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I got mine from Michael's for $1 each. They were in the discount section.

Quote: Originally Posted by hunniebee724 There were no forms with it...just examples. I'll ask the wedding dept. Is A Wedding For You, Inc., the same as The Wedding Experience? None of my forms say The Wedding Experience. All of the ceremony related info says "A Wedding For You, Inc." Thanks! And Congratulations, Lauren! Are you getting married on the ship or in one of the ports? That may be the difference. i got married on the ship. In any case, I would think there should be forms that you would need to fill out to select what you want. Contacting the Carnival Wedding Dept is a good idea to find out for sure.

Quote: Originally Posted by hunniebee724 Carnival Weddings sent me something from A Wedding For You with a Sample Ceremony, poem options, options for a rose ceremony, sand ceremony and unity candle ceremony....do you just tell them what you want a week before the wedding? I just want to make sure everything is right. You need to fill out those forms (selecting the options you want) and send them in to The Wedding Experience 3 weeks before the wedding if I remember correctly. They'll send you a confirmation email after they recieve the forms from you, but they may not contact you by phone until a week before the wedding to go over everything with you.

I actually didn't talk to anyone from The Wedding Experience until a week before the wedding. All of my contact before then was with the Carnival Wedding Department.

Hi ladies! Just wanted to pop in and say hello and share a few pictures. I haven’t gotten a chance to catch up on this thread yet. We’re starting week two of our honeymoon. We just got off our week-long wedding/honeymoon cruise ship this morning and made the 4.5 hour drive from Miami to Orlando, where we are now. I can’t believe I’ve been married for a whole week already! Here are a few of my favorite wedding photos taken by the cruise ship photographer. He did a fantastic job and took hundreds of pictures. I will try to post more photos when I get back home. Take care ladies, gotta get back to my honeymoon!

I loved seeing everyones pictures... I couldn't look at all of them though, since I haven't set up a Facebook account yet. Suzy, sorry to hear about your arm, but I'm glad your son wasn't hurt. Jodi, so sorry to hear about the change in plans. Hopefully things will work out for you on the 29th. Well, we leave tomorrow! I can't believe I'll be a married woman on Sunday... so exciting!!

I'm getting married on the Carnival Glory this Sunday out of Miami. I'm using Beauty by Noel (use google to find the website). He's coming to my hotel on the morning of the wedding to do my hair & makeup. He does all types of hair.

You look gorgeous Michelle! Thanks for sharing!

Everything looks great Erin... sadly, I don't think I will have time to post my wedding planning thread before I leave. We leave in two days! Have a wonderful wedding and honeymoon. Can't wait to see your pictures when you get back.

Sorry I haven't posted for a while... I can't believe how much last minute stuff there is to do. We leave on Thursday 4/22. I haven't even started packing yet! Congrats to all of the ladies who have gotten married so far. This month is going by so fast. I can't wait to catch up on all of the reviews and pictures when I get back. I'm going to attempt to post a wedding planning thread before I leave, if I can find the time. Take care ladies and everyone travel safely!

Everything looks great! I especially like the frame you made of your grandparents. Have a great wedding day!

Quote: Originally Posted by Melidell Erin- no worries! We've all been rooting for you. I think J's daughter is lucky that she's going to have a step Mom like you. It's obvious from your posts how much you care about her and have her best interests at heart- that's why we're all rooting for you! You deserve it. Happy wedding day girls! Knock 'em dead! I can't believe you leave tommorrow, Tracy! I'm hoping your period either shows up soon or waits 'till you get back! So I've got my bachelorette thing tonight. We're keeping it pretty low key, so that's a plus- just out to dinner and drinks and then back here to my place for a girls night (and more drinks). They'll probably try to drag me out to the bar after that- we'll see how it goes. I'll try to post up some pictures in the next few days (assuming I don't die of alchohol poisoning). I'm a bit nervous about tonight, too. Every time we have a party or anything like that I'm always convinced no one will turn up, or they won't have a good time if they do (this has never happened, we have wicked parties whenever we do have one, but I always feel this way). FI threw me a birthday party a couple of years ago and I was a basket case all day beforehand because of this. I've come to the conclusion that I'm a big weirdo, but I know I'll still get myself all worked up about it today. So I've been trying not to think about it too much, which isn't too hard with all of the wedding/travel stuff that's been racing across my brain. Have a great time at your bachelorette!! I'm the same way... every time I have a party, I worry about people not showing up. But, I'm just a worrier (if that's a word). Quote: Originally Posted by echo2_62 It's so true that you really do find out what people are truly like in events like these. FI doesn't always seem to understand my theories on my friends - but I will not have people around me who think that it's okay to lie, manipulate and disregard others. The tricky part now will be how to avoid these guys as much as possible during our trip... Your GM's are unbelievable... That's exactly why I didn't want the big at home wedding, because I knew that the worst would come out in some people. Who knew that it happens for destination weddings too?! Quote: Originally Posted by SuzyQ76 Nat - Unfortunately my family is not the Worldly Travelers that my FI's family is, so we've had some grumblings from my family from the start...and to make everything even worse - my Mom suffered and survived a brain aneurysm 3 years ago while she was in the States visiting my Brother (we totally call her the Million Dollar Woman! because of her medical bills )and now she is totally nervous about EVERYTHING, including traveling, flying, different countries - you name it!! So initially it's been the drug wars, then the earthquake...any piece of media she sees/reads kind of gets her nerves all in a jumble, and now that everything is coming so close I think it's all really freaking her out. ugh, she did try to cancel and she can't, so looks like she is coming, but this has all been sooooo draining, I just hope once she gets there she will have fun and realize she didn't have to worry sooo much!! Sorry I haven't been able to catch up on everything ladies....I will read up on things and try to catch up on all the happenings!! Hoping all is well with everyone, we're in the homestretch now!!! ) Aww Suzy, I sure hope your Mom ends up having a great time at your wedding. Hopefully, it will help change her view on traveleing at least a little bit. Well, FI is in town this weekend and we are going to do some shopping to get all of our final wedding/honeymoon stuff, so I may not get to post much, if at all this weekend. Only two weeks to go for me!!!

Tracy, if I don't get another post in before you leave, have a safe trip and a wonderful wedding! We will miss you on the forum while you are away. Can't wait to hear about everything when you get back. Oh, and the best man's issue with his fitting was the store's mix-up... at least that is what he told us. In any case, it is resolved.

Quote: Originally Posted by ebredhawk that being said... JEREMY'S DAUGHTER IS COMING TO THE WEDDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the judge didn't just issue a decision, he made it a COURT ORDER that she come!!!! he has had a horrible experience with custody and just everything court related, but he won the most important part!!! i can FINALLY start letting myself picture her there and we can really start getting her excited about all of the details!!! oh man i need a glass of wine now!! YAY!!! I'm soooo happy for you Erin!

Quote: Originally Posted by jerseykitten i love Justin Timberlake! so this is my last day home - leaving for my nail appointments soon - it feels weird - I'm not sure that it's all hit me yet - my packing is pretty much done - just have to see if i can get some of those water/aqua socks to wear when we go to the falls - go for one last round of tanning...all my papers and documents are in order. the bad thing is that i feel like i'm coming down with a cold - my FMIL was sick this weekend but still cooked Easter dinner - i told FI we could get sick from eating it and here I am with a sore throat. I'm going to go buy some zinc stuff to see if I can knock it out. I ended up writing a toast to everyone - i have nobody else doing speeches - we aren't writing our own vows either but wanted to make sure i got some stuff out - here it is: I just wanted to take a moment to thank you and make a toast to all of you for being here. It means so much to us that you made such an effort to be with us for our special day and we really appreciate it. First, to my new husband Jim –you have changed my life – made it better in so many ways – you let me be myself but you still challenge me to want to be better. –From the moment you told me you loved me on my couch…..I have loved you too. You have shown me love, made me laugh and given me more than I ever thought I’d have. You’ve taught me to pack a little lighter and worry a little less. You’ve put up with incessant wedding planning for the last year and let me do pretty much whatever I want with this. I love you more every day. I also want to thank my parents, who for my entire life have been there for me for everything, good and bad. I know that no matter what I can always count on you. I appreciate everything you’ve done for me, and I hope you can rest a little easier knowing I have Jim in my life. You are the greatest parents and I tell everyone how lucky I am to have you. My in-laws Carla and Jim – you do so much for Jim and me – you’ve welcomed me into your family – I feel so lucky to have gotten such a great husband and a wonderful mother and father in law as well. And Thank you to my friends – who have always been there for me – Debbie, Michelle, Bethann – I don’t know what I’d do without you. And now I’d like to have a toast – to all of you – Took time off Got on a plane who came so far to see us get married – Thank you for being in our lives – and thank you for believing in us. To Love, To Luck, To Laughter and To Our new life together Cheers! Michelle, your toasts are so touching! Good job. Have a safe trip and a wonderful wedding day and honeymoon!!

Thanks Ladies for all the compliments on the garter that my Mom made. My Mom actually made her own wedding dress and all of her bridesmaids’ dresses for her wedding years ago. I did not want to burden her with making my wedding dress. We live about a 16 hour drive apart too, so that would have been difficult logistically. Plus, she is more of a sew-by-pattern kind of person and I could not find any wedding dress patterns that I liked. Can you believe she was not very satisfied with how the garter turned out… I was like, “are you crazy, it’s beautiful†and its extra special since it was made from her dress. Quote: Originally Posted by caribbeanLover Michele, I know the feeling!!! but it must be worse to be having to work, but not be easy... 1 more day!!! OMG Nat I love the garter, your mom did an amazing job. Plus it's your something old!!! Good job!!! I know it def crept on me too!!! Are you all done plann Nat? if not hows everything coming along? Meghan, can't wait to see your pretty bouquets you made!!! So I made a few orders last week Monday, saying to myself I'll have plenty of time to recieve it in (curling iron, Pro-active, more tote bags) but I completely forgot there was no mail Friday or today!!! Now I'm in panic mode!! lol ugh what'd I get myself into... I only had over a year and a half to order that stuff!!! So back to my GF, who I think I no longer consider one. They place where I told her to book, was to book separately because she could only come for 4 days (room,then go to usairways to book the fligh as suppose to a package). The room you book and then they send you an email to fill out an authorization form, and you must send it back 48 hours latest, if not the money doesn't get taken off the card and you have no reservations. ShE NEVER SENT THE FORM BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!! then I get a call saying her fake husband can't go, but maybe she should take her mom, that was yesterday... I told her game over!!! then today she calls and says she'll just come alone. I told her with what reservations!!!! This has become way to much for me,especially a week before my wedding. If I get one more call (even tho FI doesn't want me to answer her calls anymore) I'll tell her she is no longer invited (I really will too, enough is enough.. I've been way to darn nice!!) *sigh* sorry for my vent who has these kinds of problems with guest booking a week before their wedding LOL!!!!! I have to laugh or I'll cry ( not about her not coming, but hows she going about everything, and adding extra stress.. trying not to let her get to me tho..def not loosing any sleep over it) Tracy, sorry to hear about the drama with your girlfriend. I’m not sure I would go as far as un-inviting her, but I would just not answer her calls anymore, like your FI said. You have other things to worry about and she has had plenty of time to plan for this trip. Enough is enough. Some people! My planning is coming along, not much left to do. I have my final dress fitting on Monday 4/12, yay! I have to make CD’s of my wedding ceremony music and wedding reception music. FI is going to work on making wedding favor CD's. I have to draft up my photography wish list for the wedding photographer, book at least one group shore excursion for our group that is cruising with us, put the iron-ons on my bridal party hoodies (gonna try to do that tonight), and start packing (I’ve drafted up a packing list). That was just off the top of my head… there are probably some things that I am missing, but nothing major. Can you believe that the best man for our wedding has not been fitted for his tux yet? He claims he has done it, but Men’s Wearhouse has no record of him being fitted. After this Friday, we will get charged “rush fees†for anyone who is not fitted by this Friday. I told FI that either the best man is going to have to pay the rush fees if he’s not fitted by the deadline or he is out of the wedding. Luckily, my brother is going to be an usher for the wedding, so he can stand in as a groomsman if needed. I’m hoping it’s just a mix up on Men’s Wearhouse’s part and not the best man’s irresponsibility. He shouldn’t have waited until the last minute anyway. I’m letting FI handle this one. He’s starting to get frustrated because his “best man†will not reply to any of the text messages that he sent him today. FI says he has never had this kind of issue with him before. Oh, and my sister decided a couple of weeks ago that she was going to cut all of her hair off, like boy cut short, like 1/2 inch short (why she cut it is something I don’t even want to go into). I don’t know if you are familiar with african-american hair, but it does not grow back quickly. So, when she was here to get her bridesmaids dress fitting, we went wig shopping too. I paid for it of course, because she just graduated from college so she doesn’t have the money to buy it; they are not cheap She is wearing the wig in the photo that I posted a few days ago of her in the bridesmaids dress. I mean, why couldn’t she wait until after the wedding to make such a drastic decision? Just an extra expense and stress for me! I had already made an appointment for her to get her hair and makeup done on the morning of the wedding, now I have to see if I can cancel the “hair†part without penalty. After all of my on-line ordering, I was finally scammed. See my post http://bestdestinationwedding.com/fo...ved-com-57613/. But, everything is going to turn out ok in the end I think. Whew!! I’m so sorry for my vent. I think today was venting day! Quote: Originally Posted by ebredhawk i have my fingers, toes, eyes, everything crossed for thursday. that should be the day we find out whether or not FI's daughter can come with us. nothing like cutting it close, huh? it'll give us just enough time to work with her teacher to get her assignments and all that organized. plus i'll have to tear through all her clothes to make sure she has what she needs! i hate all this uncertainty!! Erin, I will be keeping my fingers crossed for you too. I sure hope everything works out. Quote: Originally Posted by echo2_62 Cute garter Natasha. I just spoke to my grandma this morning and asked if she had something she could send down for me with my parents, since neither she or m grandpa are able to come with us. So I'm not sure what I'll even be getting (she mentioned pearls, I mentioned a pin or brooch) but she knows me well so I know it'll be good. And definitely special since it'll be a part of them with me on my wedding! Thanks Meghan, you will have to let us know what your grandparents end up sending. I feel so blessed that my grandma will be able to make it to my wedding. She and I are very close. Did your groomsman wait until the last minute to try on all of his stuff or what? Quote: Originally Posted by Melidell Oh- I almost forgot! We had some wedding guest related drama ourselves this weekend! Strap yourselves in for this one if you have a few minutes, it's a bit of a story. The nerve of her!! Some people only think of themselves. Quote: Originally Posted by SuzyQ76 Tracy, so sorry you have to go through this added stress with your GF, if it makes you feel any better I'm having lots of problems, my mom wants to cancel her trip now...3 weeks before the wedding. This has put a HUGE stress on me and has me pretty down and emotional. I don't want to force anyone to do anything they aren't comfortable with, but I do want my Mom at my own wedding...considering I don't have a huge family attendance coming anyway, at least we have lots of our mutual friends coming, they should be able to fill up my empty lacking family side. Suzy, if you don’t mind me asking, why doesn’t your Mom want to come? Is she afraid of flying? I hope everything works out for you. I can only imagine how you are feeling.

Quote: Originally Posted by vdaybride Awww so sorry that you were ripped of by that FAKE company. Good for you for posting your experience. Maybe you can help another bride avoid becoming a victim of that scam. your wedding is fast approaching, you must be excited Thanks. I definitely don't want another bride to get ripped off. Yes, I am very excited about my wedding!! It seems like time flew by so fast.

I ordered a personalized Guest Signature Picture Frame w/ Engraveable Photo Mat from this "company" Elegantly Engraved on 3/6/10 for my 4/25/2010 wedding. I started to get a little worried when I had not received my order or gotten an order update 2-1/2 weeks later. Luckily, I had printed out my order receipt that showed proof of my purchase since I never got an order confirmation email from them. I tried calling the phone number on their website, which is not in service (which is now gone from their site by the way). I tried using their on-line chat, but there was never anyone available. I also left a message through their “contact us†link on the website. Still no response. The charge on my credit card statement shows the charge was made by “Elegant Keepsakes". I called the number that was shown on my credit card statement for this company and that number is, of course, not in service. I called my credit card company and they told me I could not file a dispute on the charge until 30 days after I placed my order. So, I decided to do some research in the meantime and find out if Elegant Keepsakes was somehow associated with Elegantly Engraved. Now, Elegant Keepsakes IS a legitimate company and they are a supplier for WeddingStar. I sent an email through the Elegant Keepsakes website letting them know my situation and if they were associated with a company called Elegantly Engraved. A representative from WeddingStar contacted me via email the next day. They looked into the issue for me, but had the same contact number that I had. They told me that this company/person used to place orders with them, but stopped for some unknown reason; they would not give me a person’s name associated with this “company†though. The WeddingStar rep advised that I go ahead and dispute the charge with my credit card company since they were having no success getting in touch with anyone from this company either after several days of trying. WeddingStar offered to sell me a similar signature frame at the price that Elegantly Engraved had quoted me (which was $20 less than the WeddingStar price) and would ship it to me FedEx Air at no charge; I decided to take that offer. I talked to the WeddingStar rep over the phone again today and she gave me my FedEx Tracking number. I should receive my frame from WeddingStar by Friday, in time for my wedding. WeddingStar was extremely helpful. I will be calling my credit card company tomorrow to file a dispute against the charges for the frame I never received since 30 days has finally passed. When I first started looking into Elegantly Engraved, I could not find out any info on the web about them. When I did a google search today, there are several complaints, similar to mine on the web Complaints Board | elegantlyengraved.com. I've learned a huge lesson about on-line ordering. I will always search for reviews on a company before I order from them. I never even thought to check the “contact us†page to see how I would contact them if I had issues. I won’t just order from a company because their prices are cheaper than the rest without looking into “why†first. For the most part, I try to use PayPal when ordering from the web if they offer it. I RARELY use my debit card to place online orders.

I ordered mine from wedding-veil.com. They have pretty reasonable prices and I got it pretty quick.

Just wanted to share a photo of the garter that my mom made. It is my "something old". She made it out of the satin and lace from her wedding dress. The blue ribbon and rhinestone detail is not from her wedding dress, just something she decided to add to it. I'm so proud of her!

Wow, this month crept up on us sooo fast! So many of you are off to your weddings this week and mine will be here before I know it. So exciting!!! Quote: Originally Posted by katie424 yay!!! Happy Wedding Month Ladies! I bet a lot of you are leaving in only a few weeks - so congratulations and have a lovely wedding and trip! I wanted to pass on a bit of helpful name change information: MissNowMrs Online Married Name Change Service It is a website that essentially walks you through the entire name change process, fills out all your forms and then you print PDF's with instruction sheets for each one! there are 2 prices $20 or $30 which is not bad at all. I am going to check to be sure they can accept foreign wedding documents - but I know a lot of us probably have to get a local marriage certificate anyways so it may not matter. Hope it is helpful -- and Happy Weddings to all! Looking forward to seeing pix and reviews ;-) Thanks for sharing the link. I'm not looking forward to all the paperwork to change my last name, but maybe this site will help.

Quote: Originally Posted by jerseykitten I'm excited - I'm ready to go. 4:30pm tomorrow (when i leave work) can't come soon enough! I'm so excited for you Michele!! I can't believe it's time already. Have a great time and all the best to you and your future hubby. Can't wait to see pics when you get back.

Very pretty! I like the color combo.

I emailed my pre-travel newsletters to all of my guests that I had email addresses for. I only printed and mailed newsletters to guests that did not have email, which was only about five people... Saved a bunch of money on postage that way.

Everything looks great Michelle! I can't believe it's that time already. I can't wait to see pictures when you get back.