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Everything is so beautiful! I absolutely love love love that dress.

Quote: Originally Posted by Lady_Di Thanks. I am not clear on what you are asking. I just used one first class stamp on the invitations and a postcard stamp for the postcards. Sorry I was unclear. I meant for the invite itself. I was worried that the invite might be heavy or a strange shape and I'm not quite sure it would be more than the standard $0.44. Thanks for the response!

Quote: Originally Posted by Lady_Di I used Pink Azalea 105# Metallic Card Stock for the pink ones. White Card Stock 74# was used for the paper in the middle. I glued the white to the pink by using double sided tape. The envelopes were A-2 Onyx Black Metallic. Got all of them from paperandmore.com Beautiful invites Di! We are planning to do passport invites as well and have ordered metallic card stock for the outside, metallic paper for the inside and A-2 envelopes from paperandmore.com. Question for you: were these $0.44 each to mail or $0.61? Yours are so similar to ours, and I would like to buy some cute postage in advance on zazzle.com Thanks! D

I was also wondering the same thing! I'm flying in Wednesday for a Friday wedding and I was told that should be fine, but I'm nervous that one flight delay could knock me out of the 48-hour window.

The price of the dress is now $400 or best offer? Any takers

So sorry to hear that!! I can totally sympathize because my best friend/MOH of over 15 years just told me she isn't coming because she can't afford it. Yet she has more than enough money for trips that she wants to take and things she wants to buy. And I gave everyone almost a years' notice!

Actually, I bought my dress on Ebay, so I can't really go back to where I bought it. Thanks so much for the link!! I found at least two jackets on the site that I like.

I fell in love with a beautiful strapless Maggie Sottero gown but now I'm having second thoughts about bearing my arms. I know I have several months to go but I'm sorta apple shaped which means I like my legs but my upper half (particularly my upper arms) never gets thin, even when I lose weight. I'm scared that I'm going to feel uncomfortable and self-conscious all day and avoid the camera, so I'm thinking about getting a bolero jacket. Any ideas? Anyone with the same issue? I saw online that David's Bridal sells removable cap sleeves, but I'm thinking I may want more coverage than that.

I'm not sure if any of you guys saw it, but yesterday's Martha Stewart show featured destination weddings, and she showed samples of the different packages you can order at Sandals! It was a good episode, and it is being rerun in my area tomorrow at 8am, so you may want to check your local listings and tune in. She also has tips for wedding undergarments and hairstyles that will hold up in the heat.

No takers? Are there any questions I can answer? I know she would be willing to go lower. She is moving away from the former groom-to-be and I know she needs the money.

Hello ladies, I'm trying to sell this dress for a dear friend whose wedding was cancelled, so she never got to wear this beautiful dress. It's a Bonny Bridal Style 463, Size 12. It has removable straps with a full skirt and train. She paid $650 and would like to sell for $500 or best offer. Please let me know if you have any questions!! I know I haven't posted much on here, but I promise, I love this site and I'm totally legit. Here is the Full Dress: Top of the dress: Train: Train detail: Closeup of the tag:

Congrats!! Hope you have an amazing and wonderful wedding. Can't wait to see your planning thread!

There are definitely ways to find travel costs only photogs. We were able to find one by asking in the graphic design department of the local university. We were expecting to get someone with not much experience but with an awesome portfolio, and instead we are getting a very experienced award-winning photographer (who has done many weddings) with a great resume and the photojournalism style that I wanted. The last hurdle is that he has to ask for the time off, since he is also employed full-time as the university's official photographer! I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it works out. Then I have to draft a contract (or revise his standard one) to cover all the unexpected things I've seen on this forum. Thanks to this board, I'm prepared to lay out all the potential issues in the contract. Plus it helps to be a lawyer whose main task is contract drafting...I like to think I'm good at disaster-proofing an agreement. So I think anyone that wants to try to find a travel costs photographer should do so. You get to choose from the portfolios and the worst they can say is no and the best is that you get amazing pics to treasure forever!

Islandbride 2b, You can't legally get married in two places. You are right...because the US recognizes the Jamaica ceremony as legal, you can't "legally" get married again in the US to rush the paperwork. Only one day will be legal, and the other would be symbolic.

I think you just have to make it clear to the officiant in Jamaica that it is a symbolic ceremony only. You can't have two legal wedding dates. Also, it might be an issue if you are at a resort (such as Sandals) that is giving you and/or guests certain amenities that are tied to having the legal wedding. I recently saw this post from a TA on another board (but this is unique to Sandals): The advice I am about to give may sound redundant (in fact, rather silly): Do Not Get Married Before You Arrive At The Resort. I received a phone call last night from a bride (who did not book with me and btw, in this case would not have made a difference). Last year, she booked her Weddingmoon at one of the resorts to be married sometime later this year. The both of them wanted to move in together but felt that they should wed before doing so. A few months ago they legally got married. They did not realize by doing so that they would void the terms of a weddingmoon, leaving them only with the option of a renewal of vows ceremony. Sandals/Beaches Resorts cannot provide a weddingmoon to a couple that is already legally married because they will be fined. This runs into many complications esp if having a large wedding party (i.e. rehearsal dinner and the rest of the amenities on the Group Weddingmoon Package). Hence my advice: Do Not Marry Before Arriving At The Resort!! She went on to say that the only issue was not the wedding itself but the fact that the bride had many guests attending and had lots of group amenities attached to her package that would be applicable to her guests became nullified because she married before she arrived at the resort. Of course, it is still a personal preference, just a word of warning in case you are getting amenities tied to an actual "wedding" (especially at Sandals!)