TheWolferts

LOVE the idea of doing a "photobooth" with an iPad!

They look great and I love your RSVP card phrasing!

That really sux! I had 2 BMs that were my best friend growing up tell me a couple of months before the wedding that they wouldnt be able to make to the wedding either... one sent me a txt message, the other an email... both of which r just tacky! I gave them 18 months to plan and save and even bought their BM dresses for them. Both of them came up with bad excuses as to why they couldnt, even make it to my shower, acting like it was just a random get together, not my wedding shower! One of them ended up paying me back for the BM dress, the other has basically avoided me and wont return phone calls so I have stopped trying to be friends. It is absolutely appalling to me how some "friends" act about your wedding. I wouldnt be upset with friends that told me up front that they couldnt be able to make it as I would completely understand, but the friends that string you along, get your hopes up, then RSVP "no" and never call you again are just bad people. Another thing that gripes my cookies is when guests say they cant afford the trip when A) they havent even looked into prices and they then go on large, extravagent trips and post all their pics on Facebook! I had one friend tell me she couldnt make it because of money, which I understood, especially as she is getting married in November, but then I see that she has gone to CA a couple of times within the past year, on a ski trip, a trip to Europe, and is actually currently in London for 3 weeks for the Olympics... its not that some guests cant afford it, its just that your wedding is clearly not a priority for them. It was definitely tough to see some friends which I thought were closer, were not as close as I thought. I had several family members that had to scrape together money by having yard sales and cutting back on spending because they wouldnt have missed it for the world. Prior to my 2 BMs acting like they did, I would have scrounged up the money because I couldnt imagine not being there at their special day. To be honest, we were surrounded by so much love, friends, and family on our big day, I dont think I even thought about the 2 BMs that couldnt be there. I didnt think that I should have a B list of BMs as they would clearly know they were not originally close enough to be considered BMs so much to my OCD's dismay, we had uneven numbers of GMs and BMs. I am the type of person that is much happier have a few really close friends than having tons of friends that will blow you off is something better comes up.

Thanks! The starfish lapels were very easy to make. We just hot glued starfish onto earring and pin mounts.

My husband bought his suit and his GMs suits at Macys during one of their big sales and he had a coupon so I think each suit came out to be around $200, originally they were $600 a piece. He bought their suits as a thank you for spending the money to come down to our wedding and also used them as his present to them.

No problem! I'm happy to help!

I didnt mind working with DWs.com. My first TA they placed me with was awful so I demanded a new TA. I worked with Christine Kennedy and thought she was really helpful and accommodating. What didnt you like about them? Yeah the voucher needed to be used within a year of you getting married and the resort actually issues them to DWs.com, then they give it to you with the DWs.com stipulations.

jnitschke- Here are some pics from our wedding to give you a better idea of what the area surrounding Gazebo 55 looks like: You do have to walk through about 50 feet of sand to get lined up with the isle. I could only find one of Toucanes set up. We had our rehearsal dinner there and loved the location! Our photographer gravitated towards the rocks on the beach near the salt water pool and the palm trees near the main lobby for a majority of our pics. She also took some formal pics of me near the Casitas archway There are a bunch more pics at http://www.andreanigh.com/blog/?p=5289 that include additional pics of the resort and the Casitas archway.