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    Are you paying for your bridesmaids dresses?

    in Wedding Etiquette, Traditions, to dos

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    I've been on the fence about buying my bridesmaid dresses or not. When I asked all my attendants to be my BM, they knew I was having a DW to begin with, so I feel that they have already committed to the expense of traveling, but by accepting to be my BM they also commit to any additional costs that comes with that title. They certainly had the option to say no and just come as a guest. All my ladies have an important role in my life and feel that paying 50-100 for a dress isn't too much to ask of a BM. I am also letting them pick the style of dress- I'm just telling them the color, material and length. I will be getting each of them pretty wonderful attendant gifts which I have already been brainstorming ideas for. 

    Bridal shower HELP!!!

    in Wedding Etiquette, Traditions, to dos

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    Originally Posted by alyssaw View Post

    I've been to several showers and have received favors at some but not all. The favors I received were super cute! At one shower, we were given small mirrors which were personalized with our name, photo below. At my shower, one of the hostesses gave everyone really cute patterned dish washing gloves, I believe she got them at Michaels.  She put them in white take out boxes and tied the box with a bow in our wedding colors.  Everyone loved it!  

     

    As people said above, I wouldn't feel pressured to give a gift to everyone at the shower, especially since it sounds like there will be a lot of people there. I think giving a gift to the winners of games that are played is sufficient. However, if you do decide, I hope some of these ideas helped!!

     

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    These are lovely!

    Did you manage to get any alone time after your destination wedding?

    in Wedding Etiquette, Traditions, to dos

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    I understand the desire to spend a day as a newly wed couple with just your husband right after your wedding. After much discussion with my FI, for ourselves, we are planning to have a separate trip for our honeymoon. We value that people have taken the time and expense to travel to celebrate our wedding with us, and also we are able to have a family vacation together. So, we plan to spend the whole week with those who have come, and then take the time for ourselves at a later date

    DIY STD'S & Invitations VS. Professional Printing Costs

    in Wedding Invitations, Passport Invitations, Boarding Pass Invitations, STDs, photos & website

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    My FI and I debated on DIY vs professionally done for a long time. I thoroughly enjoy seeing all the brilliant and creative ideas all you lovely ladies have on this site. After finalizing our invite list, we would be sending out about 160 invites. I know myself... I would enjoy making the first 10 or so and then I would get extremely bored and frustrated and I know my FI doesnt have a creative bone in his body, so I would be flying solo. After going to a few bridal shows and price shopping around at different stores, we opted for getting them prof done. They work out to about $3.20/invite and its with embossed and engraved ink. That isn't something I would be able to accomplish. I'm really looking forward to seeing the final product and I will post pics as soon as they are delivered. 

    Canadian Brides!!!!!!!!!

    in Brides Roll Call

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    Welcome! This website is so helpful for ideas and organizing your vision. Happy planning :)

    Originally Posted by jolene028 View Post

    I am new to this site as well wedding maybe November 2013 where still have no idea it is all very overwhelming! Congrats to all the new brides can't wait to chat more with you all!!!

     

     

    Canadian Brides!!!!!!!!!

    in Brides Roll Call

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    I will keep an eye out. I also subscribe to livingdeal and dealfind.

    I used shutterfly for my photo albums and was very happy with how they turned out. 

    Originally Posted by MJKH View Post

    Hey there...I have a favour to ask the Canadian brides/grooms who subscribe to Groupon.  A while back I purchased groupons for Photobook Canada...I believe the offer was $37 for a $115 photobook.  Well, we purchased 4 groupons and had 4 books made and I LOVE them.  Can't wait to do more, and I know that the Photobook Canada groupons typically rotate thru different cities in Canada.  I know I can subscribe to any/all of the Canadian cities that participate, but I couldn't stand going thru that many e-mails every day!  If you happen to see one pop up for your city, would you PM me or post it on this thread?  I've seen offers from other printers, but I really want to hold out for offers from Photobook Canada.  Thanks a bunch!!! 

     

    Calling All StepMoms & SM2B's :)

    in Step-family

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    Hi everyone!

     

    So happy to have found this forum, didnt even know it existed. My FI is 39, and I'm 28. He has a 7 yr old son who I adore. I always knew I wanted kids, and we plan on having our own as well. We are excited to be including his son in our wedding, and I am always amused that he always asks if we're married yet. 

    I look forward to sharing stories with everyone and welcome any advice.

     

     

    Calgary Brides!

    in Random Thoughts

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    Hi KristieT,

     

    After looking at a few different TA's: Flight Centre, UniGlobe, some online ones (Destinationwedding, thomascook etc), we decided to go with AMA travel. The lady at Flight Center was not very friendly, and almost seemed commission based driven. The lady we spoke with at Uniglobe was the manager, and was excited to work with us at first, but then became very wishy-washy with the offers we wanted to inquire about. We started looking for resorts in Jan 2012 for a wedding in May-Aug 2013. Most vendors have their prices come out 14 months prior to travel for their group bookings.

    When we spoke with AMA... The service is sensational. We went to a destination wedding seminar that AMA hosted (for free!) and they gave us such amazing advice. I had an appointment booked with an AMA TA consultant for the day after the seminar and she helped us narrow down resorts. She was able to call directly to her vendors and get a quote, and got back to us in just over a week. We booked our wedding for June 2013 at the Barcelo Maya Tropical, Riviera Maya. Pricing was also an important booking factor for us and our guests. We have guests travelling from all over Canada, the US, and even abroad, and having a TA from AMA gives us such a relief to know that everything is taken care of.

     

    Hope that helps, and happy planning
     

    Originally Posted by KristieT View Post

    Hi Ladies!

     

    I am planning my wedding at  Beach Palace for April or May 2013- Right now I am trying to confirm pricing. A reasonable price for my guests is most important to me. Any recomendations in regards to Travel Agents, AMA, Flight Centre? 



     

    Help!!!

    in Wedding Etiquette, Traditions, to dos

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    Originally Posted by JayKay View Post

    We just did our OOT bags and skipped the favors.  We felt that we put enough time and money into the bags that they acted as the favors.  Also, I didn't want to have favors at dinner, then everyone would have to take them back to their room, or risk them getting lost and I didn't want to have to deal with that, so we just didn't do them.



    Taking the favors back to their room- a very good point, didn't think of that.

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