Mlite83

congrats! everything looks beautiful and your big day is almost here! all the best!!

Very helpful thread - many thanks!

Beautiful photos, as always DelSol does amazing work!

Stunning photos - the way they capture the light in photos in amazing!

Wow AmyG - you look amazing! The earring and hairstyle compliment the dress perfectly!

Good finds! I can't wait till we get Target here in Canada...in the mean time I'll settle for priced to clear Easter candy, haha!

Wow - everything looks fantastic! I will definitely be borrowing some ideas from you, I love the pomanders that turn into centerpieces! I have been considering going with shades of one colour for my wedding and I think this just sold it! Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for sharing - I may just have to try to DIY some luminaires myself now! Everything looks fantastic!

Thanks for sharing - everything turned out wonderfully, I'll definitely be borrowing some ideas! Your pictures are great too!!

Beautiful! I love the neckline (it really shows off your toned shoulders) and sparkle!

Gorgeous! My dress also has lace with beading - I think the sunshine will make the sparkle spectacular! I originally thought I would be more practical too but my consultant kept reminding me its your wedding day and your gown - do what makes you happy now what people assume you should wear on the beach. If you love it, it will be perfect where ever you are!

The new orchids definitely pull it together - I think either way looks great but I do like how unique your bouquet is with the hanging orchids. I think it will look even better when they are held in hands (as opposed to leaning against the backdrop), you will be able to see the movement more.

Lovely - the green really makes your pink flowers pop and adds something unexpected!

Wow, everything looks fantastic...you have given me lots of ideas of what I might actually DIY! Your passports especially are so fun! Thanks!!

Your centerpieces look fantastic! Very elegant and luxe looking! Quote: Originally Posted by uhaft Hello! My name is Umi and I am getting married at the Now Jade resort on June 1, 2012….only two months away! I found this website towards the beginning of my planning last july 2011 and am so glad I did! Although I have not been posting much I have found so much helpful insight in how to plan my wedding and I feel like it is my turn to give back! Please feel free to ask any questions you may have and I will try my best to answer them. I will try to post a review upon my return! Location: Now Jade Resort Arriving: May 29 – June 3 Wedding Meeting: May 30 Wedding Coordinator: Used to be Ana Maria now I believe it is Pilar Wedding Package: Divine Wedding Date: June 1, 2012 Wedding colors: Aqua and coral Wedding Guests: 45 Ceremony Time/Location: 4:00pm at the Pergola Cocktail Hour: 5:00- 6:00pm at the Blue Beach Bar Reception: 6:00-10:00pm at the Bamboo Room Booking The most stressful point for us was deciding on a travel agent and picking the resort. Although I have always booked ALL of my trips on my own I knew from the beginning that I wanted to go through a travel agent to book our wedding. Although I love our family and friends I did not want to be the one they all came to to help book their trips! We went to a local travel agent and I was not happy with the experience so I decided to do more research online. That is where I came across this website! I found good reviews about the travel agents on this website and figured I would shoot them an e-mail. I got a quick response from Wendy Hicks. We talked over the phone she was so friendly and so informative! I was a little worried at first knowing she was all the way on the west coast! But once we spoke over the phone it was smooth sailing from then on! And seeing as all of our guests were from all over and would be booking either through e-mail or by phone anyways the location didn’t really matter. Wendy helped me decide on my wedding location and honeymoon location. She explained the differences between group rates and individual bookings. We decided to go with her and she set up a contract for us. My guests have had nothing but pleasant experiences with her since the beginning of our booking! She literally gets back to your e-mail within the hour if not sooner! She also set up our transportation to and from the resort for all of our guests! One less thing to worry about! Travel Since the centerpieces I liked were over $250 per piece I decided to go and make them myself! I have made my own centerpieces with tall clear cylinder vases with dark branches and floating orchids in water. Surrounding the tall vase we will have mini cylinder vases with floating orchids and floating candles. Very simple but elegant! I will post pictures bellow. If anyone would like me to keep them there we can negotiate a price so you can have them for your wedding! We are going to be bringing these all the way there and am crossing my fingers everything gets past customs!!! We are bringing may things! We have our centerpieces, all of our OOT bags with many things in them, props for our photo booth, messages in a bottle for our guests seating, Menu cards, programs, our wedding attire…..and the list goes on! I told all of my family members to pack light because half of their suitcase is mine OOT Bags I purchased blank tote bags from Cheaptotes.com and the designed a Riviera Maya, Mexico image to iron on our bags. I didn’t want to put our names or date on it because I wanted this to be a souvenir that people can use after the wedding. In the OOT Bags are: -mini sun block from target -mini aloe after the sun lotion from Harmon -hand sanitizer from Dollar Tree -Drink/ coffee mugs from Dollar Tree -coil wrist bands with clear pouch to hold key -rescue kit with toothbrush, tooth paste, tide cleaner, sewing kit, q-tips, advil, tums... -beach ball -welcome brochure -description card of restaurant/bars on the resort -we survived the wedding! magnet -flip flop playing cards and notepad Bridal Party Gifts Groomsman: We ordered each groomsman a personalized Yankees jersey with their last name on it and my fiancé is taking them to a game. Bridesmaids: -I got them each a tote bag in their favorite color. -necklaces made on etsy with their initial and a starfish with an aqua and coral bead. -sun screen -bathing suit -Turkish towel wrap -beach hat -beach cover ups Rehearsal Dinner We have not finalized this yet but we are looking to have a rehearsal cocktail hour in one of the lounge areas instead of a private sit down dinner just to save some money. $15 per person appose to $22 per person (not too big of a difference but everything adds up!). Wedding Ceremony Our ceremony is at 4:00 and here are our plans for the day: 11:30-1:10 Hair/Makeup appointment (they said it should take about an 1 hour and 40 min.) 1:15-2:15 Pictures of bride getting ready with bridesmaids 2:15-3:00 Pictures of groom with groomsman 3:00-3:30 First glance pictures 3:30-4:00 Guests are being seated 4:00-4:30 Ceremony at the Pergola 4:30-5:00 Group pictures 5:00-6:00 Cocktail hour at the Blue Beach Bar 6:00-10:00 Reception at the Bamboo room 10:00- after party at the club! Since the divine package includes a bouquet for the bride and 2 boutonnieres for the groomsman and 2 corsages I will be using that as my bouquet and giving the other flowers to our parents. I made my own bouquets and boutonnieres for the bridal party. I did not like the generic look of the white covers on the chairs so we are getting the white tiffany chairs. We will be using an ipod for the music during the ceremony. Wedding Cocktail Hour For the cocktail hour we are using the Caribbean trio as part of our divine package. I designed a picture book for guests to sign instead of a plain guest book. We chose these four hor de ouvres: 1.Beef Brochettes 2.Chicken and cheese turnovers 3.Spinach quiche 4.mini vol au vent with seafood Wedding Reception I hired one of my friends who is a wedding photographer to do our wedding. He did our engagement pictures and he is awesome! He does destination weddings if you would like more info let me know! I am a graphic designer so I pretty much designed everything for our wedding I made the save the dates, invitations, and programs for the wedding. We are doing message in a bottles for the seating. Each table is a destination we have been to together as a couple. On each table I have a big cylinder vase with floating orchids and branches (very whimsical but elegant!) surrounding the big vase I have 5 small vases with floating orchids and a floating candle. We are using aqua table clothes. As party favors, I designed a picture frame that says our name, date and destination. I also got a Polaroid camera with many props for guests to take pictures at our photo booth! We wanted to have fun at our wedding with lots of dancing without having to worry about making the announcements or trying to get an ipod to play so we are going with the resort dj for 4 hours. Menu: Salad: Royal Mixed Salad with Bluefin Tuna Sashimi Soup: Lobster Bisque Entrée: Beef Fillet and Shrimp or Yellow Tail Tuna Steak or Penne pasta en salsa de tomate y albahaca con vegetales Desert: CHOCOLATE SOUFFLE WITH BAILYS SAUCE and wedding cake We are spending 5 days at the Now Jade and then we are going to Maroma Beach for another 5 days for our honeymoon. I am so excited and can’t wait for it to get hear already! Let me know if you have any questions! Umi

Wow, your plans look great! Must be nice to set everything coming together and the final countdown on! I notice you have about 45 guests at your wedding, has Pilar given you a quote for how much per head the additional guests will cost since packages are for 25 guests? When I initially started thinking about a DW I figured the more the merrier but the realization that we could have significantly more guests than the packages is intended for has me a bit budget conscious... And I can see you photos in the reply box here but not the original post? Quote: Originally Posted by uhaft Hello! My name is Umi and I am getting married at the Now Jade resort on June 1, 2012….only two months away! I found this website towards the beginning of my planning last july 2011 and am so glad I did! Although I have not been posting much I have found so much helpful insight in how to plan my wedding and I feel like it is my turn to give back! Please feel free to ask any questions you may have and I will try my best to answer them. I will try to post a review upon my return! Location: Now Jade Resort Arriving: May 29 – June 3 Wedding Meeting: May 30 Wedding Coordinator: Used to be Ana Maria now I believe it is Pilar Wedding Package: Divine Wedding Date: June 1, 2012 Wedding colors: Aqua and coral Wedding Guests: 45 Ceremony Time/Location: 4:00pm at the Pergola Cocktail Hour: 5:00- 6:00pm at the Blue Beach Bar Reception: 6:00-10:00pm at the Bamboo Room Booking The most stressful point for us was deciding on a travel agent and picking the resort. Although I have always booked ALL of my trips on my own I knew from the beginning that I wanted to go through a travel agent to book our wedding. Although I love our family and friends I did not want to be the one they all came to to help book their trips! We went to a local travel agent and I was not happy with the experience so I decided to do more research online. That is where I came across this website! I found good reviews about the travel agents on this website and figured I would shoot them an e-mail. I got a quick response from Wendy Hicks. We talked over the phone she was so friendly and so informative! I was a little worried at first knowing she was all the way on the west coast! But once we spoke over the phone it was smooth sailing from then on! And seeing as all of our guests were from all over and would be booking either through e-mail or by phone anyways the location didn’t really matter. Wendy helped me decide on my wedding location and honeymoon location. She explained the differences between group rates and individual bookings. We decided to go with her and she set up a contract for us. My guests have had nothing but pleasant experiences with her since the beginning of our booking! She literally gets back to your e-mail within the hour if not sooner! She also set up our transportation to and from the resort for all of our guests! One less thing to worry about! Travel Since the centerpieces I liked were over $250 per piece I decided to go and make them myself! I have made my own centerpieces with tall clear cylinder vases with dark branches and floating orchids in water. Surrounding the tall vase we will have mini cylinder vases with floating orchids and floating candles. Very simple but elegant! I will post pictures bellow. If anyone would like me to keep them there we can negotiate a price so you can have them for your wedding! We are going to be bringing these all the way there and am crossing my fingers everything gets past customs!!! We are bringing may things! We have our centerpieces, all of our OOT bags with many things in them, props for our photo booth, messages in a bottle for our guests seating, Menu cards, programs, our wedding attire…..and the list goes on! I told all of my family members to pack light because half of their suitcase is mine OOT Bags I purchased blank tote bags from Cheaptotes.com and the designed a Riviera Maya, Mexico image to iron on our bags. I didn’t want to put our names or date on it because I wanted this to be a souvenir that people can use after the wedding. In the OOT Bags are: -mini sun block from target -mini aloe after the sun lotion from Harmon -hand sanitizer from Dollar Tree -Drink/ coffee mugs from Dollar Tree -coil wrist bands with clear pouch to hold key -rescue kit with toothbrush, tooth paste, tide cleaner, sewing kit, q-tips, advil, tums... -beach ball -welcome brochure -description card of restaurant/bars on the resort -we survived the wedding! magnet -flip flop playing cards and notepad Bridal Party Gifts Groomsman: We ordered each groomsman a personalized Yankees jersey with their last name on it and my fiancé is taking them to a game. Bridesmaids: -I got them each a tote bag in their favorite color. -necklaces made on etsy with their initial and a starfish with an aqua and coral bead. -sun screen -bathing suit -Turkish towel wrap -beach hat -beach cover ups Rehearsal Dinner We have not finalized this yet but we are looking to have a rehearsal cocktail hour in one of the lounge areas instead of a private sit down dinner just to save some money. $15 per person appose to $22 per person (not too big of a difference but everything adds up!). Wedding Ceremony Our ceremony is at 4:00 and here are our plans for the day: 11:30-1:10 Hair/Makeup appointment (they said it should take about an 1 hour and 40 min.) 1:15-2:15 Pictures of bride getting ready with bridesmaids 2:15-3:00 Pictures of groom with groomsman 3:00-3:30 First glance pictures 3:30-4:00 Guests are being seated 4:00-4:30 Ceremony at the Pergola 4:30-5:00 Group pictures 5:00-6:00 Cocktail hour at the Blue Beach Bar 6:00-10:00 Reception at the Bamboo room 10:00- after party at the club! Since the divine package includes a bouquet for the bride and 2 boutonnieres for the groomsman and 2 corsages I will be using that as my bouquet and giving the other flowers to our parents. I made my own bouquets and boutonnieres for the bridal party. I did not like the generic look of the white covers on the chairs so we are getting the white tiffany chairs. We will be using an ipod for the music during the ceremony. Wedding Cocktail Hour For the cocktail hour we are using the Caribbean trio as part of our divine package. I designed a picture book for guests to sign instead of a plain guest book. We chose these four hor de ouvres: 1.Beef Brochettes 2.Chicken and cheese turnovers 3.Spinach quiche 4.mini vol au vent with seafood Wedding Reception I hired one of my friends who is a wedding photographer to do our wedding. He did our engagement pictures and he is awesome! He does destination weddings if you would like more info let me know! I am a graphic designer so I pretty much designed everything for our wedding I made the save the dates, invitations, and programs for the wedding. We are doing message in a bottles for the seating. Each table is a destination we have been to together as a couple. On each table I have a big cylinder vase with floating orchids and branches (very whimsical but elegant!) surrounding the big vase I have 5 small vases with floating orchids and a floating candle. We are using aqua table clothes. As party favors, I designed a picture frame that says our name, date and destination. I also got a Polaroid camera with many props for guests to take pictures at our photo booth! We wanted to have fun at our wedding with lots of dancing without having to worry about making the announcements or trying to get an ipod to play so we are going with the resort dj for 4 hours. Menu: Salad: Royal Mixed Salad with Bluefin Tuna Sashimi Soup: Lobster Bisque Entrée: Beef Fillet and Shrimp or Yellow Tail Tuna Steak or Penne pasta en salsa de tomate y albahaca con vegetales Desert: CHOCOLATE SOUFFLE WITH BAILYS SAUCE and wedding cake We are spending 5 days at the Now Jade and then we are going to Maroma Beach for another 5 days for our honeymoon. I am so excited and can’t wait for it to get hear already! Let me know if you have any questions! Umi

Definitely #2, I love the neckline! Congrats on finding the dress!!

Wow, they look fantastic! Love your colours!

I agree with the other ladies, the colour of the dangling orchids seems to be the issue. The orchids look more purple-pink whereas your bouquet is pink/orange themed...can Bloom Bridal change the orchids out to a different colour that better suits the rest of the bouquet? I LOVE the look of the bouquet from the top view, especially the starfish!

Thanks so much! That price range is much more reasonable than other resorts which are charging ~$200/table to set up items you bring yourself!

Just wondering if you have a quote from Pilar on how much the set-up fee is for items/decor you bring from home? Some resorts charge like crazy for this. I am hoping that is not the case with Now Jade! Thanks!

Lauren I just sent you the package -- let me know if you don't get it for some reason and I will resend.

I got it yesterday within 5-10 minutes of the webinair ending. Did you give Tammy your email address? If you want I can send it to you?

i agree - hearing from the resorts with specifics that are not available online is definitely appreciated! thanks again for all your work organizing it Tammy!

same thing here, wondering if its tech difficulties on their end?