Brandy

OH my goodness that came out small LOL!!!! If you cant read it it said..... now I can stop calling you Mocha SHERRI!!!!!

Now I can stop calling you Mocha SHERRi!!!!!!!!

I like yours better tris Brandy Wedding: April 2 Leaves: March 30 Beaches Turks & Caicos Tris (Trista) Wedding: April 28 Leaves: April 23 Gran Bahia Principe, Runaway Bay Jamaica

Here lets start it and everyone just add their Name in order Brandy~ April 2, 2011 Tenny~ April 2, 2011 Laura~ April 9, 2011

Mocha! You made me tear up!! LOL Well I know me and Tenny are April 2nd Teira is at the beginning too

Thank you I plan too!! Yeah Im not really a big drinker either, Im talking 3 drinks and Im pretty toasted LOL!!! You'll have a blast Laura!!! I cannot believe this is all coming to an end, Its making me kinda sad

Thank you soooooo much Ladies!!!!!!!! And can you believe Im not even done with everything LOL!!! So Im pretty much in official stress mode as of yesterday!! Erin thats so great about your AHR details, so exciting!!!! Im still working on mine! Laura, have fun at your girls weekend!!! Im sure you all will have a blast!!!!!

Thanks Ladies!!!!!!!! You girls are the best!!!!!

Lets see my plans for this weekend....... My bachlorette party is saturday!!!! Im getting my hair done tomorrow Getting my rings refurbished on Sunday I still need to book all the last minute details with the WC but she hasnt contacted me back yet!!!!!!!! And finish buying clothes!!!!!!!

Thank you so much Francine!!!

Aww thank you, I think you made me blush a little LOL!! I know it is coming up so fast!!! I didnt realize you leave right after me!! Only 14 more days to go for you then!!!!

IM FINISHED!!! Phew that was alot of work!! I hope you ladies have already started yours in word bc it was a lot more than I thought it would be, what did it take me? Like 3 hours or something!!!!!!

Thank you soo soo much!!! It was def a lot of hard work! Thank you Laura!!! Im going to miss you girls so much! I really do hope we all stay in touch, and I will def come back and post lots and lots of pictures!!!!

Well that’s everything!!! I hope it wasn’t too long LOL!! Thank you so much again to everyone on this forum, thank you for the inspiration and ideas, you ladies have been the absolute best!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok, now onto the fun stuff!!! CLOTHES and SHOES!!! Clothing for our trip, bathing suits, dresses etc…. Welcome Dinner outfit, purchased from ArdenB. Another dress purchased from ArdenB. I ordered 4 bikinis from Victoria’s Secret, they have not come in yet, here’s one that I ordered it has seahorses on the bottoms J Accessories Starfish Hair Clips from www.haircomesthebride.com And I’ll finish it off with some shoes Etsy seller is jellybeanboutique Advantage bridal www.advantagebridal.com Macy’s

Groomsman Gifts Our only groomsman is also my brother, he will be getting a Personalized gym bag, a chipotle gift card (his fav place in the whole wide world LOL), and I’m thinking about paying for an excursion for him as well. We also paid for his outfit for the wedding. Here is the card I will be giving him…. Bridesmaid Gifts Our only bridesmaid will be FI sister; she will be getting a personalized beach bag, lounge chair cover, bikini bag, and starfish necklace And here is the card that I will be giving her And here is the card that FI will be giving her The personalized gym bag, lounge chair covers, bikini bags and beach bag all came from http://www.exclusivelyweddings.com/

Future Mother in Law will be getting a card from FI, a personalized lounge chair cover, a bikini bag, lotion and spray from bath and body works. I’m also considering the excursion and hair and makeup for FMIL as well. And here is her thank you card from FI And here is the card that is going to my Dad, I still havent decided what Im going to get him yet, but more than likely an excursion or something

Parents Gifts My mom will be getting a nice thank you card, also made by the fabulous Mrs. Rebecca, a personalized lounge chair cover, bikini bag, starfish necklace, lotion and spray from bath and body works. And I haven’t decided on the rest, I’m considering an excursion and possibly paying for her hair and makeup. The Lounge Chair Cover Towels, for my mom, BM, and FMIL Bikini Bags, for my mom, BM and FMIL

Bridesmaid’s dress Alfred Angelo in Coral GM’s Attire Natural linen drawstring pants from www.cubavera.com And a long sleeved turquoise shirt from Macys, and flip flops from quicksilver.com Parasols for the Bridesmaid, and Mothers I also ordered a larger one for myself for photos, ordered from www.asianideas.com

FI Attire For the wedding FI will be wearing a natural colored linen suit from www.cubavera.com Shoes are from Aldo http://www.aldoshoes.com/us/men/sandals/product/82827924-case/22 For the TTD session FI will be wearing natural colored linen drawstring pants from Cubavera and a white shirt from Cubavera Wedding Day Accessories Hair Flower by Bel Aire bridal Bracelet Shoes Etsy seller, adorablesbyangie

Guest Book Rebecca also made a custom guestbook for us; I won’t have it until next week so here is what it will be… It will be a turquoise 8 x 8 book with a coral ribbon tied onto the side, this image will be on the front of the guestbook And the inside pages will be these; the front of the sheet will look like this And the back of the page will be a "mad-lib" style fill in My Dress I waited entirely too long to go dress shopping, I would definitely recommend going at least 8 months before the big day to give yourself plenty of time to find the dress, especially if you’re a really indecisive person like myself. I waited until 6 months before my wedding to start trying on dresses, well after trying on countless dresses and only 5 months until my wedding I finally decided on the Vanessa by Maggie Sottero. We had to have the dress rush ordered. On me the very first time I tried on the dress: Trash the dress So my original plan was to absolutely no doubt in my mind to “trash†my real wedding dress but mom (who paid for the dress) was not having it J so it was time to search for another much cheaper dress, I searched and searched and I found dresses I like but I really didn’t want to spend $200 and $300 I wanted it to be no more than $100, so I ran across a wonderful thread on here about knock off dresses, this was my answer!!! So I decided to order a knock off of another Maggie dress that I loved, and that’s the RD1044 from her destination line. Ordered through a seller on www.dhgate.com, the sellers name was earlybird.

Flowers Also provided by Beaches in the Martha Stewart Wedding Theme. They are white cymbidium orchids with seashells, and it’s tied together with an aqua ribbon. I’m also putting an aqua starfish jewel in the bouquet as well. Cake and Cake Topper Aqua Fondant Cake with white coral accents (Included in Beaches Theme). I purchased the cake topper from an Etsy seller www.beachweddingsbydonna.com

Photography As soon as the resort and wedding was officially booked the very next thing we did was book the photography; I knew I wanted tropical imaging to do our photographs. I am so excited to have Ileana with Tropical Imaging do our wedding day photos and our trash the dress the next day. http://www.brilliant.tc/ Décor Beaches offers different themes by Martha Stewart, and we ended up choosing the seaside serenade theme, which is aqua and coral colors, with lots and lots of seashells thrown in. The arch is a bamboo arch with capiz shell strands, with seashells down the aisle, and the tables are aqua linens with glass bowls filled with sand and different shells. All of the menu cards and table numbers and name cards were also included in the theme. I did change the ceremony chairs to the white chiavari chairs instead of the benches. Reception Details We decided to go with the 2 hour private reception, we won’t actually pick the location until we arrive on the resort, but I’m looking for something as close as possible to the beach, since you can’t have it on the actual beach. We also will have a calypso band play during the reception for an hour.

Pre-Travel Mailers Brochures I went to Rebecca for my brochures as well. I sent these out a month before the wedding along with 2 luggage tags per person. Everybody absolutely LOVED these!!! Luggage Tags I made the luggage tags with the business cards from www.zazzle.com , on a shimmer cardstock, and the backing is coral and aqua shimmer cardstock. I purchased the ID holders and luggage tag loops on www.amazon.com, these cost about $1.25 each to make.

Awwwww thanks Tisha!!! Nope Im not even close to be done yet!!! I wish I started earlier I didnt realize it was this much stuff lol!!!!!