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Thanks! We fly out Wednesday and get married next Saturday! I can't believe it is practically here already!!!!!

I will be walking down to "All Your Life" by The Band Perry. It was the song I sang to my fiance the night he proposed to me on our four year anniversary. Not a huge country music fan, but this song is so special to us now, we had to use it!

Thank you very much! I was able to get it at my gmail address and opened it

my email is: [email protected] If that is not working please try: [email protected] Thank you for trying to help me out!

Love this thread! Thanks for all of the great advice ladies! I am eagerly counting down the days until we leave for our wedding in paradise

Would someone be able to send it to me at [email protected]? I would love to see this list before our wedding next month!!!

My fiance engraved my engagement ring with "Forever & Always". I thought it was so sweet of him to think to do that, that we have decided to have the same phrase engraved in both of our wedding bands. This way, even though they do not match on the outside, they will be the same on the inside.

Jessica4LUXE, thanks for the tips. I had no idea!

My FI and I just made DIY boarding pass invites and they were not that difficult after I found a free template on here. After that it was just picking colors and fonts and such. Haven't finished them yet, but I am printing them this week and then putting them all together. My travel agent requires a deposit within a week of asking her to hold a room at the resort. The deposit is $125 and then guests have until around 45 days prior to their departure to have it fully paid. We chose not to hold rooms for people since we didn't know how many were coming. I am glad we did that now that our number of people coming has decreased from 40 to 25. But that is the price we pay for having destination weddings. We will be having at AHR the week after we return, and we are inviting 230 people to that. My FI and I also booked a room in the club section since we weren't sure if they would be able to upgrade us.

We also booked Cores Films for our videographer. We purchased the basic package. He is very professional. Quickly responds to every email and his sample videos seem to be pretty good quality. It is nice that he is the preferred vendor at the Majestic resorts in Punta Cana, so we do not have to pay the $300 outside vendor fee to have him there. Our wedding is not until August though, so I cannot say to much on how he is in person the day of the wedding. Will find out in about 5 months though!!

I like how simple yet different these are! Some DIY projects are more complicated than I can handle, but these look really neat and I feel like I might actually be able to make them! Thanks for sharing

JSLM I am in the same boat as you. I feel that if I am already getting taxed 16%+ on the packages that I am buying for the wedding it should be enough. Maybe I will bring a little token from Delaware as a thank you to the WC to personalize it some. Anyone ever do something like that?

I'd love a webinar on the Majestic Resorts in Punta Cana!

I hadn't thought much about tipping anyone besides the bartenders and staff. I figured if we are paying the photographer/videographer in cash, then they should not expect me to bring even more cash into the country just to tip them. I guess I also figured that the wedding coordinator was something that came with the wedding package that I am already paying for. It wasn't until I came across this thread that I even thought it was something that is somewhat expected. I guess I have some thinking to do...

Speckles121, I wouldn't tip after paying all of that. I feel as though you are being plenty generous by covering their travel, stay, and additional money for their services. Just my opinion though!

Thanks this is great advice!

This is an amazingly thorough list! I get more and more ideas from you ladies. Thanks for sharing!

These door hangers are super cute and an awesome idea! I am no where near as creative as you ladies are

Michaels has a ton of great deals for DIY projects

The photobook guest book is a really cute idea. Once we get our engagement photos done, we will have to do that!

I really need to get on the ball with my posts so I can open up all of these attachments!!!

Check out livingsocial.com or groupon.com to catch the vistaprint deals. Usually they are on livingsocial but I have seen them in both places. I've seen $17 for $75 worth of stuff and $25 for $100 worth of stuff.

My FI and I are getting married August 24, 2013 in Punta Cana. Trying to finalize our invitations now. This whole DIY thing is more complicated than I thought. The printer is not printing out the invites in the same shade that my computer is showing. But for the most part things are going very well. Dress bought, bridesmaids dresses picked, groom/groomsmen attire picked, venue for both wedding and AHR booked, STD's were sent out in September, most people attending the wedding have placed a deposit. One thing I am still deciding on is what to do for wedding favors both at the wedding and the AHR. I can't believe that we are less than 6 months away!!!

To ensure everyone knows how this works please go to the last post of this thread, select "quote" on the last entry Type in you & your OH name, forum name, wedding date & location in chronological order. Brides (& grooms) can see who is getting married on dates close to them . 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Shannon & Keenan (Shannonmarie) June 14 - Now Jade Rivera Cancun Resort & Spa Kirstin & Ian (claruickie) June 20 - Gran Bahia Principe Akumal, Mayan Riveria Kisha & Ben (kisha311) June 22 - Beaches Turks & Caicos (Alana05) June 29 - Gran Bahia Principe Akumal, Mayan Riveria JULY 2013 Laura (Laurab1105) July 22 - Gran Bahia Principe Akumal, Mayan Riveria (sarahcox) 23 July - Gran Bahia Principe Tulum, Mayan Riveria AUGUST 2013 Samantha and Barry August 5 - Iberostar Maya Riviera Maya Mexico Katryne August 6 - Grand Bahia Principe Coba, Mayan Riviera Lauren and Tyrel August 19 - Grand Palladium White Sand, Riviera Maya, Mexico Cameshia & Patrick (Mimi127) August 24 - Secrets Wild Orchid, Montego Bay Heather & Jonathan (missde09) August 24 - Majestic Colonial, Punta Cana Chiquita & Eric August 27th- Beach Palace, Cancun, Mexico SEPTEMBER 2013 Taryn & Stephen (tarynm) September 1- Azul Beach, Puerto Morelos, Riviera Maya OCTOBER 2013 Donna & Brett (dondon84) October 11 - Moon Palace golf & spa Resort, Cancun Louise & Steve - (FutureMrsCorney) October 16 - Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort, Cancun Greg and Yvonne (Red 400) October 19 -Sunset da mona lisa or le reve NOVEMBER 2013 Paisley & Philip (2bmrstremblay) November 3 – Aboard the Carnival Magic, Galveston Texas, 7 Day Caribbean Cruise MTRowse – November 11 - Bahia Principe Coba Sarah & Richard (futuremrswarner) November 12 - Bahia Principe Tulum Riviera Maya Pascale & Eric (Papoue) November 13 - Iberostar Rose Hall Beach, Montego Bay, Jamaica DinaQtobe November 21 - Now Sapphire, Riviera Maya WorstBride – November 19 - Bahia Principe Akumal William & Tanya November 23 - Jamaica J1031 - November 27 - Gran Bahia Principe Tulum Gazebo - Poolside Reception DECEMBER 2013 Alexis & Alexander (islandsunriseSa) December 14 - Atlantis Resort Paradise Island, Nassau, Bahamas JANUARY 2014 Tara & Michael (TaraB) January 24 - Now Sapphire - Riviera Maya, Mexico FEBRUARY 2014 Cherina and Michael (Cherina) February 14 - Moon Dance Villas- Negril, Jamaica - Our Reaffirmation Wedding will take place on our 14th marriage anniversary Ashley and Chris (ABCDWedding) February 2014 - Cancun Mexico MARCH 2014 Kerri and John (Kerriann5) March 8 - Hard Rock Hotel- Punta Cana APRIL 2014 Leanne & Robin (leanne1) April 2 2014 - Gran Bahia Principe Tulum Ashleigh and Richard Mallett (ashleighb) 23rd April - Gran Bahia Principe Riviera Maya Mexico MAY 2014 Jacqueline & Mark (DWBride2014) May 2 - Playacar Palace Sharon & Ron (sbowie) May 17 - Hard Rock Hotel & Casino or Dreams Palm Beach - Punta Cana, DR JUNE 2014 JULY 2014 Zoe & Alex (zoen) July 19 ~ Dana Villas ~ Santorini, Greece Jeanette & Jay (jenvens7) July 7 - Moon Palace Resort in Cancun, Mexico AUGUST 2014 SEPTEMBER 2014 Jenny & Amir (Jenny2014) ~ September 18 ~ Dreams Resort and Spa ~ Puerto Vallarta DECEMBER 2014 Serife & Buddy (snorfle1) December 13th, 2014~ Grand Palladium Lady Hamilton in Jamaica

Thanks ladies. I guess I will just have to take my time. My template has a thin black line as the outline so I will just carefully cut along that.