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Thanks @@marinah84 Timeline for Day of Wedding ok so this was a little confusing for me to figure out but I hope I have it figured out without too much of a gap in between. So here is the timeline I have figured out for the big day. 11:00 - 1:00 - Hair and makeup. I have having me and my girls hair and makeup done by Krystie Ann. I have heard alot of great reviews and I booked her well in advance. Probably 8 months in advance if not sooner. I didn't want to miss out. The things I knew I wanted I basically booked right away. 2:00 - Ceremony. At first this was a little disappointing for me because I wanted to have a 4:00 time slot. But if you book a wedding at Melia, the only way to have the time slot of 4:00 is if you go with one of the bigger wedding packages. And because mine was the "free" wedding package, I didn't have that option. So I am dealing with it even though it will be blistering hot. As I also stated earlier I will be having my ceremony at the Garden Gazebo. So hopefully the shade will help just a little. 3:00 - 4:00 Cocktail hour. I wasn't sure when to arrange this because I know the ceremony won't take that long. When I was going throught he lists that the resort had sent me you pay for the cocktail hour, of course, by the hour. SO I felt at the time that a 2 hour cocktail hour would be too long, so I just kept it at one hour. 5:00 - 8:00 La Barcaza Wedding Boat for reception. This boat I arranged for a 3 hour boat ride. If you wanted any extra time you could add it on but I figured I would play this one by ear and see how the three hours will go. I am not sure if booking a 5 hour boat ride right now would be smart considering the guests may not want that. So I figured I will wait and I could extend it then. I already asked them this and it would be fine. So if I don't extend the boat, I will be planning for us and our guests to join us at the Disco on the resort to finish off the night. I did the best I could with the timelines. Like I said I was hoping for a later ceremony so that the times would fall into place better but you do what you can with what's given. Not going to stress out about that part.

Flowers For my bouquets I wanted coral and grey incorporated somehow. I wanted to search someone that would do a complete set for me at a low cost. So I actually found someone on Ebay that did the whole set of what I wanted and the cost was just over $200. They are not real to the touch but they look great to me and for the price compared to others I have shopped around for, I couldn't be happier. I think they colours are beautiful as well. Vendors Photography - I did some searching here because I didn't want to settle with the resort photographer. I was reading good but mostly bad reviews on the resort photography. It seems that a lot of people were saying that you pay a lot and don't get a lot in return. So if I was spending the money on photography (which was a big deal to me) then I wanted a lot of pictures. So after some researching and a couple of people on this site too mentioning about HDC photography, I decided they were the best choice. I have looked on their website and I love the way they take pictures. They are amazing at what they do. Their packages are reasonably priced as well. The only downfall is I have to tack on another $1000 for an outside vendor fee. Yup that's what the resort charges. I was upset about this at first but if I had to pay for a photographer back home it would cost me the same if not more. Carribean Celebrations I decided to not actually have a reception on the resort. So therefore I had to find someone that would do the décor at the location. I am not artsty, crafty at all so I won't be making anything for the reception. I would rather pay for it then go through the stress of making it something only for it to turn out horrible and have wasted money. So I have chosen them for my décor. I just want simple mostly. Just table clothes with floral centre pieces and some white lighting. LA BARCAZA WEDDING BOAT Yup this is the thing I am most excited about for sure. Besides marrying my best friend of course. I seen actually on this site that someone had their reception on the La Barcaza and I fell in love with that idea. I wanted something relaxed and that the guests would enjoy off resort. I love this idea so I ran it by Nathan and he also thought it was great. Nathan and I aren't the formal type of people. We wanted relaxed and no pressure for anyone to do speeches or any of that stuff. We just want to get on the boat and have a great time. Their packages were really reasonable as well. They even provide a DJ. Nathan and I are going to bring an Ipod with our own music on there and they can play it for us. They have everything needed for that sort of thing. We had to bring our own music cause you know there has to be some Newfoundland music in the mix. Here are a couple of pictures of what I would like for the decoration on the wedding boat and also what the wedding boat itself will look like. THESE COLORS ON THIS BOAT ARE NOT WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR BUT I WILL SHOW YOU AFTER WHAT I AM HOPING FOR MY DECOR TO LOOK LIKE. The colors are similar to the last one it's just that the table clothes will be a light grey. The Ceremony Decor For the Ceremony Décor I am keeping it very simple. A lot of girls told me who have had their wedding their say that add-ons are basically not needed. They say the resort will add something simple anyway, and because I am having it at the Garden Gazebo, there will be no need for any extra add-ons aka extra expense. So here is what it will pretty much look like with minimal décor.