JayKay

I think that dress is cute, just not sure for a bridesmaid dress.

My Husband and I had the same issue. I wanted a small wedding with just our closest friends and family members. I didn't want to invite our extended families because it was over 50 people, however, we wanted some of them to be there. In the end what we did was sent out invites to all the extended family. We knew that most of them wouldn't come anyways so we thought it was a nice gesture to send them an invite. In the end the only ones we wanted there came, which was perfect. You just need to do what is right for you and your FI and not worry about anyone else. And if people ask and are upset just explain you wanted a small wedding and your reason for having a DW.

We just did our OOT bags and skipped the favors. We felt that we put enough time and money into the bags that they acted as the favors. Also, I didn't want to have favors at dinner, then everyone would have to take them back to their room, or risk them getting lost and I didn't want to have to deal with that, so we just didn't do them.

Don't be nervous! We were married in January and everything worked out perfectly. Once we got to Jamaica and met with the wedding planners the stress all seemed to go away and everything went great!

In my opinion, I say go with diamond bands. You could do two smaller ones of one bigger one and I think it would look great. I think it might take away from your ering to put just plain metal bands. Beautiful ring by the way!

I'm sorry to hear that, but Im happy to hear it was the right decision!

Jaykay's BLUE Starfish Who? When? Where? From? Jaykay January 9-16, 2012 Runaway Bay, Jamaica Alberta, Canada Laurelyn March 10-18, 2012 Veradero, Cuba BC, Canada canadiangirl April 11-18, 2012 Montego Bay, Jamaica Ontario, Canada Jwed12 June 20-28, 2012 Montego Bay, Jamaica Towson, MD deesanders33 August 8-18, 2012 Punta Cana, DR Houston, TX AllieH November 2-10, 2012 Riviera Maya Fort Worth, TX asiammarie1 December 6-21, 2012 Punta Cana, DR Glens Falls, NY

I really have no idea what to do with myself sometimes. I graduated from University in December, then one month later was married. So in the span of one month I went from always having homework, readings, studying, tests to write ect, and wedding planning in between, I no longer have anything! I have been working an aweful lot, which really is not ideal as I work away from home so I'm gone lots. I think I need to take up a hobby or find something to consume all my new found free time. I can see why people have babies as soon as they get married, gives then something to do and think about now that wedding planning is done.

I still have the starfish, I was waiting to ship it in case someone else wanted to join! I will add you to the list. I just need to know where you are from. Thanks! Jaykay's BLUE Starfish Who? When? Where? From? Jaykay January 9-16, 2012 Runaway Bay, Jamaica Alberta, Canada Laurelyn March 10-18, 2012 Veradero, Cuba canadiangirl April 11-18, 2012 Montego Bay, Jamaica Ontario, Canada Jwed12 June 20-28, 2012 Montego Bay, Jamaica Towson, MD deesanders33 August 8-18, 2012 Punta Cana, DR Houston, TX AllieH November 2-10, 2012 Riviera Maya Fort Worth, TX asiammarie1 December 6-21, 2012 Punta Cana, DR Glens Falls, NY

In the end its YOUR wedding, and you really truly need to do whats going to make you happy. You don't want to look back in a few years and say 'why did we do that'.

I would say pay for the difference on their dress, or their hair and makeup. You are not obligated to pay for it all. I know lots of times bridesmaids will do their own makeup so that it saves them money, but I dont think you should have to pay for the dress, hair and makeup.

If they tell you you have to have a minimum amount of people well that sucks, but it is what it is. And don't worry, they may change their minds once you get down there. I found that they told me one thing while planning, but once I got down there they just didn't really care and did what we asked. What about renting the gazebo for dancing??

You're welcome!

They ask you how many guests you are going to have and you pay right then and there for the extras. That means if you tell them you will have 45 guest they will set up that many chairs for your ceremony, which in my opinion might look terrible if half them are empty for your ceremony, and that many settings for table. They will also need more waiters ect if you tell them you have more people then you will, like 20 more. In my opinion you are best not to lie to them about the number of people, but explain you want to exclusively rent out the snack bar and suggest that you will pay more to do so. Thats just my opinion though.

Your pictures are great! Congrats!

I think it would be nice of you to invite her too. That way she doesnt feel left out. And if you didn't invite her, your photographer may not come to your dinner just for the fact that he is leaving his wife alone.

Every evening my group of people would go to one of the bars. There is a lobby bar which usually has live entertainment. There is also a bar at the one pool bar that they set up tables and chairs. Every night in the shopping centre there is a show or movie. These usually start at 9:45pm. The Disco was alright, nothing spectacular. It was pretty empty most of the nights we went there. There also is a kareoke bar in the shopping centre and a sports bar that are open late.

I think its a great idea. That being said, I have been to a wedding before where they had their dog as the ring bearer. Definetly was not a good idea. The dog went down the aisle with the rings, but after that was wondering around the entire time by the bridesmaids/grooms men. And at one point started jumping up on the bride. I found it very distracting and wasn't able to really focus on the wedding ceremony as there was this dog roaming around. I think if you do include him assign someone to be his keeper for the day and be in control of him.

Welcome. Try finding the forum for DRC, there will probably be more helpful answers there! For us, the reception site didn't matter as much as our ceremony site. We were happy that we were able to have our ceremony where we wanted it and our reception was just a bonus to have where we wanted it. I guess if you don't want to move your date (it is completely booked up until December?) then you will have to just do the beach. I think the beach would be a lot of fun and more intimate then a pool deck.

I didn't get married in Mexico, so I'm really no help in regards to specific photographers. But a great piece of advice we used when choosing our photographer was to find one that felt right. Each photographer has different photographic styles, so find one that you can invision yourself in their pictures. Good luck with the search!

Thats such a great idea!! I think that would be so much fun! I think the cards should be at your reception. If you include them in your OOT bags, they may be forgotten in there and not be at the reception.

I have to vote for del Sol Photography photo! Truly amazing!

Wow, some very amazing shots! I had to go with Gonzalo Nunez.

We had our wedding at 4pm. I think it was the perfect time, although it would have been nice to have it a little bit earlier to allow a bit more time for pictures. We were kind of rushed because the sun was quickly setting. We used Merrick Cousley as our photographer. He was really easy to work with and professional. Still anxiously awaiting my photos from him!

My close friend did this at her wedding and she compared the two ways, such as going to bulk barn or ordering online. She found that buying them online limited the amount of selection because of the larger quantity of each type of candy, where as going to bulk barn she was able to get way more different types of candies in just a smaller quantity of each. I guess it depends what you want, more variety or not.