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Congrats Allie!!! Welcome to wife-hood!! How exciting that you are sooo close! I can't wait to hear how everything goes and see all your pictures. I'm seriously debating "borrowing" your mad libs idea, I just love it and think it could be VERY funny....especially after a few drinks!!

I can't wait to see your lists!!! I am a total list making fool myself....can't seem to help it! Sorry to hear about your dress crisis, but glad it seems to be working out. You are getting SOOOO close....it's so exciting!!

Thanks Allie!!! Your message helped a ton.....I finally got control and that overwhelming feeling of impending doom is gone! I have found an invitation I like and have decided against going with a DIY. After comparing the costs, this was much cheaper and I really like the ones I picked. Should be getting the sample early next week and will post a pic. I also picked out the MOH dress and she ordered it....$26 from Lulu's....very cute and tropical and she can wear again!! Found some decorations I like and the bouquet, so now just to work out the details of those. I feel so much better!! Thanks again for the support!! Crazy how you can feel so overwhelmed!!

These are great!! What a neat idea! So you already sent your invitations out? I haven't even started mine.....I was thinking of a DIY message in a bottle invitation, but just feel like I am in a time crunch and won't have time to get them done. I'm thinking of a traditional invitation that requires a LOT less work, but worried I won't be able to include all the information, etc. This is how I feel right now.....like I have so many decisions to make and things that need to be done and I just don't know where to begin. I think I asked this before of all of you, but how far in advance are you sending out invites and are you sending out a reminder after that or is the invite it? I'm a hot mess right now!!!

Hello ladies!!! We have returned from our romantic getaway/check-it-out trip to EDR. I'm SOOOO glad we were able to make this trip. The resort is absolutely beautiful and the food is so much better than you can even imagine. We toured all of the wedding sites and I'm so glad because we changed everything that we had decided on.....imagine that!! I will say that when we first arrived there was a bit of a problem and we had to wait FOREVER for our room and I was not so certain I had made the right decision as far as wedding location, but once that was resolved we had an absolutely amazing time. I will post some pics soon and more details. CONGRATS Oneill12......your pictures are great and I love how you kept it simple with only white. Just BEAUTIFUL!!! I love your starfish as well.....I'm thinking of doing something similar!

Flight leaves at 7:45 am tomorrow.....SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO excited!!!!

Did anyone happen to use the wedding website provided by Lomas for your RSVP's? I'm not sending out traditional invitations and just wondering how well it worked if you used the site for RSVP's. Thanks!!

YAY!!!!! Congrats!! Oh, it would have been awesome to see your ceremony!! Hopefully we will run into you while we are there. Good luck with your last minute errands and have a wonderfully, fabulous time!! Hope to see you there!

Thanks Amanda!!! I'm so excited!! I have basically put everything on hold until after this trip, that way I know for sure exactly what I want and if it will work or not. I feel like I'm falling a bit behind in the planning process, but it's almost here so it will be fine......or so I keep telling myself!!

WOW!!! That's awesome, wish I had booked with your TA!!

In exactly 7 days at 7:45 am EST I will be on a plane headed to EDR!!!! CANNOT wait!! We are headed for a site visit to make sure all is how we want it for our wedding. We will be there Sept 16-21......meeting with Claudia on Monday at 11 am for a site tour and to meet with some photographers!!! Do any of you have any questions you want me to ask or want any specific photos? We are staying on the EDR side in just a basic suite, but I'm sure we could get pics of other rooms if you would like. Just let me know, as I have started my own list of questions

What a great resource!!! Thanks for sharing, you did a fabulous job!!

Has anyone used a photographer other than Sarani.....I haven't given much thought to the pictures, but guess I need to since their calendar shows them booked on my date Still going to check and see if they might be available, said they sometimes do more than 1 wedding per day so I guess we will see!

Good morning ladies!!! Couple of questions for all of you and a little venting on my part When did you send out your actual invitations and how early was your RSVP by date? What seemed like it was going to be a decent turnout has really kind of fallen off as everyone we seem to know has decided it's too expensive for them even though they were all on board when we booked it. So probably going to be a very small, intimate ceremony for us and just the dinner at their restaurant.....I am good with all of that, that's actually what I wanted all along but you know how it is when your parents get involved, they want you to invite everyone they know!! So, here's my venting part. My FI lives in WV and I live in SC, no problem there but I have friends in both states. I actually graduated from high school in WV. One of my HS friends was actually instrumental in getting my FI and I together for all of this good stuff, so I asked her to be my maid/matron of honor. I only wanted 1 and she was so great when I was debating our relationship, so anyway it appears I made a great decision by asking her. My BFF here in SC was so excited about the wedding, couldn't wait to go to Cancun even if she had to go alone for a long weekend. I went so far as to plan my date around her final exams as she is a Professor at a local community college. She went away on a cycling charity ride and came back to have this conversation with me via text: "Would you be really mad if I didn't go to Cancun for the wedding? I've just been thinking about it and it's a lot of money." I said of course not, I understand that it's expensive and we were hoping we could get someone to room with you to make it less expensive. She then proceeded to tell me that if she was going to take a vacation that wasn't the kind of vacation she would take anyway and didn't want to spend that kind of money on a vacation she wouldn't enjoy. (She recently quit drinking and apparently thinks that's all there is to do there.) I just said that I understood and it was no big deal. Then she said that her and the group she was cycling with talked about biking through Italy next May and she would much rather do that!! I could not believe it!!!! So money was the excuse and then when it came down to it she just got a better offer!!! Sooooo, I'm disappointed in our friendship and hurt and a little pissed off. I know I should just get over it, but DAMN!!!! Oh and she wasn't even dating anyone and now she is engaged and getting married in May and going to Italy...... So, do I still send her an invitation or not bother wasting my time since my invites are messages in a bottle and a huge DIY project. Ok, that's it for now.....sorry so long and drawn out. I think I'm still a bit in shock, how can that be a BFF??

Thanks so much for sharing......these photos were great!! I love the one with the gazebo in the background, it's just a beautiful picture. Glad to see some of their work!!

This is AWESOME......even though I have never heard of a mad lib/marriage lib.....I mean I know what mad libs are, but how does this work? I love it!!!! You are soooo crafty.......I WISH I was crafty!!

So sorry to hear that, but I'm certain you will have a fabulous beach wedding in NC and still have a fabulous honeymoon at EDR!!! Since you will be there the same time as our wedding, stop by....we are not doing a fancy reception type thing, but a cocktail hour...with the donkey of course!!!

Wow Jill, that is awful!!! Are you close to any of your guests that you know are attending.......and are any of them her size? Maybe you guys can just not have anyone standing with you.....or borrow 2 groomsmen and put them on your side Sorry this is all happening right before your big day that is supposed to be all about you.......but just remember, it is about you and your FI and as long as you 2 are there nothing else really matters!!!

Ok, took me some time to figure out what "OOT" meant......I'm embarassed to admit that, but it's true! Soooo, my question is what kind of bags are you using or did you use.....what are you putting in them? Anyone have pics? I think my crafty gene has left the building, or it could be I never had one Thank you!!!

We too are staying on the Royale side. No idea how many people are going to be there, but my FI was worried about us being on the other side of the world from our friends and family. I thought it would be fine, but the free wedding package really wasn't what I wanted because we too are just doing the symbolic ceremony. I wanted more decorations and NO blood work!!! The WC told me the pure passion was a combo of the Pearl Package and some Ocean decoration package. Just hoping we don't have over 20 peeps.....not sure what they will charge me then for extra chairs! Oh, but I wanted to use the starfish they have to hang from the gazebo...you will never believe this, but they wanted $180 to hang 3 strands of 3 starfish from the gazebo!!! I was so shocked.....do you know how many starfish I can buy for $180??? @asmith - what grade do you teach? Where are you from in NC? I live in Charleston, SC @allie - do you have everything done? How many guests are you having? My STD's are going in the mail today......that's about the extent of my stuff that is done!!!

So what wedding packages have all of you decided to go with? I picked one, but mainly because I had no choice but to pick. I'm pretty happy with what we picked so far. I am going with the Pure Passion package......well, today that's my choice!

SURE!!!! Let me know if there's anything you want to know or want me to look at while we are there in September. What wedding package did you go with? Are you staying on the Casitas side or the Royale side? How many guests are you expecting?

Well I stumbled on to this site while I was searching for pink starfish ribbon!!! So glad that I did........I am getting married at EDR April 21, 2013. Soooo excited!! Just dropped my save the dates in the mail today. Has anyone just done the dinner that comes with the package rather than an actual reception? That's what we have opted for, but I'm just not sure about it. I guess the good thing is that we are going to visit in September....it was a spur of the moment decision, but we are going Sept 16-21 for a quick get away and to check things out. Right now we have the Fuentes Gazebo booked for the ceremony, but I am just so uncertain on everything.....anyone else feel like that at first?