DramaticAnnie

Don't know if anyone else buys AVON but in their current campaign (Campaign 13) the 150ml tube of Care Deeply Aloe Gel is on for $1.89... pretty good price for that size. I've seen the smaller bottles of aloe but people always get so sunburnt and you need a lot of it for relief, especially if you burn your shoulders/back! I just started selling Avon as a way to try to raise extra $ for the wedding, I'm going to be my own best customer lol

I'm really looking forward to hearing the quality when you get them! Don't forget about us

So first of all I found Jennifer Allison designs through someone on this site when I first joined and got her to do a custom logo/monogram for me since I am getting married on a cruise ship.. she has a maximum of three different edits you can do with her design for a set price that you pay ahead of time... and working together we came up with:

Which I thought was super nice and polished and professional looking... I still like it very much. Then after seeing some of the designs that Allurements by Rebecca  has done.. I couldn't stay away.. have you guys's seen Brandy's Planning thread? If not, go check it out.. you'll see what I mean when I say I wanted a monogram that had design elements in it that would tie all of my stuff together.. not just sticking the same logo on every tag, postcard, etc but the design scheme and colors, etc. So this is what Rebecca has come up with for us, and I LOVE it:

It's gorgeous, I love it, and we were able to sneak some personal stuff in there, like the little skull and crossbones, my fiancee is big into skulls and pirates and tattoos and motorcycles and all that sort of thing, lol, and I was hoping to have that expressed somewhere where it wouldn't look too awkward.. then for myself I asked for a feather to be snuck into the design somewhere because of my being a First Nations person and I wanted to get the Aboriginal part in there without it taking over the design.. plus I gave her colors to work with and told her what starfish I liked best (I don't particularly like the 'pencil' starfish) and voila~ oh and she got a little cruise ship in there too! Bonus

I like the one with the pink circle around it Not sure what # that is...
 

Originally Posted by J-me 

They're all super cute - but my vote is the 3rd one!!

 

I like the first one and the last one the best

Originally Posted by seattlebrew 

Hi Everyone!

I am very much as my sister is great with the computer and she was able to make these up for me to choose from.  I think I like the first one the most.

I love super detailed photos-of-everything planning threads like yours, make me so excited for my big day

Everything looks awesome! What's in a bridesmaids survival kit?

Everything looks so elegant and AMAZING! And it looks like you guys had an awesome time! Your whole family/bridal party looks so handsome/beautiful! Awesome, thanks so much for posting all of this! And teehee @ hulk hogan

Holy s**t, for lack of a better term. These are the some of the most professional looking DIY ticket invitations I've ever seen. Incredible job with the designs, and what is that little ringy loop thing, such a simple design but looks so elegant! Kudos to you and your team, I can't wait to search and see what else you guys came up with

Oh wow, very nice job and I LOVE the little flowers with the 'bling' in the middle

Oh wow! I have never seen a DIY project where I loved ALL of the colors in the project but I really really really like this one. I wonder if it's too late to convince my FI to have a bit of purple in there along with our turquoise, aqua, greens, and black and white, lol...

I know this is an older project but really fab, great job with it, love it, i'm sure your guests were wowed by it! That's what I want, to send my guests something that will make them excited (well, even more excited) about the trip!

If I were you and somewhere like Staples didn't have it, I would try a more local office supply place, we have a place we order from for our organization and they seem to be able to order lots of things in that aren't in the store... just an idea.. good luck!

That's cool, I always wondered how hard it was for places to have those when I see them in newspapers and stuff...

Boarding passes (real ones) usually come in a little folder or loose anyway.. stapling them would seem odd to me. I'd keep them loose or just something like ribbon if you want to hold them together.

This looks COOL! Especially if like say the bride and groom held up a little sign that says "Thank you!" during the 'video' and then it gets incorporated into the flip book.. I truly like this idea  - Even if we just gave it to our wedding party or parents in law after the wedding??  Love the ideas you get on this forum!!

They look really polished, great job! And wow you're only a couple of weeks away! Good luck and congrats

These are REALLY nice! I'm in the middle of designing save the dates now with Allurements by Rebecca, and I don't think I'll need formal invites after this either.

I really love all of the detail work you put into these, did it take you forever?? Great news on the response rate too

I figured I'd take them to a place that does engraving, I know a local trophy shop that engraved some knives for me before, so I was going to take them to there and inquire if they can be engraved and for how much.. since they do have a metal thing.. and I'd only engrave it with the persons first name they're intended for, not any of the wedding details or whatever. And that's IF we want to personalize them.

And yes the raincheck had no problems, you tell them how many you had wanted (I had needed an additional 8) and they gave me a raincheck for 8, I even got a little notice telling me when they were back in stock and I was able to go in and pick them up after that.

Has anyone ordered the teacher totes on cheaptotes and used them as oot bags AND has a picture of how they turned out?? Because that would be awesome...

Hey Lasallebabe, does your bag guy only do drawstring backpacks? lol

 

Originally Posted by Lasallebabe 

Hey kim0806

 

If you are in Canada I have a guy who can direct you to some awesome bags for around $3 or so...top quality stuff...he has several options I believe.

 

 

Are you looking for a cotton kind or the more sporty looking ones? Have you tried ebay? Here's the first result I got after typing in "lot drawstring backpack" http://cgi.ebay.com/Drawstring-4-oz-Cotton-Backpack-Tote-Lot-24-/120732413732?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c1c366f24

You never know what you're going to find on ebay

Very nice! I love the turquoise ones (obviously since its my wedding color) - are you planning to get them embroidered?

She's right! I love all the help I get from these forums! Usually I don't even have to ask, I search for the question and turns out someone has already asked
 

Originally Posted by torilynnsmith 

AND there are no stupid questions beachbum! Thats what we're here for, to help each other!!!!

Is it just all of the stuff weighing you guys down? You're making me panic about how to get my OOT bag stuff down to Florida now (I live in Nova Scotia, Canada) and most of the stuff I've told/asked my parents and brothers to take with them in their luggage.. my bulkiest thing will probably be Bubba Keg Mugs for the guys (haven't decided if I'm buying any for the ladies as well lol, I wasn't planning to until I saw their awesome color choices they have now, purples and aquas, etc.). But I'm not taking any bottled water or anything. What are your heaviest items?

And with a cruise, once you check your luggage when you arrive it's not guaranteed to show up in your room until after the boat leaves the port, which is like 6 hours later so they've already told us to take everything on board that we will need for the wedding.. including wedding dress, bridesmaids and groomsmen attire, shoes, wedding reception items, etc. So I don't think OOT bags will make it to the guests until after the actual wedding, but I really want guests to have the bags delivered to their rooms and I'm trying to keep it a surprise.. so I may enlist the help of my MOH to assemble the guests bags the night before the wedding (We're only going to be there one day in advance and will be with EVERYone), but I'll keep the MOH/Best Man and Bridesmaids/Groomsmen bags to myself and my fiancee since we're putting their extra little gifts in there.

Canadian Tire has an awesome thing called Sale Alerts on their website - go to Canadian Tire's website and sign up for an account with them. You can't buy things online but you'll get the flier in your email etc. The best thing is you can go to your product you're interested in (for example the 20oz. Bubba Keg mini mugs) and then click ADD SALE ALERT... Then when the product is coming up on sale that week it will send you an email a couple of days before the sale starts letting you know "Your product is coming up on sale at Canadian Tire". I have the bubba mugs on my sale alert list along with a couple of other things I've been able to buy once they came on sale and then remove off my list. LOVE this option. Why don't more websites have this option??

Also, I've only had them on my sale alert thing for maybe 3 months at the most and they have gone on sale twice during that time for $4.99 each. The first time I went they only had like a couple in, so I just got a raincheck for the rest I wanted and went in a couple weeks later and picked them up

Happy Shopping!

Cute boxes! And they look like they'd fold up well. I would like to know where you got them as well. And what are the dimensions?

I am getting close! But really you just need some time on the weekends or whenever you have time, start going through the finished oot bag threads and the 'planning journal' threads and theres so many great ideas out there and people looking for input, that post count adds up quickly!