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I got the stickers for free but went through the American site

I have read about brides doing it before and after the ceremony. If you want to change outfits, I would do it before the ceremony, but that would require more time, a location and your fiancé would see you before you walk down the aisle which is the case with tea ceremonies. Doable though. I also noticed a bride do it right before the reception. They just had two chairs and some tea set up and did it right before dinner. I didn't want to take up more of our guests day by adding on another event and my fiancé does not want to see me until I'm walking towards him. Soooo since there are family members on both sides that aren't going to Mexico with us, we will be doing the tea ceremony the week before we leave. This will give our families a chance to get to know each other and be part of the wedding a little bit if they aren't going. We are just going to serve some appies and drinks afterwards. We also had a small engagement party of 150 already lol. No AHR though. Maybe a small BBQ though.

I was told that if you are at the palace it is$13/person for the extra hour and $10/person for the tropical/colonial. I assume beach/caribe would be $10 too

I honestly don't know how I wouldve gotten anything done if I didn't have the summer off. I spent two weeks straight on the passport invites-I had to make 200 of them. I would spend 9-5 at my parents house and it became my little factory. We even made the pocketfolds cause we couldnt find what we needed and to have it shipped to Canada. Ugh...They were a labor of love. I'll post them soon.

March 28, 2012 Barcelo Maya Palace. I've got the bulk of my stuff done. Sent out STDs at our engagement parry in January. Just sent out passport invites last week. Bought my dress. Bought bridesmaid dresses at H&M Bought grooms suit, groomsmen outfits (Neiman marcus last call and Tommy Bahama outlet) and ALL shoes in Las Vegas for the wedding party including myself. We came back with 3 extra suitcases and almost 20 pairs of shoes (I bought three, and two for each of my girls) Booked photographer, and hair and makeup Ordered real touch flowers for me. Made all boutineers, wrist corsages, flower girl pompadour flower ball and bridesmaid bouquets. Now I'm working on OOT bags, fans, programs, ceremony script and music playlists. Can I also say that I'm a teacher and needed to do most of this in the summertime.

With strawberry passion you have a base price of 3380 or whatever it is which only includes up to 15 people. And then you have to pay $66 per person. With Transat the package is $1500 and includes 24 people. Any extra people are $20. Then to upgrade to the beach is $27.50. Which in the end is still less than $66. Plus Transat gives you a cocktail hour which I used to substitute an extra hour of reception. You don't get live music which I didn't want anyway. And instead of massages and hair and makeup you get $200 spa credit and 1.5 hours at the spa on the wedding day or something like that. Which works out for me anyways cause I'm hiring Adrian to do my hair and makeup. You also don't get the free gift and not sure about the premium bracelet but we are staying at Palace anyway. Anyways. I've worke out that if we have 50 guests we can save $2000 which we are using to charter a catamaran the day before for our guests.

The pics are awesome! I have him booked for our wedding and TTD next year. Soooo excited!

Ok CANADIAN Transat brides. I've booked March 28, 2012 and we are staying at the Palace. We have coral beach for the ceremony and playa azul for the reception. Some things to know: Euphoria package includes 24 people. Any others above that are $20 per guest. It only includes a banquet room for 2 hours. Then to upgrade to the beach for the reception is $27.50 for all guests (except children under 12). I was told that they do not charge the extra fees for children (upgrades, extra hour etc) If you are staying at Tropical/Colonial the extra charge per hour is $10. If you are at the Palace it is $13 per hour (you get premium liquor). If you are staying at the Palace and others are staying at tropical/beach etc you have to pay an upgrade of $3 per hour for the first two hours for the premium liquor. There is only a 3 course menu (no soup) and there is no surf and turf option for the main. I asked how much it would be to add soup ($6 per person which we are doing) and shrimp/lobster to the main ($35 per person - NO!). I also asked if we could substitute the cocktail hour for an extra hour and appetizer. Was told yes to the extra hour but no to the appetizer. I figure we really don't need a cocktail hour anyway cause coral beach is close to the palace bar and now we have the reception for 3 hours and added the soup to our meal. So I did some math and.... If you don't care about the extra little perks of the strawberry passion package and are creative with asking your WC for substitutions like this, you will save appx $1500. I did a price comparison for 50 guests (40 adults 10 kids). You save more as your guests go up.

What section did you find the wrist coils? I've never noticed them!

I love that dress on you! I think it suits you better than the other three. Is the picture taken at bridal debut in Sherwood park (Edmonton)?

Where are these dresses from?

These dresses are cute! What kind of pink was it? I'm looking for something similar in hot pink.

If anybody has a good TA for the Edmonton area please let me know!

Are you having a shower or get together with them before you go? I think giving them before would be nice and get them excited. I'd love the eBay link!

Those look awesome! Great info for Canadian brides. How did you get the pages to print double sided? When I printed a free one off aylee bits I found they didn't align very well. How did you order the pages when printing? I'd love to see your template for these!

We've been together for 8 years too and I picked out my ring. My mother is very superstitious and says the better quality means better marriage. I got a 1.1 carat princess cut solitaire with a platinum band. E color - flawless and VVS1 so near perfection. I picked out the setting and stone separately and never saw the final product until he proposed. It did cost a pretty penny but I've seen similar ones that aren't the same quality and they don't seem to sparkle as much but in the end it is your ring and you have to love it! If you like the bling you could always do a diamond eternity band as your wedding ring. That's what I'm doing.

If you decide to sell to Canada please let me know shipping costs to T5N1E8 for the 20 large fans

I really love the adorae but wonder if it's too much for a destination wedding...keep going back to it though

Where in Canada? How much would it be to ship to T5N1E8?

If the boarding passes are sized three to a page, you can just use a regular envelope. I made an envelope that the boarding pass went into by folding an 8.5x11 and then I ordered customized mailing envelopes from Vistaprint to mail them. There are lots of templates on the forum when you get enough posts or check out ayleebits.com I bought a perforated blade for my paper cutter and had to tear them after we ran it through... you can check out how mine turned out in my DIY thread

Bonnie do you think there would be a big difference between polyester satin and silk satin? Which seller on DHgate would have the best fabric and do a good replica? I'm willing to take a chance if it still looks good...

I think I found my dress. It's the Adorae dress by Maggie Sottero. Do you think I can get a replica made with good quality satin? I don't want polyester. Who would be the best one to make it?

How long did you have to be there for your symbolic wedding? Are they really strict on the 3 day rule for symbolic ceremonies?

When does the sunscreen mini and full ones expire?