Roberta24B

I started off looking for wedding invitations that were beachy & classy at the same time. Looked at many images online & found some amazing ones that I loved but not at $20 an invitation before shipping to guests. So I decided to make some invitations of my own & this is what I came up with.... From Michaels I bought: Celebrate It Brand Invitation kit Ivory- 50 Invitations + 50 Response cards & Envelopes for both @ $24.99 (With 40% off coupon $14.99) Pink Transparent paper- Regularly priced @ .59 although I got most of mine at .20 because they are always having paper sales Martha Stewart Heart paper cutter- @ $14.99 (on sale) Starfish- @ $3.99 (for 3) But ordered then in bulk & received a 20% discount Trinket Pins- @ $5.99 (for 15) Celebrate It Brand Ribbon- 2 for $3.00 (got about 35 invitation wraps per ribbon spool) Bag of Basic seashells- $5.99 (about 20-25 per bag) From Hobby Lobby I bought: Burlap- @ $3.99 a yard (Got 10 invitation box wraps per yard) Charms- @ $1.99 for 2 charms Sand dollars- @ $4.99 (Got about 9 wraps out of 1 Box) Personalized Wedding luggage tags- @ .71 for 140 www.weddingfavorsunlimited.com White wedding shipping boxes- @ .98 per box via my local UPSstore Brown Invitation boxes- @ .46 per box via my local UPSstore Shipping tape for boxes- @ $7.00 www.tapeswell.com With shipping the invitation boxes come out to be under $10 each

Our group rates run from $129-229 October 4-8 are our main dates for our guests coming in but the rates are good for our guests total amount of stay. The rates we got seem to be very affordable. We have been working on our OOT bags & gotten some great ideas on here. We are putting beach balls, beach towels, sunscreen, aloe, gum, mints, Tylenol, tums, & personalized koozies & shot glasses. We will also be buying a few cases of water bottles when we get into the Bahamas to put in our OOT bags as well as little rum cakes from a local place. We have yet to find just the right bag for us, although I've been thinking about waiting until August, September in hopes that beach bags go on sale in the size & style we like.

Hi! Yes all of our guests are staying at Atlantis they gave us a really great grouo rate for our guests so its relatively affordable we have about 25 people booked already & are hoping no more then 30 as it is 150pp! Have you gotten in contact with anyone at the atlantis about your wedding? Everyone seems to be very helpful when it comes to planning. we are getting wildflowers to do our linens & flowers & they have been amazing! Im just looking forward to everything coming together & being stress free on our wedding day!

HI! I saw your post & seems like we could trade a lot of info & ideas. Im a newbie on this forum so just kinda checking everything out a little bit at a time. My FI & I are getting married at Atlantis October 6! We will be doing our ceremony on cove beach & reception/cocktail hour at the royal overlook! Hope to help with ideas & what not if needed -Roberta

Wow they turned out amazing! You have given me so many great ideas! Keep up the good work!!!