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haha i'm really excited to see them edited because they look so nice already! I know he doesn't edit them a lot, like other photographers we have seen, but we kind of liked that and that's why we hired him . But for example, there's a few where the ribbon to hang my dress from was coming out and I didn't know, so he'll probably photoshop that out. We're trying to pick the ones that would benefit the most from editing, because of people in the background, or shiny faces. Others really don't need that much work. My MOH is also really good with photoshop and she said she could edit some more if I wanted no, no wi-fi required

I love the rings, I wanted to reply on your thread You'll be totally fine with the bose speaker. They do sound really nice. Just make sure you close all the apps on the phone/tablet so that your battery doesn't die half way through. It is a smart idea to have the backup, in case one of them dies.

Thanks guys, yeah I think most of the pictures came out great, even without anything done to them. I think the biggest thing will just be taking the shine off our faces on the pictures from the reception and then a few people on the beach on some of the pictures. For the dance, I can totally tell where he got lost because I lost all my "spice" haha. I just wasn't sure what he was going to do next, and if he would catch on or not . I was telling him what steps came next, but that didn't work either haha.

I was finally able to download the video of our first dance! Hopefully I can post it on here and it works https://www.flickr.com/photos/133939656@N08/shares/31U3P0 Also, Octavio already sent us our raw photos. We just have to choose which ones we want edited, and let me tell you guys, it will be hard to choose haha. I am very very happy with his job so far, but I want to get the edited pictures before I write a full review. Here are some teasers , keep in mind that nothing has been done to these pictures yet.

@@calgarybride2015 haha, I laugh about it too now, with a tinge of "omg, i can't believe you did that!" hahah.

I'm sorry, I know I said id post some screenshots but then life got busy and I just forgot. The wedding app was great and I don't know what I would have done without it. My iPhone was actually plugged into the sound system, so I didn't need to use Bluetooth. However, if you're getting a speaker you can certainly pair it up with Bluetooth and you'll be ok. Just make sure your phone is plugged in because Bluetooth does drain the battery. I forgot to even turn off the wifi on mine and it drained it pretty quickly. We had the songs in my phone so I didn't have to use the wi fi. I really don't recommend that you rely on the wireless there because it could be great or it could be horrible and you don't want to leave the music to chance. Just download your songs and create playlists of what you want. Then choose the playlists in the app and you're good. This is what my order looked like: If I could go back, I wouldn't divide the party songs in two. Instead, I just left the song that was playing but turned down the volume a bit for the bouquet toss and the garter. The ones that say wait, all that means is that when you end the song for that section it will wait until you swipe again before stating the next song. Rather than starting automatically. We had someone from the hotel manage the music during the ceremony and everything turned out great. I have them a sheet with instructions on when to swipe to the next section. I don't think they had any problems figuring it out Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Here are a couple more screenshots. The first one shows the screen you see when you choose a playlist for a specific time of the wedding and it shows you the options you have. Some sections, such as the entrance song, first dance or whatever, will only have a song rather than a playlist, so the app let's you do that too. The second picture shows what you would see when you're using the player. In that specific screenshot, it's after ending the bride processional and it's "waiting". This would be while the ceremony happens, when you're both going to sign, whoever is in charge would just swipe at the top and it starts the song for you to sign the papers. Then you swipe again at the top when that is done and it will fade the song out. R Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I agree with @@calgarybride2015 here. Men sometimes get excited and carried away. He had a room for himself to get ready at, and he started inviting people that weren't part of the bridal party. I let him do as he pleased, but I thought that having all the wedding guests in your room while you get ready kind of defeats the purpose of them seeing you when you're all "done up". I told him about it and he stopped haha. I also had a bridal suite that I rented for the bridal party and myself to get ready at. It wasn't very big, and I didn't really want more than the bridal party (including our moms, of course) there. Then I found out that my dear hubby started inviting other people to the bridal suite. I had to pull the breaks on that ASAP. I basically wanted to strangle him at one point (or a couple of points during the wedding week haha). We still had one person not in the bridal party come with us to the suite, but oh well. Men sometimes don't get it, sigh.

I like the lace one too! It looks less "worky" haha (if that makes any sense) and more fun! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I love your dress! You look so happy in it. It's very beautiful. Sometimes it just happens that you fall in love with a dress and that's it haha, nothing else compares. I found mine fairly quickly too and I was so sad to take it off after the wedding

we definitely did a lot less in Mexico due to the dollar. Our whole group was on the same boat, the good thing is that everything is already paid at an AI! haha I couldn't even imagine having to pay everything extra over there. Our hotel has the European plan option too, and so a lot of things on the menus have the prices. Some drinks were $17USD . We would have been so poor at the end haha.

I love the ring box! It turned out great! Oh I miss the planning so much

We had a bit of a welcome letter, an itinerary, a chart for people to write down their friends' room numbers (which turned out everyone had wifi so no one used) and a map of the resort.

Surprisingly I didn't burn! I totally thought I would, and I didn't go tanning before leaving. I also made sure to put on SPF 30-60 every hour or every time I came out of the water. I stayed in the shade as much as I could and used a hat. Also, because there was so much running around, we didn't spend as much time on the beach as we usually do, so I think that was also another reason.

I really wanted to say that I am so sorry for all the things you're going through right now. I hope that you can still enjoy your week despite having these things thrown at you . I'm sending you one humongous hug, I can't even imagine what it must be like. On a more positive note, I have heard of many people who were given a few days or weeks to live, but somehow they waited until a specific moment to "let go". My great grandma was like that, she waited until her great great granddaughter was born. She was able to hold her once and about a day later she passed away. I hope this is the case with your Nan, maybe she'll be able to hang in there until you come back. I'm so sorry to hear about your brothers in law as well. We had some people who spent the whole week with long faces and cooped up in their room, no smiles, not even on the wedding day. I tried to stay away because honestly I didn't want to deal with that kind of negativity. I was there to enjoy and have fun and that's what I did. By the way, this was someone really important in the wedding. The moral of the story is, if people don't want to be there, you're better off not having them there. I know it hurts right now, but it's better this way than for them to make you feel like they went there because they were obliged rather than because they wanted to.

Congrats! I agree that a good TA is your first step, he/she will be able to steer you in the right direction. I'd say that with a small wedding, your biggest stress factor will come from finding a resort, but trust me, it gets easier after that . If you want a simple wedding, DW is the way to go! You can go as simple or as complicated as you want Best of luck!!

oh man, this just sucks, so close to the wedding date! The silver lining is that you're working with a "broker" of sorts, so it will be easier to find someone else rather than you calling each officiant one by one trying to find one that has your date. Good luck and I hope it gets solved soon!

I just got married a couple of weeks ago, it was hot and humid but it was so much fun to have it outside! It wasn't unbearable. I actually stayed in my wedding dress all night and guests loved it. If you still want to do it inside, the only choice I think is the banquet hall, which looks very nice after they're done with it. However, keep in mind that you will have to rent extra lights and perhaps a dance floor, which can add up to the costs. There's also the Oriolla grill, which is not completely inside because it only has a roof and no walls, so no A/C.

@@acw271011 I'm so sorry you have to deal with this . I really have no patience for women who think that having a kid is the best way to tie a man to them and then using those children as hostages to get their way through life. It's really not fair to anyone, not even themselves, and I think we're all better than that. Being a Latina, I know that attitude is so common in a lot of Latin American countries. It's awful.

I agree with you guys. I'm only cleaning it because I'm planning on wearing it again when I go to Argentina. My grandparents are really excited to see me in it . My best friend who's been married for 3 years still hasn't cleaned hers haha. I also don't think I can sell it! I won't wear it again after Argentina but I just love it so much! and every time I look at it I remember all the amazing times I had in it (I know, it's only 1 day, but there were tons of amazing times hahah). I just can't part with it. I also don't have any hope that my daughter would wear it, that's even if I have a daughter. It would be out of style by then and I wouldn't want to put her in that dilemma, afraid of hurting my feelings if she says no.

Don't even try Gillette!! They quoted me $400!! My dress cost $800 and not even my alterations were that expensive. I'm thinking Dolphin cleaners, but I'll let you know the quote I get. Mine does have quite a bit of beading at the bottom, which is the dirtiest part, but still, $400 is a bit much.

they are worth it! We didn't go overboard on the items but I think we had enough stuff and people enjoyed them

I can't believe I missed the post about your decor. It all looks so lovely!! Definitely reuse stuff for the reception. Flowers are expensive enough!

I love the shot glasses and your invites turned out so nicely!! I agree with others, that they textured paper was such a nice touch. Don't worry too much about numbers yet. We had 40 people coming, and 9 backed out when final payment was due , then one more backed out 2 days before the wedding. He was a groomsman and he told us while we were in Mexico. He had a valid reason though, so we weren't too upset by it. It actually worked out great, not only in terms of money, but also because it was a nice number to be able to spend time with everyone . I wouldn't have had it any other way. Next, I'd say wait until your RSVP's come in and people are booked so that you don't buy a bunch of stuff based on "potential" numbers and then you're either missing things, or you have too many. I'd start working on the idea of decor, centerpieces (although you won't know how many you need until you have your count), but you could work on decor such as guestbook, your ceremony/altar decor and things like that that are not so dependant on numbers. Maybe start making choices with the hotel about the food and things like that. You could also start a playlist for music or work on the kind of script you want. You will probably finalize these closer to the date, but at least you'll have an outline to work with when things get really busy.

so pretty!! Mine definitely didn't turn out that nice haha. Great job on these!