J and G 2012

Love Love Love! You look so beautiful!

Can't wait to hear your review of Marcia Roberts! We may be booking her!  

Okay Ladies,

I know we've talked about this before but I'm sort of in a crisis right now and need HELP!

We just found out that our (local) photographers may not be coming with us to Jamaica anymore!

So what photographer from Canada are you bringing down with you? Or if your are going to Jamaica, which local artist have you chosen?

We are not doing a dinner so our favours will be the OOT bags and Candy Sticks with our logo on them placed with the hor derves on the Catamaran for the Cocktail Reception.

I just found some pictures that may help you. I used the ceap rhinestones for my shoes but will be using the more expensive shiny ones for my flip flops.

Do not use the preglued ones, they will not stay.

I used Glue from Michaels made specificaly for gluing rhinestones on fabric.

I usend them on my heals which are plastic and it works awesome!

Congrats R!

Your look beautiful!

Thank you for the for the sentiment regarding your father walking you down the isle, this is something I have been struggling with since we started planning our wedding.

Can wait to see the Pro Pics!  

Hey Ladies!

Just wondering how the planning is going?

Updates?

You can use the ones with the closure for luggage tags as well.

I bought these from this seller and would recommend them.

We are doing a few group activities/games.

Our family and friends are very active so I know they will participate, but I also don't want to overbook myself and everyone else, so all activities are optional.

We are doing a volleyball, Beer Pong tournament so far. 

More Pics...

The pictures don't do them justice, they are soooo sparkly!

So kow that i have a few minutes I thought I'd post the final product!

These were alot of work but totally worth it! Our guests loved them! We handed most out at our jack and jill this weekend to save on postage.

Because most people had booked by way of our saved the dates we only sent the invites to them and had no need of including info. on how to book, the package was more of a pre travel package including the invite (which as you can see from the first post, had the weekly itinerary, website info. and general tips). I ordered the metallic card stock from papercircle and I have to rave about their service! They are Canadian and went out of their way to please me! I order samples during the Canada post strick so It took forever to get to me. Then when I was ready to order they sent it to me Courier for FREE! I printed all the sheets on my printer at home, was really worried about this, and had a few smudges but all in all was great.

We also included DIY luggage tags which were easy and inexpensive to make, just printed them out on regular cardstock, put them in the ID badges from walmart and tied a ribbon around them. We also provided a general packing list and the oposite side had the excursion pricelist for our resort. And since I diddn't wantto drag all the FREE Jamaica Tourist Magazines down with us, we threw that in too!

My only word of advice for anyone who is thinking about DIY their Boarding passes would be to NOT cut the little pretend tear off section on the left. If was very difficult and not needed in my opinion. The only reason I did was because I printed the cut out lines.

Anyways hope you like them! Feel free to ask any questions!

Most of my bridal party is out of town, so I inlisted my mom's help with these. I couldnt have done it with out her!

I'm having the same issue right now. Trying to figure out the ceremony and timeing for our guests. I spent all day on the ceremony script thread and I think I've got it all figured out, just have to go over it with my FI and hopefully we hear somthing from the WC soon so I make the programs!

Originally Posted by NamasteLotus 

When I was last there (Mississauga, they had the "Happily Ever After" Ribbon, White with black writing with some sparkle to it.   Less than 3 weeks to go... I'm running around making my "Get to Know the Guests Pamphlet" "Itinerary" and finally the program (yes, this is super important but the wedding coordinator hasn't been very clear in what order the ceremony is or what kind of flexibility we have ie-readings or anything... trying to work that one out frantically.  Thanks.

 

 

Who is the seller?

 

Originally Posted by kat2012 

I finally got my cake topper today!!! So excited about it!

Amazing Photos! Love your dress!

Did you do the TTD beach scene at the resort?

 

Originally Posted by kivon820 

I also got married at the Grand Palladium Lady Hamilton . We were married August 20th 2011. I must say our day went well . We had a few issues leading up to the day but most things were worked out by then. We had 115 guest for our wedding . The resort is beautiful and that was the only reason we chose it, probably not the best decision as many other resorts are better at accommodating large guest for weddings. Below are links to some of our wedding pics from our photographers blog she traveled to Jamaica with us.

 

http://shangchenphoto.com/weddings/jamaica-destination-wedding-kimevon/

 

http://shangchenphoto.com/weddings/kim-and-evon-trash-the-dress-session-in-jamaica/

 

This is the link to our highlight cinematography video, we had our rehearsal / arrival dinner at Ricks Cafe.

 

http://www.shutterblisscinema.com/shutterbliss/blogpage27.html

We are getting married in January, so hopefully it goes well!

We're not really having wedding colours, but the BMs dresses and and coordinating flowers are red.

I'm putting all of our invites together this weekend, already printed them out, now for all the cutting!

Will post pictures when I am done.

 

Originally Posted by OurSpecialDay1 

These invites are absolutely amazing the colors are perfect .  You are very creative.  I'm hoping to find a nice clipart for my invites.  What were your wedding colors?  Congratulations on your wedding and how did it go?  I'm sure it was beautiful. 

Tori,

How well did your Boarding Pass pocket stay using the glue stick.

I'm having trouble getting mine to stay put, I haven't tried a glue stick yet, just a glue pen

But my cardstock is very heavy.

Thanks

Jamie

In our invitation package we are including the price list for the resort excursions, a packing list.

I think what you are talking about is the pre-travel brouchure that lots of brides give out before they leave.

Has anyone had approval from a Jamaician resort to use these?

I'm waiting on approval from my resort, they say they are waiting to hear back from the Environmental agaency in Jamaica.

Thanks,

Jamie

Love your rings!

Mine e-ring is very similar and I wasn't sure what I wanted for the wedding bands, I think you just made up my mind!

 

Originally Posted by sxcT 

Here is a pic of my FIs custom band and my e-ring with the two bands. 

 

Oh and I threw in a pic of my sausage finger with all three bands on it so you can see just how squished it is LOL.

 

 

MAN HANDS!!!!

 

 

Depending on how many ppl you have, chartering a boat maybe cheaper.

 

Originally Posted by morgan7 

i have contacted island routes and they quoted me $230 pp. We were looking for something closer to $100 pp.

This topic has been discussed over and over through out the forum.

Shipping to the resort is not advised, as It may get lost in transit, the resort may not even except the package etc. etc. .

Most brides either get extra luggage or spread the contants among the other ppl travelling with you.

Some bride have also delivered the gift bags to their guests prior to leaving. 

 

Originally Posted by ArubaBrideEm 

I haven't started getting together my items yet for the gift bags, but I'm enjoying looking at all of the posts on here and I am getting some good ideas!  But I'm starting to think that packing all this stuff might require its own suitcase!  How do you recommend getting the stuff to your destination?  Has anyone ever shipped the items to the hotel ahead of time?  Any feedback would be appreciated.  I am getting married in Aruba and would like to have a nice tote bag/beach bag for each room.  I may have about 20 of these bags at least.  Thanks!!   : )

My Hubby did this last year through Island Routes.

They had a blast, but..... it was very windy and therefore huge waves. Some of the passengers got sea sick.  

 

Originally Posted by morgan7 

has anyone done a half day deeep sea fishing trip? all of the guys going on the trip would really like to do this but its been hard to find something at a decent price.

 

We would really like to do this as well. Not sure if its possible, I was thinking Skype from and iPad but not sure if the wireless signal would reach our ceremony location.
 

Originally Posted by luvmoo 

 

Hey Ladies, 

Has anyone looked into, or thought about how to do a streaming video of the wedding ceremony for those who couldn't make it?? My FI and I  really want to do this if we can, as our Grandparents are not able to make it to the wedding.. and we would LOVE to have a streaming video for them to watch.. so they can be a part of it from far away... 

The issue is that we aren't sure if it is even possible?  Does anyone know if and how we could do this??

 

any advise or thoughts on this would be really helpful!!!

Sorry can't help you, but welcome to the Forum!

You will find a wealth of information here!

 

Originally Posted by DwBride2Be 

Hey!!  I am a Canadian Newbie!!  I am planning my wedding for Dec 2012, and hoping for either the Melia Las Dunas or the Paradisus Varadero.   There isn't much feedback about those two resorts, do you guys know anything, or anyone who's had a wedding there?

 

Thanks!!

Super Excited,

Laurie

Honestly, I don't think the men would use them at all.

Have you thought about putting them in a basket at the beginning of the isle? That way anyone that wants one can grab one.

 

Originally Posted by torilynnsmith 

Forgot to mention.... 

 

I don't see the men using these but they may get hot and be thankful to have one (I think they are more likely to then the ladies!) 

 

Is anyone else doing fans?  Do you think the men will use these or more likely to use the more "neutral' palm hand fans?