JayKay

Wedding Bands I knew what I wanted for a wedding band, round cut channel set diamonds. I bought my wedding Band in early March as it was on sale from Valentine’s Day. By buying it early I saved myself over $300. My wedding band cost me $550. As I am a Nurse I don’t wear my e-ring to work and I don’t plan to wear my diamond band to work. I had all intentions of buying a plain white gold wedding band to wear to work. I have had multiple problems with my e-ring, such as the prongs breaking, the diamond coming loose, ect. They finally had to reset my diamond in new gold as the gold it was first made of was found to be faulty. In the first 6 months of my engagement my engagement ring was in the store getting fixed for 4 of them. Because of all the problems I was having with it I was not very happy with the store and they knew it. So in compensation for all the problems I was having they gave me a free white gold band. It saved me $169. When it came to choosing a wedding band for my FI it was a battle. As he works in the oilfield he can’t wear a ring to work. He also said he would hardly wear it so he didn’t see the point in spending money on one. I told him he had to have a wedding band so we came to a compromise. We purchased this one for $39 from overstock. If my FI decides he will wear a ring more we will spend the money to purchase a nice gold one at that time. OOT Bags -Logo I wanted to create a simple logo to put onto our OOT Bags. I didn’t want it to contain our names or dates, but be pretty general so our guests could use our bags again. I created our logo on powerpoint. (You will see the picture of it on our OOT bags) -Tags I wanted something simple and didn’t want to spend much money on these. I had some extra paper lying around the house from school projects. I only had to pay for the ribbon to tie it to the bag. That cost $0.59 from Micheals. (the one pictured here is one I don’t plan on using for our OOT bags as I apparently couldn’t glue things on straight!) I’m going to attach them to the bags with a turquoise ribbon. -Bags I purchased our OOT bags from cheaptotes.com. As we are only having 16 guests I only needed to make 10 bags. I ordered a few extra just in case. They aren’t the best quality but they will do. We didn’t want to spend a lot of money on the bags. The bags cost $13.86 + 11.99 S+H. I used these instructions here to transfer our logo onto the bag. http://www.bestdestinationwedding.com/t/57860/diy-tips-from-a-designer-iron-on-transfers/30#post_1689308 I purchased the t-shirt transfer paper from staples for $16.99 for 10 sheets. I was able to print two logos on each page so that I could get away with using only 5 sheets for 10 bags. My thread about Things I would change from the above directions can be found here http://www.bestdestinationwedding.com/t/76494/iron-on-transfer-oot-bags#post_1689321 OOT Contents Here is a list of what we included in each bag: ITEM Per Bag Total Price From Where Glow Bracelets 2 $0.22/per 2 Michaels Key Card Holders -Coiled Key Ring -Key Card Holder 1 $1.10 Key Ring – oriental trading company Key Card Holder – Ebay seller gcishoponline Bottle Opener 1 $2.75 http://www.beau-coup.com/starfish-bottle-openers.htm Playing Cards 1 $0.50 Dollar Giant Package: 1 $7.50 Bought from BDW Bride (all items in a package) -Advil 1 " -Motrin 1 " -immodium 2 " -first-aid kit 1 " -hand sanitizer 1 " -lip balm 1 " -gum 1 " -aloe 1 " -drink crystal packs 2 “ -nail file 1 “ Photoshare Card 1 Free Vistaprint Welcome Letter 1 Free Printed from home computer on extra paper Puzzle Books 2 $1.00 Notepads 1 $0.33 Pens 2 $0.08 Total Cost for Bag Contents: $13.48/per bag Key Card Holder I printed the insert on my printer with card stock. I added a tag onto the packages. It says “Wedding Week Survival Kit" Picture Share Card Welcome Letter: I borrowed some wording found on here ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Pre Travel Brochures I first made brochures on vista print, however, they didn’t arrive within the 21 day shipping window and when I did receive them they were all misaligned, smudged and didn’t look good at all. Because they didn’t arrive in the shipping window I did receive a refund from Vista Print. Instead of reordering from them I made my own on Microsoft Word and printed them myself. We sent them out in the beginning of November. Jamaica Keycard Holder!.pptx Survival Kit Template.docx Welcome Letter.docx Brochure.doc

Accessories After finding my dress I started to find my accessories. -Hair Flower I purchased it from Etsy seller VirginiaGeigerJewels. It was $28.00. The quality is really great and it matches my dress perfectly. -Jewelry I never knew finding jewelry would be so hard. I don’t normally wear a lot of jewelry. I fell in love with this jewelry set from Etsy seller KarinAllie. However, once I tried it on with my dress I didn’t like the way it looked. I was pretty disappointed as I really love the set. I then found a second set I liked from http://www.emitations.com/. It was $65.00. It looks much better with my dress then the first set. -Bracelet I wasn’t sure if I want to wear a bracelet or not, I purchased this one anyways. I purchased it from Etsy seller ritasoy for $19.00. I changed the color of the gem to a deeper blue and the initial to J. After I received the above bracelet, I immediately decided I wouldn’t wear it for my wedding. It is way to big (I don’t have small wrists!) and kept sliding off my hand and it looks cheap for the price I payed for it. I was pretty disappointed with it. I ended up purchasing this bracelet from Wal Mart. It was $39. -Shoes I do not normally wear heels and thought my wedding day would not be a good day to start! I wanted to be comfortable. I opted for flip flops. They are more of a turquoise color then the picture shows. I got them at Superstore; they were $3! -Bouquet Jewelry I purchased a starfish for my bouquet before I knew about the starfish passing thread. I purchased it from http://www.dreammakerwed.com/bouquet_jewels.html. It was $14.49. I have decided to pass my starfish around in the starfish planning thread for one year following my wedding and then retire the little guy. I also received a pearl sleeve from a friend that goes on the bouquet handle. Because I am using a bouquet provided from the resort they don’t wrap the handle in ribbon or make it look pretty. She used this in her wedding in Mexico and passed it on to me. It is stretchy and wraps around the stems. (If curious, she purchased it from Michaels, she said for around 8 dollars.) Bridesmaid Dress I was supposed to have three bridesmaids join me for my special day, however, one was unable to come due to health reasons and the other became pregnant (she is due a week after our wedding). So that left me with one, my future sister in law. I guess I could call her my MOH. We had gone looking at the bridal shop for a bridesmaid dress but didn’t really find anything we both liked. I wanted to make sure she was comfortable and liked the dress. We decided to take a trip to the city and after a good solid 8 hours of shopping (who knew finding a dress would be so hard!?!) we found this dress at a store called Laura. The dress cost $149. The day after we purchased it I was a bit worried that it was to prom like and wondered if we made a bad decision, but every time I see it I like it more and more. Her flip flops cost $21.19. She will be wearing her own jewelry. (The dress looks better on her, then on the hanger) Groom and Best Man Attire We found their outfits at Tommy Bahamas. Since there was only my FI and his best man it was really easy to find outfits. They are both wearing white shirts with khaki pants. For 2 shirts and 2 pants it cost $251.96. My Fiance had brown flip flops from his brother’s wedding in Mexico a few years prior so he is just going to wear those. We found the very same flip flops for his best man. They cost $31.49. Our gift to our wedding party was to purchase their outfits and accessories.