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Amazing shots! Your FI is going to freak out! I can't wait to see the proof of my book...it should be coming early next week! So hot girl! Way to go!

So I've been on the hunt for a cake topper for the last little while...it's the next thing on the list and I really liked the idea of the crystal letters a top our wedding cake...but the price was way too high for us! I'd rather buy a new dress for our week in the DR! Last night I found this vendor on ETSY and I ordered her three letter cake toppers. She's customizing the colour for us and doing our first name initials in a bright pink pearls and the middle letter in orange pearls. Christina is the vendor and she's been super to talk with...I'll post pictures once they arrive! Here's a link to her page...she said she would mail it out to me by next week! View Pearl Letter Cake Topper by myfrivolities on Etsy What do you think?

Yup...you can change the picture by removing pane #1 and then you can access the picture which is attached to the front of pane 2. From the directions it seems pretty easy...just glue panes 2 and 3 so that they won't jostle and come loss. Then you can still remove the front pane to change the picture. From other girls, I've read that covering the front and back sections is important when pouring the sand in the frame so that you don't have a mess. One bride said she only used half a bag for each colour. That's pretty great because then you can do a trial at home first! Here are a few different Sand Ceremony Readings that I've found...I think I'm leaning towards the 2nd one...what do you all think? Sand Ceremony #1 "Before the two of you met, your lives were on separate roads ... each going in different directions and seemingly leading to different destinations. But somewhere along the way (through some twist of fate) you did meet, and you fell in love. Today, you find yourselves standing here together at the threshold of a new path, and have promised to forever join your once separate journeys into one. Before each of you there is a container of sand. Each container represents the separate journeys you once were on. They also represent your own sets of friends and families, that until today were apart from each other. I now ask that you blend these individual containers of sand together. As the sand has blended together, your lives too are joined. Your once solitary journeys have become one of companionship, as you now set forth on a single path together into your future. Your friends and family are as one as well. You will now share those who are a part of your lives as you walk hand-in-hand Sand Ceremony #2 As you stand beside the ocean, may your love always be as constant as the tide; waves flowing endlessly from the depths of the sea. Just as water is the eternal force of life, so is love. Love is the force that allows us to face fear and uncertainty with courage. You have just sealed your relationship by giving and receiving of rings. But although you will be sharing one life, never forget that you are two separate people. Cherish and affirm your differences. Love each other. Keep your commitment primary. Together you will laugh and cry, be sick and well, be happy and angry, share and grow. Grow sometimes together, sometimes separately. To symbolize this union and the importance of the individuals within the marriage, two separate colours of sand will be combined. Each one holds its own unique beauty, strength, and character. They can stand on their own and be whole, without need of anything else. However when these two are blended together they create and entirely new and extraordinarily more intricate entity. Each grain of sand brings to the mixture a lasting beauty that forever enriches the combination. Please pour the sand into this common container to symbolize the union of your two lives. (Begin pouring sand) Sarah and Michael, just as these grains of sand can never be separated and poured again into the individual container, so will your marriage be a molding of two individual personalities, bonded together forming one heart, one life, and one family. Sand Ceremony #3 Now we shall celebrate this union as it is symbolized through the pouring of two individual containers of sand. One represents (Bride/Groom) and all that you were, all that you are, and all that you will ever be. The other represents (Groom/Bride) and all that you were and all that you are, and all that you will ever be. As the two vials of sand are poured into the third keepsake vase, the individual containers of sand ceased exist as they are now joined together as one. Just as these grains of sand can never be separated and poured again into the individual vases, so will the love and bond between the two of you render you inseparable. Sand Ceremony #4 Before you met, your lives were on different paths with different destinations. Love has brought you together and joined these separate paths into one. The sand in these jars symbolize your separate lives, separate families, separate sets of friends, and the different life journeys you once traveled. I ask that each of you take one of the jars and that you fill the center jar together. ~The couple steps forward and takes their individual jars and fills the center jar.~ With the mixing of these grains of sand you have now symbolically joined your once separate lives. As your two lives have been inseparably combined, so now are your friends and family joined, through you into one. And your once solitary life’s paths are also now one. All that was once separate is now shared and in this sharing you both will find great comfort.

1 hour cardio circuit with my trainer last night...a "rest" day which means I'll do a P90x cardio workout later.

Just finished this...hope you get enough brides! Good luck with your last quarter!

Just read another thread on this ladies...it seems that two bags (two colours) of the small coloured sand is enough. Kind of surprising but the slot to pour it in is quite narrow so I guess it fills up fast. Has anyone glued the panes of glass yet? That's still on my to do list.

If wine doesn't do the trick you could always try something a little stronger! I did a shot of Tequilla while I was having my hair and makeup done.) Don't worry about your body and just rock it! Fake the confidence if you're not feeling it...and soon you will be comfortable and chaneling your inner top model. For me the nerves went away during the hair and makeup...by the time I was in my first outfit I was ready to go! Just remember...but out, stomach in, boobs out, shoulders back! HAVE FUN!

Quote: Originally Posted by pinayflava i am also doing ceremony fans and printed out ceremony programs using the rack cards with vista print. with the size of my raffia fans the rack card size was perfect. how did everyone stick the program to the fan? did you use a glue gun or did you punch a hole and used ribbon somehow? thanks I'm planning on using ribbon rather than glue and then people can remove the programs later. Glad to hear that the Rack cards fit perfectly...I was really just guessing on the size...in fact I left a blank space at the bottom just incase. Don't forget to post pictures once you're done! I will be posting soon...my fans and programs are enroute!

Awesome...thanks for posting! Good luck on your upcoming wedding! I love the cake toppers in fact that's what I was thinking about tonight...what to do...the crystal letters are so expensive! Thanks for the great tips! Question: What were the letters made of that you used for the Cake Topper? Wood?

1/2 interval run and one hour "burn" weights session with my personal trainer!

We got Crisp-ix Snack Packs, Peanuts, Gum, and Cookies at Sam's Club. I think our guests will enjoy having a little snack from home in the DR!

Thanks Lindsay! Will you be joining us too? I hope so! Looking forward to it ladies!

Looks like everyone seems right on track...with just over 2 and a half months to go here's some recent check off of my list and some still to do's: Done Recently: - Created and Ordered Programs for the Ceremony - Ordered Raffia Fans - Bought GM's outfits and new wedding shirt for my FI - Bought 3 new dresses for showers and rehearsal dinner - Received Bags and Mugs for OOT Bags - Finished purchasing remaining items for OOT bags - Created and put together chapstick labels - Mailed out Pre-departure Brochure and Luggage Tags - Ordered more thank you cards for showers - only did 50 the first time...just ordered 20 more - Bought dress for Bachelourette Party - 70's theme! - Bought earrings and tiara - Scheduled first fitting for May 6th - Got my hair highlighted - Started on the base tan - Finalized song choices for our Rock the Reception First Dance...my bro is working on the mix now - Had Boudoir Photos taken...amazing experience! - Collected Sanddollars for Name Cards at the reception - Paid final amount for flowers! Should arrive early May! - Wrote my vows - Finalized poem choice for Ceremony and work on script - Bought bubbles for ceremony - Confirmed hair appointments, menu choices, and colours of flowers with WC at the Gran Bahia Still to Do: - Purchase candles for reception - Find FI's wedding band...it's been a huge quest! - Make Table Numbers - Mom is making name cards with sanddollars - Finalize script for ceremony - Wrap fans with ribbon and attach programs - Have OOT bag assembly party with BM's on May 16th! - Get Legal Paperwork going - going April 19th - Get fittings done for my dress - Make Mission Impossible Cards for kissing game at the Reception - Finish and order gift for my parents - I've created a hard cover photo book for them - Attend showers and write thank you's - first one this FRIDAY! - Get GM's flasks engraved Wow...seems like a lot but we just keep ticking things off one by one! How's everyone else going?

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I did have to trim the label a bit to fit perfectly so as to not cover the safety seal. Then I just cut the packing tape to fit. I was concerned that without the packing tape they wouldn't be waterproof and would get ruined quickly.

Here is a luggage tag templates that I downloaded from another bride here....I actually ended up ordering business cards through VISTAPRINT and used those instead...hope this helps someone! Luggage Tags.pdf

So I order the Rackcards from VISTA, 50 for free, and designed them to be the programs for the ceremony fans. I've got Pink and Orange Ribbon we are going to use to make them....I'll post pics once I finish!

I ended up putting the sticker over the label and then covering with Clear Packing Tape. I left the safety seal on...my mom said that I should!

Had a super Rollerblade with my FI down at the Waterfront...we went hard for 1 1/2 hours!

Sorry to hear about hte cancellation...thanks for posting the link...I'm trying to design a card on VISTA now and then we'll attach it to the fans with some ribbon!

Wonderful job! You must be so excited that you're day is almost here! I especially love the idea of a grandparents table...definitely will be doing this and I've copied down you're little phrase! SUPER JOB AND CONGRATS!

Just got back from a Spin Class and Body Flow! The legs were burning after Step and Weights last night.

Saucy: Spicy

Here's a link to his boudoir gallery...there are some awesome shots! Maybe some of ours will make the cut! Can't wait to get the book proof next week! Renaissance Studios Photography - Wedding, Maternity & Portrait Photography in Toronto & GTA, London, Milton, Kitchener, Chatham, Ontario, Canada

Ah thanks Brandi and Renee! How was tonight? Sorry I had to miss it...I had a school planning meeting. You ladies should totally message him and get on his list...the marathons do fill up! It was great to get a date on the calendar...definitely motivating! It was great timing too because it kinda of kicked started the wedding workout/eating push too! Talk with you soon and thanks again! It was so much fun!