J and G 2012

I am not looking forward to my new last name for several reasons:

1. It's silly I will be Mrs. Brain next year, but if it's good enough for my FI and our future children, it's good enough for me.

2. My maiden name is a well recognized family name in my area, which has benefited me over the years.

3. I will have to be Wilkie-Brain about a year so that peers and colleagues get used to the new name.

So iN light of the above...I've already established myself as the future Mrs. "B"

I want to see them with date and location!

You can have more than 1 monogram as long as they are all alike. It's all about branding. We put our Monogram on everything!

We are also doing all colours!

We couldn't decide on one or a few, and I designed our invites using a clip art image, tropical and multi coloured.

My BMs are wearing tropical red.

Celticgirl,

I love the ring!! It's so different! I too have to get my band made, but not quite sure what I want to do with it.

Now, where did you get that dress!! I checked out the designers website and the closest one to me is in TO. I will travel but would prefer to buy online, if possible.

 

Originally Posted by celticgirl 

Oh man, I just caught up to our OOT thread, and its so overwhelming lol.. I NEED to stop looking at it, im at the point where I want to burn my statements and receipts, and I spend WAY more time on those bags than the wedding itself lol.

On another note! I BOUGHT ANOTHER DRESS!!! YAY! im wearing it for my reception because as I stated before, I do not want to be hot and sweaty lol. I HATE sweating.. and since I had my boy, it seems like I have lost my ability to cope with the heat.  I posted it earlier, but I will post again because I LOVE IT! here is my dress:

OK, so I have a picture of my wedding band. BUT it looks off next to my Ering.  this picture is the last time I  sent it back, so its still bigger than what it is present date.  My reasoning for it being so big, is that I am a nurse.  I can not wear my Ering, but I CAN have a wedding band.  FI wanted me to get something that I would love, as I will be wearing it daily.  The ONLY time I will be wearing my Ering is at night or if we go out, so I opted for a larger wedding band.. So as I said, it looks off in this picture (But then again this picture is old, so it no longer is as wide or tall as the pic).  I should probably wait to give you the finished picture, BUT I couldnt wait any longer.  I needed to show people this ring! I am starting to have doubts and am debating on exchanging for a simple band?!?! I HATE SECOND GUESSING!!!! here she is!
 

@amjohnson,

We are Date Twins! I just went to check our count down 153 days left to go!

 

Originally Posted by amjohnson 

Wow! You ladies put things in perspective for me because I am getting exactly one month before you Tori!!! So I am not too sure how many days left I have, but I know tomorrow will be exactly 5 months til our day!!! I am a teacher so I have been trying to get as much done this summer as I am going back to work soon and taking a night class.

 

Jennifer, did you put your booklet together in word? Would you mind sharing it with me? Running out of time to focus on things like that as all my energy and creativity will have to go into my own class prep. Wedding planning is more fun.

 

In regards to how we are handing out our Oot bags, we get in late on Jan 1. and some of our guests will already be there. So I have already asked at the resort if we can reserve a large table for breakfast and we'll do a welcome breakfast, let people know ahead of time.

 

So the swim bags, were found at La Vie en rose right? for a 1$ Not at their Aqua store?

 

Congrats on your nuptuals R!

Thanks for todays DIY post! I think I speak for everyone when I say we miss your daily posts, but understand why you can't. 

I find that I still come to your thread to see what you've been up to!

We stayed at the Palladium last year and loved it! We wanted to get married there but chose the Sunset Jamaica Grande in Ocho Rios instead. The price is quite a bit lower which allowed alot more of our friends and family to come.

@amjohnson, we put welcome letter, postcards (to be used as guest book) and photshare instruction, all from vistaprint. The Keycard/Tip holder is a must. We included inflatable beach toys and floats, crossword books, decks of cards and tracel games to name a few.

We have quite a large group going so we need to keep cost down, each bag will be slightly differnt in the goodies it includes but each will be somewhat personalized with what the individual likes, ie. beer pong for cousin, sudoku for aunt etc...

I got all the groomsmen outfit last week from Old Navy, Beige Linen Pants, White Linen Shirt, all for $40!

FI is wearing the White Linen Pants from Old Navy, but to my dismay, already wore his wedding shirt! Now I have to find one for hime before all the summer clothes are gone!

Can you post a picture of what the luggage tags look like?

Thanks!

 

Originally Posted by exquisite02 

Just wanted to tell everyone that I got my Guide books and luggage tags yesterday and they gave us some extra ones as well.

Tori, one thing to remeber about using the BM bouquets as center pieces is that if you are using real flowers they will be wilted by the end of the day,

We are not bring down too many decorations because we won't have anywhere to decorate! We are doing a catermaran cocktail reception instead of the regular sit down dinner. We figured we're in Jamaica why not do something different, something we can't do here in Canada! On the down side, everyone will be doing their own thing for dinner so I'm not sure how that will go, who will want to eat with us... we may opt to dinner by ourselves, recap the days events and then to the disco to meet back up with everyone!

Jamie

Sorry, I found it

Rachel,

Where did you get the bottles and the boxes, How much did they cost?

I love this idea, and It makes me want to hand deliver them!

Jamie

Walmart has them at a good price (I think There was a post on this thread a while back)

I got mine on Ebay great price but took awhile to get. 

Originally Posted by Natalie2012 

Scratch this post ladies...I was looking at the US Costco...oops...lol

 

The Luggage Tags are free too?!

Did they tell you what edition you are getting?

 

Originally Posted by canadiangirl 

just got off the phone with them....and they are ordered ...just a side note to all as well, they have luggage tags too....so they are getting shipped with my books WOOO HOOO!!!!

Not sure if this was the one you were using

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Tel: (416) 482-7850
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Fax: (416) 482-1730
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Where did you buy yours Leigh?

 

Originally Posted by canadiangirl 

i luv the idea of luggage tags, we ended up getting our at a great price...25 for 12.00 and even though i know ppl may never use them again lol its part of the vision i have but trying to explain this to the FI well he doesnt get it lol my only worry is that ppl arent going to be as excited as i am about all the work ive put into all this lol lol but i guess as long as im happy with it thats all that matters

Love the details of this thread, I'm sure the wedding was beautiful!

Spread it around Natalie,

Give some pieces to your family, bridesmaids etc.

We are bringing my Niece and Nephew and putting alot of our in "their" carry-ons

 

Originally Posted by Natalie2012 

I would love to do that..but that's a lot of extra weight to be brining with the luggage...hmmmmm...what to do...

 

I know it's not very creative by The Knot has all therebridesmaids gifts on sale right now.

http://weddingshop.theknot.com/weddingwarehouse/BoutiqueDetailWithImage.aspx?scId=FeaturedDeals%28KnotShop%29&cId=Boutiques%28KnotShop%29&cTypF=BO&org=BO&cm_mmc=email-_-72211-_-pd3_copy_bmg+blowout-_-pd3+bmg+blowout

I booked mine through Island Routes. Love them! well melissa anyways, haven't actually had the tour yet. Tell her I refered you!

Jamie

her contact is:

Melissa Forbes

Special Projects Manager

5 Kent Avenue

Montego Bay, Jamaica

Toll Free(North America): 1-877-768-8370

Toll Free (Outside North America): 1-305-663-4364

CELL:  1-876-549-5939

Local: 1-888-429-5478

Local: 1-876-684-8672 Ext 2522

FYI Canadian Girls,

The min. order for us is $150!

And let me tell you, it is very hard to come up with enough stuff to equal that amount, I've tried!

Great prices, but I may boy-cott them on principal alone!

Islandgirl, who did you end up going with? were the prices reasonable?

 

Originally Posted by Islandgirl910 

This is a great quote. Too bad they take forever to reply to people. I waited over 2 months! Had to hire another florist.

There is always the Online $99 suit deal. we are debating it cause Garett is huge too! But we will probably just go with a linen T-Shirt and Pant I already bought from Old Navy! Guys are so cheap to buy for! I wish it was that easy and inexpensive for me!
 
 

Originally Posted by Manda123 

Hi Tracey!

How would you describe the fit? My FI and 3 of his GMs are built like linebackers! LOL. I've looked around for linen suits and have had ZERO luck.