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Welcome and congratulations on your upcoming wedding! I am sure you will be able to find reviews of plenty of photographers. Best of luck and enjoy your wedding

It looks great! Love the bright colors. My only note is (and again it might just be that I can't make it big enough), your website seems to disappear into the background....I might make it a bit bolder/brighter! Your guests are going to love these:)

They look great!

Josie, the invites look wonderful! Never ever tell anyone you made them yourself or how much it cost...cause they look like they were professionally made I love Vistaprint!

Thanks for the info.

Welcome and congratulations on your upcoming wedding!

Welcome! This site is an amazing wealth of knowledge.

Welcome! And congratulations on your upcoming wedding

Quote: Originally Posted by Lindobride14 Welcome! Saw ya in the other 2011 thread and wanted to say hi! Wow you have quite a lot done! I can't wait to see your dress! I have my dress as well, STD's sent out, BM dresses ordered, GM attire picked out but waiting for them all to get measured, and that's about it. We have booked a site visit July 26-29 and I cannot wait to see the resort and get more things checked off the list!!! We will hopefully have a very productive trip and pick out our wedding package, reception venue, menu, flowers, etc., meet with photographer, and get hair/makeup trial -- pheeww, that's a lot to do in 4 days! You mentioned getting amazing pricing for your resort -- would you mind sharing what kind of rates you were able to get? We are working with Beach Bum Vacation, also DW specialists. But we did not go the group rate route, and instead are doing individual bookings because we think guests will ultimately get a better deal. I am always curious as to what rates others are getting because I want to make sure we are getting the best rates possible for our guests. The only thing stressing me out about planning our wedding is how much it's costing our guests We have guests coming from all over Canada. So we only arranged for group rates from Toronto and Ottawa. But our TA managed to arranage a special land only rate (ie hotel cost), so our guests just have to get a flight, if they are travelling from anywhere other than Toronto and Ottawa. I am not sure I can post the prices, but take a look at my website under the Travel Info section. All the info is listed there. miriamandluke.com And a picture of my dress: http://72.232.198.18/manufcols/prono...om/Deseo_B.jpg So not what I had expected to wear, but it's very romantic and I feel a little Spanish looking

So many different places to find wedding websites. I ended up using ewedding.com , especially since I could pay a small amount to actually get the domain name. The setup was super simple ( I am not a computer person, at all), and it's easy to update. miriamandluke.com

Quote: Originally Posted by bigboponthebeach Moving past the drama and resisting the urge to emotionally dump here....and back on to weddings!!! We got our STD's back and out in the mail. I will be honest and say that I was on the fence about them and almost hesitated to send them out. We found an awesome seller on Etsy and while I loved all of her other work and samples, I don't think my idea translated over well via email. I wanted something very natural and organic. I love raffia and we are using Burnt Orange as our main color with sand brown and white as accents. After seeing our STD's, I am starting to think we might need another bright accent color. I am a tomboy and not a big fan of pink, so that color is out, although I have seen other weddings and I think those two colors are beautiful together. Any suggestions of an accent color to go with burnt orange that don't give off a "fall wedding" feel are greatly appreciated. Because I know how much we all love photos, my STD's that I sent out are below. We placed thins self-adhesive magnets on the rear so that people could place them on their fridge if they chose to. Any ideas for a pretty accent color?? You could easily do a deep blue or maybe a bright sunshine yellow. I am still trying to figure out colors myself....

Thanks so much for the links ladies! I have added them onto our wedding website for our guests to use.

Quote: Originally Posted by beaz2be By the way ladies - I found my dress!! Got it on the first day shopping! I'm sooo excited. It's not ANYTHING like I had envisioned I would want however, so now I'm starting to rethink the whole image of the day/BM dresses etc. I'm over the moon in love with it tho. So thrilled for you! Can't wait to see what it looks like. I did the same thing, bought something COMPLETELY different from what I had envisioned! But you just know when you try it on Quote: Originally Posted by mr.mrs.winski Hey everyone! I'm booked May 12, 2011. This place looks amazing - if anyone has any info or ideas that would be amazing! Congratulations and welcome on board! There is tons of info, and if you have questions, just ask! So many people have wonderful knowledge and ideas here, and it's been a wealth of information! Miriam

Hi Sima, you will find it hard to book packages that far in advance, especially since most of them deal with charter airlines that rarely have information for more than a year in advance. I don't know about the UK, but do some searches online or on this forum for travel agents that deal specifically with destination weddings. (I live in Canada and found a wonderful travel agent, Weddings By Oceans,who could get us information/prices about a year in advance) I am sure there should be something similar in the UK. The two resorts you have listed are both good resorts and are very large. My fiancee and I wanted everything a large resort offered but in a smaller package. We choose the Azul Sensatori, and when we did our site inspection in April, I was very surprised to find many guests were from the UK. You may find this to be a suitable option for you as well. Best of luck with your planning.

Great planning Amy! I've got about 6 months to go and feel like I have barely started. So many ideas...really got to narrow it down and get started!

Quote: Originally Posted by clgriffi7 Thanks for the encouragement ladies! I plan on going and ordering that dress tomorrow. One more question: Do you think that mermaid with the ruffles will do well for a TTD shoot or should I think of ordering a flowy chiffon/organza knock-off? Courtney Hi Courtney, It's a TTD for your wedding dress...not a different dress! I say do it Plus most people I have spoken to say that jumping into a pool or the ocean didn't seem to affect the dress at all. Once the TTD is done, just rinse the dress off in the shower and let it dry! Hope you got the dress of your dreams!

Quote: Originally Posted by msmarmar123 My Save the Dates came yesterday...does anyone think it is too soon to send them out? My mom thinks it is too early..but I think the earlier the better...it gives people longer to save and plan, right? Our wedding is January 24, 2011. And we sent out our STD magnets in February 2010...almost a year ahead of time. I think it's helpful for people to know when/where, so that they can plan ahead and /or book vacation time if they need to! Quote: Originally Posted by msmarmar123 And another question How long are/did you stay in Mexico for your wedding? We are planning 14 days...7 for wedding and family and friends...7 just for us....did all of you stay in just 1 resort? Or did you go to a different place? We are thinking of maybe going to Cozumel for the second week...but still totally up in the air.... We have booked for 14 days. We plan on arriving a couple of days ahead of the guests, so that we can spend that time talking and organizing with the wedding coordinator,etc. We also plan on buying some of our OOT bag supplies locally to try and save room/weight in our luggage. We plan on buying some local Mexican chocolate, and souvenirs. We also plan on buying a bunch of postcards, which will become our "Guest book". We will ask guests to fill in their favorite memory of the trip and mail the postcard before they leave for home. So we will need to find a local post office for postage. Then once all the guests have departed we will still have 4 days to relax and enjoy. We will be at the Sensatori the whole time. I don't want to repack. (we had to do that on our site inspection trip, because the hotel was overbooked for the first 3 days. And it honestly ate up a days' time, just repacking, transfer and then settling into the next place.)

Was wondering how to add a little flair to our reception...this might be the perfect idea! Thanks for the great info.

Quote: Originally Posted by chong Hi Ladies!!! I am finally back This has been the longest time I've been away from the forum. So much to catch up. I've been having some bad times in Houston so my life is a complete mess... like yesterday my car was towed in my own apartment parking garage. We have a place to unload and load stuff and less than an hour period a tow truck took my car! the apartment started to let them come in and out as they please and without a second thought they will tow your car. I was furious!!! I came out to my car to go out to the gym and I couldn't find my car. I thought it was stolen! I am so glad that I am back on this forum and start more focusing on the wedding stuff. I have so much to share and so much to talk about... I am about to start Chong So sorry to hear of your bad luck! Hopefully this is the last of it, and there will be no more stress before your wedding!

Quote: Originally Posted by Lindobride14 No, I haven't sat down and done the math yet. But I will take your word for it! That is awesome that you can give the spa services to someone in your bridal party or your parents! I will definitely do that. I wonder if the bride's hair and makeup, and the manicure & pedicure can be transferred to someone else as well, if you use an outside vendor? Or is it just the massages that's transferable? Yeah, over 200 bucks with tip for hair & makeup is WAY overpriced. Also, just a heads up if you didn't notice the manicure is 59 and pedicure is 79! I warned my girls go at home before the trip! I was originally going to get my 8 BM's their jewelry, a monogrammed travel cosmetic/toiletry case, and then pay for them to get their hair done while we're there. When I factored what those things would cost, I decided instead to just buy them their dresses instead. It's more practical and more appreciated! And that way, if that 75 spa credit is offered when they book their trips, they can just use that toward getting their hair done. I'm sure most if not all the girls wil just do their own makeup at that cost. QA I checked with about 5 or 6 hair stylists and Waves was the best deal I found. Their website is Waves Beauty Salon Playa del Carmen by Canadian Hairstylist Trevor Kohlman | Wavesplaya.com I would almost consider seeing if you can pay someone in your group to learn how to do hair and then have them do your bridesmaid's hair. Going offsite will likely be too time consuming and likely not cheaper. Go luck and let us know how it goes!

Thanks so much for posting such a detail review! All the information helps, especially since FI and I are trying to decide where to do the wedding ceremony and reception right now!

Welcome and congratulations on your upcoming wedding!

You look stunning!