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Quote: Originally Posted by RileyLampe Oh! I have another question. I bought my dress, and it's ivory. It's very, very light ivory, but it's noticeably ivory when put up against white. Now that I'm booked at Le Blanc (where everything is WHITE), I'm second-guessing whether I should get a pure white dress instead. What are you guys' thoughts? Did you get a pure white dress or opt for ivory? I didn't buy my dress yet (I'm actually going to a trunk show this weekend) but I was leaning more towards a white dress. Everything there is white, clean and modern but I thinnk Ivory will look great, if you are in love with your dress I wouldn't change it.

Quote: Originally Posted by RileyLampe I've never been to Le Blanc, so that makes me feel really great! I'm really going off of reviews from TripAdvisor and this forum! I just finally decided to post since I have an actual wedding date now! Did you find out anything extra from the site visit? I've been to Le Blanc 3 times and its amazing we fell in love with it back in 2009 and knew that's where we would get married. I have so much information and took so many pictures on our last visit i'll post them later so you can see locations and real pictures. Who is your wedding planner and wedding coordinator? The reivews don't lie you picked the right place. It can be pricey but you can use your resort credits to help pay for the wedding and they have great incentives if you book a lot of people. How many people are you expecting?

Quote: Originally Posted by RileyLampe I was reading reviews on Ocean Photo and was having the same problem. Del Sol is outside of my price range. I'm looking at Sascha Gluck now, and I really love his work, and he's more affordable for me. I JUST emailed my wedding consultant today to ask about a charge for an outside photographer, and here you answered my question. That $800 is steep. Geez..... Yeah the $800 outside vendor fee is kinda nuts but if you can get a good deal with Sascha Gluck then it may be worth it. Del Sol is a big part of our budget but we just love their work and LeBlanc will only charge us the day pass fee for them instead of the $800 outside vendor fee because they have worked with LeBlanc so much in the past. If I had to pay the fee I dont' think I could do it that would be $500 more on top of Del Sol's price.

Quote: Originally Posted by RileyLampe Who did you guys choose for photography? Are you going with the resort photographers? I have not booked my photographer yet but will most likely go with Del Sol Photography. They did our engagement pictures in Playa Del Carmen and they were great to work with. We will hopefully book them soon. Photography is very important to my fiance and I so we chose to look outside the resort. I've read mixed reviews on the resort photographers you can read them on here I believe they are called Ocean Photo Studio. Just a tip if you go with an outside photopragher there is an outside vendor fee which is $800.00.

Quote: Originally Posted by RileyLampe Hi Guys! I'm getting married at Le Blanc on April 30th 2014 :-) Congrats Le Blanc is beautiful!! I was there 2 weeks ago for my site visit. Welcome to the forum... You will love it here so much information.

Awesome video!

Quote: Originally Posted by JustNoelle Great thread! These are our rings. Its a pity they weren't able to get a photo with all 3 together. very nice....and i see you had Del Sol do your photography that must have been awesome!

Quote: Originally Posted by to-be-mrs-k I just ordered my cathedral length veil from etsy.com today. I tried one on at the bridal store that was $270. I wasn't willing to pay that but found some great deals on etsy. There are veils for very reasonable prices on the website. Can't wait to receive mine. I will let you know how it turns out! I'll have to take a look on etsy for veils. I love etsy but never though to look for veils on there. Thanks for the tip!

Quote: Originally Posted by MegBride Oh my heavens! Leaving on Monday! And I need to vent... 60 day planner - Marisol has been wonderful. But apparently, Marco is my onsite coordinator - but I have yet to hear from him. Period. No email introducing himself, nothing. Starting to get extremely concerned! All I am asking for is confirmation of our onsite meeting, which is supposed to be MONDAY. Losing confidence... On a brighter note, I found a webcam that sits on top of Beach Palace. http://www.webcamsdemexico.com/webcam-cancun.html Do you have his email or number I would try to get that info from Marisol and then reach out to him yourself. Sometimes you have to be very persisitant with the cooridnators/planners. I am and I have all my contacts info, my wedding planner and onsite coordinator are always in contact with me and i'm 11 months until my wedding. Keep trying i'm sure he's just busy with other weddings happening it takes some time for them to get back to you or to contact you but once you are there you will be well taken care of. Your wedding will be great.....so exciting!!

Quote: Originally Posted by SkyHighT100 My setup. My grandma passed away in January and my grandfather suggested I could use her wedding band. I had it melted down and turned into the two bands on each side of my engagement ring. The three bands are fused together as one ring. Unfortunately, my grandfather passed away in April and never got to see the finished piece. I absolutely love it though. The combination of the white and yellow gold makes it beautiful to me. very nice and very special to be able to use your grandma's ring.

Quote: Originally Posted by jointurks Here's mine! Haven't decided on sash or no-sash yet Yes to the sash! Gives it that something extra....looks great on you.

Quote: Originally Posted by ironman This is such a cute ring holder! Who was the seller? This is the seller. https://www.etsy.com/listing/124650002/double-heart-design-and-initials-and?ref=favs_view_5 I love the holder/dish it came out perfect and you can choose from a lot of different colors. The one thing i will say about the seller though it did take about a month to get the holder. She does specify this in her shipping notes so I knew it was going to take a while and I wasn't in any rush.

I'm really loving Etsy lately here are some of the great finds I found at great prices. I might need to stay away from Etsy for a while so I don't buy everything I like. Monogramed necklace with wedding date on the back I think it was around $22.00. This is the personalized card I gave to my bridesmaids. This is a sample of what my welcome bags are going to be. It was only $7.00 and works perfectly with my wedding colors. These are two ring holders that I got monogramed and the one below has our wedding date. These were around $15.00 each.

Quote: Originally Posted by martap7 When wedding dress shopping I knew what I was looking for (sweatheart strapless lace trumpet style dress)...so I thought! My maid of honor forced me to try on this Allure 8856 even though I made it clear to everyone, NO STRAPS!! After trying the dress on, that was it I fell in love! This Allure gown fit me to the T and hugged me in the right places, even my hips which look fabulous in the dress. I cannot wait for the dress to arrive and will post pics with me in it I really love this style....can't wait to start trying on dresses.

Quote:Originally Posted by tmcdonald We hope to go to the courthouse just a few days before we leave. Something very simple and short with just the two of us. That was my plan now the fiance wants to do the whole church thing. I wanted to keep it simple now I have another thing on my to do list.

I'm sure you will be busy doing hair and makeup and getting ready so its possible to be separate from each other the day of. I plan on not seeing each other so we can keep this one tradition. You'll just have to try a little harder to stay apart have your friends and family make sure you don't run into eachother. It'll be worth it in the end to see your fiance's face when you finally see him down the aisle.

Quote: Originally Posted by ckl22 Hey Ladies I'm starting to worry about Hair/Makeup.. has anyone had that done at the Spa on the resort? I'm hoping myself along with my 7 bridesmaids can all get it done at the resort but I'm worried we will all end up with braids or something. Anyone have any insight? Thanks! I had my hair and makeup done at Leblanc (for my engagement pictures and as a trial) which is a palace resort and everything came out great. Definitely bring a picture of what you want and they can make it happen. But just remember that if you are having a lot of people doing hair and makeup to make your appointment early so they have enough people at the salon for your wedding. That's what the stylist told me to do since if they don't enough stylist they have to bring them in from other palace resorts. Also remember that you can use your resort credits on hair and makeup that is a big help.

These questions came in handy when I went to meet my wedding coordinator this past weekend. If you have the chance to go on a site visit I highly recommend it. We got to not only meet our planner but pick out locations and do a food/cake tasting. Before we went to do the site visit we had planned to have the wedding at the gazebo of the hotel and go with he complimentary package with our own add ons. After our visit we have decided to change the location to on the beach and to upgrade to one of the wedding packages and we picked our food and cake. It was a great trip and I'm now more confident in my decisions moving forward.

I got lucky with my invites I actually won a contest for free invites on magnetstreet.com so I just need to pick them out and customize them I'll be ordering them in Nov. I won't mail them out until Jan or Feb. though. So exciting!

Quote: Originally Posted by moodyc82 Good to know! I keep hearing great htings about the beach. Planning is going pretty well....how's your planning going? My planning is going well too next thing on the list is dress shopping and getting my invitations ordered. Still so much to do and i'm sure the time will justy fly by.

I decided to try Invisalign after years of wanting to fix my teeth. When I started wedding planning it finally gave me the push to get them. I wore braces as a teen but like most teens did not wear my retainers after and a lot of my teeth shifted. Luckily my insurance covered some of the treatment and the rest I can pay in installments. I just put in my first tray yesterday and my teeth definatley have discomfort but that just means its working. I only have to wear them for 6 months - 13 trays so I'll be done way before the wedding. Can't wait to see the final results I hope its as positive as lot of the brides on this thread because its definately an investment.

Oh how cool I work in Morristown too. I see you are geting married in Punta Cana I went there on vacation a couple of years ago and the beach was gorgeous. Hope the planning is going smooth.

Quote: Originally Posted by JMK923 Wow ladies, so many beautiful rings! Aren't we lucky?! Here's mine Very nice ring!

http://www.loehmanns.com/BRIDAL/ here is the link.

To all the NJ brides who do not have a dress yet Loehmann's in Paramus is having a big sale on saturday. They are having a "Grab the Gown" event on designer dresses and the dresses are $300 to $1,000.00. I plan on being there bright and early on saturday morning with my sisters/bridesmaids to hopefully find my dress and save some money. Just wanted to share the info. http://www.loehmanns.com/BRIDAL/