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    From the album: Shan's LONG overdue Moon and Sun Palace Wedding Planning Thread

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    Centerpieces- I used the bridesmaid’s bouquets as centerpieces for the reception tables along with plain yellow boxes I bought from blumeboxes.com and decorated them myself. They worked great! And way easier than lugging down glass vases to Mexico as these things are made out of cardboard and fold right up! Sand ceremony- Another last minute thing… I wanted some sort of sand ceremony that I could display after the wedding so I originally planned on purchasing a customized etched frame on Etsy..but then I talked myself out of it as I didn’t want to spend $60+ for our sand ceremony. So then I looked into etched mason jars…then I decided 2 weeks before we left that hey- we have mason jars and I can buy an etching kit and make them myself (our first name initials on the small jar and our last name initial on the big jar)..so with help from a friend- viola I made them myself and they are displayed on top of our TV for a great reminder. Maracas- I ordered yellow and blue maracas from Amols (large size) and they turned out great. They were the favors for our reception. I bought the tags from Michaels (again with a 40% off coupon). Printed the “instead of tapping your glass, let’s toast with Mexican class… Stand and shake with all your might, to see the groom kiss his bride tonight†with my printer and then bought orange ink and a starfish and seashell stamp for the tags (found in the dollar bins at Michaels). It makes me smile when I see my maracas in people’s houses! Bridesmaid shirt- I wanted to get my girls shirts to wear while we were getting ready at the resort. I wanted orange tank tops..let me tell you what- it is dang near impossible to find orange tank tops. I finally found razor back tank tops on Amazon. I had to order one in each size and had half of my bridesmaids try on the sizes to decide what size everyone needed. In the end I found the etsy shop kustomdesignzbyk and she was a godsend! She ended up ordering the remaining shirts I needed herself and applied the iron on decals for me! So I only had to do 4 or 5 of them myself, thank goodness! Well I should say my fiancé did them for me as he is way better with an iron than I will ever be! So if you want to make your own shirts contact her she is amazing and can custom any order!
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    From the album: Shan's LONG overdue Moon and Sun Palace Wedding Planning Thread

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    From the album: Shan's LONG overdue Moon and Sun Palace Wedding Planning Thread

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    From the album: Shan's LONG overdue Moon and Sun Palace Wedding Planning Thread

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    From the album: Shan's LONG overdue Moon and Sun Palace Wedding Planning Thread

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    From the album: Shan's LONG overdue Moon and Sun Palace Wedding Planning Thread

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    ccawley- You don't tell them...they don't need to know anything! I just got the complimentary bridal bouquet and bout from the resort and then on the wedding day I acted like a family member surprised me with the bouquets- there is nothing they can do about it if you don't tell them! I think it was about $65 for each bridesmaid bouquet. My sister didn't get an opinion in my wedding- you must be nicer than me haha. Is Begonia a blue color as well? I'm no longer familiar with the David's colors- even though I felt like I was there every other week in 2012 going with bridesmaids to pick out their style dresses! We did the ipod hookup- it worked great...granted it was a lot of hours of work the last couple weeks making the playlists but was well worth the $200 bill vs the $1000 for the DJ! We had a family friend MC and it worked great. Did you contact JSAV or PSAV. I went through JSAV an they are A LOT cheaper than PSAV! If you need a contact person let me know and I'll give you the girl I worked with! That is exciting!! Just make a to-do list and cross off a couple things a week and you will be fine- that's what I did..and then when you get down to the last few weeks- you'll realize you don't "need" programs or extra decorations or whatever it may be- I crossed off a lot of things off my list by just deciding I didn't need it and didn't need to spend the money on it- no one would notice!
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    I can't help you with the lights but I can help you with the florist. I used Marvin at Maya Floral and he was a lot cheaper than the resort. He is slow to respond but if you put something in the subject line he can notice right away he will respond quicker. He will drop off the flowers in the lobby so you will not have to pay an outside vendor fee. Good luck and let me know if you need anything else!
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    Glad I can help! If you need any templates for anything let me know! Oh I've heard amazing things about LeBlac- I'm jealous!! Quote: Originally Posted by NJBride2014 Thanks for the planning thread its really informative and I'm getting really good ideas. I'm getting married at LeBlanc (palace resort) next year and hope to take full advantage of their resort credits and free night promotion hopefully i'm lucky enough to book enough room nights. Can't wait to read the rest.
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    Marvin at mayafloral is very familiar with palace resorts and does a great job and will drop off the floewrs in the lobby to avoid the vendor fee Quote: Originally Posted by Brandi Robinson Who is everyone using for flowers? I've heard of a company girls used and had them dropped off in the parking lot so they didn't have to pay a vendor fee, but I can't remember the flower shop name.
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    Thank you!! really?? Sounds like we both have good taste! Your pics wil turn out great! Quote: Originally Posted by shopnboard Everything looked beautiful. I tried on the same dress at David's Bridal and I really liked it too!! It looked great on you! My BMs are also wearing royal blue! Wow, thank you for sharing!! I feel much better seeing the photos on the beach, I know they will look beautiful.
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    Make-up my MOH did my makeup and we had the resort spa do our hair with resort credit. My MOH did an amazing job on my make-up- we went to Sephora a month before the wedding and did a trial run and bought the necessary makeup from there. The resort did a great job on my hair after a few tears, miscommunications and 3 styles later…. Hey that was my only issue the whole wedding- so I can’t really complain
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    From the album: Shan's LONG overdue Moon and Sun Palace Wedding Planning Thread

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    From the album: Shan's LONG overdue Moon and Sun Palace Wedding Planning Thread

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    Flowers- the resort wanted to charge WAY too much for flowers- I had heard many great things about Marvin at Maya Floral so I decided to go with him. I told him I wanted tropical bouquets with orange and yellow flowers with pops of blue- he didn’t disappoint. I ordered 6 bridesmaid bouquets and my bridal bouquet from him. We went with the complimentary bout for my husband- an orange rose. Here is the complimentary bouquet given with the wedding- it was really pretty as well and I would have been fine just using that!! Cake We choose to just have the complimentary cake that went along with our package. We chose tres leche...yum!! We didn't really get to eat any other than this first bite but it tasted good.. and no one else really ate any- remember to have someone box up the cake for you so you can try some later! I'm sad I didn't really get to enjoy mine!
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    From the album: Shan's LONG overdue Moon and Sun Palace Wedding Planning Thread

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    From the album: Shan's LONG overdue Moon and Sun Palace Wedding Planning Thread

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    Thank you ladies!! I'm about half-way done with my thread... I will hopefully finish it tomorrow night! Quote: Originally Posted by strwbsprkl Omg!!! Lucky I subscribed!!! Congrats on your wedding it looked beautiful love the jewleryb Quote: Originally Posted by Tbasgall Beautiful wedding! Quote: Originally Posted by strwbsprkl Omg!!! Lucky I subscribed!!! Congrats on your wedding it looked beautiful love the jewleryb Quote: Originally Posted by sky186 How lovely
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    Starfish- After seeing some awesome starfish aisle decorations and seeing what people charged to make them- I decided I would make them myself! I ordered the starfish on Ebay and the raffia from Nashville Wraps online. I can send you instructions on how I made them if you want! Table runners/chair sashes- I purchased orange organza table runner s and chair sashes online from efavormart when they were having a 20% off sale. Up next- flowers..
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    From the album: Shan's LONG overdue Moon and Sun Palace Wedding Planning Thread

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    Here's a pic of the blue bag that all the couple's received.
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    From the album: Shan's LONG overdue Moon and Sun Palace Wedding Planning Thread

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    Rings My fiancé picked out my wedding band and engagement ring with no help from me! I had told him that I wanted a band with diamonds on it- he searched for 3 months until he found the perfect ring and I think he did a great job! We ordered his ring from Kohls- they have a great wedding band selection for men- we went into the store to figure out what size and style he wanted- went online and ordered 2 rings and then returned the one he didn’t want. I think we paid about $70 for his ring! Pre-travel brochure I made and sent out pre-travel brochures about a month before the wedding to get everyone excited- for my out of the St Louis area friends (about 5) I also mailed their luggage tags with these. I made these from Vistaprint as well. Bags – I purchased the $1 bags from Old Navy when I had 20% or 30% off coupons so I got then for 70 or 80 cents! I gave 1 bag per couple and then the single people got their own bag. In the bag I bought tumblers for everyone from Wal-Mart- I bought 3 or 4 every time I went to Wal-mart for a couple months so I didn’t spend a fortune at one time. I ordered waterproof initial decals from Etsy so that everyone would be able to tell their mugs apart as I had about 5 different styles. I ordered white decals for the girls and black for the guys. The online shop I bought these from is ACJInspirations. Again, she was great to work with and attached instructions on how to apply the decals- the first one wasn’t the best but I got the hang of it after the first couple! I also put gum in the bags and their luggage tags (made the inserts on Vistaprint from business cards and purchased the luggage tags from Michael’s with my 40% off coupons!) I handed out all but 3 of our bags prior to leaving for Mexico. I didn’t want to have to pack an extra suitcase to lug down all of these bags! Thankfully my brother in law had room in his suitcase to shove the 3 bags I didn’t get to hand out prior to the trip! I didn’t think it was necessary to give everyone a bunch of stuff that they had probably already packed (as I supplied a packing list with my pre-travel brochure). I HIGHLY recommend the tumbler cups though- everyone at our resort was jealous of our cups!
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    From the album: Shan's LONG overdue Moon and Sun Palace Wedding Planning Thread

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