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For those in Canada, I've seen a similar type at Dollarama! Great idea!!

@@jeffandrobyn I know! But we are not actually hiring a dj. The FI is a dj/music producer so he's going to set up a premixed set and one of his close friends is also a dj so he can step in if need be. If we hired an outside DJ, by the time we paid the vendor fee etc etc it probably amounts to the same.

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@ I really like that idea. We will have approx. 30-40 people. it would be nice to keep us in the centre and then this way the bridal party can sit with their partners or guests.

Do you have any pictures??!! That's my colour!

such a beautiful DIY project. Good job

thank you so much for sharing. I mayh have to go this route.

@Kat2015 Omg I love those lantern/flowers centrepieces. I loovveeee them. I haven't actually gotten excited for centrepieces yet...but these are stunning.

So close...hoping to reach 150 today

These are amazing and I am def going to check out Creative Montage on Etsy.

Does it take the romance out of it though? You are still exchanging vows and declaring your commitment in front of your guests and to each other. It's also a celebration of your commitment and I can't imagine how it still wouldn't be special. I'm also torn on the symbolic versus legal wedding...

love those wedges!!!! so prettty

agreed. I'm not looking forward to planning the logistics of this stuff.

Congrats!

I'm so torn about this as well. We are having a beach reception - so I initially thought that the cost for dance floor was ridiculous $1500 but now after reading this I'm thinking that maybe it would be a good idea. I imagine most people would be dancing with flip flops by that point or barefoot. The danceflloor would totally set the tone that we want some dancing though. this might be a game time decision that we will leave up in the air.

Also, in addition to choosing a helpful TA, once you decide on the resort you will be mainly planning your wedding with the wedding coordinator. Keep in mind that planning Destination WEdding is different than a hometown wedding. You will not get responses from your wedding coordinator as quickly as you would prob prefer...this doesn't mean that they won't be getting things done..it just means that they have other weddings that they are dealing with that are happening right now. We have been slowly planning our wedding but I haven't found that a wedding planner is needed. You will prob be able gage that once you start communicating with your WC and actually once you decide on your resort too.

Omg your pictures are so beautiful. Stunning wedding! I noticed your head table was just the bride and groom. How did you sit your wedding party?

This is a fabulous idea. my colours are coral & gold so I could totally customize them!

I know that are tons of threads about having a legal marriage at your DW location and also about having a symbolic wedding. We are getting married in June 2015 and my vision has been to have my BFF who is also a children's pastor marry us. I realize this wouldn't be a legal marriage if she performed it. We would still need to do a city hall wedding. this my sound silly because I'm about to reference a Friends episode...but I wanted to know if there is any way to do a legal marriage performed by your own officiant similar to how Joey married Monica and Joey. (yes, I know I just referenced a fiction situation). Ideally we want to do the legal marriage in Mexico. I would like to see if there is anything we can do to get officiant up to par with the requirements in order to make it legal or if we should just forget this idea. If we do the legal marriage, I believe that it is done by a judge. Would the judge be offended if we had our officiant take over the sermon part. I really don't want someone who doesn't know us to conduct our wedding.

We found them online at aliexpress. The more you buy, the better price you can get. We are just waiting for our final numbers! ; )

We did something really fun for our save the dates! We had an engagement party over the summer and invited all our family and friends. We had about 80 people. We knew that many people who not be able to attend the destination wedding, but it was a fun way to get everyone excited. We hired a photobooth and designed the photo to have 'save the date" printed at the bottom. All guests left with their fun and crazy photos which also doubled as a save the date.

Our deposit due date is coming up and we know the majority of our guests are waiting to book it right at the last minute. We're totally fine with that. We are just so excited to finally know what the numbers are going to look like and really start planning activities based on the common interests of our little group. I wanted to send a thank you note to our guests - basically just thanking them for booking, and joining us on this epic occasion. We have been sending so much communication to our guests, be it a reminder email, save the date, invite, wedding website...I'm starting to feel like it's a lot. So I was trying to think of something a little more creative. I saw some ideas like luggage tags and other practical items and I really liked where those ideas could lead. My FI is a dj/music producer in his "free time" so we thought, "how amazing would it be to make a music podcast for all our guests to get them in the party mood". We found these cute little flipflop usb sticks 2gb. So we'll load them up with a mixed podcast and send them out with a little thank you!

if you join shopbubba.com 's mailing list you get a 20% off coupon!!! @@calgarybride2015 I love your tumblers! So nice! I like that the names aren't on it as well. I think guests would want the memory, but not necessarily with our names plastered on them. lol Or at least that how I feel. lol Are the stickers waterproof? like for real, real????

@@jeffandrobyn You know what, this is your wedding, your celebration, do what feel best for you. If you will have more fun with just your friends then keep your party small. You mentioned that they don't really party anyway so maybe they won't even come. Clearly she doesn't mind her mouth or your feelings, so really why ruin your night. A second marriage most definitely deserves to be celebrated!!

Thank you for the advice. I really promised myself that I wouldn't let these things bother me, and we chose to do a destination wedding to have a more relaxed wedding...but jeez, this has really annoyed me. I'm going to write and email and I will share here once it's complete.