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We're not having one either. We thought about it for a while and I actually looked into venues, but Toronto prices quickly made us decide to go on vacation with the money instead! Ha . What the ladies above say is true. If people want to come to your wedding, they will come to your wedding. I want to focus on our wedding in Mexico, not another reception here at home We did have 2 engagement parties to deal with the pressure - 1 with friends so we could party/celebrate with friends unable to come to the wedding, and another for family and family friends to appease my parents. The family one was pretty big (80 people or so) and we put a lot of our cultural wedding stuff into that one Stay strong and definitely do want you want to! I liked the advice above of telling people you are focussing on your DW!

I like it Kristy! I think white orchids are very classy and I got some for my hair too . I do agree the flower seems a bit large - did the etsy seller provide measurements? Just make sure you are okay with the size of the flower

@@TinkerSofi - My mom has been helping me out a ton too! More than my FI to be honest

That was very nice of you to ask your SIL! I definitely think you should have who you want up there with you - not people just out of politeness. I only asked my 2 best friends to be co-mohs, and one isn't coming now because of pregnancy. Some people are telling me I should "replace" her to "fill in the numbers," but I really don't care much. I'm going to leave it to later to see if I want to ask someone else or not (I alrady have the dresses purchased) Personally I've been a bridesmaid/moh 4 times now, and have dealt with so much drama on the other side. I think that's why I don't ask my bridesmaid much in terms of helping w/ the actual wedding. They had a Bach. for me and they're going to have a shower - other than that, I just want them to show up the day of the wedding. I haven't asked them to spend time helping me assemble oot bags or passports or anything because it'd honestly be not worth the hassle and I'd rather just do it myself then have to listen to complaints/moaning.

Yay pics already!! What a beautiful bride and wedding. I love the pop of colour w/ your bridesmaids' flowers! And thank you for posting the centerpiece pic - gorgeous! I can't wait to see more pics and read your whole review. Now go enjoy yourself the rest of your time in Mexico

Yayy! Congrats! What a great story that you got your dream dress and for such a good price . I'm not sure if you need to preserve it either... I think people usually do that after they wear it? I'd just dry clean it and then put it in a garment bag away

@@calgarybride2015 - I think Vistaprint is fine (planning on using them to print my door hangers and thank you/itinerary cards). I meant not print well because I copied the Cancun pic off the Internet and I was worried it'd print grainy because of low resolution so I just printed them myself I will try the hot water! I have 40 cups to do

@@calgarybride2015 - I thought about it but I was afraid of it not printing well so I just printed them on regular cardstock! 10 to a sheet double sided - worked out fine and it was definitely even cheaper I think than Vistaprint. Cutting paper is SO tedious though. I'm going to do the same for tip/room key inserts - add that to my list Def. not looking forward to taking the labels off - I don't think I'll be able to wrangle my FI into helping either but my mom probably will

Hello ladies A bit of an update from me. We did a pick up in Buffalo and got a whole bunch of decor stuff that I had shipped to a warehouse there! Pretty happy w/ the quality of everything. I also got the Badgley Mischka shoes but they were so horribly uncomfortable so I'm searching still for wedding shoes. Unfortunately my taste skews in the $500+ category so I'm still looking >> Our maracas for our reception, chalkboard to write "Here Comes the Bride" on it for the ring bearers to carry down, our sequined and blush pink tablecloths (love these!), and the silk flowers for chair decoration. Inspiration pic on the right and actual silk flowers on the left. I cheaped out here (the bouquets were super cheap - $6 each or so), but I'm fine w/ the quality for this. The big thing I accomplished is our pre-wedding passport mailers! I wanted to put together a nice package for everyone that booked and to keep the excitement up, so I made passports with info on wedding details, packing tips, welcome parties, and hotel info. Our website has been great, but I know a lot of our older guests will appreciate having the info in their hands to read. I also made a "get pumped" CD (completely inspired by MMK0386 - she has such great stuff!) with some fave. music for guests to get pumped lounging on the beach / drinking by the pool / dancing on the bar, and some personalized luggage tags. I have SO much admiration for the ladies that actually do passport invitations. I only had to make about 25-30 but these took me SO long to do and to get the spacing and formatting perfect. I used the Ayleebits $10 template, and then subbed in a lot of my own things. I also found her suggestions on pages completely off so I rearranged everything to print properly double sided. A lot of ink was wasted but I'm pretty happy with how they turned out. I bought a paper cutter from Staples (not the greatest one - I wish I had spent a bit more for a better one) and printed everything on my dad's printer. I also got a corner rounder but decided to not bother at the end because I got lazy and the thought of punching all of the corners was completely unappealing. I put these in the mailbox yesterday, and I can't wait to see what our guests think of them. Here is the final product: Paper: Paper Circle - Metallic Coral for the covers and Metallic Opal for the CD cases. Envelopes are Metallic Azalea. The inside of the passports I just got the 4.99 white cardstock from Michaels Twine: The Paper Store in Toronto - such a fun store that you can easily spend $50 at. I bought coral twine for our invitations a while ago Address stamp: HairpinPress on Etsy (I love this and so worth it! I've used it on 4 different things so far!) Badge holder: gcishoponline on Ebay Luggage loops: beandaddy-o on Ebay Pink washi tape: Target $1 bin! I've gotten so much good stuff from here Paper cutter: xacto one from Staples - not great. Worth paying a bit more for a better one Paper scorer: Martha stewart from Michael's. Fantastic! Really worth it to have the nice perfect creases I also had my Bachelorette last weekend which was a lot of fun! My 2 best friends/co-maid of honours took me to a nice nail salon to get manis and pedis, then we went to a hotel suite they booked in downtown Toronto for the night (like 10 min from where I live haha. I was tempted to just cab home to my FI at the end of the night but resisted ) . We went to a nice restaurant for dinner and met 11 more friends, then headed back to the hotel room for drinks, cupcakes and all of the cheesy Bachelorette stuff. They had me wear any colour I wanted, and everyone else wore black and we all had fun pins on and some glow bracelets. My girls know me well and knew I would never rock the Bachelorette sash, penises, or do any embarassing stuff out (I don't like undue attention) so it was a nice way of getting all of the cheesy stuff done, but privately. We ended up at a a club with bottle service (Cube for the Toronto ladies). All in all, i had a great girls' night out and was very grateful for everyone to come out in the middle of TIFF and I felt very very loved! Next on my list: - Assembling the hangover kits and OOT bags. I've ordered the waterproof labels from Davet Designs and I need to get the tags off the cups, wash them and put the new labels on. I also made the Oh Shit Kit label and pashmina label modified from templates here - Get my reception/TTD dress ordered and made (I need to get properly measured first) - Order cake topper - Finalize flower order - Finalize decor order with Zuniga for our wedding, welcome party and white rehearsal party - Get wedding shoes so I can finally get my dress altered - Figure out wedding jewellry - Finish getting bridesmaid gifts - Make/get present for my FI Phew - 3 months to go!

Ah Kim, I hope it all works out!! You're definitely allowed to vent. I'm a high school teacher and I've had kids defer or write early for different reasons. If the student/parent is willing to work with the school and teachers now (3 months early!), I don't think it should be a problem.

Happy wedding tomorrow!! I hope you are having an unbelieveable time right now

Ooh I like that sequiny first one! I bought a Lulu's dress too - wanted something cheap and cute. I had my Bach. last weekend and wore this dress in red: http://www.lulus.com/products/lulus-exclusive-all-good-things-strapless-red-dress/137906.html and my girlfriend's wore all black! I refused to wear the sash out (I hate those things haha), but we did all wear pins and some glow stick bracelets. I'll post some pics in my planning thread this weekend

We'll be doing our bride/groom speech and a MOH and Best Man speech for sure. Possibly parent ones as well, but only if they want to. Even though it's a smaller number and a DW, I still wanted to keep certain aspects of a traditional wedding. Also, our best man is hilarious and I know he's going to bring the house down

We went with the coil wrist style too. I'd just never wear a lanyard and didn't think my guests would either. I thought the coil would be easy for people to just stash somewhere easily

Wishing you a speedy recovery! I'll definitely have you in my thoughts and look forward to having you back - planning your own vow renewal I will definitely miss having all of your insightful comments around here! I think you're often the voice of reason

I asked my mom and she preferred a pinned one so I got that. Have you tried asking your mom what she prefers?

I love the hairpiece! Very cute If you love it, I think it's definitely worth the splurge

thanks for the pics! Did you have to pay for your white drapery for your ceremony? My coordinator is trying to make ua pay for it now but I know most other brides got it complimentary

No, if you qualify for free events for 75+ room nights, then you don't have to pay extra for the food/drink above 30. I was confused about that before too. You DO have to pay for an extra chair at the wedding ceremony though. That only includes 30

@@NJBride2014 - Definitely why not! I think it'll be amazing

Beautiful!! Congrats on being officially married Did you get two different dresses? We're doing a church wedding before Mexico too because my FI's family is Catholic. I was thinking about to wear during the ceremony

@@NJBride2014 - What is your reception space like? I know it's not recommended as being necessary for Beach Palace because of the way the Sky Terrace is (where receptions are), but Le Blanc could be completely different I'm sure it'll be an awesome add on either way I'm so excited to see your wedding haha. You leave so soon!

I like the look of the raffia fans, but decided they weren't necessary. I'm going to make program fans with the craft stick handles. I think they will be fairly light to pack and be cheap to make, and I'm going to dress them up with a ribbon I agree most people will know everyone but I still like the idea of formally printing it for some reason . And I'm going to also put a thank you note on it

Oh my I can't believe she deleted you off of facebook! That's completely high school. It's definitely sad that the friendship has come to this point, but it does seem like you are truly better off without her and can focus on all of your bms that are happy to attend your wedding! I'm sorry you have to go through this. She is definitely going to be missing out on an awesome wedding week

@@calgarybride2015 - Noo but thanks for the tip; I'm going to look for her's now! I even thought about DIYing it myself but I'm not artisy/creative at all