MrsCtoB

That is too funny! I will attach a closer pic...maybe easier to see his face Thank you ladies! Arrived home a week ago...slowly get adjusted and coming down from cloud 9. Uploading our pictures! Definitely will post some more pics and a review soon. It was everything I wished it would be. I would do a DW a thousand times over. It was perfect!!! <3 My favorite guest snap shot!

Thank you everyone! It was a dream come true! We don't have any photographer pictures yet but I'll attach a few pics from our guests! The ring ceremony & cocktail hour

The time has come! We are on our way to the airport!! I figured I wouldn't be able to update this thread as much as I would have liked but I'll be sure to post pictures soon!

Good luck! I'll see you Wednesday lol Congrats and enjoy every moment!

I am!!! Nervous, excited, stressed... lol many things at once but I really can't wait to get there. How about you? Hope your toe is healing well! Really? Which resort is she getting married at? I am still thinking we will see each other at the airport lol If I see someone who looks like you get toted around, I will say hi!

I definitely don't think you HAVE to do one. I think you should do one, only if you want to. I agree, by the wedding day, I think your guests will have a good grasp on who is who. I have raffia fans decorated and I am thinking I might print a simple program myself. Only for a keepsake but I don't expect my guests to even notice, to be honest lol

I feel your pain! It sounds to me like your FI is going through what mine did about 3 months out from the wedding. I think he was super overwhelmed and we were trying to do as much for our guests as we could, and ask very little of them since they made the commitment to attend. I think he felt like we were doing sooo much (and we were, as we should) that it kind of made him resentful that NO ONE was asking to help us. Not sure if that is the case with you both, but I could understand what he meant. People were asking US to do things for THEM, not the other way around (print tickets, research this, find out about that). When I finally pushed to get a direct answer about his GM gifts, he felt very nonchalant about it. Said he would figure it out and anything they get would be good enough. Soooo (LOL) My FI is a very black and white person. He needs to see visuals and examples. I sat him down and explained how I felt about it and that we may very well be overwhelmed, but we asked these people to stand besides us on our big day. It means something, and they have made sacrifices to do so. I left it at that and the next day sent him a ton of emails about destination wedding etiquette in regards to gifts and examples of what people give. That pretty much did it and he apologized for being so stubborn. He came up with some awesome ideas and shopped for most of the stuff on his own. Maybe the stress is talking when he says what he has said about them and he just needs some time (or examples lol) to come around ?

Nice!! Always good to have options. I love them both but the first ones

@@marinah84 Did you purchase both of them already?

really? Mine are super light, thankfully! I can't do heavy earrings. My earlobes will end up the size of golf balls if I try.

I loved your hair!! I think it was perfect for you. I have a LOT of hair but oddly enough, it does not frizz. It holds a curl very well so I just decided to roll with that. Otherwise, I would have definitely researched some up options.

@@SteeleTheSpotlight thank you! They were not cheap but I seriously love them SO much I had to make the exception lol

Next up.... Hair and make up inspiration: I debated back and forth for awhile about how I wanted to look on the big day. I am an on location hair and make up artist, specializing in weddings and special occasions so I am pretty de sensitized by the whole thing and didn't really know what direction I wanted to go in. Up dos are the general go to (keep you cool and hair out of the face) but I NEVER wear my hair up. So, I decided that I wanted to look like myself and keep the hair down. This is what I am thinking... Not super fancy but I love the simplicity of it. I intend on making it a little more finger wave-ish. For make up, I will be using this for inspiration (who doesn't want to look like Megan Fox) but making some adjustments for my eye and skin tones. Here is a test run from the other day (excuse the eyeliner, I forgot to get a picture until after work and making dinner and rubbing my eyes apparently lol) Just a suggestion for you ladies looking for a good day of lip, Anastasia Beverly Hills sells a new line of liquid lipsticks that are out of this world!! I apply a layer of lip liner first and then two coats of the liquid lipstick and it seriously lasts through eating, kissing, etc. Pure Hollywood (? I think its called...Pure SOMETHING) is a great shade for brides of any skin color. Accessories I decided I did not want a veil. Well...I do want a veil but I don't want to get annoyed with it flapping around and getting whipped in my face. So, I settled for a hair piece. This is the picture from the Etsy shop that I order from, but I had it made smaller than this. It wont sit as high on the head. I will post a picture with it on soon. For earrings I wanted a bit of a dandle shape. I found these on nordstrom.com. The maker is Nadri I believe . I had a hard time finding a bracelet that I liked. I wanted something that wasn't too small, but not gaudy either. My dress has pearls and diamonds in the beading so I wanted something that combined the two. My best friend and bridesmaid happens to make jewelry. I don't know why I didn't ask her sooner but when she saw my dress she mentioned that she had some pearls and beading that would look great with it. And so, my bracelet was born... It looks like two pieces but its one continuous bracelet. I am so happy with it! It really looks perfect with the dress Shoes... I LOVE SHOES. I knew from the beginning though, that a heel would never work for me. Heels + sand never mix. I liked the idea of the barefoot sandal and have not ruled them out entirely but I am not sure if the heat of the sand mixed with having to walk barefoot to the beach will be a good idea. I planned on getting a pretty sandal for the reception and I think I might just wear them to the ceremony, take them off when we arrive to the beach, and put them back on for the reception. They are from DSW and again, have a mix of pearls and diamond blingy things lol.