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Quote: Originally Posted by ~Nicole~ Murmel, I don't know if this helps you but here are some pics of the BBQ beach area from when I was there. This pic is taken from the beach area towards the resort. You can see the buffet in the background. Here's a pic taken from the seating area out to the ocean: Thanks so much! That's what I remember...was trying to figure out if I could drape fabric or hang lights to decorate it? And thanks for adding me to the list Quote: Originally Posted by amandamarieb Forgot to mention that I called my FI on my way to work this am to make sure that he had gotten ahold of the last groomsmen yet to buy his suit. And then he alerted me to the problem that two of these aholes, I mean groomsmen (joking, I do love them all) have been slacking and now the suit is not avialble in their sizes. Honestly, melt down does not describe the way I feel right now. I am more like a valcano ready to erupt. And today's my son's 1st birthday. This morning was just perfect, we played and open presents, went out to breakfast and now all of this. Sorry to hear your TA is not helping the situation. As for the groomsmen, any chance they could order the suits from another city? Depending on the store, or the brand you might be able to find it somewhere else. (Keeping my fingers crossed for you!) Happy Birthday to your son! Quote: Originally Posted by beaz2be PPS - It's my birthday today and I just looked at my profile thing on the side and my age has changed. BOO! haha Happy Birthday! Wishing you all the best on your special day

Quote: Originally Posted by ~Nicole~ Murmel, what specifically did you want to see for the beach bbq area? The seating area. I know it's got a shelter of sorts and then bench seating? Would love to have a photo to update my memory. I took all sorts of photos of wedding locations, but not so much for the reception areas. FI and I are possibly thinking of doing a beach BBQ for our reception, but I would love to see the spot again before we decide! Thanks Miriam

What a great job! When I get around to doing mine, I might use some of your ideas if you don't mind

Quote: Originally Posted by msmarmar123 It's my 150th Post I'm a Junior Member! Congrats! Quote: Originally Posted by KittenHeart Chong - You can bring as much as you want, you just pay for it. Check the specifics on the airline you're flying. Ours were by number or by weight and we paid to bring them all by weight I think which ended up being cheaper. I pre-packed all my luggage and weighed it and measured it and calculated out exactly how much it would be etc. Be sure to check with the airline ahead of time. I know even if we pay, we can't take more than 3 bags each. And there are weight restrictions, hence why we are buying a lot of the OOT bag fillers down there. Quote: Originally Posted by chong Check out my profile picture!!! I finally did it. What a pain to get this picture up here. Nice to see a picture of you! Quote: Originally Posted by beaz2be I just found out one of our guests (a friend from work) booked a trip to AS for this week. A last minute sale - she says she'll take pics of anything I want and go check it all out. Anyone have any requests they'd like to pass on? I'll have to think of exactly what I want to know about. I feel like there's so much information on this forum tho' that I don't really know what I'll need her to look into. :-) Still, fun to have a scout. If you could ask your friend to take a few pictures of the back end of the Mexican restaurant (the patio) and of the beach bbq area, I would greatly appreciate it. Quote: Originally Posted by chong Question... did you guys wear spanx under your wedding dress? My designer is telling me I MUST wear one in order to look flawless under the dress... but I am not sure where to buy one. He knows someone who sells nice spanx and costs around $200. Do you think it's too much? I don't want to buy a cheap kind and end up regretting when I see the pictures. Any recommendations? Not planning on wearing Spanx. I have been told it can be really warm. But if you need it, I know a lot of malls in Toronto have stalls in the hallways that sell Spanx.

Quote: Originally Posted by H&F I just found these two resources online and I thought it looked really good. The first website talks about different conversations, etc that should happen before marriage. The second link takes you to a whole workbook of conversation questions and things to work on with your partner. It seems pretty straight forward. I hope this is helpful! Marriage and Equality - Equality in Marriage Institute http://www.equalityinmarriage.org/cc.pdf Thanks for these posts. FI and I are trying to find a non-religous premarital course in Toronto, but incase we don't at least we have some resources to follow now.

Thanks for the review. Even though I am heading to Azul Sensatori, it's great to hear about the service, since it's the same company!

Quote: Originally Posted by dstinationdrmr Do any of you ladies have recommendations for wording for our invites. They're a little formal so I'm thinking the wording should be formal too? Let me know what you think. A Little Bling Wedding Invitation by LesliesCardart on Etsy[]=tags&includes[]=title What beautiful looking invitations. When is comes to wording...sometimes simple is better. Think If you want your parents names included or not, and then go from there. The honor of your presence is requested at the marriage of.... Please join us in the sun to celebrate the marriage of.... On (date) Time At the Azul Sensatori, Mayan Riviera Mexico Then include all the extra information, ie TA, prices, etc. on an extra sheet/card. Don't stress yourself out to much! Most people will just be thrilled to see your wedding invitation, and as long as it as all the info, you're good to go!

Great work! They look stunning.

Wonderful job! I'm will likely do something similar

Quote: Originally Posted by nmurch i found a maker that lives in the US off ebay! Thanks! I'll have to take a look.

Congratulations! And welcome. I know I have gained a ton of knowledge on here.

Quote: Originally Posted by chong By the way... I had a very long and exciting day. I had few of my girlfriends over at my place and we packed OOT bag, put ribbons on stuff, cut tags and made some props! I am so thankful that they were willing to help doing some of the tedious work for only food and drinks! and.. of course for a good time. I feel like I am getting so close to the wedding. I cannot wait till I am done planning! One of the things we made was the fake mustache and lips as props for our guest picture book. It was so much fun!!! FYI - I have reached the junior status!!! Horay!!!! Congratulations on Junior status! Cute job on the props! I am sure the pictures will be fabulous. For the avatar photo...it took me forever...but I tried downloading a picture from my computer (which the file size was too large). So I simply cut and pasted the photo into Paintbrush and changed the file size in there. Then resaved the 'new' photo to the desktop and uploaded to BDW. Hope that helps. As for OOT bags. I am sewing all the bags myself, so I can customize the colors. And other than a few small items, we play on buying a lot of the fillers once we arrive in Mexico (we get there 3 days ahead of guests). That's how we are trying to cut down bulk, but I am sure it will still take a small duffel at least for me to take it down with us.

Quote: Originally Posted by michelle2011 Girls i have some good news..... WE HAVE A BESTMAN AGAIN! One of FI's childhood friends is booking up and FI asked him yesterday to be bestman and he was chuffed to bits. So happy. It was quite emotional really! x That's wonderful news! And I am sure FI is thrilled to have his friend with him

Thanks for all the information ladies! Now I will just have to find pictures of the types of flowers so I can decide what I want.

Quote: Originally Posted by nmurch yea i almost had a heart attack when i seen his pants rings in as 445 i died a little inside that day. haha. i love the idea that you are goning to make a tribute to your mom who cant make it by using the same colours as her bouqet was. thats SO cute. i'm sure she will love it!! for my grandpa and baba who died i found super cute bouqet charms.. these are the images from the website, not my grandparents, but you'll get the idea. Hee hee...agree about the suit price! But it makes me feel better about how much I spent on my dress! Love the bouquet charms. Where did you find those? My dad passed away 11 years ago, and I would love to have something to represent him. I had not really figured out how to work him in yet. Although I know we will have one of the BM or GM do a toast for those that can't make it, but are with us in spirit.

So sorry to hear you lost your Papa. It is really hard to lose someone suddenly and feel lost in the world. Stay close to your family and friends for support, and know everyone is thinking of you during this difficult time.

So Cute! Congratulations

Quote: Originally Posted by msmarmar123 Thanx I think it is too early for 2012 promotions...but will bookmark those and check back. I would check every once and a while and take note on the ongoing promotions. When it comes time to negotiate, even if the promotion is no longer valid, bring it up. Tell your TA, I saw a promotion about bride/groom stay free, etc.; is there anything similar available now? They may even extend part of the deal to you just for mentioning it

The Flowers look great nmurch! And I have to giggle that both our FI's found Hugo Boss suits! As for flowers, I don't really have a set type of flower in mind, just colors. I know my bouquet has to be white, purple and pink. It's a tribute to my Mom, since she is in a nursing home and won't be able to attend. And those are the colors of her wedding bouquet. I will really have to check out the sticky about local Mexico flowers. Hope the page has pictures!

Welcome and good luck with your planning!

Quote: Originally Posted by msmarmar123 Where are you looking for current promotions? Is it on the Azul website? I check the Karisma site, and if there is a deal at ANY of the properties, I try to use that to my advantage. Also my TA website, Weddings By Oceans, has a link to promotions (they have a Facebook site as well). Good luck! Quote: Originally Posted by dstinationdrmr I just wanted to point out how much I learn on here.... I was watching Top Chef Wednesday and saw the seasoning that AmyB is using for her AHR! Never heard of or saw it before this. I think it's because I'm from NO and we have our own local seasoning. Who knows? And, I watched Big Brother Wednesday (or maybe it was Tuesday) and one of the houseguests was trying to spell journeyman to win a challenge. I was like "I know what that is now!!" It's sad how the silly things make me happy these days. LOL! It's amazing where you learn little things

Hi! I just found the Toronto posting... hopefully I will get to know you all soon Hope everyone's planning is going well. Right now trying to get FI to decide what he wants the groomsmen to wear. Talk to you soon! Miriam

Quote: Originally Posted by beaz2be Thanks! That's VERY helpful info. That's how I feel, that I might not get the whole package but maybe some part of it. Did you have your TA dealing with the WC from Karisma? So far my TA basically says that I'm supposed to deal with the WC by myself and that she doesn't usually get involved in that part of it. She just strictly does the travel planning part. This wouldn't bother me so much (because really I like to do things myself and trust myself more than I trust her) if I didn't feel like her pressure and input might have more influence than mine because she's part of the whole industry?!?! Any advice? I will definitely take AmyKH's words to heart and assume that Carolina has my back and will do her best to get me a great deal. I'm just worried that my TA might need to be involved too. Thus far, she hasn't been much (other than me cc'ing her on emails). We haven't really had to deal with the resort planning part yet. But our TA deals only with destination weddings and deals a lot with Karisma. So it's a bit of a bonus for us. Eventually in the fall, we will sit down with our TA, who will deal directly with the WC for us. Makes it easier for me, to talk directly to our TA and tell her what we require. She will then deal with the WC for us, and report back. Plus it means we have someone who is bargining from our corner I am sure there are many things that need to be planned in advance, but it also sounds like the WC onsite are fabulous at last minute details (like the decor, problem solving, etc.).

So sorry to hear the news. If it helps I know Westjet was flying down there last year, so maybe they are doing the direct flight again this year? If they are, they may also offer a package to your hotel, although it may be a different price than with Sunquest. Good luck

I agree with not inviting people to the shower that are not invited to the wedding. But I have a different issue. So many of our guests are from all over the country. Do I just invite those people who I think might be able to attend? (ie locally or close by) or invite everyone and wait and see if they attend? My FI mother is throwing me a shower in October and wants a list of those people I would like to invite. And I don't know what I should be doing? Any help?