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This is the site for the starfish jewelleries... Designs by Travelmeg - Starfish Jewelry

this is the starfish necklace that I like

Quote: Originally Posted by Nicyx Really sorry pix are so so big but i tried them as thumbnail but you cant really see them properly...... xox WOW, the flower is nice. I really like the blue crystals. Me too I got some silk flower hair pins and hair bands from an accessories store for 5 for $10, I will wear them at my friend's wedding, to see if I look good with BIG FLOWER on my head. I saw one with a silver starfish in the middle of the flower on Etsy.com. However, it is like $45 plus shipping...not sure if I wanna spend $50 on a hair pin. I also saw a site, proposed by a bride on this forum, that sells silver starfish jewelleries, which I think can be a good pick of a DW jewellery. I also like blue topaz jewellery bacause of its blue color.

Quote: Originally Posted by CeeCee76 I’m with most of you with trying to keep a low budget on the dress. My mother will be making my dress. She made my sister’s dress and it was absolutely beautiful. It’s great because she can take the great things for several dresses and make me my own unique dress. My mom could win Project Runway with her skills. So far with fabric, notions and “test dress†it will cost me about $75.00. Here’s the pattern that I’m using as a starting point. Prettypigpig, The dress on the dhgate website are lovely! OH...Lucky you! My mom can't even cook properly (that is why she is married to a chef)...so forget about winning Project Runway! I wish I can have my dress for $75! Speaking of my mom, I really have no clue what she is going to wear, she is about my height (5 ft 2) but a size 10. Yes, the side effect of being a chef's wife, and also what Mexbride said like eat what u want, ur hubby loves the way u are, no need to be on diet as long as u are healthy and feel good. My dad is still the same shape after 31 yrs of marriage, but my mom grew like HSBC Holding's stock price in the past 31 yrs.

THE ROYAL in Playa Del Carmen-Day Passes Prices are insane, so make sure all your guests stay at a Real resort! 9am – 5pm $85 12pm – 5pm $65 5pm – 11pm $85 9am – 11pm $145

I usually check Wholesale - Buy China Wholesale Products from Chinese Wholesalers on DHgate.com It is the Chinese version of Ebay. I only order from seller with a long history of positive reviews. They can also make dress from pics if you have detailed photos of the dress that you like (that is why some dress shops don't allow you to take picture of the dress..unless you bought it already) Most of the sellers are actually the manufacturers of wedding dress, probably other websites order from them too.

I am ordering my dress online too. For the following reasons: 1) The dress that I like cost $6000+. It is very hard to justify the cost of a dress that I will be wear for 1 day. Not to mention if I put $6000 in an investment account for my retirement, I would get return on my investment plus taxe credits. 2) I wanna do a TTD, so again...I don't wanna trash $6000. 3) Re-sell value of a wedding dress is 1/3 of the tag price at best, and the chance of finding another bonely size 0 bride to buy my dress is very low. 4) I tried on several "designer"/ "brand" name dresses, i.e. Pronovias, La Sposa, San Patrick..., and noticed that they are have a "MADE IN CHINA" tag on them. So, $3000 made in China dress vs a $200 made in China dress...probably coming from the same region or same factory..I would pick the $200. 5) When I order dresses from shop here, they order it in standard size, so they would order size 2 or 4, then charge me an arm+a leg ($500+)to adjust the width and length after receiving the dress. If I order it online from Chinese folks, they will make it to my exact measurement! (ok, there is still a slight risk of some fixing, but the cost will be much lower compared to skrink a size 4 into a size 0) 6) All of my suits and skirts for work are tailor made by Thailand folks who took my measurements when they visit here, and I just have to order them online after. The fabrics are top notch quality, instead paying $700 suits and extra cost to adjust them so it looks "fitted" on me, I pay $300. Bottom line, when it is tailor-made to your size, it will fit better than standard sized products.

Oh Congrat! What a lovely story! I guess it was at the Cote Vertu Ikea! LOL I hope u guys were fighting for a parking spot and exchange numbers after!

Quote: Originally Posted by mexbride83 Wow, I can't believe that Bonnie. Can no one change their name at all? Or just people who are changing due to marriage? For example, I have a good friend (one of my BMs!) whose parents didn't give her a middle name, she just had a first and surname. She always hated that she didn't have a middle name, so a year ago she chose a middle name and legally changed her name to include it. Could she not do that in Quebec? I'm not a huge fan of my fiance's last name, it's long and German, but I am still going to take it just because I'm a traditionalist. I'm a little sad though to be losing my short and simple last name Yes, u can't change ur last name or name..unless it is for extreme situation, like you have weird name like Pierre Ponce (Pierre is the equivalent of Peter in English, but also means stone) and Pierre Ponce means pedi-stone in French..other than that you can't change ur last name or first name. I guess we had too many jokers here before, that they put a stop on the name changing legal thingy.

Quote: Originally Posted by mexbride83 Wow, I didn't realize May 28, 2011 would be during a UK school break as well! It's a holiday here in the US... which means travel on that weekend will be more expensive and busier than usual! I'm nervous about our resort being full now. I did get a room block, so at least we'll have most of the rooms we need set aside for us (we blocked less than we estimated we'd need, in case some people changed their minds in the next 14 months). I'm also nervous that the non-wedding guests at our resort are going to hate us hahaha. It's a small resort, so half the resort will be wedding guests and half will be non-wedding people. All the reviews about our resort talk about it being a peaceful, relaxing vacation. But with our 80 wedding guests, about half of which are young people there to party, it definitely won't be peaceful! Oh well, I guess that'll be their problem and not ours:) I had no idea that father-daughter and mother-son dances were an American tradition! I've never been to a wedding that didn't have them. I wonder if we have other traditions that differ? What about bouquet and garter tosses? I went to a wedding in Peru where the bride held out an opaque glass with ribbons coming out of it, and all the single girls pulled out a ribbon. The girl who had a little ring at the end of her ribbon was the next to be married. I thought that was very cute, and better than girls clobbering each other for a bouquet! WOW..I really like the ribbon thing..that is a good idea! U know I hate the bouquet snatching thing, as there was always a few desperated chicks..and super aggressive to SNATCH the bouquet...then tiny and not very eager chick like me were like next to them and get very scared that I may get injured!

Quote: Originally Posted by RaychelRae Seriously, Bonnie!? You can't ever take his last name as long as you live there? Wow, I never knew that! Oh yes! It is a strange province. Here, a lot of divorced people, a lot of single parents, and a lot of re-constructed families. One of my former colleague who has 2 kids with different fathers, told me she enjoys the fact that she divided the kids with her ex, so she doesn't have to see/take care of her kids everyday...I almost faint, and I felt very sorry for her kids. People tends to not get married, just live together...pop out some kids. The strange thing is, Quebec is the first province recognize..common law..as a legal status (back in the 60s, living together before marriage was a taboo), but Quebec is the only province where common laws couples don't have the same legal status as Married couple..when it comes to separation! (i.e. when a woman "divorces", she can get half or get spousal support from ex hubby, but when a woman just broke up with her "common law" bf, she gets nothing!)

I can't change my last name legally after my wedding. Every province in Canada, brides/grooms (yes, there are dudes who changed their lastname to their wives') can add or change their surname, EXCEPT in Quebec. Due to the high divorce rate (u know..french people are very romantic), I guess the government just put a stop to it to save some administrative and paper work expenses.

Quote: Originally Posted by michelle2011 Buy Stone Slim and Regular Fit Suit: Jacket from the Next UK online shop He will wear it with a crisp white shirt! Lovely!! Tall dark, handsome and tanned what more can a girl ask for! I can't wait to become Mrs Page!!!! Yippeeee OH WoW...Future Mrs Page, what a nice suit! My FI would love this cut too, but definately too hot for our July wedding..heehee!

Quote: Originally Posted by Linhy Nicyx- As for booking rooms and stuff I think in the next couple to few month you should be able too. I don't think flights are out for 14 month out just yet though. Yeah no need to freak out about anything. We still have other things in life to worry about as well. I'm so excited and looking forward to my trips that is coming up. It's nice when you have things all ready and layout to get it out of the way. Kind of sad that I am almost done. I'm sure I'll stick around and if anyone needs help with anything. LOL I am sure you will find more things to add for your wedding! heehee

Quote: Originally Posted by Linhy weird!! some of our guests tried to book their rooms online through travelocity and expedia and it says that there's no room available. They think its cheaper to go through the website outside then travel agent. It is cheaper to go through website, except if you are going to a ClubMED (because ClubMed website sux). Usually, the online experience is great as I don't have to talk an incompetent human being that does nothing more than an office plant does. The office plant still does better job, because it inhales CO2, exhale O2. Of course, a lot people feels safer and more ensured when there is a human touch in the process.

Mexbride...Thx for the Bamboo Tat suggestion! It does look very painful!

I already put down a deposit for my wedding to secure my date, gazebo and beach for reception. However, I will book my trip 4-6 months before wedding, I usually book my trips from a website, where I can see the price of the same resort up to 8 month and show up to 8 weeks on the same page...so I can really track the evolution of the prices. My FI was like the last thing for me to do is to "plot the prices on a chart" and start doing a technical analysis..and come up with a forecast and issue a research report.

Day Pass rate for Royal...It is insane..I was speechless...when I saw the rate..so make sure all your guest stay at a Real resort! THE ROYAL in Playa Del Carmen-Day Passes 9am – 5pm $85 12pm – 5pm $65 5pm – 11pm $85 9am – 11pm $145

Quote: Originally Posted by Linhy Bonnie: Yeah I was gonna ask how are the prices in Hong Kong. I have a friend he lives in the states here but he gets all his clothes there. I wonder if like designer brand are cheaper there? Usually, it is the same price as in US or CHEAPER. If they go on sale, it is definately CHEAPER in HK. In addition, you will have much more choices in HK, you will also see the Japanese brands and get clothes that fit "asian" size. Don't forget to visit Sasa (the asian Sephora), you can get a lot of asian/japanese beauty products, if you are a fan of SK II, you can get a better price in HK than in USA.

Quote: Originally Posted by mexbride83 Linhy - I definitely don't think that you should have to pay for the stepsister! It's your day, and you really shouldn't be concerned with anyone else's finances. I was just saying that I can sympathize with her, being a poor grad student and all haha. But I would never ask my brother and his wife to pay for me to go to their wedding! I would ask my parents though:) That's what I think she should do if she really can't afford it. Bonnie - your honeymoon sounds awesome! 3 whole weeks off, I'm so jealous. There are few companies that let people take that much time off all at once, so you're very lucky. I lived in Phuket, Thailand for a year after undergrad (teaching English), so if you go there and need any advice, let me know! Where is everyone else planning to honeymoon? In Mexico? Go somewhere after Mexico? Or do the honeymoon at a later time? My fiance and I are planning a "minimoon" - leaving Mexico two days after our wedding and going to Napa Valley for 4 nights. Since my fiance is taking a week off for the wedding, we couldn't do much more than another 4 days for the honeymoon (will end up making it 2 work weeks total). We'll be flying to Hawaii (where we'll be living then) from Cancun, so we thought a stop in Napa would be a good break in the travel, and it's nice that it's on the way. We're hoping to do our real honeymoon over Christmas 2011/New Years. Because we'll be living in the islands, we're thinking of doing a non-beachy, more adventurous honeymoon. Right now New Zealand is our #1 choice! Fingers crossed we can afford it, haha. Oh! WOW New Zealand is an amazing place! Never been that part of the world yet, but my grannies are living in Perth, and it seems to be that there is another world down there. Sure, do u know any good tattoo artist in Phuket? My FI is somehow into tattoos, and he really wants a 3rd one before he becomes a dad ( don't ask me why...I never get this part...but hey, I guess it is like he never figure why I spent so much time on this forum or flipping wedding magazines).

Quote: Originally Posted by Linhy Bonnie- Honeymoon probably another weekend in Mexico later in the year we probably have a real honeymoon either in Tahiti or Asia trip. My brother and I are planning to go to Hong Kong end of July. I got so many trips coming up this year. And weddings to attending. We got invited to so many weddings one wedding I want to attend that is out in france. We also got invited to a wedding in Shanghai and Taiwan. At least you got a head start on your wedding process. blah...but I don't think I can go to half of the wedding that is oversea I need to same my vacation days. You'll get things put all together. That will be great going to asia for your honeymoon. Yeah! For Asia, you will need at least 2 weeks of vacation days to make it worth it! Tahiti is awesome! Of course HK too, so much good food and cheap clothes! You will love it!

Don't worry ladies, who are watching prices to come out and wait for them to go down... The prices will go down! I goto Mexico once every year (always went with packages), they usually go down when there are 3-5 months left, after that, they usually stay firm and sold out. A few exceptions like last year, when the east side of Canada was having crappy weather the whole summer, the price didn't went down that much, and of course...when there is a "potential" hurricane ...hitting Cancun...no one wants to go, and the price went really low.

Quote: Originally Posted by Linhy I am so excited and all Set!!!!!! my wedding planning is almost done. I can't believe it!!! 334 days to go WOW, NOW I am so behind! With more than 365 days to go...I am still waiting for my bonus to come, and then start buying my dress, rings, BM dresses...favors...etc. So far, I built 75% of my website, sent out the STDs, will go for my on-site inspection and menu tasting in June before picking my menu. Where are u going for your honeymoon? My FI decided to goto China, Hong Kong and Thailand for 3 weeks.

Quote: Originally Posted by Mischaka It felt like someone just kicked me in the gut...lol The prices for my resort are higher than what I was expecting. It's cool cause it's gonna happen but wow! And I've should be going to my first dress shopping experience next sunday. I'm excited. I'm not planning on actually buying a dress just want to try some on to see how they fit. I did try on a dress that a friend of mine was considering selling to me but I had to do it at work and no one was around to critique me so I passed on it. (not to mention i'm 5'8 and she's 5'2) Price for hotel and flight will go down when there are 3-5 months left to sell, if you book now, they know u really want it, so...you have to pay more. LOL! forget it, if you are 5ft8, that 5ft2 dress will look too short on you!

Quote: Originally Posted by peterpanpixiedust Ok, ladies, I just came up with an idea that in my opinion is awesome and I thought I would let you know and maybe it will become a trend! My site visit is a year before our marriage, so we will be in the same area (Cancun) on the date a year before. So I thought, why not have a Preversary date night. Just another date to look forward to celebrate. And then I thought, I'm not the only one who has to wait for more than a year, so you all would probably benefit too. Just think, plan on a date night on the date of your wedding a year before - a Preversary Date! Just because it sucks to wait so long. What do you all think? LOL! I am doing exactly the same. However, my intention is really to test the ground, menu, location, temperature, weather...and bug the WC face to face!