amynjoe

Quote: Originally Posted by Tonir Yay! She is my wedding photographer in 3 weeks in St. Thomas! Tammy was my wedding photographer in Riviera Maya this past February, and I couldn't be happier with the photos. You are going to love her! If only I could muster up the courage to do a BD session for our 1 year anniversary...

I have a blue starfish I would be willing to part with. Let me know if you are still interested.

Hubby and I have both p90x and insanity and both are great. I went crazy before our wedding and was doing both workouts each day. I would recommend insanity to change things up a bit

Quote: Originally Posted by TammyB AMY...... ROFLMAO..... found it!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by TammyB Well, I would just like to clear the air now, and state you looked beautiful. :-) Thanks Tammy! I'm seriously considering going to Cabo when you are there to re-do our trash the dress session in warmer weather!

Despite what the receptionist tells you, they will not put on fake eyelashes. and the eye makeup was terrible for me, not that it was too heavy, but that the eyeliner was no where near my lash line and she rimmed my entire eye with black liquid liner. I would recommend bringing your own makeup if you have an idea in mind or do it yourself. I wish I had practiced doing my own makeup, but I didn't because I thought they would do a better job. (Eli was the name of my makeup artist, I forget the name of the girl who redid it)

Quote: Originally Posted by michelle2011 Amynjoe - Congrats on becoming a MRS!!!! I'll look forward to seeing your pic's! Did you notice if there were any saturday weddings? Which package did you have? Thnx i'm trying to be patient too, but trying to get a direct answer through email is hard...... We arrived on Saturday and there were at least 2 weddings on that day. We had the Strawberry Passion package which covered everything we needed. I would not recommend getting your makeup done at the resort, the woman who did my makeup first made me look like a $2 hooker, needless to say, the makeup came off and was done a little less "dramatic." If your date is only on hold, it may take longer to get answers. Once your date is confirmed, they will respond a little quicker. Hope this helps!

Quote: Originally Posted by prettypigpig Amynjoe, Congrats! Thx. I will try to be patient then.. Do you know if July 4 is a popular date? and how early in advance should u hold a date? which package did u went with? and how was the beach overall? were there a lot of kids around? I'm not sure if July 4th is a popular date or not, but I know it is a heavily traveled day/weekend. I would assume that it is hot as heck in Mexico in July though. We had our wedding date held in July/August and was confirmed once our travel was booked and confirmation sent to the resort (September or October). We went with the Strawberry Passion package and it was just great! Our ceremony was on the Coral beach and the reception in the Palmaris Grill. The beach was phenomenal, a little rocky in spots, but beautiful. There were not a lot of kids around. There is a kids area and we stayed far away from that

Quote: Originally Posted by lharkins Is anyone working with Karen? That's my wedding planner for the Barcelo Maya Palace. It takes her a couple days to get back as well. It is so frustrating that it takes so long. I tried to call a few times and can't get a hold of anyone either. I was just married at the Barcelo on Feb 25th and Karen was our coordinator at the resort (I was corresponding with Gabriela via email). She is very good at what she does and will make sure everything is the way you want it. Do not stress with slow response times, we saw about 5-6 weddings a day at this resort so they are constantly busy. You will meet with her a few days after your arrival to review ceremony sites, reception locations etc. so no need to panic. Feel free to ask questions if you need any further info! By the way, Tammy and Trisha were our photographers (they posted comments on this thread) and I would highly recommend them if you are still undecided. They are so fun to work with and take amazing photos.

Sandra, Can you post the contact info/rates for your makeup artist? Thank you again for all of the info!!!!

Congrats Sandra and Mario!!! My wedding time and location is exactly the same as yours!! LOL What time did you start getting your hair/manicure/makeup done? Could you send me the info for the makeup artist and his rates if possible? One last thing... you mentioned that the Palmeras Grill was less than impressive, especially with the number of guests you had (we have the same), would you recommend any other locations? Thank you for your help and congrats again!

Quote: Originally Posted by svetayasofiya Just curious... what time are all your ceremonies? We are at 4pm... I have always regretted this and felt it was a bit late, but what can you do? *I am stressing over everything at this point. Our ceremony is also at 4pm and we are at the barcelo maya palace on Feb 25th. I don't think 4 is too late, the beach clears out by then so your ceremony will be a little more private

I am also a Canadian bride marrying an American groom! The immigration process is a pain, but mine has moved relatively quickly so far. Congrats and good luck to both of you!

Quote: Originally Posted by KJT1985 Holy crap! I'm so in love with that tie! Our colors are pink and green... I MUST find it too! OMG!!! has anyone found this yet I love this tie. FI refuses to wear an all pink tie, this is my compromise

The Classico Collection of designer engagement rings and diamond wedding rings by Verragio. Here is my ring and matching band, still haven't figured out how to post pictures on this thing yet

Ang! I have a similar dress from Allure as well except there is a little bit of lace detail around the waist. I also thought it was too plain, but I love the way the back looks. Still thinking about removing all the buttons down the back, but haven't made a decision yet. Congrats on the dress! You look great

Quote: Originally Posted by pebbles Hey Amy, I only have 27 guests which is still small and we are still undecided where to have our reception too. I know that i want outside either pool side, beach or the open air restaurant. The open air restaurant is nice but I think it's just way too big for only 27 people....it might look funny. We are not spending money on a DJ since there are only 27 of us.....we might just go to the disco afterwards or I might set up an IPOD. I would like to have at least one dance with my Dad and FI so that's why we would need to bring an IPOD or something. Sabrina Hi Sabrina, Currently, we have the Palmeras Grill booked for our reception, we only chose this location because the nights can become pretty cool in February. I might change my mind and go with the pool side reception due to the overwhelming size of the grill. We are also doing the IPOD thing... we definitely want to dance and will probably head to the disco as well.

Question for those who have a small number of guests attending.... where are you having your reception? are you having one at all? We have 14 guests plus FI and I, just wondering if it will look foolish for such a small number. Thanks!

Quote: Originally Posted by t&kJanuary2010 We have to make our selection on ceremony music...does anyone have a suggestion?? The choices with the Strawberry package are: violin flute saxophone musicians(keyboard & bass) I'm having a hard time deciding as well. Nothing sounds all that tropical to me.... ugh, what to do, what to do?

These videos are great!! FI and I are in week 7 of the program and people have noticed changes in both of us. The best news for me.... my dress is too big now! 114 days until wedding day... I'm hoping we don't get sidetracked with the upcoming holidays

Quote: Originally Posted by BethBride1 I looked through the book they use for bouquets when I went down for my site visit. I'm getting the strawberry passion too, but I don't think it matters. They don't use different bouquets for different packages. Anyway, they can do anything that is native to the area for no charge. Anything like colored cala lilies are extra charge (they said the white ones are not though). Just send them a picture of what you want and see if they can do it. Thank you bethbride!! I'm freaking out already!

has anyone received pictures or know what the bridal bouquets look like? I'm not trying to spend extra money on flowers since I can't bring them home with me, but I am curious as to what the flowers in the strawberry passion package look like. I have emailed them several times and nothing

thank you!

Quote: Originally Posted by sfrench0621 I'm planning on bringing an ipod for the reception. May pay for the mariachi band for the ceremony. do they provide speakers and allow you to test it out ahead of time?

is anyone bringing their own music?? the ipod route?