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Imadore, the more I see it the more I am agreeing with you. I am thinking either studs or nothing now, gold starfish studs are just hard to find

The earrings are from Etsy -- seller MoshPoshDesigns

Ok... apparently that posted blank?? What I said was I am working on my bridesmaid's accessories since I am stuck at home for the snow storm. Below is the dress and the necklace I bought for my girls. Our colors and coral and aqua. I love gold as an accent color with these but am having trouble finding earrings that go. The last pic is a picture of earring I've been thinking about, but I am worried they may be too much with such a statement necklace. I would love your thoughts or any other ideas you have!

Hi Ladies, Since I'm stuck at home in the middle of an October snow storm I have been working on some wedding stuff. I am now trying to figure out earrings for my girls. Below are pics of the dress and necklace I purchased already. My colors are aqua and coral.

Ok ladies, I got all the details! Apparently me having a little freakout to DW.com I got all the answers. Teresa's job was eliminated. I guess the Paradisus felt that her salary was an expense they didn't need when they have people on site handling the weddings. I have also been assigned to Miguelina. I have a call scheduled with her tomorrow to review everything I went over with Teresa, and I will let you know how it goes. I would love to hear some money saving tips Teresa shared with you, as the best one she told me were locations that you didn't need to rent a dance floor at.

Courtney-- great job, you inspired me to include more of our dog in our wedding. He's on our cake topper, as you can see, but I love the idea of having him on my bouquet. You did such a great job on everything!

I have been working with DW.com for 5 months and I have had an okay experience. My TA guided me to Mexico or Punta Cana for the price range we wanted our guests to pay. I was pretty sold on PPC after looking at pictures and she was very supportive of it. Of course it was in the "Circle of Love" package they have so we get added incentives the more rooms we book. So far we have 26 rooms booked and we just sent invitations out 2 weeks ago. I have heard from some of my guests who have called her it has taken a couple days to respond. Today I called the manager with some problems I am having with receiving a new WC and did mention some of our guests have been having some trouble getting a response right away. My travel agent called me and emailed me a few hours later to rectify this issue and was super apologetic. She promised to get everything taken care of my Friday (my wedding is still 6 months away) and I feel a lot more comfortable. I did have to put out a lot of money up front. We put a hold on 35 rooms, we are only obligated for 25 of them which are already booked, but was told our money would be credited to our room once everyone is paid. I was surprised by this as we needed a large block and $200 deposit per room wasn't unreasonable if we could get it credited back to our trip. I guess it depends on who you get assigned to. I haven't had a great experience but I wouldn't say I'm ready to throw in the towel either. Plus we have a lot of people booked and a few people complaining isn't unexpected.

Oh boy, I"m sorry Moe! I wish you good luck, I am sure everything will work out at the end I'm still waiting for my reassignment, I freaked out on the manager at DW.com today I think my exact words were "Every bride wants to feel important and I don't" I hope this mess gets figured out soon cause it seems like a lot of people are frustrated!

you did a great job!! congrats!

Great job! You reminded me that I want to get gum for mine as well

Yeah, I've been pretty upset all week. At least you got someone new assigned to you, I'm still waiting.... Rene is not great on being prompt on things, I am jealous of you having Christine, she sounds great!

Rene said she would let me know ASAP when I get assigned someone new, it's been a few days and nothing so I'm not sure how long that will take.

just heard from Rene, she just found out today. Apparently Teresa was fired on Friday. Make sure you have EVERYTHING you had planned with Teresa cause it will need be reviewed with the new person. I have a lot of emails to go through tonight.

I'm working with Rene at Destinationweddings.com haven't heard from her yet, I included her in my email to Teresa...

Deesanders, who's your TA, I haven't heard from mine...

oh no, I sure hope not! I just emailed her to get an update...

Thanks everyone! I called my mom today, she sent me to voicemail. So I sent her an email explaining that I did not mean to be hurtful, I was following what I found as etiquette. We'll see if I hear back. My mother and I have had a lot of problems well beyond the wedding and to her this may be the nail in the coffin. We'll see. Meanwhile I have gotten harassing phone calls from her brother, sister and mother about the invitations. It's been a helluva weekend. My sister has been relaying messages from what she heard from my step-father but she's trying not to get in the middle cause its not her fight. Meanwhile, my FI is upset that I've been upset all weekend and that my family is making it worse. I'm just ready for April so we can get married and not worry about drama anymore!

Thanks, ladies! My sister just called me to let me know that my mom told her she is "mortified" she's not on the invitation. My mom hasn't called me about it, I just heard second hand. Apparently that whole side is mad at me. I know how I worded the invitation was correct, but this is just unexpected drama I was not prepared to deal with.

Since my FI and I started planning our wedding in the DR we have had drama with my mom's side of the family complaining about how they can't come for one reason or another. It has been on excuse after another and I've come to realize she's just bad I am not having a wedding back home, where I don't live anymore. We stuck to our guns though and are very excited to head to the DR. When asked the financial help question, my mom and her husband told us that they couldn't help us pay for the wedding. My MOH (sister) also asked her to help with my shower, same answer. She paid for half my dress, which I appreciate but I don't really consider it as contributing to the wedding expenses as our wedding is pretty expensive for a DW. Later they also told me they weren't coming, but that is an entirely different story. My father and stepmom as well as my future inlaws contributed equal amounts to our wedding. (yay!) Their contribution is paying for 95% of our wedding expenses. When I ordered our invitations my dad, stepmom and inlaws names are on the invite, not my mother and her husband. So the invitation says "Mr and Mrs Bride's Dad together with Mr and Mrs Grooms Dad invite to to the wedding of..." Yesterday I got an irrate call from my grandmother (mom's side) saying I insulted the family by not including her on the invitation. Am I wrong in this? My mom is not helping with any part of the wedding and not even attending. I looked it up and it said those throwing the wedding names' should be on the invitation. I've been upset about this all last night. My FI told me not to worry about it, but I hate having anyone mad at me, especially my grandparents. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

great work! how did you do it?

it looks so romantic! congrats, girl!

I almost bought that dress, it looks great on you!

We finally got my girls dresses this weekend. it's a corset back and I love it!

We are doing the same thing... Stevie Wonder "You are the Sunshine of My Life" is our choice

I really want to do this, but I drink coffee, tea and red wine a lot... should I do it now and touch up before the wedding or just wait til March/April?