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no just kept them in my carry on and it was fine. I brought kisses, m&m and kit kats with me. But it will be hotter in May so I am not sure

Thanks so much. I know you are having as much fun/stress as i did . You know u can email any time girl ...

aww thanks so much girl. anything i can do to help you just let me [email protected]. If you are doing pinks I have so much light and dark ribbon and ink pads and stamps and pink paint and raffia and starfish and pink spraypaint that I sprayed the starfish with lol. I am going to try to catalog it all and see what I should get rid of. My husband wants the spare room/my junk room back lol.

I just got back from Moon palace and thought I would put up a few pics of my tables

wow you are right. I used aqua2209 and when i did a relist search they are 84.99 wow. I guess because it is closer to summer they go up because I bought mine in dead of winter?? I did a search also and that seems the best price anywhere 4.25 a camera. Ecamerafilms.com which had the second lowest prices from ebay are 4.50 each and you have to pay shipping so ebay is definitely the way to go. Sorry. Have fun planning

adding mine i love my ascher cut also sooo much

and i got ideas for our getaway lol. something in August when ur both done. We shall discuss text ya tomorrow. go to sleep like u said an hour ago lol

lmao shane u know how ur husband feels about friending internet friends lmao. But seriously not to get all sentimental and everything but you two really helped me when i was having meltdowns and i will never forget it. awww pkay enough mushiness lol. love ya

lmao . u know he is snoring on the couch and I am sneaking hahaha. I can't wait to see ur big day- it is going to truly be spectacular, Louboutin's whattttt -I love it! Wish I could get some more time off and crash lol. It is going to be amazing, and classy just like u girl. Nothing but love for ya xoxo

Thanks so much. I loved that dress so much I never wanted to take it off lol. I love pink too I got these great candy containers at party city. They are flimsy but work out perfectly when filled with candy and I decorated them with stickers and ribbon and you can stack a few sets together - they were perfect for traveling -stackable and very very very light lol. I did have 5 suitcases but it was worth it lol. I brought all chocolate in my carry on but everything else I packed. http://www.partycity.com/product/candy+buffet+square+plastic+container+set.do

well the best thing i did was marry my man but u know what i mean.....

did my planning journal whewwwww

My absolute favorite thing was my "photobooth". Everyone told me this was a bad idea and that it would be too much work and who would man it. But it was the biggest hit. Everyone had so much fun and I got a ton of goodies for it. The boas were from party city as well as the little signs and the mardi gras necklaces. Also all the glow in the dark bracelets and necklaces. The sombreros were from amols and even though they were a pain to get there they were so cute. I got mini chalk boards for people to write on and I got these photobooth props from manic moose for about $35, I brought them home but they are slightly bent lol. BIG BIG HIT!!!! and so fun. The camera is the fuji instax which I got on ebay for about $70 and I also bought 100 pictures but I only used about 40. The book is from Michaels and I spent weeks decorating it and the pages and the end result is absolutely adorable. amd the absolute best thing I did was go with smile market they made my day amazing and I love my pics so much!!!!! whewww. all my templates are at work and I will post tomorrow but if you want something specific just pm me. much love to all the future brides...good luck and happy planning <3

The reception: I had lots of things that I was adamant about wanting at the reception and even though I lugged a lot of stuff there I am so happy with the results. I got decorations from Zuniga which I knew I wanted the candle steps from the beginning and I could not have been happier with what they did. The candle steps are $55 each and you need 2 for each set up so that was $220 and I wanted those bamboo structures with fuschia and pink lanterns even though they were expensive. they were not needed for light because it is plenty bright but they were so gorgeous. they were $180 each. Than I really wanted a candy table. I had already started buying pink candy everywhere but I knew I was not going to be able to bring the jars and plates to set them up in so I asked Katie to give me a set up for a candy table for 10 and than I gave her a bunch of extra candy which of course she added to the table and it looked fabulous. Their candy sucked so I am glad I bought good candy: m&M's with our faces on them were a huge hit ($16 a bag and I got 4 bags sooo cute) and I had kisses with the sticker on the bottom with our names and date. And than I got a lot of candy from oriental trading. kit kats and licorice and pink love fortune cookies. I am so happy with the way the candy table came out and they wanted to charge me like another $100 for a candy table for 25 and I am glad I said 10 because their candy was mints and marshmallows and candies no one liked but set up cute. I also got these adorable pink bags that said sweet on them with pink stripes and people filled them up and brought them to their room because there really is no chocolate unless u spend a million dollars in the gift shop for it. Wish i would have put some in the OOT bags. My table set up: I wanted a lot of color at the tables so I got pink runners and dark pink satin napkins from weddinglinendirect.com. I bought marracca's from amols.com and added the tag from Michaels that says shake for a kiss. I also bought shell stamps and pink ink pads and stamped each one and they looked so cute: I also got 4X6 beach photo albums from wedding favor.com and put them in pink organza bags with a little tag also from Michaels. One for each person although somehow I saw my mother with 6 stuffed in her bag lol. These were 2.25 each I also got these tins from there with one side having our pic and the other side has a sticker that says: Diane & Joe...mint for each other and the date and place lol. I bought these for .99 each and filled them myself with cheap mints from party city and than I put them in tiny pink organza bags also one for each person. I wanted to upgrade the cake even though i knew it didn't taste good and it was well worth the $85. It was so pretty. Cake knife and server was from ebay-cpst about $20. I also ordered a custom made cake topper but the girl couldn’t do what I wanted and wound up refunding me the day before I left very disappointing but I save $200 and my cake was gorgeous. I made the I DO signs from letters at Michael’s that I guerilla glued tiny shells to. I loved the way the table looked. I brought them the starfish and the letters and cake server and personalizecake.

My bouquet was stunning and so was my daughter’s. I was so happy with moon palace flowers. I got pink bouts for the men and my mom a corsage. The bouquets were gorgeous. I got the swarofsky starfish big ones from bridal box and 6 small ones from advantagebridal. I got rhinestone band from ebay. I was thrilled with the results. I knew what I wanted from the very beginning as far as decorations and set up but I never thought about transport and too many projects so some things I had to leave home and some projects I had to abandon. I can’t tell you enough to make sure that you plan and think it through because I have so much extra stuff it is ridiculous. From the beginning I started buying starfish, shells and ribbons and craft stuff in such masses from everywhere- Michael’s and ebay mostly. I have tons of ribbon and starfish that I couldn’t even bring with me. Projects and extras for the ceremony: I brought chair sashes, bubbles and fans for the ceremony. I also gave her parasols but she didn’t put those out. The bubbles I got at Michaels with a coupon ($6) lol and made little tags that I got from Michaels and printed them out and attached them with ribbon. The fans I bought from oriental trading co 12 for $10 and I bough double sided ribbon from Michaels 5/8 wide and wrapped the top and than I ordered this starfish poem (vistaprint postcards for free) that I attached with a little starfish charm that I got from oriental trading co for $6 a unit of 24 The parasols are from luna bazaar –great quality and the Mr & Mrs is from Etsy the seller was 4cycle and it cost $50. At first I was upset because you could see some of the glue on the umbrella but it didn’t come out in any pics so it was great. I think those pics are adorable. Starfish decorations: One of my favorite projects was the starfish hot glued to the raffia loops. I bought 3 rolls of 3 different color raffias. Light pink, dark pink and tan and I cut them in equal loops and than I hot glued the starfish to it. I bought enough to make 30 for the aisle chairs at first and than for each chair at the reception but I couldn't fit anymore and so I compromised and brought 15. Which they used for the aisle chairs as pictured and than for our chairs and every other place setting at the reception. Flower girl baskets: I originally bought these shell baskets and was going to use them for the flower girl baskets but i thought they were too heavy for my girls and they were hard to decorate with ribbon so I wound up buying large galvanized pails from Oriental trading company and hot glued shells and flowers to them and the girls used them for the ceremony and afterwards I used them for the kids tables filled with candy. I also got smaller galvanized cans for each kid and filled it up with all candy (mostly pink) that I got from Oriental trading and party city and put a marraca in the middle of each one and that was the kids place setting. It was too cute. I got the inspiration from oriental trading which has a lot of DIY projects and so much adorable candies to match any theme. I didn’t add anything to the cocktail hour just gave the shells that they placed around

Now all the goodies for the wedding: Ebay was my best friend and etsy for inspiration and purchases. I went completely overboard on what I was bringing with me and never considered how terrible it was going to be traveling with 8 suitcases. Yuck. But my husband was a trooper about it even though I gave him shit that he needed an extra personal suitcase when I was making us bring 5 stuffed with OOT bag stuff and starfish lol. But in the end I was happy I brought everything that I wanted with me except for all the starfish he wouldn’t let me add a suitcase for lol. OOT bags- I loved doing these and went totally overboard. The ones that I got at first were from David’s Bridal and I was not that happy with them. I tried to return them but they were personalized- they were a great deal like $14 with 20% off but they were kind of small although they were my wedding colors but anyway I then saw a daily deal from brad’s deals for Vera Wang breast cancer tote in pink leopard print that I just loved and they were only $4 so I got those also and gave everyone 2 bags- wonder why I had 8 suitcases yet lol. In the bags I put the Oh Sh!t kits with the first aid kits with extra advils and immodium. suntan spray & aloe-purchased at CVS with a 20% off Cards with our names on it from advantage bridal Luggage tags from Michaels purchased weekly with 40% off coupons orig 2.99 Wet wipes & tissues from the dollar tree Gum with our names from oriental trading co (my fave store throughout the wedding ) Toothpaste & toothbrushes- my dentist got me Water cameras ordered from ebay(aquaman 20 fuji quicksnap 59.99 free s&h –best price) Bath & body works pouch with travel size lotion,gel&spritz Soduko book dollar store Mugs from discountmugs- I loved these but noone used them the whole week lol. Pashminas were the biggest hit of the week $4ea http://www.firstwholesale.com/shopping_cart They were big and beautiful and everyone loved them. Tshirt & magnets from vistaprint. Vistaprint is awesome. Buy those groupons and u can get everything you need for hardly anything. Tshirt & magnets from vistaprint. Vistaprint is awesome. Buy those groupons and u can get everything you need for hardly anything. Candles from yankee candle with our pictures on them (small beach & sand) Seashell magnets from shell horizon.com they have great prices for all kinds of shells Crystal starfish keychains from forever wed Welcome books Key card holder with lanyards and wrist coils also a big hit. For 8 of the young girls that were coming with me from ages 12 to 21) and all very important to me I got juicy canvas beach bags that they went crazy for. I gave them pretty much everything above but added a gorgeous anklet made by the great and talented www.collettemarie.com and and juicy lipgloss and Victoria secret boxers, tshirts and spray. I also got them all team bride Victoria secret tanks that were too cute My flower girls are the cutest children ever and my God daughters so I went off on them. The bags were from an ebay vendor and all the goodies were mostly from oriental trading. They had adorable flower girl frames for $6 and teddy bears for $10 and I got the adorable tank tops from ebay also advantagebridal. I never took a pic when it was all done unfortunately. The bags were stuffed. I also bought their dresses and their jewelry from the great collettemarie.com My MOH bag was ridiculous lol. It was my daughter so I pretty much got her a Tory Burch bag and everything else she needed for this trip lol. Dress, jewelry, shoes, many dresses, juicy flip flops, tory burch flip flops and much more… she got me the cutest luggage tags with our pics on them, my mrs. Cafiero hanger and the most adorable juicy white hoodie with bride monogrammed in pink and gave me the most fabulous shower ever with these gorgeous personalized baskets that I still can’t believe she did. I have to share the pics…. For the best man I just added some personalized goodies- cigar cutter, pocket knife and best man shirt that he never wore lol. I also got my step daughters these adorable shirts that said team cafiero groom’s entourage from Vistaprint and I got my husband a shirt that said game over with a ball and chain lol. Other odds and ends that we got: bride & groom hats, groom sunglasses –big hit lol.

I didn’t need anything underneath my dress except my cute bride Victoria secret thong lol. So that was good. My MOH tortured me about her dress. This figures because it’s my daughter and she has been torturing me FOREVER lol. My good friend from this site came through though and happened to have a dress in the exact color in the right size in her closet and she saved the day when we still had no dress less than a month to the wedding. Her dress is Bari jay in hot pink and her jewelry is from the same designer as my earrings http://www.collettemarie.com/store.html. Her bracelet and earrings were absolutely stunning!!!! Best man wore the pants from studiosuits and a shirt from Tommy Bahama. The flower girls were absolutely adorable. I got their dresses so cheap on ebay for like $30 each and did a little surgery to them. 87sweetgirl . I didn’t like the petals and bought the Michaels petals and changed them. They were gorgeous and so cute.

It really all begins when you have picked the dress… I went to a bridal store in New York that was having a trunk show for Maggie Sottero. I was interested in her after seeing it here all over. I wanted to try on the destination line and they were beautiful but the shop owner recommended that I try on the adorae and it was love at first sight. I couldn’t be happier with my dress/ I never had dress envy or tried on any dress even one that was thousands more that gave me any pause. My dress cost $1200 and $130 to do a bustle that she made tie on the bottom so the gorgeous back would not be hidden! The adorae: I chose the jewelry from an amazing designer who happens to be a close family friend. I was hesitant to use her at first because her website really didn’t have what I wanted but she told me she would do whatever I wanted and she truly did. My earring were off the hook and my MOH’s jewelry and my flower girls jewelry were stunning. She also made me these starfish swarovsky ankle bracelets for some of my younger guests that were off the hook. Everyone raved about her and the jewelry and I can’t be more grateful for all the hard work she put into my jewelry and my day. Please take a look at her website and contact her if you are interested because she was amazing to work with and gave me such great deals so I would love to pay it forward . My headband is ansonia rhinestone headband purchased at the bridal store and than I saw it much cheaper online grrrr. I hate my feet and they are wide so I just picked a simple white satin shoe from touch ups and the white matched my ivory Maggie sottero dress. Go figure lol. I added these adorable starfish brooches just to dress it up a little because it was so plain. The groom got a suit from Studiosuit. This was not the best experience for me and I still don’t know whose fault it is. But probably not mine lol. My husband is a big guy so when I waited until the last minute to start looking for linen suits surprisingly there was nothing in the stores. I knew studiosuits would work but I was leary about ordering online from somewhere that I couldn’t return but when I couldn’t find anything I went with them. Now mind you my husband says he doesn’t like the light colors that we have seen in Nordstrom so wheni order the suit I get a dark tropical beige and when he complained about it being dark I surprisingly did NOT kill him. I ordered the pre set sizes the pants and jacket a size up from his usual and the jacket fit perfectly. The pants however barely covered his crack in the back lol. The rise was low or my husband has an abnormally long rise??? Anyway now I am in for $200 because of the big size and the lining so I decide to try again and order the pants. I try to complain to studio suits but they don’t care they say the rise is fine so they give me 20% since I have to pay shipping again I order the pants for the best man at the same time also a size up and they come and fit both of them. Needless to say I didn’t really love the suit and found such nicer quality in the stores starting in late February but we already had this. Tommy bahama has really nice stuff. Anyway we had another fight about him tucking in his shirt lol but in the end we compromised. I let him tuck in his shirt for the wedding and I bought him a nice pink Robert graham shirt for the reception and he did an outfit change lol.

Okay so my planning journal is coming after the fact but I think this is good because you get to see the finished products in use lol…. Okay so in the end I couldn’t be happier with my wedding at Moon palace. I loved everything about the planning and putting it together and the day was gorgeous and one of the best days in my life (other than the few pimples that popped out and made me crazy lol) I want to thank everyone past and present brides that not only give so much to each other in the way of ideas and creativity but give from their heart. I know I made 2 lifelong friends here as no one really gets what we are going through. The support we give each other is a beautiful thing and one I appreciated so much at my craziest moments. I have come to know each of you and I am so grateful for the love shown since I got back but a special shout out to my girls coco and shane who were INVALUABLE to me during this process! Okay let's start the saga..... Me and Joe have been together for almost 4 years and we have grown children and I never thought I would want to get married again but I am so glad he changed my mind because everything about getting married is awesome . I love being the center of attention so I couldn’t have been happier. I didn’t do any of this the first time so it was awesome. Starts with the ring. My dream ring because I designed it lmao. 2 carat cushion cut center diamond with a halo setting and another carat in baguettes and stones around the center. For a wedding ring I just got a matching eternity band underneath it. I don’t know what he got some gold band with texture lol but who cares it really is all about me ..no?? lol I did not do invites as we decided to make our annual family vacation into my wedding and than I sent an invitation via email with our wedding website info and asking anyone if they wanted to join. Sadly, none of our friends joined us except my husband’s partner and the rest was all family. I put so much thought into where to have it and picked Moon Palace because of the resort credits and everything and than people didn’t even try to book and it kind of makes me mad but I was happy with the 30 people who did come and put all my energy into making a great time for us . I did buy monograms that I really didn’t use too much but they were cute. From aylee. $5 for two All together we were 7 children and 23 adults.

Thank you so much..I am so thrilled with my pictures and the service provided I want to scream it from a mountain top lol

Let me just tell you that I had Cristina and I absolutely loved her. She decorated my whole reception with what I gave her and she was with me every step of the way. She is totally on point and I loved her so much. You are def in great hands! Smile Market was awesome. They really aim to please just let them know what you want and they will bend over backwards to make it happen. You are 2 for 2 so far. It's going to be great! Thanks so much. You are going to have an amazing time and I can't wait to see ur fab pics Oh girl aint that the truth and now that I am back all I have been doing is loading freaking pictures everywhere and writing reviews and journals ...coming soon lmao These came out awesome. I did these too and got so many compliments even from people walking past the terrace

I can't wait for it to be you two and we are having dinner in NYC fawning over our books lmao. It's so crazy for people we haven't even met you 2 are my go to people lmao. xoxo

I just wanted to give a shout out to a family friend who made all of our jewelty. She has a website http://collettemarie.com/ and you can email her at [email protected] to specify exactly what u want and she will make it. She is so talented and we got so many compliments from everyone i just had to share. She only uses the best stuff and swarovsky jewels and it was all gorgeous. the maid of honor jewels stunning the flower girls had these gorgeous starfish earrings and bracelets and she also mafe me anklets for all my big girls with blue starfish- they went crazy!!! my earrings- so stunningly gorgeous

I am so thrilled with my Smile Market Photos I just wanted to share a few. I am just thrilled with my whole package, the video, the pics the webcast...it is all amazing

girls i got my dvd , pics, books and all my black & white photos all my 8X10 and 6X8 pics...the box just kept having more & more beautiful things coming out of it. the dvd comes in a picture case with a wraparound photo on both sides that is so gorgeous. I can't believe how gorgeous everything is. I am sooo happy I went with smile market in the end it was one of the best decisions I made. I truly got EVERYTHING- webcast, hours of DVD- i haven't even watched it all yet just the reception and it is hilarious, tons of beautiful pictures and these amazing, gorgeous picture books not to mention in addition to the beautiful black & white 8X10's and the color photos I also got a cd with every photo he took. I could not be happier!! Now if I could just stop looking at them lol. this is all my goodies lol: and these are a few of my faves: