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Quote: Originally Posted by peterpanpixiedust that would be the house to go to IMO... lol. Just found an amazing photographer and videography team willing to come shoot our wedding. There packages for full day are usually around and over 2 grand each... but they want to do our wedding for cost (about 900 each) and will even shoot our TTD the day after (both of them... in the cenote underwater and on the beach later on) and possibly some of the day before our wedding just soaking up some local flavor!!!! Only problem is, they both want 4 nights each with their spouses. It's crazy.... but basically, since they are going to be away from home, and they aren't going to be making money out of us, they want to enjoy some sun on their own with their wives (and they want the 4th day because they will be shooting us for 3). What would you guys do.... all in all, if you figure in that I'm getting a full day photo and video, and a a beach/cenote video and photo shoot , and possible more which all together would probably normally cost 6 grand! so you would be paying the 900 and their stay for four nights? that seems a little pricy (sp?) but you are getting three days so it would balance out. i just know that for that kind of money i would go with del Sol (but it would only be for the day of the wedding lol)!!

Thank you soooooo much!!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by melnickovich After lurking around here for some time admiring all of your beautiful dresses, I can finally say I have purchased the dress! It's Pronovias Estopena! I almost didn't try it on because of the $5,000 price tag, but they were trying to get rid of the sample because the dress has been discontinued so I got it for only $1500! Hopefully these pics work! Image hosting, free photo sharing & video sharing at Photobucket wow awesome deal!!! congrats

for my FI to be ok emotionally if you had an unlimited amount of money, how many kids would you have?

Quote: Originally Posted by luciel2820 Thanks Carolina, got it, I will send out the invoices, tonight and tomorrow, I need to get a huge box for yours lol. I have been emailing back and forth with Daniel he is awesome, called me blind and told me to stop complaining and all lol. just stuff them all into one of those flat rate shipping boxes lol. i really need think i need like 28 but i'd rather have extras just in case...but 48 was waayy to many!! that's funny about daniel....he should give you a commission for bringing him so much business

aawww thanks islandbride!! you're the third person thats commented about sex and the city, i love it

Quote: Originally Posted by Sloan I agree with your FI. We had no clue what we were doing every day at 5pm when we went for our wedding. Who cares? Be flexible, its your vacation too. Do what you wish and if guests want to hang out with each other they'll find each other. Our guests knew basically where we were at the resort if they needed to find us or wanted to hang out. We did a couple of excursions together, but we didn't decide on them until we got down there. Planning every minute of a vacation is no fun for people, including yourself! so i know it has nothing to do with this buti just saw your siggy and had to say CONGRATS on the twins!!!!! ok sorry

yay thank you!!! i sent you a pm about paypal last night

i agree with your FI in this situation. it's a vacation, so relax and enjoy. plus the day of the wedding will be planned enough. we are doing a welcome dinner on wed, the rehearsal on thurs and the wedding on fri. those are our only "scheduled" events. i want to spend time with our friends and familiy, but i don't want to have to worry about events or activities. plus many of your guest are prob using this as their vacation too, so i'm sure they would rather it be laid back

Quote: Originally Posted by LadyTrunck Carolina 24 we are shoe twins!! I cannot wait to wear those bad boys!! yay!!! don't you love them! my mom almost flipped when she saw them b/c she thought i'd get white shoes, but i love the contrast and bonus: they are sooo comfortable

thanks for the pics!! it looks really good. cute hubby to be

Quote: Originally Posted by Snickers I am getting married on Sept 16/2010 at Excellence Playa Mujeres just outside of Cancun. So far we only only bought my dress and invitations. Off to go and buy my groom some Carribean wear this weekend! congrats hon!!

no prob...i was the only one on for a while lol!! we'll definately have to plan a cocktail when we're there! yay for the junior member status!!!!!

well if you are only having 16 ppl, many resorts offer "free weddings" provided you stay for a certain amount of time. these are the "minimal" ones you talked about. at our resort (Dreams Cancun), the most expensive package is $2700 for a max of 20 ppl and this includes the ceremony, reception (with food and drinks), photog, video, your bouquet, his bout (plus 2 more for moms), cocktail hour, a mexican trio (you can use this for the ceremony or cocktail or reception), your make-up and hair, steaming your dress and his outfit, and they give the groom a room for the night before the wedding (if you don't want to stay together). they have other packages as well so you could check the website. I think you could definately do a DW on a $6000 budget, you just have to do some research. as for the bridal party, when we asked our friends to be in the wedding, we made it clear that it was a DW and we would completely understand if they couldn't afford it, ie we are not paying for anyone!! if you give people enough time to plan and budget it shouldn't be an issue.

wow crazy!!! back and forth crap doesn't work for me either....and i love how your FI said the ex GM could just buy his own outfit!! men just don't get it. well as much as it sucks, you're right to just buy him one just in case...at least you know your pics will be fabulous

congrats!!! everything looked great. i LOVE the pic of you and DH sitting on the grass with your dress spread out...very pretty

congrats and welcome!!! check out reviews on here of resorts in Cancun. that would help you narrow things down, good luck

hi there!! i need 3 dozen of the ivory paisley design. the number on the website is 018-15, but they look grey on there (even though it says ivory) so i'm not sure if thats the right one...my zip code is 30342 (Atlanta, GA). just let me know how you would like the payment. THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH for doing this!!! you've saved us non-NY girls some money!!!

my frame came in today...gonna glue it this weekend

my frame came in today :) i'm going to pick up the glue this weekend and see how it goes!!

Quote: Originally Posted by shae guess i have to add diy receipts to my planning list...haha! do we need the receipt for our wedding dresses too? just for the OOT bag stuff so they don't think you're trying to sell it. the wedding dress goes under "personal clothing"

hi vdaybride, do you think that the paisley ones look better than the plain ones? do you remember if they had paisley in ivory (i didn't see it on the website). thank you soooo much!!

wow your pics are AMAZING!!! congrats, everything seemed to turn out great in the end

so ladies here are my shoes to go with my maggie!! theyre hot pink so they give a nice punch of color and the fabric is chiffon-like to go with the softness of the dress

Quote: Originally Posted by PhillyBride09 Yes, He did all of the special effects...I amnot sure about airbrushing because the proofs look the same as the 60 pictures in my album. The Album is a Black leather album, The pages inside have the individual slots that hold each 4x6 pic. I think the package comes with 50 pictures in the Album..He would up giving us 60, which was nice. He picks the phots that go in the album though. But he truly did pick the best ones. There were color & black & whit pics in the book. With all the special effects. If you buy the CD of All the pics he takes that day, you will see diferent versions of the same pic...The normal pic and then all of the special effects & lighting pics. Don't be sorry for asking questions! I am happy to answer. I was right where you are at this time last year Sorry about your Photographer :-( thank you for all your help!!! did you specify before hand any shots that you HAD to have, ie first kiss, ring exchange, etc or was did he just know to capture those? also did he prompt you for some shots that he though would look good? sorry about your photog peterpanpixiedust!!