missroxy

gorgeous!!

I have one bridesmaid dress to buy too (my sister MOH) ... and she look AWFUL in coral lol so I'm gonna go with pink either flashy or pale we'll see ! We're going to drive to the nearest david's bridal in a couple of weeks and look at all the colors on her skin, after her dress is bought I'm going to know my wedding colors ! I gave FI the choice of a gray or sand suit, and he said gray. So I'm adding silver as a color as well ! I really liked the silver and coral together but oh well. Pink and silver is very pretty too As for theme, we don't have one. I really like starfish too, and palm trees. I just want the wedding to have a nice - elegant feeling. Nothing too tacky or cheesy As for the napkins - you are so right ! Nobody will remember the color of those lol and that's true for so many other things I was stressing about 275 days to go !!! (277 for you ) If I understand well, you have 24 people who already have put a deposit down, and you didn't even send the invitation yet ?! WOW that's so nice !!! Have you gone dress shopping yet ?

Wow you are so talented !!!

Yep that's it. When something is MADE in the US or MEX, you will only pay taxes on it, no duty. Everything else is subject to taxes + duty. It's case by case, you don't always have to pay...Before ordering something, one should always consider the full amount with duty + taxes, and if they end up not charging you it's a bonus !

It's my plan C... first I want to practice wearing false eyelashes, if I become good at it that's gonna be it. If not, plan B is try out some serum that makes eyelashes grow longer.. and plan C extension. It just scares me that I wouldn't be able to rub my eyes or wear mascara..

Yeah I should start adopting your attitude ! It's true that they would be very surprised if I do everything on my own! I just need to stop being indecisive.. it's killing me Made me laugh when you mentioned napkins and silverware ha ha I must be a freak because I was thinking of bringing my own napkins lol ! And for the mom thing, just yesterday I sent her an email with a link to check out some starfish bottle opener...... asking her what she thought of them.. her answer ?? :: thanks but I don't need anything. LOL you can see that the wedding is nowhere in her head ! Anyhow, like you said it's OUR thing, so I'll just do my best and try to have fun doing it The resort... is supposed to be Iberostar Bavaro (you see the hesitation here haha, I actually "booked" my wedding at 2 resorts and still hasn't canceled the 2nd one just in case I change my mind again !! It's making me sick to make my guests pay 1300$ + ...but whatever, as long as my FI and I are there the wedding is going to happen ! You're almost at 150 posts ! I can't wait to be able to open all the files ! Do you have a theme ? what are your wedding colors?

I think Cuba would be a great destination! *very* low budget for the trip and most resort offers free wedding package and A-M-A-Z-I-N-G beach !!!

I'm thinking of doing a little pendant for my FI (as a surprise) with a picture of his kids (aka dog and cat) that he can carry in his pocket the day of the wedding I wish I could bring them both with us !!!!

I really like it Ali !

Wow good stuff you found there ! *I* still haven't decide if am doing OOT bags and/or favors. To be honest, my planning is not going that well ! I feel like I'm the only one in the world who cares about this wedding and it's pissing me off lol so I just come on this forum every day and read a lot but nothing concrete is done on my side ! Being now 9 months away, I may have to stop my pity party soon and just do everything on my own and stop expecting that my sister (MOH) mother and FI will help.. Also, I have no idea how many people will actually come so I don't want to start buying stuff and ending up having too much or not enough etc... For the favors, I also find that the edible ones are the one I appreciate the most, everything else is cluttering the house and mostly useless ! I was thinking maybe giving something from the DR since people usually bring back 'souvenirs' from their trips.. maybe rum, coffee, vanilla ?!

Yay ! Congrats ! Would you mind sharing what you got for your OOT bags ? Are you doing favors as well ? 150 posts is going to come fast for you !

Hey girl ! I really wish to do it at the steakhouse, I like that it's near the beach and open and I also like the setup better... but WC made it clear that I need 50 ppl in order to have the steakhouse (private). However, she told me I can do private reception in any other restaurant even if we end up being 25ppl ! (maybe it's because it's going to be low season) For us, it is very important to have a private reception, whether we are 15 or 75 so it was one of the first thing I had to clear up with the WC. If you don't mind doing the non-private reception, you could just eat there and then move to the disco for dancing or just to a bar and have some drinks as a group

Thank you ! I'll check it out

I might need your help ladies !!! I am soooooo excited that I found those templates ! Now I'm gonna try to play with it and I'll come back here if (read WHEN) I have trouble ! Do you suggest I go right away on powerpoint instead of trying with WORD ? Marie

I personnaly prefer the look of the second (the glass). Simple and cute !

Thank you !!

I know this wasn't for me, but I'd love to see your list !! Email sent

What are you girls planing on giving as favors ? If I do OOT bags, should I also give them wedding favors ? ahhhhhhhh so much going on in my head right now hahaha

Oops I'm sorry, I wasn't aware of that ! Is there a way for me to delete the thread I've started ? Thank you...

OOps AND congrats !!!!!

Thanks for sharing

Wow yes, that's a really good price ! I hope for you that your guests will do their own research quickly and realize that !

If it can help you, at the time when I sent my STD all I knew was that I was going to get married in October in Punta Cana (I had my top 3 resorts). Even on my website, it is not written the resort yet since I just made up my mind on it and might even change if something happen ! They will know all the information on the formal invitations. I really wanted to give them a full year to save money and plan their time off. At that point, in my opinion, whether they know which resort is pointless. At least they know it's going to be in Punta Cana...

Well begining of November you should be fine... but how many rooms does your resort have ? In my case, October is still low season so I'm not really worried about the hotel being full. But I wouldn't want to wait 2 weeks before... As soon as I get quotes around 1200$ for my guests I'll take it, because I have been watching the prices for a good 4 months and I know it won't go under that ! I'm pretty sure if you get a new quote after January, they would still block rooms for you. Anyways I would speak with my TA. Althought, it's not a bad thing to get rid of all the booking stuff now I guess.... BTW ladies, I'm so sorry if my english is hard to understand, I have a tendancy to translate word by word from french in my head hihi Bare with me !!

Yes we are lucky for that, having so many flights per day (here in Montreal too) going there make it easier ! I might still do it in February/March instead of April, to give me more time to plan for OOT bags, favors etc. What's your wedding date ?