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My party is walking to "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" by Iz (like every beach wedding lol) And I will be walking to "Forever" by Ben Harper. A little torn though, I;m a crier and I know this song will make me even more of a puddle.. hmmmm

Oooh, so many great ideas! Thanks for pulling these together

We are not paying for flights or accom. One of my bridesmaids is actually getting married in April in Vegas (a destination for us since we are in Alberta). We've all paid our own way, own dresses, own shoes. So, I'm kind of taking her lead on that stuff. Originally I had thought I might buy my girls dresses, but she didn't buy ours I don't want to be insulting by buying hers (my parties) dresses. Just some really awesome BM gifts. FI hasn't decided if he wants to buy his boy's outfit or not. The point of us having a DW is trying to keep cost down, if we started paying for random people's travels it would just be crazy in a hurry. I think everyone understands what the concept behind the DW is, and that agreeing to be in the party means they are paying their way there!

Anytime! Man, I am a PRO at keeping the divorced parents happy, LOL

These are beautiful! Katya is a local from here in Edmonton, I'm a big fan of here work, she's fantastic!

Weee my very first thread start! I thought I would share these, I've gotten fantastic reviews from my girls and anyone else who has seen them. I've never really seen (and never been asked) a bridal party invite that was really really special. To me, this was a huge deal. I've been waiting a long time to get engaged, and it was really important to me to ask my girls in a very special and unique way if they would stand beside us. So, here are my bridal party invite boxes. I hope they give some inspiration! I got all of the supplies required at Dollarama. i just sort of wandered and tried to think of ways to use things that I found in the store. The boxes were brown craft boxes that I painted myself with craft paint. The saying was a combination of a couple of cards that I saw.

welcome, another Etowner

Thank-you! Honestly I don't think this was the "norm" at all. I'm a full year ahead of the game because I assumed I'd have to order it, get the alterations, etc etc, so I gave myself so much time. I seriously hit the jackpot because I had previously fallen in love with a dress that I did NOT look at the pricetag before I tried on (have I learned nothing from say yes to the dress?!?) and was stuck on a dress that was $2000 (over budget for sure)! After trying on another six dresses and feeling a little crestfallen, she comes out with this and says it's $815! I was like" oh yeah this dress is going to be "nice" lol. She started doing me up and I could NOT believe it!! I even asked if she was sure it was the right price!! She was such a sweet woman, she told me it was MY dress and if I wanted to take it home that day she'd give me another 15% off. Incredible, I can't believe what I paid for it! Needless to say, if there are any Edmonton brides in the house, go check out Ethos Bridal, they are incredible!

Oooh love, looks gorgeous on you! I love how the back is so interesting, it's going to photograph so nicely!

I actually have something quite similar. I actually asked my dad's permission to "share" the aisle walk. <My stepdad will be escorting me to the end of the isle, and then my dad will walk me the isle and give me away. My stepdad only had boys so I knew this would mean a lot to him. As for dances, my plan is to do the traditional father/ daughter dance (and FH with his mom), and then do a second dance for me & stepdad, and then FH will either dance with my mom or his sister. I think it will work well, and make sure everyone is included. It's not like you're on a tight schedule, I would take the extra three minutes to play a different song. But, out of respect I believe you dad should go first for the dancing

Oooh good call on Landslide!

Love it! I may be stealing this

These are fabulous, great job!

Not too sure on this yet, the ceremony music was no problem at all for me but this one I'm struggling with. Randomly though "Lost Together" by Blue Rodeo came on the other day and now it's really sticking with me, it's sucha classic and so fitting. I figured I would let my man choose, since like most of you he just goes with whatever I want for most things

Here is ours: http://www.mywedding.com/benandsarah2013/index.html I put it together in about two hours, it's pretty straight forward and user friendly, I'd recommend this site!

I 100% want to trash the dress!! My mom and step-dad were a bit horrified at the thought of me getting my dress wet (as this was their contribution towards our wedding), so I am planning to get a knock-off made from China. I would be very warry of doing this for my legit dress, but if this doesn't fit like a glove NBD. I'm super excited, I've wanted to do a TTD for as long as I've wanted a DW!

Oooh yay! The Serenis is high on the list, actually fairly affordable in comparison to some of the others, which surprised me. Good to know you liked it there!

We're looking at Mayan/Playa/Tulum area. DR is def. out for us, the pricing for Feb are already super high, so we're just trying to find something that works. It's a lot higher than I expected honestly, I had no idea we were going to be looking at $1700 a person! That's been disheartneing, but at least we have a whole year's notice for everyone

We have many reasons... But the huge on for me is I have just always pictured getting married on the beach. I feel most at peace when I'm near the ocean, I can't imagine anything else! After we went on a trip to Cancun last year he was 100% sold, so it has been what we've wanted even before getting engaged. But the other reasons: 1) He has a HUGE Dutch family, and we simply could not afford to have an at home wedding, we are footing most of the bill ourselves so it just isn't reasonable. Our $12,000 budget wouldn't get very far up here!! 2) Our families are super spread out. We are here in Edmonton, most of his fam in Northern BC and mine in the US so people would have to travel regardless. It makes more sense for everyone to gather in one spot 3) we both have divorced parents, so having a full week to spend with everyone ensures there are no hurt feelings about spending time with one and not the other, etc etc. Those with split parents will understand what I mean I'm sure!! 4) I don't get to spend a ton of time with lots of my family and nor does he as everyone is far away, we love the idea of getting to see everyone for an entire week and really spend QT with everyone.