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Hey, we'll be there at the same time! We're getting married November 21st, 2014!

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I designed a magnet. Nothing really fancy. I originally planned to do a cute luggage tag-but then decided to take the easy way out! The magnets are cute though! Haha

Quote: Originally Posted by EVKnowsitall I like the purple idea better. I think DW brides tend to think they need to go with tropical colors because they are in the caribbean and I disagree. I like the contrast of a darker color with the brightness you will find in the natural setting. I have seen the gamut in wedding colors and I am naturally a fan of gem tones anyway. I thought of every color scheme when I first started planning. Everyone told me to do coral- so for a second we considered coral, orange and brown- to sort of mimic a sunset and have each bridesmaid in a different shade of the orange- but orange isn't even one of my favorite colors so we nixed it. My favorite color is a peacock blue- one of my friends asked if she could buy a burgundy dress or if was too dark and another friend wanted to wear plum. I thought "maybe we can just do jewel tones as a theme" but it didn't give me enough of an actual sense of decor. My blue palette ended up being cool and "breezy" feeling and my wedding took on a "laid-back chic" kind of vibe. If I had to do it again- I really dig the navy blue and pink color scheme I have seen. I think your instinct is right- you are already in the tropics and there will be brightness everywhere- in the sunset, in the water, in the sky- a darker color to contrast looks gorgeous in my opinion. Everyone fought me but I threw in Navy blue in with my aqua and peacock to give it a richer feel. I wanted navy blue for my girls once we couldn't find the peacock color, but no one liked it because they said it was too severe. I think as long as you accent your dark color with a lighter one- it is a way to make the wedding look more formal if that's what you want. That is something we wanted. We wanted it to feel displaced lol like glamour on the beach. I think we got that. I vote the purple! Yay! I love purple, and I do want more of a formal feel even though were doing it at the beach. A destination wedding was not my first choice, but that is all my groom has ever wanted, so it's little bit of compromise on my end and I still want it to look and feel like a fancy wedding. And since we're having a smaller wedding, only about 20 people, we're not having bridal party because everyone who would be bridal party are the only people invited! So I can spend a lot more of our budget on decor and details and really make it what i would want, even if i was having the wedding in our hometown.

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If I could afford it and bring my family, 100%! I love to travel and I love new things, but not enough to leave my family behind, and not enough to be struggling for years because of it. Would you ever adopt a baby?

Quote: Originally Posted by JenniferM My love! Really I'm not sure. We haven't decided whether or not we will be giving gifts yet. If money were not an issue and you could choose, what would your bride gift be? A house! You said money is not an issues and we really want a new house we just haven't had the time or finances to really make that happy right now. Maybe after the wedding. Would you have your wedding at home instead of a destination wedding?

I originally wanted pink and orange and possibly a corally color to make it more ombre themed. But the more I think about it, its tropical and everything is going to be so bright and, well, tropical, I have been considering a more, serious color. LIke a deep purple, with possibly my orange, and a little gold? What do you guys think?

I feel like I'll never make it to 150 posts. Clearly I just do not have enough to say!

Quote: Originally Posted by Jennkn87 I am going to have to check that thread out! I'm currently having ALL kinds of issues with the MIL and SIL. They are trying their hardest to change my mind on having a destination wedding I think. I'm over it already She is very, very pushy and manipulative. I'm standing my ground. Now they are saying they aren't even coming to the wedding, which I think is horrible they wouldn't be there for him...but at the same time I'm getting ready to say SO BE IT!!! We are also thinking of doing the legal part here to save some money and not have to worry about any issues with paperwork and all that jazz. I'm not EVEN going to mention that part to them!! That will just be ONE more thing they will cause drama about! I still kind of have this problem with my MIL and SIL. They don't understand why we want to get married away and not have the whole family there and everything. We're only invited immediate family, so we'll have about 20 guests total, it just was not important to us to have a big wedding at home and they don't understand that. My MIL was always making really passive aggressive comments to me when we first announced it would be held in Mexico and finally I just told her she did not have to come and that if we HAD to have anyone there at our wedding, we have done it in our hometown. But all that is important is that him, our daughter, and myself be there. Anyone else is a bonus! We are going to do the legal part here in the states first or right after though. We're not going to be in the country long enough before the wedding day to make it legal and the blood thing and price wasn't worth it. But we're not telling anyone. Secret! I'm thinking of having some sentimental marriage license/certificate thing made up with our vows on it that all the guests can sign as a guest book, but also as witnesses to our testimony to each other.

I have not had any issues with them. I actually really like her. I'm fairly laid back though and I'm having a rather small affair, and with a year still to plan I'm not in a rush to get a great deal done as fast as I can. When we had our very first conversation on the phone we talked about a few things and she recommended to me 3 resorts, and 2 of 3 were 2 i was already consider but the 3rd was the place we actually chose! So she was already worth it just for introducing me to a place I thought would be out of my budget! And she always gets back to me the next day either by email or phone. She even called to let me know she was going to vacation and she might be responding spastically if I had any questions. I think it is just very hit or miss and you just have to hope you get a good one.

I've been scanning through the forum for a little bit now, but I'm just starting to get really excited about planning! We're getting married at the NOW Jade, Riviera Maya on November 21, 2014. Hoping to have an AHR shortly after, but I'm worried the holidays might cause some conflict. I hope not though!!

November 21, 2014 here!! At the NOW Jade. We're basically as far as choosing a location and booking it. We tried to plan a wedding a year ago, so I have a dress already that I plan on wearing. No bridal party so we don't have to mess with that. I do have Save the Dates going out this week because my guests are stating to get anxious and want our website info and stuff!!

I'm wondering this same thing! We're not getting married until the end of November in 2014. November 21st actually. And the next weekend is Thanksgiving and then we're coming up to Christmas and Christmas parties and having to work around busier schedules. We talked about waiting until the middle or end of January. That would put us about 6-8 weeks, does that seem too long? I just want people to be able to make it since our wedding is only going to be about 20 people. What do you guys think?

In my research and by asking questions, it does all seem very inconsistent about receiving credit for items not being used. Their policy is that you do not receive anything for things you don't use, but I know several brides who have been able to swap stuff out. I haven't tried myself though, we decided to go with the middle package because there was a great deal on the higher package we knew we could live without and I did not want to count on being able to trade things or receive credit!

We're getting married November 21, 2014 at the Now Jade. We considered a few others, but for the price we didn't find much that compared with the resort we booked at. The Dreams are very nice and that was our second choice, but they're a little farther from the airport and we'll be traveling with a 2 year old! I want to be able to get where we're going quickly! They have great wedding packages like the dreams do also. They're sister resorts. Good luck!

Thank you! That makes me feel better. I think currently we have the bamboo room booked but I'm under the impression it's a bigger room. And with only 4 tables I don't want it to look bad. I feel the same, and we'll probably just go with the sound system then! I'm pretty sure our big ticket item will be a photographer. I at least want to have great photos if only 25 people are going to be able to see it in person!

Where did you have your reception at? That is about the same number of guests I will have, but I'm worried about the room looking empty? Did you have music and everything? Dancing? With less people I'm just a little unsure of what I should plan? Help?!

Hey Ladies! Officially booked a wedding at NOW Jade next November! So excited

This thread has been so helpful! I feel like I already have a wealth of information and we haven't even officially booked our date yet. (Because all the ones I want are taken and i LOVE this resort)! So glad I found this website