Samantha88k

I couldn't agree more!! These pics make me soo excited to get married!!

Great job!!!

I love the skirt on your dress!!!

Beautiful pics! Thanks for sharing.

My colors are tiffany blue and chocolate brown with some silver aspects thrown in. I'm starting to think that every color looks gorgeous in a tropical setting!

Congratulations, happy planning!

Congratulations, thanks for sharing!

Mine is more traditional with lace and I absolutely love it!

Gorgeous!

This is such an awesome thread! Thanks for sharing!!!

Has anyone used 2 long tables in an "L" shape? I'm curious what that would look like, if it would add any depth?

Great idea!!

I have heard all of that before...the parent's throwing a big wedding etc. It just seems like so much extra work to me! Good luck!! Hopefully his parent's will come to their senses.

Looks great!! What size towel did you put in them?

These ideas are great! Are those of you who are using starfish bringing them with you?

Beautiful, thanks for sharing!

I have had similar issues but not quite as dramatic (even though at the time it was frustrating and I'm still a little bitter). My fiance and his parents wanted and AHR, at first I thought of course, a small BBQ or something just to celebrate would be great since I have a large extended family that will not being traveling to MX with us. Well, that very quickly turned into a regular old wedding reception booked in a hotel banquet hall with a full dinner. I tried to fight it as long as I could explaining that the cost to have this big reception wasn't worth it or at all necessary. I lost. My issue is with the fact that we are basically paying for this sit down dinner reception so that his mother can invite all her nutty friends and show off (I feel this way because she refused to do a BBQ because she said she has used coupons long enough and wants to spend the money---ok, but then why complain about the cost of MX??). So, basically I have agreed to this big reception (I get to wear my dress again at least ) but my fiance and I have trimmed the actual dinner guest list WAY down in order to cut costs. We will ultimately end up with a dance party of 300+ people but only dinner for 150ish. Do your parents communicate with his? Was anything said that would make his parents think that your parents would be footing the bill for their trip?

Congratulations and welcome!!

Awesome info!! I love seeing another bride that went with a Sunday wedding!

Everything looked amazing, thanks for sharing!

Welcome and Congrats!

Congratulations!

Welcome and Congratulations!! Sounds like you have a great start already!

Welcome! There is a lot of great information here!!

Congratulations!! Starting early is a great idea!!