m8chow

Quote: Originally Posted by Raquelita0715 /m8chow the wedding dress is my least worry as my mother in law will be making it!!! Yes I know that I can get to 150 posts but I want to do my STD's already and no one has been able to email it to me. O well will be going to Michaels tonight to begin looking at cardstock. Make sure to take my 40% coupon!!! That's awesome, your MIL is so talented. Which template were you looking for? Maybe I can help you, I might have it downloaded.

Quote: Originally Posted by soontobeawalsh I am also unsure of getting totes.. I am thinking that maybe we will keep things small and just put a goodie or two directly in the tumblers. I am also going to get waterproof stickers from an etsy seller to put on the tumblers! Just have to design our monogram! Oh and get around to washing the Dollerama sticker off the tumblers! We were thinking about filling the tumblers with candies and snacks (Hmmm after-Halloween candy sales!!!! I just thought of that this minute LOL). Then give tuxedo tshirts to the guys and beach wrap dresses for the girls. Then we'll use the leftover money to take everyone out on an excursion. I just don't know how to present the gifts to people though. I was peeling at the sticker yesterday and they come off pretty well. Thank goodness. Good luck with your OOTs

Quote: Originally Posted by soontobeawalsh I also got my tumblers from Dollerama thanks to m8chow and other Canadian brides to give me this idea!! As for OOT bags try http://cheaptotes.com/index.html I havent gotten anything from this site ads of yet but it was recommended to me by another Canadian bride!! She said prices were less than a dollar a bag and shipping costs were very low!! Congrats Soontobeawalsh! So glad you found your tumblers. I'll def check out the tote bags from that site. We haven't bought any yet and we're not sure if we will but it's great to have options.

Wow! There's a ton of great free stuff out there. Thank you for sharing.

Any brides in Toronto or the GTA been to a good seamstress recently? I live downtown in the West-end and have yet to find a great seamstress. I need to get my wedding dress altered and I'd love to hear your recommendations.

Oh I love these dresses.. I was just looking at them on Amazon I think... you ordered from dhgate? I bet you got them for a good price! Do you have them yet? I might need to get some Tux shirts are a cute idea! I actually found the flower clips at Michaels a while ago.. they are a set of two bobby pins with yellow plumaria flowers on each....they were in the section where everything is $1.50 --- I ended up getting them on sale with coupon and I think my final price was about .25 cents - I can't really remember... they don't have them at michales anymore -- your wedding is probably too early in the year for them to come out again. You could probably make some if you could find a bunch of yellow that come with like 6 flowers and a pack of clips... a little hot glue and BAM!! haha Let me know if you find out anything about the beach reception... I found them on DHgate, I haven't received them yet but hopefully they're just like the picture. The seller was really nice and sent me a bunch of pictures of the item before I ordered. I'll tell you if the guests like them You're soo right! If I could just find the flowers I could go make my own hairclips!! Thanks for the idea Yeah I was feeling bad about the takeover.

Congrats Sky!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by Raquelita0715 I have narrowed it down to Dreams Tulum or Now Jade. The Now Jade forum has been very informative but I am afraid it is not lively enough. I wanted to book at Iberostar but I read that reception given with the packages are only 1.5 hours! M8chow did u already have your wedding or are you in the planning stages? Hi Raquelita0715 Our wedding is in January 2014. 4 more months to go. Ahhhhhh LOL We're getting there. I finally bought a dress this weekend as well after months of procrastination. I like your resort choices, I've heard lots of great things about both resorts. We went with Azul Sensatori, hoping for the best!

Quote: Originally Posted by sky186 I really want to see this by the time I get to 150 I'll have forgotten where I saw this lol Sky186 - PM me your email, I'll send it to you

Quote: Originally Posted by sky186 Im the same i'm tryin so hard to get to 150 lol as soon as I hit 150 will I see all the links or will I still have to wait? Hi Sky I hit 150 yesterday and I still don't see anything. I wonder if this thread is dead.

Will definitely be doing our monograms this way as well. Thank you for sharing

Quote: Originally Posted by RaynDrop Oh Grey and yellow is pretty!! I'm asking all my guest to wear white (or shades of) and doing yellow as an accessories color. I am sending all the girls yellow flower hair clips and the guys yellow ties - then they can wear whatever they want (as long as it is white! haha) As for other things like decorations - I don't really have colors - I just want bright and tropical - I am making a brooch bouquet for myself - it will be a mix of flowers and brooches .. bight colors. I'm undecided about what to have my MOH hold... I don't have to decided on my ceremony/reception space until I get to the resort. They show us all the options when we get there and they we pick. I know the options include - beach, garden lawn, and garden gazebo. I always just assumed I'd want the beach .. but I might change as I'm sure the gardens are amazing! I'm not too sure what to expect for the temperature. I did google 'average temperature in st lucia in october' and it says days 86 nights 79 --- So I don't expect it to be chilly but I'm not sure if the nights might feel chilly at that point. Our Ceremony is @ 4 -- I imagine it will still be warm if not hot by them so I dunno! I did get the ladies pashminas to include in the welcome bags - I couldn't think of anything else to do for the guys except socks LOL I love your ideas! I think your photos will look amazing with white with yellow accessories. I wanted to get all our girls yellow flower clips as well but it wasn't in our budget afterall. I do want beach as well, but our TA kept saying to avoid beach because it can get messy for guests and food. I wonder if anyone has posted their experiences here. I'll have to go forum searching. We did something similar and got our ladies beach dresses for the OOT and are thinking tuxedo tshirts for the guys. We're going to take the group out on a catamaran one day so we figured it'd be a great time for them to sport their new attire if they wanted to. Here's a pic of the wrap dresses we bought in all diff colours. I'm sorry girls, didn't mean to take over the board. How is planning going for the rest of the girls as well?

Quote: Originally Posted by Raquelita0715 I would love to go to Costa Rica as many say that it is a must see. I am having my DW in Riviera Maya. I am still debating between two hotels. I hope to decide by next summer do a site visit and then send out invitations once I return. I am having it until July 2015 as that is when my family will be able to go. Congrats to the bride taking on such a large group for your wedding. Not many of my family will be able to travel so its a party of about 30-40. Congratulations to all of the other brides on here. Hi Raquelita0715!! Which 2 resorts have you narrowed down to?

Quote: Originally Posted by Jenn963 I find so much humor in this because I am the same way ....currently i have windows on my comp open for etsy, and eBay...and VistaPrint lol.....my aunt works for Canada Post here and delivers the mail in my area., and she's always delivering me stuff every day. It's so exciting! So far i haven't been to disappointed in the stuff i buy except for one bathing suit which was too small...but it was cheap so its ok. I think i will order the last of it this week and be done with it cuz i'd be cutting it too close to our departure date for my bridesmaids....i gave them personalized hangers, and i'm getting these pretty bracelets from etsy with charms...and perhaps some clutch purses to go with some earrings (if i find the perfect ones)......once we're in Punta Cana i may do some more stuff... groomsmen....FI hasn't even began to think about it :| *no comment* lol Omg TealMarie and Jenn963, I'm there as well. I still have a bit of time, but there's still soo much to be planned as well. FI bought the groomsmen customized bobbleheads of themselves, they are big sports buffs so I'm sure they'll love it. I bought the bridesmaids dresses, will get their hair and makeup done, and I'm thinking about a bracelet or necklace from Stella & Dot... might go Etsy though, not sure yet but I need to get on this stuff soon before the shipping deadlines cut it too close.

Quote: Originally Posted by shopnboard Congrats!! The templates really are a life saver! Yipeee! Thank you shopnboard! Which templates are you following?

WoooooooHoooo!!!!!!!!! Hello 150th post 150 was just enough to have me addicted and now the templates open up and I think I might need to sign up for some type of AA-type meeting if I keep going this way. LOL

Quote: Originally Posted by RaynDrop Oh she will be there... her babies have plenty of people that can take care of them while they are gone! I actually looked into us taking a ship from Boston to St. Lucia both ways... well I had my TA look anyways. She said the only options was to do a private charter and never even gave me prices cause they were outrageous. I guess I should have asked her what they were anyways haha He will be okay - we fly all the time.. he just hates it --- he can deal! 2 of each sounds great! What are your colors? We're doing yellow and grey, how about you? Hehe poor guy but it'll all be forgotten once he's in paradise! Have you ever travelled to the fall? I wonder if I need to buy my bridesmaids cardigans. The weather is so iffy but I still want to do a beach wedding and beach reception. Have you decided on your wedding and reception sites?

I did the dollarama tumblers as well. I ordered my labels and sent them to the US to a friend by http://www.labelsbythesheet.com/ hopefully our labels work out. The boys will get a sticker that looks like a tie. The ladies will get a fancy decal one. Can't wait to get the labels so I can start my DIY.

January 29, 2014 bride over here. We're getting married at Azul Sensatori in Mayan Riviera Mexico. 4 month count down!!! What are you girls working to knock off your list now?

Soo pretty!! We're doing yellow and grey as well, can't wait until I can join in with some pictures of ours as well. Hurray for yellow and grey!

Beautiful

Hehehe Love! Will have to save this one

I vote for the ones on the right as well, but if you need a "something blue"... def the ones on the left

Quote: Originally Posted by RaynDrop My friend invited herself to the wedding hahah -- I said "we are keeping it small only parents, siblings. . . " and very excitedly she said "AND ME" haha it was really cute... she literally JUST had told me she was pregnant with her second baby so I wasn't sure if she would be able to come after hearing that .... We just decided to have a MOH and BM and haven't even asked them to do it for us. I don't see why they would say no.. FI's brother will be his BM and he has already booked! Right now we are booked at the resort we are getting married at for one week before and one week after the wedding. Since the beginning of planning I have tossed around all the different options. One of which was to do a cruise... I just looked into doing that and found one that would work for us date wise - so we haven't booked it yet but I think that will end up being our plan. So we will be at the resort for 4 days after the wedding then a 7 night cruise My FI HATES flying so I need to get as much traveling in at one time as I can hahah How many people are in your wedding party? LOL your friend is so cute! I hope she goes along to the wedding. I love the enthusiasm! We're having 2 bridesmaids and 2 groomsmen. I decided to not name a MOH and keep them both as bridesmaids. Or co-MOHs lol Ooo is there any way to cruise all the way back to where you're from? That would eliminate 1 flight for FI but extend the vacation... Wooot LOL

Oh Tammy Host, you've outdone yourself again! This sounds delish, I'm going to make it as soon as the weather cools down in Toronto. Thank you for sharing!