erinbrooke124

I love both Palmoa and Mikaella dresses! I haven't started trying on dresses yet, but definitely plan on trying on both of these. I think they have the slightest Spanish feel to some of them which I love. I'm not sure if they'll be in my price point though

Quote: Originally Posted by Lindobride14 Congrats on the early planning! I'm impressed! We are going to book either Ivan Luckie or Sascha Gluck. Is Fernando the makeup artist? (not familiar with the name) Thanks! I hope I don't regret doing anything too early! Yes, Fernando is the make-up artist and he brings alongs someone to do hair. I've read rave reviews about him. Keepin' my fingers crossed I'm making all the right decisions!

Beautiful pics! Your makeup looks amazing!

Booked Fernando Fuentes and Sascha Gluck today I hope everyone else's planning is going well!

Hi ladies! I have been talking to Fernando and he has been great to work with so far. I'm debating on whether or not I want to book him for a trial as well as the day of. I know I would have peace of mind if I ran a trial, but I've always been pretty happy with my hair/makeup when I've had it done and I know he does good work. Plus, my sister (MOH) is a hair stylist. Anyone who has worked with Fernando have advice? Was the trial worth the extra $?

Quote: Originally Posted by Lolita29 I'm doing a layered invitation with a petal envelope and RSVP postcards from vista print. Here's a like to a thread i made showing my invites if you want to take a look. http://bestdestinationwedding.com/fo...st-done-61229/ Those look awesome! Well done! You are way ahead of me! 10 more months for you though

Quote: Originally Posted by Lolita29 Welcome!! My wedding date is exactly one month before yours!!! I am sending STD and invitations. But the invitations i'm doing my self so am saving a lot more than i would if i were to have had them made. I know more than half wont be coming but it's not because they don't want to but because they can't afford too. So i want them to get a pretty invite still. Good point. I started playing with a DIY invitation yesterday. What are you doing for yours??

Quote: Originally Posted by Valentine_Baby To erinbrooke124 We are just sending out STD's with an R.S.V.P. to our wedding website . . .the way I see it the whole purpose of a DW is to save $$ and almost everyone has an email address nowadays! I am also a 2011 bride Getting married in October at MLD! This is what I was thinking too. But, I did start playing with some DIY boarding pass invite templates yesterday. If I can do them cheap enough, I may send them out... who knows? I gotta start by getting my STD's out

Welcome and congrats! Happy planning!

Quote: Originally Posted by FutureMrsYak I love that song. I don't like how it breaks in the middle though and keeps saying "no we don't have a lot of money" they say it too many times, I feel like i just can't see us slow dancing to it. Don't get me wrong it is true lol but I don't want to be reminded!! lol Haha! I agree - maybe some of the guests will get subliminally get the message We'll definitely be out of money by the time the wedding is over! Our first pick was Jack Johnson "Better Together," but my other half REALLY likes "Free" - I guess I'll let him pick something

Beautiful pictures! I'm using the same colors! Nice to someone else that has used them - I haven't been able to find a lot of purple and green inspirations! Congrats!

Awesome work getting all those pictures, Chris!

Quote: Originally Posted by ashleyteira one i like that i don't think has been mentioned yet - "Free" by the Zac Brown Band. We love this song too! We're actually using part of the lyrics in some of our stationary (newsletters, menu, etc.)

Hi ladies! I'm also a 2011 bride. I've been on BDW for a while, but just came across this thread! We are getting married June 14, 2011 - the 14th is a lucky day in my fiance's family and it's my Papa's birthday - so it holds some special meanings for us So far...I've done our monogram (see below ), started playing with templates from other brides and making them my own (chapstick lables, playing card labels, pre-wedding newsletter), we've put a deposit down on our hotel, chosen flowers and cake flavor, put a deposit on a STD (I'm lagging on this one and need to get them out ASAP), and...I think that's it. Seems like more than I thought, but still have a lot to do and know time will fly by! Question - Is everyone doing a STD and invitation? I was thinking of sending a "tentative" or informal RSVP with the STD and then either skipping invitations and sending out newsletters to keep guests informed or just sending invitations to the people I know are interested. Seems silly to spend $ on invitations to people I know aren't coming. Happy planning!

Great finds, ladies! I can't wait until I start ordering!

The dress is beautiful! I'm thinking I want lace too - I agree that it gives a Spanish vibe I think I'll start looking in about two weeks. I almost don't want to go because then it will be over I'm such a weirdo!

What is anyone using to print chapstick labels? I have a template completed, but I'm wondering if it's easier to print them myself or order them?

Quote: Originally Posted by Bride2Be21 Hi Ladies!! I'm in the process of booking June 27, 2011 at Grand Princess! Congrats and welcome!

Quote: Originally Posted by peterpanpixiedust Yay, my trip to Cancun starts today! In 4 hours, I will be on my way to the airport. Erinbrooke, I am staying at the Sands and visiting Dreams. Please everyone wish me a good trip, I've had a nasty week. How was your visit? How was the weather? I'm sure you had an amazing time!!!

Just placed my first order. I don't even know if I'll keep my monogram yet, but got carried away and started taking advantage of the free offers. I ordered a postcard to include in OOT bags for guests to send back their favorite wedding memories (free), a pen with our monogram (free), return address lables with our monogram (free), and a free tote bag with our initials (free). Just paid for shipping and monogram upload ($14). I'm excited to see how the first batch turns out!

Hi ladies! I plan on getting married in June 2011 in Mexico. We secured a date at our timeshare, but I have started looking at all-inclusive resorts. I love H3R! I tried to follow your thread for pricing information. But, can anyone give me a general idea of how much a wedding would cost?? Thanks! Happy planning!

Quote: Originally Posted by peterpanpixiedust Yeah, I am having my wedding at Dreams. I originally thought we were going to do the Sands, but it was to expensive. I just meant that we both go to the same timeshare group! But it's still exciting. I would look into moving your timeshare to June, because my FI's parents told me you couldn't move weeks within the same Timeshare, only trade to another. But, you guys could have different rules, especially since you have so many weeks. My philosophy on outside photographers is that they can't stop a guest from taking pictures, and our photographers are our guests. But Dreams is ok with that. The thing about outside guests, we are encouraging our guests to stay at Dreams, because it is all inclusive, so they are taken care of the whole time they are there. But, I have talked to other Dreams brides, and they say that if you have outside guests, they can come for the wedding and reception and not get charged a fee. You are better than me!!!! We can't order our STD's until we get our engagement photos, and we are trying to get them done next week, and THEN we have to put in the order. We are doing Vista print, which is mostly free (sign up there is you haven't yet.. it's awesome), but shipping is 21 days, so I might need to pay for more shipping. We want to send our STD postcards with our TA's travel packets, and she hasn't given us our second rates yet (they are supposed to come down after a while, and we are waiting). I can post my centerpieces later (I'm doing cylinder vases and rose petals with submersible lights in water, with shells scattered around.. dollar tree). And I hear you on expenses. Our 3k is still about the same for the wedding at Dreams, but throw in my outside photog, and my dress, the Bose ipod dock we got for our sound (we'd rather pay for that and keep it, instead of paying for a sound system, but we do get two hours sound system free, so we will use 1 for ceremony, and 1 for the dinner), the microphone to go with it, my TTD (which is really cheap, but still), our OOT bags (dollar tree again!!), and everything else that I can't think of, it will be closer to 10K if not over, and that's not our travel and hotel... oh well, still cheaper than having it at home. And our photographer expense covers two photogs, for two days of shooting, the rights to our photos, and a 4x6 of all photos taken in a leather box. But we have to pay for their travel too. Our colors are Red, White, and Sand. I should post my logo. Wow, I should be a published author by now! Forgot to say, I'm also in my Master's program to become a teacher! Another similarity! Gotcha! We've gone back and forth about going all-inclusive or not - still not confident in our decision, but we know the Royals and won't expect any surprises. I just hope we have enough money by the time it actually gets here to eat and drink! Sounds like you have a great photography package. Are you paying for the photographer to stay down there? You'll have to let me know how your site visit goes? Are you staying at the Sands and just visiting Dreams? Or are you staying at Dreams? Congrats on the Master's program! I did my credential/masters in 15 months and am finish my third year teaching on Thursday! Yay - school's out for the summer!

Quote: Originally Posted by peterpanpixiedust Hey, we are almost date and timeshare twins! FI and I decided on Cancun due to his parents timeshare at the Royal Sands (a sister to the Islander). Our date is 4 days after yours. I guess you can call us date and timeshare sisters instead. Btw, are you going to the timeshare during one of the 4 weeks this summer? We are heading up to the Sands next Saturday. It will be my first time in Cancun and I hear the Royal Resorts are amazing Five Star resorts. I hear you on the cost, we were looking into Dreams and Royal Sands, but when I saw the cost of a Royal Sands wedding compared to Dreams, I was blown away. They wanted anywhere from 3-5K and it didn't even include everything. Dreams highest package was under 3K and included food, alcohol, photographer, videographer, cake,flowers, decor, champagne toast, chair covers, spa services, anniversary nights, honeymoon package, and a great view of the carribean. We were still going to use the Royal Sands as a place for our guests to stay, but we signed on our date before the weeks were released for the Sands for next year. Apparently, the weeks are skewed back one week for next year (his parents timeshare is always in the 3rd week of June, but next year it lands the 4th week). But you have 4 weeks, so that shouldn't be a problem. You can always try to find a wedding package at a different resort and just stay in your timeshare (unless you have your heart set of the Islander). I ordered business cards from vista print (for free!) to pass out, and I plan on ordering postcards when we get back. We are having our engagement photos done in Cancun when we leave in a week, so we will put that image on our postcards as save the dates. I wish I could do the vintage style, that sounds awesome but we are sticking with the 100 free Vistaprints (+$3.75 to upload our image and shipping). We are almost finished with contract stuff for our photog (we are bringing ours with and using the credit for more video). I bought my dress, his ring, and paid our deposit, our site visit is in a week and a half. I bought OOT bags (will fill them later), and started working on our centerpieces. So, a lot done but still tons more. If I have the money I would love to do the boudoir shoot when I get back. And I plan on making our Boarding Pass invites. Wow, I must stop writing novels. How is everyone else coming along? Wait! Maybe I misread - are you just staying there and having your wedding at Dreams? Either way, glad to meet you!

Quote: Originally Posted by peterpanpixiedust Hey, we are almost date and timeshare twins! FI and I decided on Cancun due to his parents timeshare at the Royal Sands (a sister to the Islander). Our date is 4 days after yours. I guess you can call us date and timeshare sisters instead. Btw, are you going to the timeshare during one of the 4 weeks this summer? We are heading up to the Sands next Saturday. It will be my first time in Cancun and I hear the Royal Resorts are amazing Five Star resorts. I hear you on the cost, we were looking into Dreams and Royal Sands, but when I saw the cost of a Royal Sands wedding compared to Dreams, I was blown away. They wanted anywhere from 3-5K and it didn't even include everything. Dreams highest package was under 3K and included food, alcohol, photographer, videographer, cake,flowers, decor, champagne toast, chair covers, spa services, anniversary nights, honeymoon package, and a great view of the carribean. We were still going to use the Royal Sands as a place for our guests to stay, but we signed on our date before the weeks were released for the Sands for next year. Apparently, the weeks are skewed back one week for next year (his parents timeshare is always in the 3rd week of June, but next year it lands the 4th week). But you have 4 weeks, so that shouldn't be a problem. You can always try to find a wedding package at a different resort and just stay in your timeshare (unless you have your heart set of the Islander). I ordered business cards from vista print (for free!) to pass out, and I plan on ordering postcards when we get back. We are having our engagement photos done in Cancun when we leave in a week, so we will put that image on our postcards as save the dates. I wish I could do the vintage style, that sounds awesome but we are sticking with the 100 free Vistaprints (+$3.75 to upload our image and shipping). We are almost finished with contract stuff for our photog (we are bringing ours with and using the credit for more video). I bought my dress, his ring, and paid our deposit, our site visit is in a week and a half. I bought OOT bags (will fill them later), and started working on our centerpieces. So, a lot done but still tons more. If I have the money I would love to do the boudoir shoot when I get back. And I plan on making our Boarding Pass invites. Wow, I must stop writing novels. How is everyone else coming along? YAY!!! I didn't think anyone else existed that was getting married there! I have been going to the Royals for over 15 years (since I was in fourth grade) and love them! My finace fell in love with them when he went for the first time two years ago! I'm excited to have them there, but we're up to $7000 now! Yikes! Anyway - glad to have someone that is getting married in the same week, at the same place (kind of). We decided on the Islander because we usually stay there and we're actually getting married on the grass, overlooking the ocean there. We are trying to have our reception privately (more $ of course) at the Mayan in their Kiosk (a huge palapa)! Our weeks actually are in April, so we are keeping our fingers crossed that we can move all of them to June. It is a less high-demand time...but, we'll see. I'll be crushed if we can't get as many weeks as possible. We want to offer them to our guests free of charge if we can. The problem with getting married elsewhere is most charge a fee for every guest that isn't staying at the hotel (they are anywhere from $50-$85!). You are way better than me...I haven't done anything! I need to order my save-the-dates this weeks. I have them picked out, but need to put in the order. I plan on doing OOT bags and have written down ideas...but that's it! I'm thinking about boudoir pics too..just went with my BF to have hers done and they were super fun/cute! I plan on going dress shopping in July - I'm excited and don't want it to be over at the same time! I also want to do boarding pass invites. What are you doing for you centerpieces?? What colors are you doing?? And, you are bringing your own photographer? I thought no outside vendors were allowed? I wasn't super impressed with their photographer, but they aren't terrible. Novel right back 'atcha! I have a couple of pictures of the Royals on our webpage - brettanderin2011.com

Quote: Originally Posted by Nicyx Hey congrats and Liking the monogram... not seen one with a count down on b4 i like :-) x Look forward to hearing your plans ox That was just our countdown clock I added our monogram. It may change, but I like it for now. Thanks for the welcome!