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Quote: Originally Posted by Sparkles8300 I used the coral color...the fuschia ones they sent looked very dried out an almost white in the sample pack. The coral ones were much more pink! Thanks so much! Do you know what kind/color paper she used on your passport save the dates?

Congrats! Happy New Year!

Quote: Originally Posted by KittenHeart AmyB - Wow, congrats on getting so much done, you definitely should be proud! I'll update the to-do list when I get back to work on Monday because that's where the master is. All I'm doing right now is prepping for my BD shoot. I did a Liver Cleanse yesterday for 24 hours and I'm down 8lbs in 7 days so you can tell how serious I am! The shoot is one week from tomorrow so I'm in serious prep mode! Holy cow!!! You are going to look amazing!!! How was the liver cleanse? Was it miserable or not too bad??

Quote: Originally Posted by amybermuda I got so much done over Xmas and NYE for my wedding I am really feeling good. I got: - wedding flip flops and reception shoes - veil (borrowed from my best friend) - paper from paper source for welcome letters, menus, and programs - Room key card holder and printed paper to put in holder - ordered welcome bags (orange and pink giraffe print - even FI liked them!) - ordered travel mugs and shot glasses - ordered replica designer sunglasses My new work permit (its like a visa I need to work and live in Bermuda) has not been approved yet either so I am staying another week in Maryland not working - so I am going to try and continue my streak here getting stuff done! Amy Bermuda to do's: - investigate & order waterproof stickers for mugs & shot glasses - send out room block info for AHR - contact TA and find out capacity at hotel & email Mexico invitees who have not yet booked - send out email to guests to book flights as wedding is over memorial day - find & buy cocktail umbrellas for seating chart - get idea of #s for excursions and make preliminary bookings - make FI actually get on the catamaran "rehearsal dinner" booking as he has promised to deal with for the past month! Alright..... I think that's about it for me! Hope you girls are recovering well from NYE madness. This is my last weekend of being bad - tomorrow starts my diet up again and some serious exercising. I lost 10 pounds before Xmas but think I have put 3 back on. I need to lose at least 15, but would like to lose 20 to be ideal, before the wedding. I cant think of a better motivation than my own wedding though WOW!!! So proud of you!!!!! 3 lbs during the holidays is not bad at all either! You can do it!! Happy New Year!

Quote: Originally Posted by KittenHeart Oooo ok, this is not the answer you want to hear. Don't bring it up, at all... I know, I know but I would assume she's not coming. Maybe speak to her mother about it and have them bring it up, I can't IMAGINE how devastated this poor girl is and the mere thought of a wedding (especially in the month she was supposed to get married no less) would just be horrifically sad. I say never bring it up, her situation now takes a little bit of precedence unfortunately in every way. Good luck, this is just tough all around girl! I would have to agree with Amy. When she is ready, she will bring it up to you. You can always move some things around later, but for now, I would assume she is not going to attend. Sorry all of you are having to go through such a tragic loss!! I am glad she has such a strong support system.

Quote: Originally Posted by abbypoo I will definitely look into the flowers! I don't plan on having a ton of flowers, and since the guests can't bring them home they're not super important to me. I guess I will have to get a sample as well and see what I think. The rehearsal cocktail sounds like a great idea, but I am pretty sure a few of my guests won't be staying at the AI. If I had to pay for day passes for these guests it would get pretty expensive, so it might be more feasible to go to a little restaurant nearby. My FI's parents might be willing to pay for this (they did at his brother's wedding), but I'm not sure because of the extra costs associated with traveling to our wedding. If it's not in the budget, maybe we could all meet at a nearby bar type place for cocktails to meet and greet and hand out the OOT bags. To me a cocktail sounds more fun anyway, because I don't want to schedule my guests entire vacation. Ahh, so many things to think about! Yes I was definitely thinking about shipping and taking most of my extra decorations with me. Not only do I think this will end up being cheaper, but I think it will be the easiest way to have the ceremony and reception look like what I want. Thanks for all your good advice! You and your FI are so cute! aww thanks!!! If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask! I am not getting married at Azul Sensatori, but we have a great forum going with so much valuable information! You should check it out. Meeting somewhere sounds like a great idea! I have heard the little restaurants/bars/pubs/etc are really reasonable. You could do some research on trip advisor and on this forum for some places in or near Cancun!

Quote: Originally Posted by renee1811 whew, I have had a lot of catching up to do with reading posts. Unfortunately, I did not do a single thing of my to-do list. I am not trying to bring down the (normally!) peppy mood of this board, but this past week has been really difficult. My best friend's fiance (they were getting married in March) was killed in a bad car accident on Christmas day. I have spent the past few days running around town canceling all the different vendors so she won't have to do that. So I guess, I just want to remind everyone--even though wedding planning can get crazy, at the end of the day, just remember that you are marrying the man you love and that is all that really matters. oh my gosh, Renee. This is just awful...sent shivers up my spine!!! I feel so terrible for her...how is she holding up?

Great job girls on losing the weight!! Sometimes a little "shock your body" will do miraculous things and actually make you lose weight, even if you cheat a little. I used to do the Abs Diet...I would have 1 cheat meal a week. After that cheat meal, I usually dropped 2-3 lbs cause my body worked so hard to burn it off!

tomorrow I am off work and doing ALL wedding stuff!!!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by Sparkles8300 I got the cheap ones ($7) from Asian Ideas...great vendor and the fans were good quality for the price. The pink ones were actually way nicer than the white one, but in the photos you can't tell anyway! Paper Umbrella Section: Large selection of Chinese Japanese Umbrellas and Parasols, Paper Lantern I got the large ones. Also, I was wrong about where I got the lanterns from, I also got those from Asain Ideas as well. I accidently ordered the nylon ones (tacky!) and they returned & sent the rice paper ones to me for free shipping!! Just in case anyone wants to know where I got the freeze dried rose petals, they were from Petal Garden Freeze Dried Rose Petals - Petal Garden and I got 112 cups for $219 and it was the perfect amount...any less would have been way too few...the beach is breezy so you lose about 1/2 in the wind so to still have a good amount you need to order extra. The florist wanted over $1,000 for the same amount of normal rose petals and these looked way better for way less. Be sure to order the samples b/c the color I ended up going with was not my first choice looking online. Thanks for all your suggestions! My colors are hot pink as well. Which color did you choose for the rose petals? $200 is tons better than $1000! That's ridiculous!

Quote: Originally Posted by abbypoo I'm glad to hear someone thinks that I can pull this off on my budget. Last night the FI and I were sitting down to dinner and seriously wondering if this was a good idea or not! It was much more plausible when we thought we'd have 15-20 guests, but as that has more than doubled I started to get nervous. I think we'll be fine if we can keep it around 40 (50 max) which won't be too hard because my immediate family is small and I am not too close to my extended family. Jon likes the ideas I have, but he hasn't come up with any ideas/input on his own. All he's said so far is that he doesn't want me wearing a giant fascinator in my hair (he thinks I'll look crazy... ha ha), he wants to wear a tux and he wants to take dance lessons. I'm leaving him in charge of the last one, I'm glad we have a year to figure out how to dance! So, I was thinking if we could keep our guest list small, we could have a "rehearsal" dinner for everyone, not just the wedding party. That way it would be more of a welcoming dinner for everyone who traveled so far away to share our day. Is anyone else doing a welcoming dinner? I also really like this idea because I could hand out all my OOT bags then, instead of tracking people down at their various hotels. I'm sure I should post these questions in other forums, but I thought it couldn't hurt to start here. I'm also wondering how early everyone is booking their flights. Am I crazy to book them an entire year in advance? There are so many things you can do to reduce your budget. One main thing is getting "Real Touch" flowers. A ton of girls on this site are using them. I emailed the lady today about them to see if I can get a sample. Also, is it an "all inclusive resort?" If so, you could do welcome "drinks" one night. Just have everyone meet at the bar for drinks and heavy appetizers. If it is not a private function, you won't have to pay for a thing! I am doing that and a "rehearsal dinner." My resort offers me a free party if I book a certain number of rooms. Have you checked into that? So, that party should be "free." Also, if you take a lot of your own decorations, that will help a ton. For example, I know a lot of resorts charge $10 per chair bow. You can find them online for maybe $2 per bow. This site has soooo many DIY ideas, it's crazy. I am totally not a DIYer, but I did my Passport STD's. I got tons of ideas from this site to help me pull it off. In regards to your FI...it wil be SO funny how he will have ZERO ideas about anything...until he comes across something that it is important to him. If my FI was adamant about something, I let him handle it. So, good thinking with leaving him in charge of the dancing. I think that's so cute!! I am having my guests book their rooms through my travel agent, but I am leaving the flights up to them. If they want to book them now, then great! But some people may want to take the risk of waiting til the last minute to get them cheaper. If so, that's their problem if they sky rocket!!

Quote: Originally Posted by MrsVaughn2B OMG there is so little time left to do everything. Postive thoughts to get everything all done! I can't believe it is almost here!! You are about to be a married woman! You will get everything done!! And if you don't, no one will notice. Yall will be in mexico having the time of your lives! And you will have your new hubby there with you!!

Quote: Originally Posted by KittenHeart HAHA, you're kidding right? I've had half those items on for a month now... seriously! I'm totally showing you girls pix of my BD, I just hope they live up to the images in my head I'm doing it at my photogs house, he has a spare bedroom he's setting up for me and I'm bringing some white sheets and props with me and music and he keeps telling me he's providing the tequila! Soooo I'm kinda excited because I have been sticking to my plan, trying to stay positive Can't wait to see! I will be interested to see your props! ha I can't wait to do mine. I will need TONS of tequilla though! ha And yeah right, you always get your list done!

Quote: Originally Posted by KittenHeart Um, OMG, where!? Good choice BTW, I have those in black for my BD shoot... Lemme track down the link, and I will send it to you!! Ohhhh I may have to get the black ones too!!!! You are gonna look hott!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by lolo Here are pics of my ring!! Not the best pics, but wanted to share ahhhh it's beautiful!!!!!! Great job posting the pics too!

Quote: Originally Posted by KittenHeart STARTING Monday, December 28h 2009 – ENDING Friday, January 8th 2010  OMG! We will check in with what is done either as it’s done or every other Friday and start a new list KittenHeart (Amy) to do’s: 1. DECIDE whether or not you will have a veil and either make one or buy one 2. Order MOH gift 3. Finish making bridesmaid fascinators 4. Buy cardstock for OOT bag 5. Finalize all appts for BD shoot prep 6. Finish terrarium gifts and deliver 7. Complete liver cleanse successfully 8. Complete Insanity week and complete P90X week, working out every day. 9. (BD prep) Hair cut, color, eyebrow waxing , facial peel, body wrap, salt body scrub, mani/pedi, outfit try on with pix, wash and dry new white sheets for shoot, gather accessories and make playlist You're my hero. You always get everything on your list done! Are you going to show us pics of your BD?? Also, where are you doing it?

Quote: Originally Posted by KittenHeart .......... I can't find that damn link you sent me about the real touch flowers. OH and I totally forgot to send you all my healthy recipes. I'll scan them and send them ASAP!

Quote: Originally Posted by Katie_2010 Thanks Amy It was good but not as exciting as usual as me and FI didn't do presents this year as we felt our money would be best spent on the wedding...ah the sacrifices we make! but other than that it was good. I'm totally gutted I'm back to work today as well ( yeah at the moment we are both still living at home (we had both moved out with ex's, then broke up, lost everything and moved back home) we haven't had a chance yet to save to move out and we were going to move in together this summer, but when we started planning the wedding we realised if we moved out and had to save for a wedding, we'd never get married, so we decided to use the money we would have been paying for rent as our wedding saving money instead and so we're leaving it as late as possible to move out so we can save as much as possible....except now I'm panicking! I'm sure it will all work out and be fine in the end, it's just now xmas has been and gone, I can't escape how much we've now got to get done! it didn't seem so bad before, in my head thinking 'its ok, we've got xmas and new year first'!!!!! now xmas has already gone and new years is fast approaching..... aARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH H - I think now I'm going to be like you Amy with the panicking every time I think how soon it all is!! but yes...one thing at a time.... and yay for Vistaprint as they've got their sale on and lots of stuff is free!! woop woop! better get going on those invites!! Take a deep breath!! It will all work out, I promise!! That is very smart of yall to save save save!!! We are in the process of building a house, so I understand your stress. Being in limbo is not fun! And is stressful!!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by Katie_2010 WOW! I love your shoes!! the diamante detail is gorgeous damn it, I still need to find mine!! better get a move on! These are the shoes I want... I found an AWESOME deal on these Christian Louboutins!!!!

Your blog is PRECIOUS!!! And yes, I definitely think you are in line with your budget. Sounds like you have everything in order. LOVE your ideas!!!! Oh and your dress rocks!

That's so cute to ask!! I think he should definitely bring his cozie! I haven't gotten married yet, but I would assume they would serve it in cans if you are on the beach or around the pool!

OMG!! Everything is beautiful!! Did you pick out your paper for your Save the Dates? Do you know what kind it is? Thanks so much!

She has already been nominated, but I would like to nominate her as well!! B2B: Kittenheart (Amy)

She has already been nominated, but I would like to nominate her as well!! B2B: Kittenheart (Amy)

Welcome and congrats!! You will LOVE this forum!!!! I am getting married Aug 7, 2010 at Le Blanc!!!