StephyD

Are we allowed to have them in our suitcases?

I cannot wait for the new Big Brother!!!! My FI and I both love love love this show!

I sent a bunch of pictures to Ariadna of what I wanted. She came back with prices but I asked for example of the florist's work. I'm scared to ask for something and get something totally different!! She's suppose to have pictures sometime soon... She's been telling me some flowers weren't available and that we could replace them with other flowers, etc... so I just want to make sure I like what I get. I definitely know what I don't want, so that's a start, haha! What are your wedding colors? My girls will be dressed in a dark turquoise and all the flowers will be orange. The guys will be in grey suits.

ARIADNA EMAILED ME! Ok, I'm so glad she did!!! She said my emails went to her Spam... so I guess we need to be careful about that! All your plans seem wonderful That's the great thing about this forum, we all have different ideas and opinion and we learn so much from eachother!!! I contacted Claudia directly from the contact info on her website. She has been awesome to deal with. Her prices are definitely not cheap, but her work is amazing. We would have paid the same price if we got married here. I'm sure you'd be okay with the hair and makeup at the spa! I've read great things about it somewhere on the forum. She explained to me the whole thing about making the wedding legal in another country after getting married in Mexico in the email she sent tonight. I'm too tired to read it all and look for the information I need from our city hall's website... it does seem complicated, but I think it would be doable. I'll look into it tomorrow.

Quote: Originally Posted by Sax Lady I think it sounds like a great idea. Are they still standing up with you at the alter? Yes, they are standing with us at the alter.

My FI wants to get married here beforehand as well... I, on the other hand, don't want to. I guess we would same a lot of paperwork problems and what not, but I still want to get married down there. We are having the ceremony at 4PM and a cocktail hour from 5:30-6:30 (I think!) and the reception will start at 7PM. We are having the private reception at La Laguna. I'm not sure about the cocktail hour, but I do want something to do for our guests while we take pictures. We booked DJ Mannia for the reception, Claudia Rodriguez for pictures and Playa Weddings for the video. I went with Adrian for makeup, he's from Playa del Carmen. I was about to choose my flowers with Ariadna... I'm getting bouquets for 3 bridesmaid, 5 boutonnière for the groomsmen + dads, 2 corsages for the moms and centerpieces. I want a few decorations for the ceremony but can't make up my mind. I'm not getting the red carpet... I'll have petals instead. That's about where I'm at! Haha! I still need to figure a few things out. We went to check out wedding invitations here in Montreal last night, it's soooo expensive! It's nuts...

Well, I just emailed her from work. We'll see if she answers. I emailed her on June 16th, June 23rd and July 1st... asking if everything was okay. I emailed Roccio on Monday and then again Ariadna today. I just find it weird since she was so quick to reply before. Oh well... I'll wait and see. It's not like I'm getting married in a month either. Have you decided on a ceremony and reception location? Are you having a cocktail hour??

Both of our sets of parents are our witnesses, since we needed 4 and they also had to be in Mexico 3 business days prior to the wedding. We didn't want to force a departure date on our wedding party. Now... how can we involve my maid of honor and the best man in the ceremony? I was thinking of having the BM read the hand ceremony reading... and have my MOH read the sand ceremony reading. What do you think? Would that be weird?

Quote: Originally Posted by Ellabaja1983 Have you heard anything back at this point, from either of them? I sent in my information today for our deposit, I'm so excited about that. Now, I'm just waiting for her to respond, which I'm assuming will be tonight since she seems to always email at night... I hope you are having better luck now! Noooo... I haven't heard anything back. I'm really starting to get frustrated now. I don't know if she's just busy and now that my deposit has been paid, maybe she doesn't care anymore? Ha... I don't know. I was so happy with her since she was getting back to me within a couple of days and she was so good at answering all my questions. Maybe I asked too many? I don't know. I'm really starting to get frustrated now... I'm happy for you that paid your deposit!!!!!!! It's so exciting!!!!!

Woohoo!! I'm happy for you! Now, the fun really begins!

I've heard that they are suppose to get their own show next year! I also read in a magazine last week that the house we see on the show isn't really their house. They live in a regular house in LA and from the pictures in the magazine, it looks like a dump! Poor Heidi! She looked so good before!! I can't believe that she's doing all of this to her body.

What's the rule with favors? Do you do one per couple or one per person?

Quote: Originally Posted by QueenDiva Here are my girls' dresses. Love them!! Just ordered them today in turquoise. So cute! Where are these dresses from?

Quote: Originally Posted by Ellabaja1983 Stephy, I dealt with Ariadna multiple times last week to get things reserved for our day. I haven't talked to her since last Friday, but I also told her I wouldn't be available to get her information until Tuesday. Where are you with things at this point? Have you put a deposit down and everything with Ariadna? My deposit has been paid... I'm confused!!! She usually gets back to me within a couple of days and I haven't heard back from her for a couple of weeks... We'd been emailing back and forth regarding flowers. I sent her a bunch of pics of what I wanted and she checked with the florist to get prices... I sent her more pictures and more precisions on what I wanted and I never heard back. I'm sure we sent eachother at least a dozen emails each before that. I emailed Roccio tonight to see what is going on...

I have been dealing with Ariadna since I booked my wedding a couple of months ago. She has been great to deal with so far and usually takes 1 or 2 days to reply to my emails... Now, I haven't heard back from her in the last 2 weeks! I wrote her several emails and she doesn't reply. Has anyone heard of her lately? I'm thinking about emailing Roccio to see if everything is alright. Maybe I'm just freaking out for no reason too...

Quote: Originally Posted by skadow To answere my own questions ... Sand Ceremony Frames here is one link I found YAY! Thanks for sharing this... I've been looking for one for a while now and couldn't find anything.

Quote: Originally Posted by svieira I just got your email ... but you asked to reply all and I think you forgot to cc your personal email address!! Please send it to me again! Thanks! Ooooops, sorry!!!! Here it is: [email protected]

Who is doing the reading for the hand ceremony and the sand ceremony? Are you having your officiant do it or someone from your bridal party or guest? I'm thinking of having our MOH and best man do one each. What do you think?? Our parents are going to be our witnesses since they also have to be in Mexico for 3 business days prior to the wedding and we didn't want to force our MOH and BM to be there as well... so it would be a way to add a little something to the MOH and BM...

Quote: Originally Posted by svieira Erika is my WC - she offered me the following option: "I suggest a lovely terrace we have close to the catholic chapel ( pictures enclosed )"...is your ceremony on the beach or at the garden gazebo? If you plan to go to the garden gazebo/ chapel for pics than maybe this spot would work for you...I would send it to you but I'm still figuring out this whole forum thing! You can email me at [email protected] and I'll send u the info I got! I just emailed you. We aren't sure yet which gazebo we are having our ceremony at. We'd rather have it at the beach gazebo, but if it's too windy, we'll have it at the garden gazebo. We'll wait until we get there to decide. Funny though... my WC never mentionned the terrace... she just mentionned the inside bar area.

Here is the dress my girls will be wearing:

We officially booked DJ Mannia for our wedding! I'm excited!

Beautiful pictures!!!

I am using ''The way you look tonight - Michael Bublé'', so my vote is for that one

I'm glad you still like your dress!!!!!!!! :) At first, I thought I would get a different dress for a destination wedding... but when trying them on, I realized I would always regret it if I didn't get the dress of my dreams. I absolutely love my dress

I'm getting the same feedback from my guests as well. Most people are used to booking their trips last minute and get good deals... or they'll go to a 3-start or 4-star resort... I try to explain that it is a wedding and that we wanted something nice and we need to book a while in advance and since it can't be a last minute thing, the prices tend to be higher. While I used to get upset over it everytime someone would say something... now I don't care anymore. If people really want to come, they'll make it happen. If they can't afford to come, then we will see them at the AHR. We knew this before making the decision to go with a destination wedding. It's hard to please everyone.