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I meant to add in there that like MissRoxy said, there's a ton of pics of her previous sales. I saw quite a few sports related as well...

Yah I would check out the Mudcards shop on Etsy. You send her a message with what your vision is of your cake topper with info and pics and she'll get back to you and let you know if she can do it. I really love her cake toppers but I wanted the bride to be doing a dancers pose (yoga) and she couldn't do it for me. I guess the clay is too fragile. I've seen a lot of shops on Etsy that do these. Another one worth checking out is missnatch on Etsy. Hers are very reasonably priced but the figurines have a "surprised" look to them lol. Good Luck!

Love these!! Great job the airplane is so cute on the inside pocket!

We're doing a symbolic as well. I booked PAstor York and he said he brings a paper for us to sign so it looks legal.. And we also spoke to our wedding co-ordinator about keeping it hush hush. I want to keep it on the DL I'm sure your WC will have something you guys can sign. Where are you getting married?

Oops. Tried to post from my phone lol. So annoying.

Thanks so much for the info. wow Your wedding is almost here. You must be so excited!!!!

Thanks so much for the info. wow Your wedding is almost here. You must be so excited!!!!

He Hey Butterflyeyes! I was wondering if you could tell me your airline carrier. I've been going back and forth with my travel agent regarding the child rates. When I initially received the quotes, I didn't even look at the child rates. Our rate from Toronto in July is 1560 but the children's rate is 1465 Wtf!! It just doesn't make sense. I'm sorry but I had to check your website to look at your rates. At first my travel agent said its the resort that doesn't offer discounts on kids. But I'm thinking its actually air Canada vacations. That's ridiculous!! I'm really frustrated because my SIL wants to bring our 3 nephews from Toronto but each fare is gonna cost almost the same as an adult! Has anyone else had to deal with this?

That's good to know! Ya I'm not sure how they'd hold up. I picture them getting all tangled like spider legs lol. I suck at using fake eyelashes so I guess I should start practicing !

They did a great job on your makeup!! I love it! I'm so scared to get my makeup done at the spa at my resort. So many mixed reviews. :/

Lol thanks Marymack! Are you going to DIY your STDs / Invites? =)

Thanks ladies!!

Thanks Missroxy! As for the time that went into this, I'd say at least 10 evenings (two or so hours) and two Sunday Afternoons. My FI, MOH and a bottle of wine helped me with the cutting and assembling lol Here is the cost breakdown: Paper from Papercircle.ca Metallic Cardstock in Pink Azalea (for Passport covers- two per sheet) : $0.38 x 25 Sheets Metallic Cardstock in Crystal (For RSVP Luggage tags - three per sheet) : $0.38 x 17 Sheets Metallic Textweight in Crystal (For Passport pages) : $0.28 x 75 Sheets Metallic 4 Bar Envelopes in Pink Azalea: $0.28 x 50 Metallic A2 Envelopes in Pink Azalea: $0.32 x 50 GST: $4.00 Shipping: $13.00 Total for Paper and Envelopes: $83.96 Aylee Bits Passport Template: $10.00 Raffia Ribbon: $3.50 Pink & Purple Ribbon: $1.36 Tombo mono Power Bond Adhesive x 2: $13.50 Fiskars Round Corner Punch: $9.20 Hole Punch (For tiny centre holes) : $4.00 Starfish Charms from Etsy: $18.50 Paper Cutter: $16.00 Total Spent: $160.02 for 50 Invitations Total Cost per Invite: $3.20 Other than the paper and template, everything came from Michaels. I used the 40%, 50% and 20% off coupons. Hope this helps =)

I have finally found the time to post pics of my Passport Invitations. First off, I want to thank all of the BDW brides who have shared their advice, pictures, templates etc. SO many inspiring, talented ladies on this site. I could never have done these without you guys!! Especially Steph's thread (skp1)...so much helpful information. Her passport thread is AMAZING. Anyway, I think I underestimated how much patience, time and hard work actually goes into these. I'm glad I did them on my own. If I had to do it all over again there is definitely quite a few things that I would change. But I am happy with the outcome and my guests LOVED them! So hopefully this thread can help future DIYers as well. Supplies: The cardstock, metallic text sheets and envelopes were all ordered from papercircle.ca. They have fantastic prices for Canadian brides. I priced out other online Canadian sites and local stationary shops and papercircle's prices were half of what these other places were asking. Fiskars Round corner punch/ hole punch/ paper cutter from Michaels. Pink, Purple and raffia ribbon from Michaels Permanent Double bond Aleene's Glue from Michaels....this is the only glue that I found would stick to cardstock. Starfish Charms: A Canadian seller on Etsy. After getting great advice from fellow BDW brides, I bought a Canon MX890 printer. It works awesome!! Design: I used the Aylee Bits passport template in Word which worked great. The design was the hardest part of this process. I changed the cover to the Canadian coat of Arms which was a pain. Once the design was complete, it was pretty easy to print it all out and figure out the format. After I cut all of the passport sheets, I sewed the pages together and glued the outside pages to the cardstock . I tried to staple them together and tried ribbon but I didn't like how either of them looked. For the luggage tag RSVP, I created my own template in Word. Again, Skp1's passport thread has some great info on the luggage tag RSVP... I borrowed that idea from her as well.... Those were really easy and fun to do. I printed the addresses on the front of the envelopes and the return on the back. It looked so sharp! I wanted to do a pocket fold to hold the Passport, RSVP and return Envelope but I didn't order the folders in time and I tried to make my own but gave up. So I ended up tying them together with raffia ribbon and a starfish charm. I was worried about it but everyone raved about the raffia and cute charm. I guess when you work on something for so long, you get really critical. I noticed wording mixups and little errors on my invites after I had already sent them out. And I wish I hadn't ended up with so much pink :/ Oh well! But other than that, they turned out better than I expected. This was the first invite I put together. As with anything, they got much easier the more I did Here are the pics: