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Hi everyone! Newbie here. I've been trying to search for templates for passport invitations. I saw a couple on Etsy but not many options. I was wondering if anybody knew of any other sites that have printable templates for passport invitations? Thanks in advance! -
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After reading some of the forums on here both me and my fiancee are quite discouraged. We want to have a destination wedding with about 10 guest in Mexico or Dominican Rep. We were hoping to keep the budget at about 6k.... Is this even possible in 2017? Anyone with similar experiences? Thanks for your help!
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Hello DW Brides, Just wanted to share some of the things I've been working on. As a party favor I'm doing Tequila shots. I purchased small glass bottles with a cork stopper and mini sombreros. They are sooooo cute! I also bought some tags from Esty that say "Take a shot we tied the knot!" with our names and our wedding date on them. Very affordable and they add a nice touch. Here are pics if you're interested. Happy planning!
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I keep wondering if I am missing something. I may have found the ultimate list though and I thought I would share it. sharemywedding org I bought three different books and a binder to help me organize everything but I felt like I was going in circles. I think this is finally helping me. I do need help with a venue though. Does anybody now of a nice place in the New Orleans area that has something like a ballroom to rent for the ceremony and reception together? I am looking for elegant but not overly obnoxious in price. I figure reaching out for recommendations is the best place to start and they will probably have lists of vendors.
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Would you have a SnapChat filter for your wedding guests during the ceremony? How about at the cocktail hour, and/or at the reception? The pricing is based on SnapChat's algorithm for: - date and number of hours the filter is live. - square footage of the venue in snapchat (google maps). Email: snapsocialfilter@@gmail.com if you were interested in finding out more info. Every filter gets approved by you before it is submitted for review Please contact 407-766-4670 if you have questions.
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Hello everyone! I am a future bride and overwhelmed with the madness and lack of communication with my wedding coordinator in Mexico. I found out a month ago, I cannot hire a makeup artist to do makeup in my room. Any suggestions in the Playa Carmen/Cancun area that's familiar with makeup on black women? Also, trying to decide if having a private dinner on the beach or going off the resort for reception dinner is worth it. My group will be just 12 people. I need any input.
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Hello, I ordered vinyl labels from Davet Designs for my tumblers to give out at our wedding this coming October. She sent me a proof and I okayed it and then she shipped me the labels. What I received and what the proof looked like really differed. The colours were wrong. I asked her if there was a printing issue and she blamed my camera. I had expected her to just reprint them and reship them- I didn't order a custom colour, I ordered the colour from the sample she had on the etsy listing. I sent her two photo's from two cameras. She said she would reprint them to check and then responded with: "k, I reprinted, it is just a muted version of the blue, but I see where you think it appears slightly grey. I don't normally do reprints for color, but if you want to mail them back and pay shipping, I will reprint them in a different color." I told her I didn't want a different colour and asked her if she was able to print in the original colour as promised and she wrote back: "what would you like for me to do? I NEVER reprint because of color and I'm offering a compromise to reprint" I am very disappointed and a little shocked after reading all of the positive reviews on here. I'm just going to use them anyway even though the colours are different than I had hoped since I have already paid for them...
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Hi everyone! This site has been so very helpful with so much of my planning! So thank you! For brides that have traveled to Mexico from the US, has anyone had a problem taking dried eucalyptus? My TA said it could be a problem, but we want to take our decorations to save cost and I really want to utilize eucalyptus in my centerpieces with the sola and silk flowers.
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POST WEDDING DÉCOR SALE – GOLD & BLUSH + FRAMES + LED CANDLES, ETC. *PRICES ARE IN CANADIAN DOLLARS* Buyer pays shipping; also open to GTA drop-off or pick-up J 10 GOLD SEQUIN TABLE RUNNERS - Purchased on ChairCoverFactory.com for $17.40 each ($174.00) o à Please remember this is in Canadian and includes the shipping I paid o à On the site they are called champagne, but by my photos you can see they are the perfect shade of gold (in my opinion!) - Asking $85.00 for all or $50.00 for 5 1 GOLD SEQUIN ROUND TABLECLOTH - Purchased from another BDW bride from ChairCoverFactory.com for $50.00 o à Also champagne in colour (108"); see picture for a better idea. - Asking $35.00 3 BLUSH 8x10 FRAMES - Purchased at HomeSense for $12.99 each ($38.97) - Asking $20.00 for all or $9.00 individually 4 BLUSH 5x7 FRAMES - Purchased at HomeSense for $7.99 each ($31.96) - Asking $16.00 for all or $5.00 individually 4 GOLD 4x6 FRAMES – 2 different designs - Purchased at HomeSense for $7.99 each ($31.96) - Asking $16.00 for all or $5.00 individually 5 GOLD 4x6 FRAMES - Purchased at Dollarama for $1.50 each ($7.50) - Asking $3.00 for all 18 CLEAR VOTIVES - Purchased at Dollar Tree for $0.50 each ($9.00) - Asking $5.00 for all 24 GOLD MERCURY VOTIVES - Purchased at Michaels in a pack of 6 for $14.99 ($59.96) - Asking $30.00 for all or $10.00 per pack of 6 9 GOLD PLACE CARD / PHOTO HOLDERS - Purchased at Michaels in a pack of 9 for $14.99 - Asking $7.50 for pack of 9 1 GOLD 7.5x9 AMPERSAND - Purchased at Michaels for $19.99 - Asking $10.00 2 MERCURY GOLD 4x4 JARS / VASES - Purchased at HomeSense for $5.99 each ($11.98) - Asking $6.00 for both or $4.00 individually 1 MERCURY GOLD 4.5x6.5 BOUQUET VASE - Purchased at HomeSense for $19.99 - Asking $10.00 8 (SPRAY PAINTED) GOLD 3x5.5 MASON JARS - Purchased at Dollar Tree for $1.50 each ($12.00) - Asking $6.00 for all or $1.00 individually 5 WHITE 3x3 LED LIGHTS - Purchased at Dollarama for $2.50 each ($12.50) - Asking $6.00 for all or $1.50 individually 6 WHITE 1.5x1.5 LED LIGHTS - Purchased at Giant Tiger in a pack of 2 for $3.00 ($9.00) - Asking $4.00 for all or $1.00 individually 28 WHITE LED TEALIGHTS - Purchased at Giant Tiger in a pack of 12 for $6.00 ($12.00) - Asking $6.00 for all or $4.00 for half 23 GOLD LED TEALIGHTS - Purchased at HomeSense in a pack of 12 for $6.00 ($12.00) - Asking $6.00 for all or $4.00 for half 1 MERCURY GOLD 3x5.5 MASON JAR - Purchased at Pottery Barn for $19.99 - Asking $5.00 2 PACKAGES OF SILVER HAIR BOBBY PINS WITH RHINESTORES (NOT USED) *1 package = 2 bobby pins, total 4 bobby pins - Purchased at Bitter Sweet for $10.00 each ($20.00) - Asking $5.00 for all *not actual picture but very close 2 GOLD STANDS - Purchased at Dollarama for $1.00 each ($2.00) - Free with purchase PICTURES FROM OUR WEDDING TO GIVE YOU A BETTER IDEA... -
Hi Everyone! I am totally new here and am excited to see if this site, the vendors, and all you awesome brides out there can help me out! My Fiance is seriously the prince charming I always dreamed of finding as a kid, he and I met and it was love at first sight. He quickly became my best friend, and now we are planning our happily every after! The only catch? I am having to plan the wedding and I am pretty much horrible at this so far. I usually love coordinating events, and planning parties, yeah this is nothing like that and I am soooooo stressed out! First off, how we met... [We both were seeing other people, both of us had been dating our ex's for about three years at the time.] I'll never forget the date June 5th, 2012. I woke up very nervous as I was starting a new job. I had finally got the call I was praying for the previous Friday, to start Tuesday in a new industry and to shed the waitress apron! to finally work towards my career! yaaay!! So I put on my little suit jacket, and hit the road with a new found confidence. I started work early so I could get the paper work out of the way and my new manager gave me the tour of the company. It was then that he had introduced me to my future husband. I remember it like it was yesterday and I hope the memory will stay with me forever; he was there strong build, dark hair, tan from the summer, and sitting at his desk doing his work. His hazel eyes looked so dreamy and complemented by his light green shirt. He stood up to come shake my hand and introduce himself and my knees went weak. (I know cheesy right?) He gave looked at me and gave me a side smile that made my heart just jump into my throat. we just locked eyes and he forgot to introduce himself so the manager said this is Dave, Dave meet Gianna and I swear I couldn't talk to save my life. I felt my face flush and get red and I just smiled and said hi. He played it smooth and as the manager and I walked away I was filled with so much happiness it was indescribable. fast forward a few weeks and started to talk to each other like normal people but were still very nervous around each other. Each of us having bf/gf that lived with us we just wanted this to be a friendship. It wasn't until he started saying that his gf was mean and almost abusive to him, that I opened up and let him know my home life was not so great either. My ex had actually started to abuse me, but as a child of abuse I thought I deserved it -- that it was ok to be held up by my throat against the wall and screamed at because I did something to make him mad--I've grown to know that no one deserves that treatment and have grown as a person. When things got bad at home for the both of us we would call each other and just talk out our frustrations. Then he realized he just didn't love the person he was with. He said so many times before that he never felt like he was in love. I had a particularly bad night with my bf and I called him crying saying how I was just beaten because I broke a jug of milk and I had had it, I wanted out of this relationship but had nowhere to go. He told me he broke up with his girlfriend and had been living at his brothers for a few days now. He came and picked me up that night and we never looked back on our old lives. He took me downtown (Chicago) to the Bean at around 1 am and asked me out in the park as a security guard tried to tell us to bugger off. we spent the night laughing and walking the streets finding secret places that I still have never found again to this very day. We watched the sunrise on lake Michigan by navy pier and just held each other. I felt like I was in a dream, that a real life fantasy was happening to me. I was in love with this man and he truly loved me in return. We had been dating four years when he finally asked me to be his wife. The Proposal....We were on vacation in Florida at his parent's beach house. We had been there since Saturday, the day was barely started yet but it was the following Friday. I had a slight idea that he might use this vacation to propose but then discredited it because we were this far in already. We were asleep in bed and he turned to me and gently shook me awake. He looked at me like a kid at Christmas and said honey get up, I wanna wake up and see the sunrise with you. Me being on vacation and loving the fact that I could sleep in replied, "that's ok honey I like my sleep" and rolled over. He laughed and said get ready and we'll go down [to the water] to hunt for sand dollars before all the old people nab em. I laughed and said alright. Since I was thinking I was only hunting for sand dollars I put my hair in a messy bun and threw on my new hoodie he had just bought me last night and grabbed a sandcastle bucket. (No makeup, no cute dress, definitely not how I thought I would have looked when he proposed to me!) So we walk down the boardwalk from our house to the beach and we see a little armadillo on the putting green of the golf course. Dave had been coming here since he was a kid and he had never seen one before. So we took pictures and went on our way. Once we were on the sand he and I started to walk alone to find the best shells and sand dollars. We got to be a few feet away from one another and he started to cry out, "sweetheart come here, come look what I found!!" I turned around and saw him bending over looking at the sand. Thinking he found some cool starfish or a crab or something, I came running up the beach back to him. "What is it babe?" I said and then he gave me that side smile that melted my heart from day one. He pulled a little brown leather box from his pocket and got down on one knee. The sun started to just break over the horizon and the sunrise was so bright red and beautiful. His eyes sparkling reflecting the ocean waves that were rolling in right next to us. He said, "I talked with your father and he gave me his blessing, Gianna ..... [my full name i don't want to put online] I have loved you since the very day I met you. You are my best friend, my partner, and now I want to ask you....Will you marry me? .....I swear to God I could not breathe.... I cried the happiest tears of my life, I hugged him and put on the gorgeous ring he slipped on to my finger and kissed him so hard we both fell over and just hugged and kissed passionately in the sand for a while. No one was around so it was very beautiful. (see what I mean, prince charming IRL!) Ok so flash forward to three months of amazing engagement bliss...and now the stress and reality of planning this wedding is slapping me in the face. Turns out that just about everyone I know at my work got engaged too, oh and they all got engaged a week or so after I did, and they have everything planned already, and are just sitting back enjoying things. Me on the other hand. I am tearing my eyes and hair out trying to find something in budget, awesome, and in Maui or an all inclusive destination venue. I know, what you are thinking, well temper your expectations and just get married back home... Well to be honest it is more of a savings to do it there and have a small wedding then the cost of one in Chicago. Oh, and I probably didn't mention. We moved to Oregon two years ago and all of our family is in IL still so they/us will have to travel anyway to be together on our wedding day. Might as well have it where we would like, on the beach just like our engagement?! Wedding stuff: Budget, our max budget is 7000 for ceremony, reception, food, bev costs. at the most we are thinking 60 people and at the fewest 25. We don't mind getting married on a knoll since we would like to have chairs for our guests to watch the ceremony and the law doesn't allow for chairs in the sand, but we need to be able to see the ocean and have a stunning view. The reception; we would like to have an open bar, Dave also works in the wine industry so we could potentially have a good hook up to bring our own if the venue allows it. I have called multiple wedding coordinators for assistance and I have been referred to Gannon's and Mulligans so far. Gannon's seams pretty and we put a date on hold but they only allow dancing for one hour!!! Two hours at the max but the second hour is an additionally $500! YIKES! Mulligan's on the blue is pretty and allows for live entertainment and dancing into the night, but is not on the beach --at least from what I can tell in the pictures so correct me if I am wrong! The price per person for food looks to be in the 40 per person or less range and the 12 or less per person for drinks. If anyone has other suggestions please, please, please send info my way! Thank you so much to anyone willing to read my story and even more so anyone willing to help a girl out! Best to you and yours! Gianna- 2 replies
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The hashtag -- it's the modern day way of putting a stamp on your wedding and collecting all those photos that will make their way onto social media throughout your Wedding experience. Last weekend I photographed a destination wedding for a couple who hosted a lavish Las Vegas wedding and their hashtag was #epicloveparty -- it was a brilliant way to brand their wedding and all their guests totally bought into the hashtag process. The morning after their wedding, I sat in bed and sifted through so many fun images on Facebook and Instagram based on their hashtag. And now the couple says they're working on their #epiclovestory -- seriously though, how cute is that? Do you love this idea and want to create your own epic hashtag? Wedding Wire has an awesome hashtag generator to help you craft the perfect hashtag. The Knot also offers these great tips to consider before creating your hashtag (to read about these tips in more depth, click here): Step 1. Start with your names. Step 2. Use numbers for a simple way to set your hashtag apart. Step 3. Get punny. Step 4. Avoid easy misspellings. Step 5. Capitalize the first letter of each word. Step 6. Check the hashtag. Step 7. Spread the word. Step 8. Don't overthink it. - - - About me: I am a former BDW Bride AKA as MarieSam and was addicted to this forum as I planned my own wedding in 2009. Since 2010, I have been the proud owner of MarieSam Sanchez Photography -- a husband and wife photography team based in Southern California and documenting love all over the world. -
Misc Wedding Items for Sale! Would hate to see any of these items go to waste. Located in the Etobicoke/Mississauga area, could also arrange for a pick-up near the Eaton Centre downtown Toronto. Used once for our wedding - washed, about 5" tall - $5 Purchased and didn't arrive in time for wedding - about 5 1/4" tall - $5 Bouquets used for centrepieces, 4 available, $5 each. 5 available - $3 each Never used, opened to look at games inside - $3 Never used - $4 Never used, still in box - $10 Never worn, misc sizes, 4 pairs - $5/pair Never read/opened - might be a good laugh for a groom-to-be - $5 Never used - $5 $2 for set, only used the palm tree stamp. Royal Doulton Cake Topper, never used, still in box -$70 Bouquet charm, fits Pandora bracelets - $10 Lastly, my beautiful dress... Tons of Photos in album: Size 10. Not yet cleaned, no alterations done except a corset added to the back which will allow this dress to fit smaller/larger if needed. Please msg if interested,
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I feel like there's stuff I'm leaving out. For our March 2017 wedding: Dress is bought, still looking for a seamstress, but I can't start on alterations until December/January Shoes are bought. Make Up and Hair - Resort spa, but they aren't taking appointments yet that far ahead. Accessories - Still working on jewelry, veil, etc. His clothes and shoes have not been bought yet, but he's only doing khakis and white linen shirt. The venue will covering the caterering, linens, etc as well as flowers FI is in discussions with DJ (booked for reception, but FI wants him for ceremony also) Photographer is booked Invitations - have been decided on, but have to be printed and assembled. Cake topper bought. Officiant, booked. Can't do OOT bags until we know who's coming. Same with our escort cards (having very non traditional ones). Passports are in order. Documents are in order. Flights haven't been booked yet, but FI has to be approved for this time off first. What am I forgetting? What else do I need to do? Everyone keeps telling me I'm WAY ahead of what I need to do, but I don't feel that way.
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Hi Ladies, As I was doing some spring cleaning I found a good amount of items that would be useful to someone planning a beach wedding. Message me if you're interested! Please send me your zip code to estimate shipping. 1. 21 orange Lanyard for badge id's (long enough to go around your neck) $15 2. 50 clear plastic badge Id holders $10 3. 2 packs of ivory cardstock paper. We used them to make the program fans $15 4. Unused Chalkboard paint $7 5. 35 wooden paddle handles (curvy) $5 6. If you purchase all of the items above in one purchase, I will throw in some clear gift bags (approx 20) we used for our 'first aid kits'. Happy Shopping!
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I'm leaving for my wedding at Secrets Wild Orchid in MoBay in 2 days and have finally finished my bouquet, my FH's boutonniere and my grandmothers corsage. I would have loved to have real flowers but I wanted peonies in different shades of coral for my bouquet and as many of you know the prices are crazy expensive (quotes I received were in the $600 range just for my bouquet!) to me that is just too expensive for flowers I can't bring home through customs to have as a keepsake so I ended up making my own using a mx of real touch and silks. I did have some dusty miller in my bouquet to match the boutonniere and corsage but ended up taking it out at the last minute as the bouquet was starting to look too busy. I purchased the flowers from Michaels and various sellers on Etsy. If anyone is interested in specific flowers from my bouquet send me a message and I'll tell you where I bought them. All though my bouquet didn't turn out how I originally envisioned overall I'm pleased with the final result but worried that they might look fake in the pictures. Would love to get some feedback from you ladies. Do they look too fake? Is there anything you would do differently?
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This site has inspired me to branch out and try some diy projects. I already ordered Save The Dates and couldn't believe how expensive they were! I would love to attempt boarding pass invitations, passport agendas for welcome bags or even the wedding program fans. I have never been crafty so I need advice on where to start. I have found some free templates but I need some suggestions on brands or resources that would be best for a beginner. Please help! -
have any of you done most of your wedding decor DIY? has anyone traveled with lots of decor? I am trying to do as much of the decor myself as I can but would love any thoughts from someone who might have done this themselves! Wedding is 2.5 months away and im freakkkkkking out!!!!
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Even since I got engaged this past January I've been playing around with different ideas for my invitations. After many hours I finally came up with a design that met my vision. I decided to go with a pocket style invitation and use an embossing technique for the images. I probably invested close to 75 hours into my invitations but most of that time was because I kept changing my mind . Once I committed to a design I would say the whole process from designing the layouts in Photoshop to putting the last postage stamp on the outer envelope took me 7 hours to make 25 invitations. For those of you interested in my fonts, I downloaded them for free from http://1001freefonts.com. I used: Last names on invite & headings for inserts: Castellar First names on invites and other "scrolly" text on the RSVP card: Edwardian Script ITC Most test on invite & inserts: Champagne & Limousines After I worked out my wording for the invite and inserts I started by designing an image of sea coral in Photoshop then converted it to a vector using Illustrator. The original image was used for my invitations. I then cropped a section of the original image and saved it in a separate vector file for the inserts, rsvp, and, "one love" square on the outside of the pocket. Once the images were ready I contacted Dominion Stamps & Engraving (based out of Calgary, Alberta) http://www.dominionstamps.com and had them turn my custom images into 2 rubber stamps. I must say this company is fantastic to deal with and I highly recommend them. From the time I first contacted them to the time I received my stamps was less than 5 days and I live on the other side of Canada! I decided to cheat a little in the DIY process and ordered my paper and pockets from Cards and Pockets http://www.cardsandpockets.com . Again they were fantastic to deal with. Pocket invitations and outer envelope: Imperial Blue Inner envelope and invitation/rsvp/inserts: Snow white RSVP envelope and invitation mat: Turquoise With my invitations and enclosures all printed I was ready to start adding my custom images. I purchased my ink pads and embossing powder from Michael's. I used the Brilliance line of pigment ink in Rocket Red Gold color and Recollections embossing powder in clear. For the back of the RSVP envelope I used a heart stamp I found the clearance bin at Micheal's with ColorBox pigment ink in Robin's Egg and the same clear embossing powder used for my other images. It took a bit of practice to get the exact positioning of my images down but once I did my FI and I were off the races with our embossing assembly line (me stamping and dusting with embossing powder, him "cooking" the embossing powder with the heat gun). The embossing process is dead easy, even for amateur DIYers out there. The attached pics are of the end result. I'm happy with how they turned out but as a tip to other budget conscience Canadian brides, make a mock-up of your final product and take it to the post office. Because of my inserts and jute ribbon on the outside of the pocket (purchased from Michael's) my invitations were overweight and oversized so I ended up having to spend about $60 on postage stamps
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I'm happy to share what I did with our invitations. My mom helped us design them on photoshop and I sent them to Staples to print (40 of them for about $15). I printed the envelopes at home and then embossed them using an embossing machine. I got most the supplies from Michael's with 40% off coupons except for the embossing pattern or folder, the scoring board and the ribbon. I got those from wal-mart. My mom had the embossing machine so I didn't have to buy it. They don't look 100% professional but I'm pretty happy with how they turned out. I'm sorry about the super large picture, I tried to resize but it didn't let me post the smaller one for some reason.- 19 replies
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Here is my finished project template! we are only inviting about 30 guests to join us to Thailand. since 250 sheets of card stock would have been a waste, the girl at Staple's Copy & Print suggested that I purchase them by the sheet. She only charged me the price of a black and white print, one sided. I only spent $7.00!! Next is the sleeves and envelopes.... not sure what colors I want them yet. I ordered little elephant charms off of ETSY too! Please let me know if any of you have any suggestions? Boarding Pass Front and Back.pub -
After several months and going through way to many resorts we have FINALLY decided, booked, down payments made, rooms blocked, etc at NOW sapphire riviera cancun for our wedding March 12, 2016!!!! I would love ANY tips and recommendations for this resort or any general tips that you wish someone would have told you! We are getting ready to send out invites even though the people who we really wanted/actually will attend already have all the wedding info. Do you have any recommendations for invites? we are NOT having an at home reception! any DJ recommendations? what did you DIY for your wedding and are you glad you did? How did you save money? did you do guests bags? what were in them? did you do any "group" activities with all your guests as a welcome type thing to get everyone excited/to loosen up? -
"Give me a minute, I'm good. Give me an hour, I'm great. Give me six months, I'm unbeatable." - Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith (A-Team 2010) A-Team is one of my favourite movies. The movie resonates closely with my love for planning things and when an plan comes together. I wouldn't say I'm unbeatable, but I can say I'm relentless. I don't expect anyone will read this thread, rather it serves as my "memoir". My wedding is going to happen exactly 8 months from now so I think it is about time that I start talking about it. Concept: The Wedding Ok, background: My fiance and I were both born in Hong Kong and immigrated to Vancouver, Canada when we were around 9. We went to summer camp together ( although we can't remember each other, our mutual friend swear we were both in the camp) that year. We went to the same high school and became a couple by Grade 12. Marriage in my opinion is nothing more than a legal/religious documentation. Couples can get married and divorce faster than a meal (Britney Spears anyone?). What is more important should be how a couple can have a lasting and loving relationship for years onward. Anyways, I am not the one seeking out a wedding since a) Marriage is over-rated (see above) and it is waaaay too expensive for me and I rather put the money in travelling or in my home than blow it all in one day. People say to me, "Weddings doesn't have to be expensive." To which I say, yes, it doesn't have to be expensive if you have it in a park and invite close friends and family and then cook a home meal. However, this goes back to a) and I don't see a point of why we need further announcement to my close friends and family when we have been together for the PAST 10 YEARS (now 14). Then there are people who tells me that they get a lot of gifts from family and friends so their weddings weren't that expensive. Well, first of all, neither of us have a large family so we don't expect a large return. Second, planning a wedding with an expectation of a return is a terrible way to celebrate love, and even worse to budget. All this changed when the love of my life, Arthur, really, really wants a wedding. I tried to reason with him ("Let's just take some wedding pictures and go for honeymoon!"). We debated, debated, and then debated some more. I finally cave and we reached a decision to have a destination wedding as long as we can combine travel and wedding at the same time I'm happy; and as long as Arthur's parents can make it to the wedding then Arthur is happy. We (more like I) started to gather information about where to have our wedding. The Vision: The Destination Arthur and I have never been to Mexico before. We badly wanted to visit the Carribean side of Mexico so we started looking at Cancun and Riviera Maya. We leaned towards Riviera Maya since we heard that Cancun is a party central and very busy. Riviera Maya is busy, but not as crazy as Cancun. So, where in Riviera Maya? We started walking in and talking to different travel agents. Things that we found out and started to consider: 1) Most (if not all) international flights arrive and depart at the Cancun airport. So the further south from Cancun, the longer the shuttle to the resort. 2) We want nightlife and activities nearby. 3) The resort's beach cannot be rocky. 4) We wanted direct flights for the group because we don't want the hassle of delayed flights. 5) The cheapest way to travel from Vancouver to Mexico's east coast is via package deals (try separating them and it will cost you an arm and leg). There are only 3 airlines that travel directly to Riviera Maya: Sunwing, Westjet and Air Transat. 6) We want a resort that we can stay in one and play in many. 7) Below $1,700 after all taxes and fees per person. We don't think anyone will be able to afford it past that amount. 8) Good reviews from BestDestinationWedding, Expedia, TripAdvisor, Oyster, etc. Let me tell ya, #7 is pretty hard to achieve especially when you combine all 8 criteria and we are travelling from Vancouver! I started getting worried since brides on the BestDestinationWedding website (most of the brides are from US) are reserving their wedding 1.5 to 2 years ahead! How do they do it when airlines don't have their tickets out yet?? Well, US brides can book the ceremony and reception prior to booking the flights. Further-worse, Vancouver brides (as opposed to Toronto) brides have even less airline options that are much pricier! Getting pricing from travel agencies 1.5 to 2 years ahead are like pulling teeth! Makes it so hard to plan when and where to go! One agent told us to be patient and calm down and she will get us the pricing when she can. The Decision: Riu Palace Riviera Maya One of the independent travel agents suggested June or July or October or November, 2014 because those months were considered lower seasons. We asked the agent to provide us quotes for resorts around that time of the year. The prices were atronomical and it seemed like our wedding plans won't fly (pun intended) at all. Other travel agents tell us they can't get pricing for us until 11 months prior to the travel date so they can't give us quotes for November, 2014. I'm not super smart, but what I have is that I'm relentless. Time to put matters in my own hands. Once we narrow down to 5 different resorts that are within our criteria, I emailed Sunwing for October or November. We know that Westjet is nice but cost more and AirTransat asks you to talk to their rather useless affiliated travel agents, so we directed most of our attention to Sunwing. (Note 1: We - yes, we plan together - I am a firm believer that the man should be involved and as much as possible with everything in our relationship. A wedding is a union of TWO PEOPLE, not a fairy tale that one person insists on the other. Note 2: Sunwing was the only airline out of the 3 that has package deals for the Riu chain) We started emailing travel agents and Sunwing in the spring of 2013. You may think that's like two years to plan for a wedding, but like anything in life, planning MAKES THINGS RUN MORE SMOOTHLY. I love how people call for appointments last minute and thinks that the store will have a time for them either after work hours or during the weekends. We kept in touch with Sunwing and around fall, 2013 they said they are having a promotion on Riu Palace Riviera Maya and gave us a quote. We went back on our criteria list: 1) How far from Cancun? Not bad, 45 mins. 2) Nightlife and activities nearby? Playa del Carmen is 5 mins taxi ride away. Cozumel is a ferry ride away. 3) The resort's beach? No rocks 4) Direct flights? According to Sunwing, yes. 6) A resort that we can stay in one and play in many? Yes, 5 other resorts nearby. 7) Below $1,700 after all taxes and fees per person? Yes. 8) Good reviews from BestDestinationWedding, Expedia, TripAdvisor, Oyster, etc? Not the best, but pretty darn good for the price. The other contender that we were looking at was Barcelo Maya Palace Deluxe. That resort was looks prettier, but it costs more (It's like $400 per person more!), has a rocky beach, and there's not as many things to do around that area. At the end, we decided for the sake of our and other guests' wallet, we went with Riu Palace Riviera Maya (RPRM). We didn't go with Riu Palace Mexico (RPM) nearby because they recently renovated and has that hot purple and pink, with silver and black color scheme and we just don't think it will look pretty in our pictures. RPRM has one more bar and has that colonial feel to the decor which we hope we can capture in our pictures. The Planning: I Love It When a Plan Comes Together! I have to give tremendous amount of credit to the brides that contributed on the BestDestinationWedding.com's forum to make this wedding a reality. I don't think my wedding will be as awesome as I can make it without other brides' contribution. Color scheme: This was a toughie. I don't like the cliched starfishes, seashells, aqua, hot pink or orange colors that I have seen in other destination weddings. Maybe it is because it is too girly and too fairytale-like? Anyways, I literally searched for pictures day in and day out of other options that catches my eye. It took me months before I finally narrow down something that matched my criteria. Invitation: We wanted to make the invitation as small and cheap as possible because we find most Chinese people do not read invitation cards. We decided to have a plane ticket per guest as our invitation for the destination wedding and included most of the pricing and details on our website to reduce waste. We wanted to make the airline ticket as authentic as possible so we made our own airlines. We used black and white tickets because it resembles a real plane ticket and it is also one of our wedding colors. I downloaded the template from the forum, but made my own on Publisher. Why? Because Powerpoint is meant for making presentations and Publisher is meant for publishing documents! Our printer was not happy these days so we thought we may have to bite the bullet and go to a print shop to do this. Fortunately, our building manager has a print shop and he was super nice enough to print and cut our invites for free. Website: We made our website and video at the same time as our invitation. Other married couple that we knew had other people make their wedding websites for them or pay for a service online to make it. I don't know anyone that can help me make one and I don't want to pay so I researched extensively to see if there's a WYSIWYG website maker. After some research I found that Wix should do the trick for a free and easy to make website. I conceptualize how I wanted the website to look like with Arthur and tell him to run along with the project. Every now and then I review how the website is doing, give him a few more pointers and tell him to run along again. At the end, he did a good job. As usual, I still have to spend time on editing the wording though. If you want to see the video, you can check it out here. Video: I had a concept of having some sort of intro to my website to make it have more pizzazz. Initially I was thinking of making a video with the whole song, but we don't think anyone really wants to watch it and we don't want to bore them so we decided to make just a 1 min clip. Filming took about 3 hours because we went back home to eat and watch some TV (so the filming was about 1 hour max). The dancing was just something I whipped up, but had to be super simple for Arthur to follow. I guess people really liked it because last time I checked there were 300 views. WHICH MEANS THEY SEE OUR WEBSITE, BUT JUST DIDN'T BOTHER TO READ THE DETAILS OR USE THE RSVP! See? What do I tell ya? Don't waste money on things that nobody cares about. They ended up emailing or calling you anyways. That was the end of the beginning of our wedding planning. I'm almost done with our passport. Will post later. XOXO, Elsa
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