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Hi Brides! I'm sure this has been asked before, but I was hoping that someone might be willing to share their welcome brochure ideas. I want to do a welcome brochure, but aside from the timeline, I'm not really sure what to put in it. Thanks in advance and Happy planning!

Thanks for all the feedback ladies! I've already bought pretty much everything for the wedding, so at this point I'm not sure what I can cut back on. I am hoping to sell the dress and at least make something for it. The seamstress said she had 30 years of experience, and I took her word for it. I'm really happy about my new dress, but I should have taken it to another seamstress for a second opinion. I'm glad to know that I'm definitely not alone and that there are other women out there that had a similar experience with their dresses. I feel so much better after reading all of your supportive posts =)

Life Threw Us Some Curve Balls: My fiancé was hesitant when it came to picking a date because he felt that life was “too unpredictable” to plan something a year in advance. I tried my best to give him a reality check that weddings take time to plan. I know some traditional brides that starting planning their wedding two years in advance! As much as I tried to understand his perspective I thought that we were never going to get anywhere unless we just picked a date and saw what happened. Life was going just great for us until we hit a few bumps along the road. We’ve been wanting to move in together for a while and we knew that we didn’t want to wait until after the wedding. Also, there were some difficulties in my housing situation at the time and we had signed a lease starting in February for our new place. At the same time I ended up leaving my job for many reasons. My mom needed to have surgery, so I had to take care of her for a while. Shortly, after we moved in we got into a car accident and I was hurt. I’m better now from the accident thankfully, but a few weeks ago I was diagnosed with PCOS and now my life is in a HUGE transition all over again, but for the better. I realized that I was unhealthy and I’m now taking control of my health. Being unemployed and only having one income made the budget a lot tighter! There were points where we thought we should cancel the wedding and take the money out of our savings to give guests their deposits back. We also did fight and argue about certain things for the wedding too, like the date. In my experience picking a date was the hardest part. I ended up finding a job in May, 2015 and things are so much better! We now have a bit more of a budget to work with. And I know I’ve definitely gone overboard in some categories. There’s about 2 months till we leave for our wedding, so I feel there’s really no turning back now. We got really lucky with our family and friends, we didn’t have to hunt them down to pay their deposits or final payments. We now have about 30 guests coming (I had originally anticipated 25). I’ll admit, I haven’t had the smoothest planning experience. There were lots of ups and downs and lots of stress too. There were moments where we did contemplate on cancelling the wedding, but we kept with it and here we are today, so close to our wedding day. In my opinion planning a destination was not stress-free like many people seem to think. It comes with its own set of challenges and I’ve learned that I’ve just had to be adaptable and take things as they come. I’m not the best person at handling stress or change, but my planning experience taught me to be more open, adaptable, and just to not worry everything will be okay in the end. I’m not perfect and I still struggle with letting go and trying not to sweat the small stuff. I’m not trying to scare off any potential destination brides with this post, I’m just being honest with my experience. Your experience will be unique to you!

I'm so sorry to hear about this situation! I hope you get it soon! As for the hashtag I think it's a cute idea especially if you and your guests love social media.

Hi Brides! I apologize in advance for the rant, but I just feel like I need to let it out to people who understand. I bought my wedding dress second-hand in September, 2014. It was a gorgeous dress that is satin, A-Line, corset back with just the right amount of beading! I fell in love with the dress and the price ($300) and it had never been worn! Although it didn't quite fit, I took the plunge and bought it confident that if I lost a bit of weight and had it altered it would fit perfectly. I tried to lose the weight, but I ended up gaining weight instead, it turned out that I was suffering from PCOS (Polycystic ovarian syndrome). It's been almost impossible for me to lose weight =( I'm now on birth control pills and I'm happy to at least be maintaining my weight instead of gaining. Anyways, I took my dress to get altered this past weekend and the seamstress told me that the dress was way to small for me. I knew I had gained weight, but I didn't feel a difference, my clothes still fit the same. I'm 5'10' and a pear shape (small bust and bigger in the hips). The seamstress said that she would have to add material and couldn't guarantee that the dress would look the same (she said that the material she would add might be a shade or two off!) and that she couldn't replicate the beading on my dress (so I would have a plain patch of dress with no beading at the back) after being quoted more than $500 for the alterations alone I decided to think about my options before paying to have my dress altered. I was in LOVE with my old dress and couldn't picture myself wearing anything else. I was devastated and had a major break down! Especially since there's about two months till my wedding! I made an appointment at David's Bridal since they have a sale going on and amazing plus size wedding gowns. My consultant was AMAZING and the experience was everything I hoped it would be. I ended up spending about $820.00 on a gorgeous lace, ivory sheath dress with beading. I also got a belt and a plain veil. Now I'm super over-budget on my dress for the day, but I do love my new dress more than the old one. Has anyone else gone through anything similar?

haha we're so similar! and we have the same taste too =) I'm sorry to hear about Doug's health issues, I hope he's feeling better. Congrats to him though to lose that much weight and for taking control of his health. I can't believe that no one can re-size his ring, but I totally understand and agree with you about wearing it on the left hand. Ours are white gold and since gold is soft it can definitely be re-sized. Both of us had to get our rings sized when we bought them.

@@TinkerSofi OMG you're so close to your wedding! I'm so excited for you!!! I have so much catching up to do on your planning journal! How are you feeling?

haha! We've probably bumped into each other and just didn't know it =p Dan's parents live in the area so we're frequently there. We are closer to Erindale GO now. Thanks hun =) We slacked SO much throughout the entire process. I've found that there really are ebbs and flows with the planning process. I would do a lot of planning in a month then do none for like a few months then pick up again. I can't wait to see what you come up with for your OOT bags. I heard good things about your wedding resort. I've never been to Cayo Coco, but I heard that the snorkeling is amazing! Oh No! The pictures didn't get uploaded. I'll try it again and I hope it works!

I would really appreciate that =) I haven't done anything yet, but it's been really hard to get to this site. I'm getting really close to my wedding and I'd love to come on more often to get more inspiration and share my own story as well.

Thanks hun =) Thanks hun =) I work near Yonge and Dundas! We have so much in common =) We went to the Walmart on Argentia near the 401 in Meadowvale. Our agent is a nice guy and he's doing a good job, but if I were to do it over I think I would go with someone who was a previous destination bride. I know our wedding is so soon, I'm getting really nervous! Hope all is well with you =) Hey hun! Thanks so much! I know it's coming so fast I'm starting to panic lol. Yours is too hun! I think you're like a month away almost, right? That's a great attitude to have! I know that things will work out well for both of us. I think some of it is that I feel like I should be more stressed out because I'm a bride lol. Our Wedding Bands: Shortly after Christmas I thought that we should go shopping for our wedding bands. I love deal hunting and I figured that we could score an awesome Boxing Day deal on our rings. We went to Peoples shortly after Boxing Day just to browse, we didn’t plan on buying our rings that day. I envisioned us having plain white gold bands and I budgeted accordingly, but honey I was wrong! I tried on a band that had diamonds on the top half and I fell in LOVE! I had to have it! Also, surprisingly my fiancé wanted a little bling on his too (he didn’t strike me as the type lol, but whatever makes him happy). We loved our rings so much, AND we ended up getting 20% off of them. With their lifetime protection plan and the rings we went over budget by $250.00. We justified it as being okay because we do have to wear them for the rest of our lives so we should have something that we love. I'm not sure if the picture uploaded properly. If it didn't I'll try taking it again and posting it.

Our Colour: I have always dreamed of my wedding colour being Lavender since it is my favourite colour; however, Dan said that if it has to be purple he would rather it be plum. I agreed since it seemed like a fair compromise and I do also like plum. When I tried to envision it on the beach it just didn’t work for me. When I picture a beach or destination wedding I think of something bright that pops and is vibrant. Dan’s favourite colour is red. I don’t mind red, but I wouldn’t call it my favourite colour. I thought that it would be cool to incorporate both of us by having two different colours. We thought about doing red and orange. I tried to plan the wedding with the orange and red colour scheme, but it wasn’t working to me and I felt that having two colours would end up costing me more. At the end of it we decided on one colour which is red. I think it will look amazing on the beach as red will definitely stand out. Theme: At first I really wanted to go for the vintage theme. I loved that even though it’s simple, it’s still elegant. I really love mason jars! They are amazing you can do so much with them. I even got plastic mason jar tumblers for our favour bags. Anyways, after a while I found I wasn’t really following the vintage theme so I changed my theme to “Red Romance.” I just want it to be simple, elegant, romantic, and red. Sorry for not being more active with my thread. A lot has changed since my last post. I ended up getting a job downtown and getting used to my new schedule and routine have been taking up a lot of my time. Also I'm finding that the closer I'm getting to the wedding the more there is to do! I'm starting to feel a little overwhelmed! Also, with me having a job now this has enabled us to increase our budget a little bit and add some extras that we otherwise wouldn't have. More on that coming soon =) I hope everyone is doing well! How is your planning going?

Hey hun! Thanks. I thought our quote was amazing! I've seen so many other brides have much higher quotes. I know that from Eastern Canada the quotes are pretty much $2,000.00. Thanks for the advice on the bachelorette! I think I'll take that advice. I'm already starting to feel the stress like there's just so much to do! Congrats hun! What resort are you getting married at? I'm so happy to find another Cuban bride too! There aren't that many of us on this site. Invitations: I really don’t know what the etiquette is with STD’s (Save the dates) and invitations. I’m not really sure if there are rules for a destination wedding. Dan and I wanted to give our friends and family about a year of notice so that they could save and book the time off. Immediately after booking with our travel agent we scouted for invitations. During our wedding meeting the month before, aside from discussing the resort and the date we also talked about invitations and save the dates. We decided that we wanted to send “save the date magnets” along with our invitations. We loved the concept of a passport invitation and Wedding Paper Divas had an amazing tri-fold passport style invitation. It was super easy to do and didn’t cost as much as I thought it would even with express shipping! I wanted to get those invites out ASAP! I was really happy with the quality of the product. We paid extra for the pearl shimmer, the style of envelope, and the colour of the envelope. We also bought the burgundy seals separate too (from Staples). We wanted to incorporate travel into our invites. I can’t remember where we found our save the date template from, but we did our magnets ourselves which saved us a lot of money. We bought business cards and printed what we wanted on them then attached them to magnets. We messed a few of them up, it was difficult to get the placement right. For the bridesmaids and groomsman we sent little cards with a cute graphic picture on it asking them to be either a bridesmaid/groomsman. We sent out about 23 invitations and invited about 52 people. It's been a while since we sent out our invitations. We had 17 people (including ourselves) book with our TA and then we had 12 people book seperately. We may have another 3 people coming as well. So I'm thinking we're going to have a total of 32 guests attend our wedding! We're really happy that our friends and family are able to make it. We really didn't expect that many people.

Hi Everyone: I was just wondering if anyone else has a hard time getting to this website? I keep getting a notification on my computer saying that there's harmful malware when I type in the url or when I find the link through a Google search and then I get an error page. Sometimes when I type in the website name it tells me that there's no data on the page. I've been getting to the site by going into my e-mail and clicking on a link to a notification. I'm just wondering if anyone else is experiencing the same thing? Thanks in advance =)

I used to love watching all of those wedding shows too, but ever since I booked my wedding and bought my dress I find it really hard to watch any of them because I feel like it will make me doubt myself and my decisions. I feel really guilty too that everyone is paying so much to go to my wedding, so I tried to limit costs for them by letting them pick their dresses, shoes, and accessories as long as the dresses are red. I asked them if they wanted their hair done, but they said no so I believe they will also be doing their own hair and makeup as well. Aside from cutting costs I figured that it was also a good way for each girl to show off her own style.

@@TinkerSofi Oh no, so sorry to hear about your dad. I hope he's okay. I love your guestbook cards, it's such a great idea. @@TinkerSofi Your weekend sounded really productive! Your bridesmaids gifts sound really nice. Don't worry about what your fiance thinks in regards to the gifts. Men generally don't know anything about wedding etiquette or planning. My fiance is mostly disinterested in stuff. He doesn't understand why I'm doing any sort of planning here. I feel like they just think weddings happen without any sort of work. I also need a garter too lol. I also want to go cheap with the garter as well. I'm sure your dress fitting will go well =) I can't believe you're at the 3 month mark already, so exciting!

@@TinkerSofi Thanks for the support hun =) @@calgarybride2015 I would really appreciate that hun! I'll PM you with my e-mail address.

@@kcole123 Thanks so much hun! I loved reading your thread! I went over on some things as well lol. I just couldn't help myself, there are some really great find out there. @@TinkerSofi Thanks hun! I'm happy that someone could relate to my situation! During my early planning stages I read a lot of experiences of planning going smoothly and everyone being happy and started to wonder why mine wasn't like that. We're still super happy about getting married it's just that like any journey there are some bumps in the road. I do agree with you though that now that our wedding is so close we don't argue anymore since it's so close. My fiance was the same way! He wanted to make sure that we had stable employment too (which is a good point), but I didn't want to wait forever to get married. I figured that even if we went into a bit of debt it wouldn't be as much debt as a traditional wedding would have put us in. We would be engaged for about 22 months by the time our wedding rolls around. Now we’re Getting Somewhere! After about a month straight of blood, sweat, and tears I had a major breakthrough with planning. I felt that I had chosen the perfect dates that would suit most of our potential guests and two venues that I equally loved. It was relieving to me to be torn between two or three things rather than having every option available to me. I get overwhelmed by choice which is why I avoid going to Starbucks lol! After calling a wedding meeting with Dan we decided that having a September wedding would be best (we really wanted an October wedding, but the Thanksgiving long weekend kind of messed things up). Being that it's hurricane season we figured rates would be cheaper, it's in the beginning of the school year (so people in school wouldn't be missing that much if they wanted to come), it’s not in the winter (my step-dad can’t get time off in the winter), and it’s not in the summer (Dan’s mom can’t get time off during summer). We picked the week of September 19th – September 26th. In terms of venue we were torn between the Iberostar Laguna Azul and the Iberostar Varadero. We loved the Spa Terrace for our ceremony and the overall layout for the Iberostar Laguna Azul, but the reviews were hit and miss. The Iberostar Varadero had consistently good reviews and was more intimate, but didn’t have anything like the spa terrace. It was important to us that our guests be comfortable and happy at our venue especially since they are paying quite a bit to come. It was a tough decision, but Dan convinced me that we should go with Iberostar Varadero. Picking the date and resort in my opinion has been the most stressful part of the whole planning process. I literally cried and stressed over this decision. At the end of August we decided that we needed to get quotes and book our wedding soon. I really wanted to book with a TA that I met on this forum, but Dan wanted to book with a local agent from a large company because he felt more comfortable going in to see that person and knowing they were from a corporation. They also had the best quote for Air Transat (we’re not Sunwing fans). We booked with Marlin Travel inside Wal-Mart in Mississauga. We were quoted $1,375.00, and were told that we had a one time price drop. All of our guests are leaving from Toronto. As a side note, a lot of people complained about our quote being $1,375.00, but I feel that's a pretty good price. I have heard that the quotes in Eastern Canada are much higher. I'm not sure about Western Canada though. Our trip ended up going down to $1,145.00, which is AMAZING and makes me so happy! Since we've used our price drop this is now the final price. Our Vision: Even though the logistics of our wedding has changed quite a few time, one thing stayed constant. We both wanted a simple wedding in Cuba with our closest family and friends. We’re very low-key people so we didn’t want anything huge or fancy. We’re having a symbolic ceremony on the beach and a simple dinner shortly after. We’re not party people so we’re not having an after party or anything. We also can’t wait to spend time in paradise with our family and friends! I also didn’t want a lot of the traditions that come along with a wedding. I didn’t want a bridal shower because I didn’t have the money or time to plan one. I also didn’t want to burden anyone with that responsibility. I didn’t want to have a registry because Dan and I already live together and don’t need anything. Also, our friends and family are paying a lot of money to come to our wedding, so we didn’t want anything else from them. The one tradition that I do want is a Bachelorette party I’m hoping the do it the weekend before we leave, but I’m not sure if that’s too close to us leaving. I just want to go to the club with the girls and dance our little hearts out.

So happy that you have a date for your legal wedding. It's so awesome that you made your own invites. I love both your dresses! If they don't fit properly you can always take them to a seamstress to be altered. I bought my dress second hand and that's what I'm going to do as my dress needs to be altered. I love your shoe story! That was so sweet that she bought the shoes and sent them with her FI to give them to you. I love that we're a community here on this forum. Haha I'd probably do the same too, but mine is 30 min drive away.

Oh NO! I hope everything gets worked out! I had issues with billing and rooms and stuff. My TA put people together in rooms that shouldn't be together in rooms and I had to plead with him to change it. I understand that it's only for billing purposes that he put certain people together, but those people made it into a big deal. I know my situation is not like yours, but I definitely can understand how stressed you are. Keep us updated! I thought the same thing to the point where I actually started looking up the requirements to become one! The only regret I have is not using a TA that was a previous destination bride. I feel like that would make a big difference. We went with Marlin Travel in Mississauga so that we could meet with him face to face (which we've only done like twice).

@@calgarybride2015 Aww thanks hun! Great minds think alike @ Thanks hun! It's taken me a long time to learn that sometimes I need to take risks in life. @@Wafflesmom Thanks hun! It is so funny that something that sounds so insignificant can change your life so much! And you're welcome for the budget. When I started planning I had a hard time finding something with a break down of costs. My fiance said that if we can have a wedding for less than 15k then we can get married in 2015 if not we would have had to wait a lot longer.

Early Planning Stages: Early on in our planning (my planning) we looked into having a traditional ceremony at home, but after looking into what our vision would cost we realized that it just wouldn’t work financially. We were aiming for a 2015 or 2016 wedding and didn’t want to wait any longer. We didn’t want to go into debt over the wedding and the cost was astronomical for just one day! I was a little upset at first because I really had my heart set on a traditional wedding at an historical mansion with Plum being my colour. Dan actually came up with the idea of a Destination Wedding. He brought up the memory of the Destination wedding we had seen in Cuba. After doing some researched we felt that it was absolutely what we wanted and we knew that we just had to be married at the Melia Cayo Santa Maria in Cuba. At the beginning of 2014 we had a huge fight over our wedding. I really wanted to go ahead with May, 2015, but Dan thought that we should postpone it until we know what’s going on with our current situation (we were both students at the time and in retrospect he was totally right). I was crushed because I wanted to be married sooner rather than later (I’m impatient =p). In 2014, Dan changed careers and is now in IT and I graduated from Humber and got my first full-time job as a Law Clerk. In July 2014, Dan’s sister’s friend was getting married at the same resort we were planning on getting married at. She had been to the resort many times before, but never for a wedding. Since she was in the wedding she told us that she would give us a review and we decided to wait until we heard her review before booking. We had also been to the resort in April 2013. Her review was not good! And she’s not a picky person. Aside from the sweltering July heat the resort had promised the newlyweds upgrades and perks that it never delivered on! The overall resort had declined since we went a year ago and the staff was apparently not nearly as nice. And all of the guests complained mercilessly to the bride leaving her stressed out the whole week! This is NOT what a bride-to-be wants! We were crushed upon hearing her review. We really had our hearts set on Melia Cayo Santa Maria. Not only did we have to choose another date, we also had to choose another venue AND we didn’t have the budget or the time to do a site visit! Show Me the Money: Before we booked we wanted to know what our perfect day would cost. I know that some people may not be comfortable disclosing that information, but I’m definitely the opposite! Aside from marrying my best friend I also wanted to show people that you CAN have an amazing wedding on a budget. I asked on this forum and social media for a guideline or example of how to put together a budget for your wedding, but I wasn’t able to find what I was looking for specifically, so I created one! I researched the approximate cost of what I wanted then totaled it up to get what my dream wedding would cost me. I ended up slashing the approximate cost in some areas and being extra generous in others. I’ve never planned a wedding or done a budget before so I hope that someone out there finds what I’ve done helpful. I was pleasantly surprised to find what my dream day would cost me. In December 2014, I ended up leaving my job and since we had already booked our wedding and everyone’s deposit was already put down cancelling was not an option for us. We had also worked and saved money for our wedding since we got engaged, so we should have enough. I have also tried to cut costs where I can. For example, having a semi-private dinner for free instead of a private dinner at 35CUC/pp. I Hope my budget document is helpful, let me know if you have any questions. @@vancouverpetunia Thanks hun! It's been a long journey. I can't wait to start reading yours. WeddingBudget.docx

I can’t tell you how thrilled I am to be sharing this with you! I love reading planning threads and I’ve been looking forward to this moment since I found this website almost 2 years ago. I wasn’t sure when to start my planning thread, but now that my planning has gained major momentum now seems as good a time as any. Just a warning my planning thread will be long =p I have been engaged for a while and my wedding vision has changed during that time. It’s been a bumpy ride getting to where I am in my planning today and I want to share it all with you. I hope that you enjoy reading my planning thread as much as I enjoy reading yours. I suppose I should start from the very beginning… How We Met: Dan and I met in September 2012 during a Networking event hosted by Mississauga Rotaract; this is not our typical scene at all. During this time I was going through some major changes. I had recently lost my grandmother whom I was very close to, I just graduated from York University, I left my dead-end receptionist job to go to back to College, and I was in the best shape I had ever been in, in my entire life. I was happy being single and just enjoying life and trying to embrace all of my life changes. My brother’s friend was always trying to make us go to his Rotaract events and my brother had asked me to go with him. It was a Wednesday evening and I figured I had nothing to lose since I wasn’t doing anything anyways so I went and never regretted it. Dan was going through a really rough patch in his life and his friends pretty much forced him to go out and be social even though he really didn’t want to. I arrived late at the event because we couldn’t find parking and immediately noticed him when I walked into the building. I was so attracted to him, he was very tall, blonde, and had the bluest eyes I had ever seen. I knew that I had to talk to him (it’s in my nature to make the first move). During the icebreaker I made it a point to approach him and the rest is history! Instead of moving on to other people we talked the entire time and learned that we had so much in common. At the beginning of the event we all received raffle tickets for a Starbucks gift card. We got so lost in conversation that we forgot to check our numbers when it was announced. At the end of the event we exchanged numbers not knowing where it was going to go. During our relationship neither of us could remember the exact day we met or went on our first date so we arbitrarily picked October 4 as our anniversary date. We both learned that life really begins when you leave your comfort zone. The Defining Moment of Our Relationship Early in 2013, Dan’s family organized a family vacation to Cayo Santa Maria, Cuba and invited me to come with them; even though Dan and I had only been dating for four months. Dan really wanted me to come even though I was hesitant about it. Neither Dan nor I had been on a vacation before, so again we decided to escape our comfort zone and go. We went to the Melia Cayo Santa Maria in mid-April and it was heaven! I would totally recommend it to anyone wanting to go to Cayo Santa Maria, Cuba. I really felt that this is where our relationship really took off. We spent the whole week together and had a great time! We experienced so many firsts and learned so much about each other. I also learned that I LOVE the beach and travelling! One day, while we were on the beach there was a wedding. Being creepers we decided to watch. It was so beautiful and the bride was simply stunning. The whole moment was so perfect. I always thought that I would have a traditional wedding as it is what I dreamed of since I was a little girl. I didn’t understand the concept of a destination wedding or why a bride would even want one. After watching that wedding something like a light switch went off in my mind and I knew that I wanted a beach wedding! After we got back from our vacation Dan surprised me with a sparkling sapphire promise ring. Our Engagement: In August 2013, we began talking about our relationship which we considered very serious. All of a sudden Dan asked me how I would feel if we were to get engaged sooner rather than later. We had already discussed our future and had agreed that we would wait until I was finished school before we would take the next step. I wasn’t expecting him to ask that, but I was thrilled to be engaged sooner than later. We both knew from very early on in our relationship that we would be together. We have the same goals in life and we complement each other well. Personally, I hate surprises and Dan knows this lol. We made a compromise that I can choose the ring as long as Dan gets to completely surprise me with the proposal. I thought that it was fair since I feel I should love the ring that I get to wear for the rest of my life. I e-mailed him a few different styles that I liked. A few weeks later he took me to People’s so that I could try them on and what do you know I actually completely fell in love with the cheapest ring on my list. I would never want to upgrade my ring I LOVE it! I knew that Dan had purchased the ring well before he proposed as I just had a feeling. He really made me sweat it out though. I believe that he bought the ring in August and he didn’t propose until November! I thought he would have proposed on our first anniversary and got all prepared for it and everything. I started to lose hope that it would happen and let my guard down. In late November Dan took me to the Streetsville Santa Claus Parade in Mississauga. I had never been to a Santa Claus Parade before as my family is Muslim. We watched the parade then went to Second cup to get a coffee to warm up as it was a bone-chilling negative 15! We walked to our usual spot overlooking the Credit River when all of a sudden he dropped onto one knee. I can’t remember what exactly was said as I was in shock, but he was so cute even though he had dropped the ring. All I remember was that I cried and could barely speak so I nodded, then a few seconds later said yes! P.S. My display picture was taken right after I said yes.

@@Meandhim I love your story. My condolences to you, your FI, and your family. I'm happy that things worked out for you in the end. Your nan is a very strong woman! I've always wanted to go to Newfoundland and I love people from the East coast everyone I've met from out East is so friendly. I've also has some challenges in my wedding planning as well and had to change my date too. Until now I thought that I was the only bride that didn't have a smooth planning experience.

I love your shoes! I think that the metallic silver will look stunning with your dress. I love the idea of an informal cocktail party! I might just have to steal it. I don't have the budget to pay for a welcome party or excursion (even though I would like that =( ). I also love how casual it is to just have everyone meet up at a bar it sounds like it will be super fun! For your guestbook I actually like design #3. I love the idea that you have for the fans. hmmm I love both pairs. I think I like the pink ones better for your look though since you love pink and I think it will also look great with the jewelry too!

I love that design I think it will look great! Your headband is gorgeous! I also wanted a half-up half-down do, but it's going to be hot in September so I want to put it all up. Did you buy your jewelry already? I love the jewlery that you posted. I thought that dressing for a beach wedding would be self explanatory too, but it wasn't lol. Guys also wanted to wear shorts. I don't really care about what people wear I just don't want them to be in bathing suits LOL. I'm so happy that you were able to get some perks from your resort! I can't wait to see what you end up doing with your bags. So beautiful! I can't wait to see it together with your dress!