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Thanks! Yeah, it was actually surprisingly easy. I just copied across a couple of images from google and our pseudo-monogram (the turtle ) and created text boxes surrounded by shapes in publisher. I actually really enjoyed it, I love making DIY stuff!

These are adorable and really original. Lovely!

Aww, these are soooo cute! What a fantastic job you've done...

Great link, thanks!

So glad to hear everything was so perfect for you, Dreams723. Your description made me miss the place so much! Thanks so much for your review and I can't wait to see your photos!!

Your pens look great! Alas the link doesn't seem to be working for me- I'd really appreciate it if one of you lovely ladies who have followed the instructions could give me an idea of how they were done!

Hi, what a great job you did with everything. So sorry the sand ceremony didn't go smoothly. Would you mind posting your directions for making the parasols? This is something I'm really interested in but for some reason the link just sends me to the general front forum page rather than your instructions. I'd really appreciate it!!

These look great, I've just finished making my own of these! .

@ Bruuning: Awww, how lovely that you got to have the full experience with your family and how great that you found it so quickly! My family, bridesmaids and best man (yeah, I'm being a bit untraditional and having a best man too!) are scattered over the UK too so I imagine I'll have some difficulty getting us all together! Ahh right, no worries then, I don't blame you if there's a chance he'll sneak a peak!! Yeah, I get the feeling it could change again by the time I start trying them on; it's hard to know what's going to suit you best in this sort of territory! Wow, that sounds lovely... very classic! Sounds fantastic. I really liked the idea of purple but we've already settled on colours and it's one of the only things my OH has had an input in so probably best to encourage it! lol. @jnadair: I've looked at holidaying at the different El Dorado resorts, they're stunning; I bet it will be gorgeous for a DW! Do you have a specific date then? I can't wait to be able to have one so I can start printing date-specific projects. When will you be saying 'I do' then?? I do love Vistaprint for its freebies, I'm not sure how they make any money with us lot just cashing in on the free stuff haha! Got myself a free 'will you be my bridesmaid' book for my sister last night. I work in an intensive job Sept-July so it's definitely my intention too to get as much done now to prevent me entering Bridezilla territory lol. I'm already stressing about the weather every now and again so could do with that being the only thing I have to worry about once it gets here!

I love your time lines, really cute!

These are great!! I've come across these retro items as additions to a wedding before, but haven't really been sure how to incorporate them, the icebreaker idea is perfect. Love it!

This looks great! Thanks for the links and I look forward to being able to download it to help with my own booklet!

What a great idea, definitely another for my 'to do list'!

What a brill site- well found!! I'm also now considering it as the front cover for my welcome booklet. Great idea ladies!!

I absolutely *love* these! So much so that I have just made and ordered my first of three. Thanks so much for the idea and wonderful poem!

Hi Carla- when are you thinking of booking? and through who? I'm really scared I'm going to have to end up biding my time to the ''last minute'' to get good enough deals for my guests. I'm a teacher too, so we're quite restricted in when it can be. You made me laugh with the accidental 'I', my OH is still at the 'it's two years away" point, so it's hard to get much out of him, though apparently he had a go at his vows at work the other day! . We're thinking July at the moment but generally just whenever in the school holidays that we can get the cheapest deal!! Yeah, if you have any questions please ask and I'll try and help you out! Or if you want photos of anywhere I can send you them . Bruuning- Wow, I can't believe you've already got your dress!! Very jealous! I'm having to bide my time (which is probably a good thing because the style I like has completely changed over the past year lol. I started off wanted something really simple and sleek and I've gradually wanted something ''poofier'' ) If it's the one though you don';t want to lose it!! Can we get a sneak peek?? What colours are you going with? We've decided on shades of turquoise/teal and ivory with hints of silver in there.

Thanks, Brendee. It really is, it's allowed me to do so much planning! Really looking forward to hearing more reviews; especially from people who have wed at the beach gazaebo- this wasn't available when I was last there and is something I'm really interested in- it seems so much better and more private than the alternative that was there last year! Can anyone share their experiences of it??

Well they arrived within two days and are on really good quality paper: they look great! Just be sure to "embed the font", as this caused a bit of a problem, which is having to be fixed now. Great value for money though!

Yay! It's so nice to find some more 2013 brides, I've already been waiting for a year so now I'm starting to get really antsy and keep planning/ making different bits and bobs, which sometimes feels a bit silly with another 2 years to go. It'll be here before we know it though! And it'll be nice to have as relaxing a run up to the big day as possible! I'm not one for leaving things til the last minute so this works out quite well really. I'm also a DLR bride-to-be after getting engaged there last July! We knew immediately that that was where we wanted to tie the knot as it's such a wonderful place, and already really special to us! It definitely makes life easier too as we know the site and aren't taking too big a 'risk' if you know what I mean (especially as being in the UK we couldn't really do a site visit, unless it was a proper holiday) I've already: sent out announcements, made and printed guest book pages, and created a wedding planning scrapbook with all my different ides. What have other 2013 brides been up to?

What a fantastic and original idea! I haven't seen this before. Really brill and so glad they went down so well! Definitely considering this idea now!

What a brilliant website- thanks for sharing!

Very funny, are they influenced by 'The Hangover' by any chance? Lol. I'm definitely going to pinch these and hopefully come up with some of my own! Thanks for the great idea!

Wonderful! Thanks for sharing!

PS: I'm a teacher too, so this is doubly helpful. Cheers!

Thanks a lot for this, it's gonna make life a lot easier. What a great find.