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*bump* same!!

We should sometime!! She gets married in December I believe, and I see that you are in May? I'm in the end of June.. I'll be counting on you two to teach me everything! )

LilBudda: Where in Philadelphia are you at!?! SGray and me are from Folcroft, 5 minutes from the Philly airport!

  I emailed Dulce 2 weeks ago and never heard back from her. This might be because my wedding is 9 months away though...

I also wanted to share the site I'll most likely get mine from...they sell plastic bottles with cork at $0.89 or less!! Â http://www.sandartsupplies.com/StoreBox/message_bottles/mbpw5.htm

I absolutely love them!!! I actually did passport invites but am thinking about doing a message in a bottle program for the wedding day! I thought it would be neat for people to show up and have something to open and real while they are awaiting my arrival! How much do those heart charms run? Do they come in a pack!? I actually just received an invitation from a friend with those hearts attached and was going to ask where they came from!

Ladies...About a month ago I posted about purchasing a knock-off from BeiBei2010 on Ebay. I received the dress and almost cried! It was awful!!!! I am a size 6 and it made me look like a size 16. It was so thick all around and there was boning (sp?) in the dress where the shouldn't be. The top shown in the picture looks different with the one that I received... ( Â I wrote the woman back because it states on her site that if you are unhappy you can return or exchange it. I wanted to return it, period. I was very nice to her and she was so nasty!! I battled with her all night last night -- she claimed my measurements were wrong and that her website says she will give a refund but it doesn't say "full" refund, so I wouldn't be getting one!!! I finally explained to her that I would be opening up a dispute with Ebay and Paypal and continued to do so. She wrote back and completely changed her tune! Too late, I already opened a case. She is finally agreeing to give me a full refund upon receipt of the dress. Â Ugggghhhh!!!!! This was the picture of the original...what I received did not make me look anywhere near this... (sorry I have no pictures of me in it) Â

I am getting married at ASP and am using the complimentary package...It is cheaper for us to choose the things we want than to pay $2000 for some things we don't want and a few decorations (ONLY for the ceremony!?!) We are bringing our own sashes for the chairs and am making the girls' bouquets with silk flowers. We will be taking our decor and gifts down in a few carry ons of our own and my family/friends!

Nicole: How do you find out how many weddings are booked on your date through the website???   Ladies...thank you SO much for your comments about the photographer...I'm going to just wait it out for a little.  Shalanda (sgray), I am hoping I get to see your resort photographer photos and choose then!?!?! By the time your wedding is over I will still have over 6 months to choose! Where in PA are you from!?! I am outside of the philly area - near the airport   Erika, have SO much fun this weekend and next!!!!!!!!

My budget was set by the old prices from ASP...which they told me I can still have -- which was $1000 for 3 hours on the wedding day, a CD of all photography and a 1 hour TTD session. I have found Octavio Montes and Sara Herrera (wife of Vicor Herrera -- which I love her work) for outside photogs...but it really would be much easier on me to keep it in the resort...I'm so stuck! and feel like I'm running out of time to choose...

Is there a reason why NO ONE is using the resort photographer!? I was offered to still get the old low rates but I'm a little afraid to use them because no one else is Now I'm searching for other photographers and feeling overwhelmed.... I'm on such a limited budget that I have only found 2 that I can really use..

I need more medicines than you have, but where did you get the advil/tylenol from?

It is so cheap because it is a knock-off. I purchased mine from a designer on E-bay for $100. Honestly, it is definitely the best way to go for a TTD! Â

Thank you!! I made 25 invitations and the supplies probably cost me around $30. I paid $10 for the template (best money I have ever spent!!), around $15 for the cover card stock, and $5 for a corner round punch. I used a nicer printer paper for the inside pages that we already had. Â You can definitely do this!!! Aylee's template looks just like this, I just added the pictures and text and changed the title background color to orange! Here are some things to help you get started... Â http://www.ayleebits.com/2009/03/09/passport-invitation-template/ Â

Thanks Nicole...I think we have been so worried about staying in our budget (because of having an AHR) that we forget those things sometimes... Now I just kind of feeling like I don't know what to do. I am checking out some of the girls' pictures that got married this summer and used him...

It clearly says on the website that those packages with a $ sign next to them are available for Vacation Dollars. Print it out if you have to. I speak with Yesenia and she is very helpful. Sometimes it is helpful to go right to the sales rep. My wedding coordinator doesn't answer my emails, I think because it is too far away from my wedding date to care!? My WC is Dulce.

FYI -- Yesenia just wrote me back in response to my concern about price changes and this is what she told me... Â Â "As of September 1st, we will be using the new photography packages. Certain photography packages will be able to be paid with the vacation dollars. However, we can still honor the old prices but you will not be able to use the vacation dollars for payment." Â Sooo...I may still go with them after all....ugghh!!! I don't know!!!

I was just going to get my photographer a room and leave it at that. I believe a bride said earlier in this thread "why give them a chance to tell you no"...she didn't, and they didn't say a word. I have a bit of worry about having an issue, but I think I'm just going to go for it...especially with this new pricing. Octavio Montes' pricing is more afforable than the resorts new rates and he is exchanging a night at the resort for my TTD photo session the next day.

Nicole: Did you book Octavio Montes as your photographer? I noticed on another post that you were looking into him? I am looking at posts for him because I am considering using him.

yay!!!! congrats!!! Â Â love the wiki skadow..when I get a chance I will add some things. I'm a teacher and just started back with inservice today...feeling a little crazy!!!

Oh I just realized I do have an email from Yesenia with the prices my paper says. Hopefully I can still get them!

uugghh...the prices seem to be quite a bit higher than the ones listed in my initial package!?! Â Photography A: my list - 295, listed on site - 500 CD of photography: my list - 158, listed on site - 400 DVD: my list - 377, listed on site - 550 TTD: rate from Yesenia - 160, listed on site - 490 Â If this is the photographer and his new rates, I just went from thinking I was spending $990 to 1940!! Ahhh!!! I at least have an email from Yesenia about the TTD price, but the other prices are on a print out I took from the website. It does state "2010-2011 prices"?

Thanks Nicole and Deb!!! I'm sure this goes for everyone here, we are so excited to see your pictures and hear your reviews when you both get back!!

It was a hammermill printer paper!

some resort pics I stole from others... ) thought maybe this would make everyone else as excited as me! ) Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â