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Quote: Originally Posted by dianep we're here! we have an appointment with denys at 1:00 today. it'll be my first conversation with her but i'm sure everything will turn out great! just thought i'd check in and say hello from playa! Yay!!!! Have a great time. I can't wait to see the pics and read your review! Quote: Originally Posted by Lisa DSO So jealous...i wanna be in playa right now too instead of work lol Does anyone else ever watch the webcam wistfully? Me too! LOL! I was just looking at the webcam yesterday! Quote: Originally Posted by Lady_Di I'm starting to feel bad for our guests who have to sit in the sun with no shade and sweat for 15-20 minutes just to see us get married. I did get them fans so hopefully that will help!! I wonder if the Royal is willing to provide water bottles at the ceremony? I think I am going to go with the program fans-the ones that fold down with the different panels.

BTW, you can do two strands, coil outs and twist outs with this product.

Nikki, my friend was married at EPC in 2007. I stayed there and loved it. Many of the women there had thick, natural hair so I'm pretty sure they can handle it. They did her hair at the spa and she loved it. I thought it was very neat but didn't love the style of it. However, she didn't take any pics with her. I would recommend getting it styled the way you want here and taking the pics with you so they can do your style. Ladies, I am completely natural and have been so since 2006. I have found that Ms. Jessie's does not work for super thick hair. The products were a waste of my money. However, I will swear by kinky curly. You can read about it here. My hair is so thick that I break combs. Everytime I wash it, I can hardly get the comb through. It takes about 2 days to completely air dry, LOL! Anyway, once you apply the knot today, the comb will easily slide through. I use it with the curling custard and always get compliments. If you just want to wear your own natural curls, I suggest trying it. I apply both and my hair looks like it's still wet, even when it dries. Let me know if you have any questions.

We star ted dating February, 2003, were engaged January 1, 2009 and will be married December 11, 2010. Almost 6 yrs. to engagement and almost 8 years to the wedding.

Quote: Originally Posted by JuliaR Ahhh! I'm sitting on the Lanai of my hotel room at the Gran Porto Real Resort. It's so lovely! Getting married on Thursday! PS> The alcohol flows like a river here! LOL Yay!!! I hope it's everything you want Julie. Congrats!

We're doing it legal there. I'm afraid that if we do it at home first, I'll feel like we're already married.

Love the thread & the poem with the GB. I can't wait to read your review and see the pics! The wine box is so awesome!

Nice! I love the luggage tags!

The new flowers look awesome!

This is the second one I saw like this. I love them!

I can't find the wood frame-only the silver one!

Quote: Originally Posted by carolina24 hey ladies just thought i'd share the site that i'm getting my sashes from. they are a little more than the site that's been posted, but i ordered several samples from them and just couldn't get the right color. the site i'm using has colors that match david's bridal colors so i thought it'd be easy to go into a store and chose the exact color you want, then order from the site. and they have super fast shipping, i placed the order on mon and got the sample on weds!! Wedding Chair Covers | Wholesale Wedding Chair Covers I love that they match David's colors. Thanks for sharing!

I really like this. It's so unique...

Excellent thread! This is a great idea!

I love these! They are so beautiful. Does this lady have a website? I would love to see some more of her work.

This date is not on t he updated list: Nichole (coley8 - Paradius, Punta Cana - Dec 5 - 13, 2010. Is she still in? If not, I'd love to be in. My date is Dec. 11.

Quote: Originally Posted by JENFLY6 can you tell me where you bought the zip holders? since i was too late to buy them from you If you scroll to the top of the page, there's a link. You can also get them off ebay. I bought mine 50 for 10.99 including shipping.

Quote: Originally Posted by laurenvuitton MsGlave - I'm over in the West Loop/River North Area... how many pashminas are you looking to order? I'm south suburbs, I'm looking to order about a dozen. What about you? Isn't the minimum 4 dozen?

Nice pics Jeff! Jen, you look so beautiful. Can't wait to see the rest of the pics!

I hope you ladies have beautiful weather. It'll be perfect if it rains early in the morning and the sun comes out for a beautiful day! You all are so lucky to have the same wedding dates and to be able to meet! I wish I knew the other bride who will be getting married on our day. Congrats! I'm so happy and excited for you all. I hope you have the perfect wedding! Thanks Kimmy for posting your review! Lynnie,Congrats on receiving your Master's! Quote: Originally Posted by lexibride dianep - we are bringing our laptop which has a webcam built in and we are going to stream the wedding live on Livestream - Broadcast LIVE streaming video. This is a great idea. Please let us know how this works! Quote: Originally Posted by Lisa DSO That blows big time. I still haven't heard back from the other day when I emailed them because I my date/time/location was still showing on their website as available, but hopefully that will be confirmed soon. I'm sorry, girl, you are right- unacceptable. I can't believe you haven't heard from them yet! I had checked the site a couple of months ago and our time wasn't available. Probably because it was double booked, lol! The planning threads are awesome! Even if you basically have all of your wedding things together, you can still get ideas from there! Quote: Originally Posted by LynnieS Raveyn This is EXACTLY what happened to me back in January (after booking in Sept)!! I know how you feel and it totally sux! I would definitely contact corporate AND the resort WC's. Let us know if you need emails for them! Just so you know the resort WC's will do everything in their power to make it up to you. They have been sooooo nice to me since this happened. I have gotten a lot of free/discounted amenities for my wedding to make up for it. Work your magic girl and everything will work out in the end!! Let us know if you need any help! -Lyndsay Thank you Lyndsay. Who have you talked with? They haven't offered us anything. The only thing they told us was that we have to change our wedding time or location. They have said we can have it at our regular time but must leave the gazebo immediately afterwards and have our cake & champagne after. You are the second person to tell me this so it seems to happen pretty often. Boo! Quote: Originally Posted by Lady_Di Raveyn, that BLOWS that happened to you! I agree with Lynnie that the resort WCs will do everything to make it up to you. I hope you get what you wanted. Thanks Di, I'll keep you all posted on the final outcome.

I think I decided on our final song-You and I by Stevie Wonder. I'm gonna have it done acapella because the music with it sounds depressing. This is a BEAUTIFUL song!

Thanks for this wording. I think I'm going to choose one and change it around a little bit to make it uniquely mine. Quote: Originally Posted by bahiabride2010 Here are the readings that I've collected and a picture of the frame...I just glued it today and it came out great! I ordered it online through this website...I know the umbra frame is hard to find. Looks like they just have the metal one now...still very nice! Urbane Online Store-StoreFront Product Detail Page 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.

Quote: Originally Posted by Lisa DSO That blows big time. I still haven't heard back from the other day when I emailed them because I my date/time/location was still showing on their website as available, but hopefully that will be confirmed soon. I'm sorry, girl, you are right- unacceptable. Hopefully, they really need to get their $HIT together! You should keep following up so they don't do the same thing to you! Quote: Originally Posted by duprk452 I would be livid! If you do have to change things they better be comping a few items on your ticket that's for sure! They need to do something. I am not taking this quietly!

Thanks for all of your responses ladies. LOL@ Jen-Thanks! I'm going to use that in my reply email. Jen, where did you all have your cake and champagne? How did it work out? We were booked for the gazebo back in January. Now, Julie (my WC) is saying that there is another wedding in the gazebo for the same time. She said she tried to get "them" to change it, whoever "them" is. You all who have an hour or an hour and a half break between your ceremony and reception, how are you handling it? Here is a copy of the last message I sent her: Julie, I, too, am sorry, but this is unacceptable. I'm sure the paperwork was sent from your office to The Royal PDC back in January, correct? There is no way they should have even double booked a wedding for the same time. Don't they have a calendar or something? This is a professional business right? We have already paid tons of money that has printed information. We have booked this wedding back in January and we're just finding out in May that the time is double booked? If we never asked about the reception, what would have happened in December? This is not acceptable. Maybe they need to push the other wedding back an hour. I don't know. My concern is that my wedding goes according to contract. Please forward me the information to contact the corporate offices. This is not acceptable for us. Here is a copy of the message I got back: Hi Raveyn, Ok I think they are going to let you keep the 3pm but said you would have to leave the gazebo right after the ceremony. So that means doing the toast and cake at the garden where the cocktail hour is. Is that ok? Or would you rather have 2pm so you can take your time? It's a shame we have to go through this!!!! I'm so not liking this place right now! At war with The Royal!

Ok ladies, I am sooooooo PISSED! i began asking my WC about a cocktail reception and guess what? She tells me that there is another wedding booked for the gazebo at the same time as ours. The only thing that she can do is move or wedding up by one hour or move the location. What kind of sht is this? I told her they need to move the other wedding back an hour and her response was they booked 10 days before us. Our wedding has been booked since January and this is May! We have already spent so much on printing. I am absolutely furious. I am going to contact corporate. This is sooo unprofessional! How do you not remove a date/time for the calendar? I am absolutely FURIOUS! This is NOT ACCEPTABLE!