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They look freakin phenominal! Your guests will love them! Way to go!

Love the canvas bags, your guests will love them!

Thanks ladies for all your feedback! Couldnt have done them without all of your help and ideas!!

Quote: Originally Posted by jilligirl Actually Pinz we will have about 30 guests staying at the resort and a few that need day passes. We aren't going to have a private reception, it is way to expensive. We may rent the disco for a couple hours because then everything is covered and they told us we can have a microphone and do a slide show. They also only allow kids at the disco if you book it privately and my fiance and I have a daughter. OUr price per person is 1756, we are flying from Calgary but this is for the junior suite on the newer Riviera section so I guess we got a pretty good deal but it seems really expensive to me. Jilligirl - I actually got the same sort of quote as you for January, so I think its pretty much the same price across the board. I was kind of surprised at the cost as well, but it is a pretty nice hotel and they have a lot of ammenties. So I guess its a given especially for high season. Congrats!

I am not expecting anything bc we really have everything already. We both had our own houses before we got together so if anything we have more then what we need. Just didnt know what the etiquette on this was. I dont know if we should put something on the invites or just leave it to word of mouth that its not needed, but if they are going to do something, a card gift would be fine. As I dont want them lugging everything to Mexico. I just hope everyone goes with just being there is their gift to us.

Quote: Originally Posted by future_mrs2010 love them! do you work with stampin up stuff a lot?? I do as well! I go to scrapbook club every month and have used stampin' up for my DIY thank yous and welcome letters! cant wait to make my kits! Love stampin up....I was in a club last year, but bc I moved out of the city I found it hard to get in on a monthly basis. I loved how everything turned out and that I was able to do everything myself. You can be so creative. Post pics once you get them done - would love to see what you did! I plan on doing a welcome book but not sure how Im going to encorporte stamping into it as I have to make 15 of them. We will see. Good luck and thanks!

Pm'ing you - what size?

Pm'ing you about the sand dollars!

Quote: Originally Posted by xxashleyxx007 I forgot to mention... where did you get all of your stuff from (Advil) I am also in Canada and having a heck of a time finding them! I know the feeling! I couldnt find the immodium or pepto or anything like that so I gave up. I figured my guests wouldn't no any better of what they're missing so I went with just the advil. As for the advil, I actually got it from work. We get little packages from a distributer that only sells to Dental and Medical Clinics for our patients so my boss let me take them as we had an overflow at the time. Sorry!

Quote: Originally Posted by slapsappyhappy wow I had to look twice to see that you made the labels. It looks like you bought them in a store! Just a question, for the "Beach" tag you said you used white paper, did you print it out first and then glue it to the card stock? I used white glossy paper from Michaels. I cut out each label based on the size of the bag. Then took my "beach" letter stamps and stamped them in the clear "versamark" ink. (this makes it kinda hard to see on the paper) Then I took a brayer (it looks like a little roller) and ran the roller over my coca ink pad. Then rolled over the glossy paper with the cocao inked brayer. In turn it allows the clear "versamark" ink to go kinda white and everything else goes the cocoa colour. Its a bit of work, but the end result is great! Once it had dried, (the next day preferably) I actually used double sided crafting tape and secured it to the aqua card stock. I hope this helps, if you need any more info or clarification, let me know! Thanks for looking!

i bought everything except for the advil pouches and listerine strips at Walmart in the travel section. The advil I got from work as we get them for our patients and the listerine strips I got from Dollarama. Everything ranged in price from $1-$2 each. The sunscreen and body butter were $2.00 everything else was $1.00. The kit items worked out to be $6.00 per couple but with the cardstock supplies, etc. for the kit, Im guessing about $9.00. I found that I had to keep going back to walmart to get what I wanted bc the baskets for travel size stuff empties quickly. So it may take you a few trips to get everything you want. Good Luck! Quote: Originally Posted by kris Thanks for sharing, they look great!! Where did you buy the stuff for your kits and what did the price per kit work out to be if you don't mind me asking?

Welcome Nicole Im planning for 2011 too. This is a great place to get information and ideas. You will love it!

Hi Ladies, Just finished my DIY beach and hangover kits for my OOT bags. Figured with such a carppy cool weekend might as well stay in and get a good start on there. So happy with how they turned out. I think they look WAY better then the pics, but it will give you an idea. I used alot of different scrapbooking ideas to get these completed and it took the WHOLE weekend but it was totally worth it. For my hangover kit: Listerine Strips 2 Advil pkgs (i wanted to put in pepto /immodium - but couldnt find them in Canada) For my beach kit: Sunscreen Hand Sanitizer Body Butter Band-aids SPF chapstick I used clear plastic bags ordered from "Stampin Up" for both the hangover and beach kits. The beach kits: made tags from regular aqua cardstock, added white glossy paper, stamped with versamark, and brayed across the glossy stamped paper with the coca ink. Used Shell stamps with black ink and embossed them both and cut them out and pasted them on. I punched holes in the top and strung aqua organza ribbon through the holes and tied them into bows. Then I use blue staples to attach the tags to the bags. The Hangover kits: made tags from the same aqua cardstock. Used an alphabet stamp and stamped black cardstock with white ink. Then circle punched out all the letters for "hang over" (15x - thank god I have a small wedding! lol). I then used a larger circle punch to punch out the sand colour cardstock to be a backing. Glue all of them together then applied on the aqua card stock. Used dolphin and gecko eyelets on the hangover kits instead of stamps to dress them up a bit due to the small space available. Thats the kits for now. I still have to get the rest of the OOT bag done, when I do I will upload the final OOT bag! Thank you for all your ideas ladies! I couldnt have done it without you....you gave me my inspiration to do these the way I did.

Wow! You did an amazing job and so much time was put into this - that is so obvious! Your guests are going to love all the personal touches and thought you put into this. What a fabulous thread! Congrats and thanks for posting.....

Jenn you look amazing in those pics! I can only hope to look as good as you do at my BP. Wow! He will love them!!!!!

Wow - fabulous thread! Thanks so much for sharing. Everything looks fabulous!

They look great...you must be releived that you are finally done those! You guests will love them.

Quote: Originally Posted by Maura apologizing in advance because this will be long, and you guys are my personal therapy these days... i am sure i have tons of little confessions, but my big one is that i hate my own family. they are always in my business, telling me what to do, judging me, etc etc, creating drama where there doesnt need to be any. i was just talking to my stepmom last night about how my FI's wonderful family must think i come from a pack of assholes. you all know about my crazy mom, to whom i'm not speaking, and i am not even gonna touch that one with a ten foot pole right now. most of you know about my controlling aunt throwing my shower, who isnt coming to my wedding, but is finishing her basement this year for $40K. then my aunt has the nerve to tell us where we should register so that everyone can afford to buy us gifts, because we "have fancy tastes" --- im sorry but when did i ever say i expected a gift from anyone? I dont! we registered for a wide range of things at 3 stores to try to hit all price points, i dont have to register anywhere she suggests, so why cant she just stop offering unsolicited advice? my sister, who is my MOH, is just barely going to be 22 by the time of my wedding, and she is still in college and has ADD, bless her heart, and is on medications to control it. i have done my best to divide up requests among bridesmaids so my sister is not too burdened because i know she has a hard time with her class load. but she never returns my goddamn calls or emails about wedding stuff in a timely manner. in fact, the only time that my sister usually calls me is when SHE wants something. like for me to help her with her resume, or cover letters, or to edit a paper for a class of hers. i am not a fucking free editing service at her disposal whenever. i wish we were closer, but i feel like theres a lot of animosity because of her behavior, she is very selfish. my mom only perpetuates my sister's behavior by coddling her her entire life, so my sister doesnt know how to do anything on her own. she doesnt even have any idea how much of her college education is in student loans! then this week, my dad has been bitching about the cost of my wedding, suggesting we call it off and do it at home because he doesnt want to pay to go -- says he cant afford to but he just put about $400 worth of upgrades into a laptop computer he BORROWED from me, and thinks now he doesnt have to give back because he paid for half of it in the first place when i went away to college almost 8 years ago, and he and my mom split all those costs 50/50. my dad has a nice photo printer, which is better than my printer at home, and I cant use my office printer because the cardstock for my STDs is too thick. so i asked him if i could use his printer, thinking well he isnt paying a dime for my wedding so the least he could do is let me print my stuff for my stds at his house --- then he f'ing tells me "well the ink is $80 per cartridge, so you'd have to replace it" ---ok yah dad, im gonna spend $80 to buy you new ink, the whole reason i asked was to avoid PAYING someone like kinkos to do it! OH! and btw, my dad has still not even applied for his passport yet!!!!! another related confession: i recently told my stepmom that i wished she was my real mom, because she doesnt judge or manipulate me the way my mother does. my poor FI, sometimes i dont even know why he still wants to marry me because my family is so screwed up. my half sister is not speaking to my half brother (both from my dad's 1st marriage, so yes if you do the math, my dad is on his 3rd marriage), and they are supposed to room together at my wedding. i sent out an email to everyone in my family asking for their mailing addresses because i knew some people had recently moved and i didnt have the new address, and my sister wouldnt give me brothers new address because "she doesnt have it". im sorry, theyre both almost 40, please grow up. ON THE OTHER HAND--- my FI's family is wonderful and loving and amazing. they arent crazy or too judgmental like my family is. they dont yell at each other. they're always kind. and generous. and never once made a single comment about how us doing a DW was going to cost them. and then on top of that, they offered to pay for the whole kit n caboodle. why can't my family be more like them? i am often jealous of FI because of how great his family is, but he doesnt really appreciate them that much. i could go on and on...feeling a bit better though for getting all that off my chest. the ONLY wedding thing im stressed about is my stupid family and all the problems they cause! everything else basically has been smooth sailing compared to their bullshit. I feel for you and totally understand. My 27 year old brother has ADHD and I dont even want him at my wedding. My parents say I have to invite him but he always embarrasses me and says such idiotic things. He is always trying to show me that hes all grown up and can make his own decisions, however he looks like an imbicile in the mean time. My mother caudled him as well, bc lord know, you cant punish an ADHD child! Ya right! My childhood suck ass bc of my brother and I got the brunt of all my mother's anger and furstration bc I was a normal child and she could take it out on me. My brother on the other hand never got anything like I did. I actually ended up being grounded for 3 months striaght when I was 10! What really can a 10 yr old do to warrant being grounded for three months? Really! All bc of my brother! My brother is such a loser that he has been unemployed for umm lets see..... 3 years now and my parents supported him for 2.5 years at $1600 a month. He claims he cant find a job and is such an idiot loud mouth that he gets himself fired all the time. He wont take any meds bc he feels he doesnt need them....etc etc.....I fell your pain and know how angry you can get with a sibling with ADD or ADHD. Im right here with you sister....Atleast you have a way better relationship with your sister then I do with my brother. I would right him off now if I could. He ruined my childhood and my adolscence - to the point where I moved acorss Canada for school and never went back bc I could live that horrible life of abuse anymore. I know it has to be hard on him too but I dont have any sympathy for him anymore when he wont even try to help himself! Good luck with your sister and I hope everything goes smoothly for you!

What a great deal! Way to go!

#2, love the back and its very simple but elegant, kinda like mine....

I think you are on the money already. However I wonder how well your parents might take your gift of a trip if they have helped you so much financially already. I think your parents helped you bc they wanted to not bc they had to and I dont think you need to buy them a trip somewhere. Your mom is probably so in her element and so glad she is able to be so hands on with your wedding, that is probably thanks enough. If it was me, I would still get them the fountain and the couples massage and a really nice card and then make sure I mention how much they helped you getting ready for the wedding. That would be enough I m sure. You recognizing all their help and efforts in front of all your closest family and friends. But thats just me. Maybe mention something in your toast that you they are celebratig their 30th wedding anniversary today and that you are so happy for them and hoep that your as happy as they are in 30 yrs. Or something like that....I didnt have time to really iron that one out, but you get my drift. If your still set on gettting them something maybe look at something a little more personal for each of them. I would x-nay the trip. But again only my opinion. Good luck and congrats! Quote: Originally Posted by jh17 I need help with what to get my parents as a gift for helping out with our wedding. They have given us alot of financial help, not to mention my mum has been the only person helping me organize/plan the wedding (every detail from dress shopping to OOT bags to reception-everything). Plus our wedding date is my parent's 30th anniversary. My fi’s parents have not helped at all-financially or otherwise (in fact they have caused us problems). We bought my fi’s parents a smoker (approx $260). My fi agrees that we need to get my parents something really good because of all their help and for their anniversary. I have ordered them a solar bird bath/fountain for their yard and booked them a couples massage at the resort. I was thinking about giving them flights/hotel for a weekend away somewhere (I was looking at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville). Does anyone have any other suggestions?

Thanks for posting that info. Its nice to hear first hand how things are down there and what to expect. Im not worried anymore about my choice - so sure about Sandos now from all the info on this thread and your last few posts. Hope you enjoyed your time down there. On a side note, did you have to pay full price to go down for the site visit or did your travel agent through that in for you...hopefully its not too intrusive of a question. Thnks! J Quote: Originally Posted by nmoreau The Italian Buffet is not on the sheet that I received from the wedding coordinator. The Buffet pricing I received is if you did a private event and chose a buffet for your guests versus a sit down meal. The Italian Buffet is really good. It is the only air conditioned buffet area on the resort. The Riviera Buffet is in the Riviera section but i think it specializes in seafood and that was closed while we were there. The Italian Buffet is where we will have our reception, they have a side room that is open to the public area but it will hold a good size group as well. There are 2 sets of pillars that break that room off from the rest. Then you just go to the buffet with all the people attending the buffet that night (no reservations for this buffet). They had pizza, pasta made to order, salad, plated meals like chicken and pork with vegetables, desert was ice cream and the normal assortment of cakes, etc. We wished it had been open more the week we were there but it was great and if you don't want a completely private reception dinner, then this is the best option the resort has. I still need to get them scanned in and put on here or email, sorry I work is crazy, but I promise I will get to it ASAP. I did want to answer your question on the Italian Buffet quickly though.

No not free shipping, but I just did pre-travel brochures also from what I did this morning and I only paid $12.00 in shipping. In total it would have cost me over $100 US in total but bc of all the freebies, it only cost $12.00 YAY! You def cant beat that! I LOVE VISTA PRINT!!!

Hi ladies, Just wanted to let you know that I got an email from Vista Print this morning for a whole bunch of freebies - today only! I ended up getting all of this for free: 250 Business cards 140 Return address labels 10 Thank you cards and 10 matching envelope There is a whole lot more on the site for free, like posters, lawn signs, key tags, etc..... You should check it out!

Me too thanks again for posting that. I hope you had some time to relax while you were there!