STD say in May to everyone, with the booking info etc, when would send the 'invites'? And do you need to send them to people who've already booked? Anyone I am inviting already knows it is a dw and has for at least 6 months now. I'm so anxious for the prices to come out so I can finally get things firmed up. Waiting for quotes is the most frustrating part of this! I am sending my STD's out by the end of the month so a year in advance. And I would highly recommend sending them, I have had people constantly asking me for the info on them (hotel name, TA info, and when we are going down). I would send them just to give people a chance to book early and save if they want. I know some popular hotels book up pretty fast so people who get the invites then wait a couple months may lose out. I am sending our invitations out in September or October in case people lost their STD. I say yes even if people have already booked, send them an invitation. Just as a formality if anything. It makes it really real when you get the invitation. Then people who have booked and you don't know it will send you the response card back.

Here are two starfish ideas I found: I also found this idea, not starfish, and my MOH found some on the beach by her house yesterday and she said you have to let them dry out, bleach them, and then dip them in glue so they don't smell and are harder to break. Which may work for starfish too.

yah we want to see the monogram!!!!!

Sweet! Yah it is really hard to find a good one!

What about a cool large shell? And you could even make a small pillow that went in the shell to hold the rings. I know you can get like the large seashells at Michaels. Or even a shell box like this... Assorted Pill Boxes, 1 dz./$24.00 - Saxon's Shells

Did you have a monogram created?? If so you could totally put that on there and it would be super cute. If you don't have one, I totally recommend Allurements by Rebecca, she did mine and is offering a free one for BDW girls right now. Another idea would be your location and date. Like, Punta Cana 09/09/09.

Okay I am sooo excited so I had to share! I just booked my photographer for my wedding and TTD session!! He is so awesome and if anyone is looking for an awesome photographer I totally recommend him. He was not only soo nice in every email he sent, he emails back right away, is originally from the states so he speaks english, wants to hear any photo ideas we have, but he also took the time to answer every question my fiance could think of (which was A LOT)! His name is Nathan Cordova and up until now has been the second shooter for Elizabeth Lloyd, but he is starting to go out on his own! Check out his site if you are still looking for a photographer he takes amazing photos!! I must of bugged the heck out of my fiance with this whole finding a photographer business!! I just needed to find an amazing photog which spoke english and didn't break our bank (which is a hard hard task). And I did it! I must say I am proud of myself!! And thank you to whoever mentioned him on the forum a couple weeks ago! license to Still

Ashley you can do sooo much with all the colors that are available. If you want to pick those colors stick with them!! Go to the knot.com too, they have all kinds of different colors together. The only thing I would say about the silver is maybe make it so that it is brighter and not a dark silver (the links wouldn't work for me). My colors are teal and dark pink, my monogram shows them off really well. But you can incorporate yellow, or the plum purple color, or a cool orange color, kiwi green. There are just tons of options. I would say make a color board (find pics bouquets, table settings, dresses, etc. of colors you like) and just start building off ideas. You will find the colors that make you happy I promise!

Megan that is sooo awesome!! $28 is a way better price and you still get exactly what you wanted.

They look awesome!!!

They look amazing!!!!

Thank you MarieSam! I can't wait to see yours later today!!!