trayce2222's planning thread**a Zillion Pics and Looong!!**

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It’s now my turn to post my planning thread! I have been on BDW since last August and I have looked forward to seeing all the new planning threads as they’re posted. I think I have borrowed, was inspired or stolen ideas from each one! Thanks to everyone before me for all of the great ideas and templates!!!!

I was going to put this together 2 weeks ago before we left on 4/29 to the Riviera Maya, but all the craziness broke out about the pig poison in Mexico and I got side-tracked….anyway, we got back Thursday night and had the time of our lives (I will be posting my review and pics soon!), so I thought I would get this posted now! I will also post any templates I have in case they can help another bride!!!

Here we go……

 

Rich & I on our first date

 

The evening Rich proposed. He took me to Bob’s Steak & Chops House in a limo. After a great dinner, he got down on bended knee and asked me the best question ever!

 

A couple of our engagement pics:

 

Our engagement party frame that the guests signed:

 

My ring: FI had it custom made and I LOVE LOVE it!

 

Our Save the Date magnets and luggage tags we had made. We sent these out with the STD magnets.

 

 

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Our wedding colors: Tiffany Blue and khaki

 

Our monograms: Made by Sarah -Sproullie Designs

 

Our invitations:

 

My invitation thread:

http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t34766-4

 

We both knew we wanted to get married on the beach from the very beginning. In fact, I had this huge mural painted on one of our walls and every time I walked down the hallway and saw it, I envisioned me walking down the aisle on the sand. When we got home last night and I saw it, I had the biggest smile ever on my face knowing our dream wedding came true!

 

The resort: Azul Sensatori

 

The wedding gazebo:

 

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The ceremony and reception chairs: White Chivary and then we had our WC tie on our sashes we had made like this with a real starfish attached to each one.

 

 

 

 

I hot glued felt on the back of the starfish and the glued a pin to that

 

Sandbrushes: there was one placed in every chair

 

 

Ceremony Programs: hung on the back of each chair

 

 

 

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Sand Ceremony Frame: Purchased online from Sandframes - Home

They did an amazing job and so easy to work with!

 

 

BM dresses: I loved this Bill Levkhoff dress, but they didn’t make it in the color blue I wanted, so….

Bridesmaid Dresses and Formal Dresses by Bill Levkoff in New York

 

I had my seamstress mimic that dress in our colors and I think they turned out fantastic!

 

 

 

BM’s jewelry: purchased from Charming Charlie’s

 

 

Flower Girl Dress: I didn’t take a pic before we left, but here is one of here at the wedding. I loved her dress….It is very similar to mine.

 

FI’s and GMs’ tuxes: FI’s had a white vest and white tie. I had our seamstress make the GM’s ties and pocket hankies to match the BMs dresses….same fabric and everything!

 

 

FI and GM flip flops: ordered from the Buckle

 

My Dress: Maggie Sottero. I love it!!! I bought it from a Boutique in Dallas. I couldn’t save the pic, so here’s the link

 

ASM3143 - by Sottero & Midgley

 

My dress: On me....

 

 

 

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My Flower inspirations pics (once we arrived at the resort, I made a few changes and had them do the flowers in all hot pink and orange….they were beautiful!)

 

 

 

 

My TTD: Purchased from Lightinthebox.com for less than $250! (see my thread about it) http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t39752-2

 

On the model:

 

 

 

On Me: Sorry for the horrible pic!

 

 

Hair and make-up inspiration pics:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*****still coming!****

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My hair flower: Bought at David’s Bridal

 

 

My ceremony flip flops: I ended up not wearing them because I loved my reception shoes so much….I thought, “So what if I fall in the sand!†lol Luckily that didn’t happen!

 

 

My Reception Shoes: Purchased from DB and had them dyed to match the BM dresses. My DIY on the bottoms. I purchased the bling sticker letters from Hobby Lobby

 

 

 

 

My getting ready tank: made by a local shop in Dallas

 

 

 

My Wedding Panties: my mom gave these to me as a gift and they say I DO

 

 

Wedding Jewelry: the earrings were given to me by my MOH.

 

 

The necklace I ended up not wearing. Lol

 

 

 

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The bracelet I fell in love with….

 

 

But at our rehearsal dinner, my dad gave me this bracelet and I wore it instead. He had it made and had a cross that was his mother’s added to it. Our wedding date would’ve been her 95th birthday if she was still living. It means so much to me to have this special piece!

 

 

 

Our wedding rings:

 

 

My garter:

 

 

Centerpiece Inspiration:

 

Table Numbers: For each table, there was a pic of Rich & I at the specific age

 

 

 

Place cards: maracas purchased from OTC

 

 

Wedding Favors: starfish wine stopper for the adults and palm tree cookie cutters for the kids

 

 

 

 

 

 

****Wow....still more coming!****

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Cake Serving Set and Champagne Flutes:

 

 

 

Cake Topper:

 

 

 

 

Menu’s: Printed on my own printer

 

 

Scavenger Hunt Camera’s: Purchased plain white camera’s from the Knot wedding shop for $1.99 each and decorated the with rub-on graphics and rhinestone numbers from Hobby Lobby

 

 

 

 

“Shot at Love†shot glasses: We gave everyone a shot at the Welcome Reception the very first evening. The guests loved them and they were super cheap! Bought the shot glasses at the Dollar Tree and used rhinestone heart stickers from Michael’s

 

 

DIY personalized coasters:

 

 

 

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Pasmina’s for the women:

 

 

 

Guest Book Alternative: Guest Book Quilt……instead of the traditional guest book, my mom wanted all the guests to write special messages to us of pieces of fabric that she is going to use to make us a quilt. I put an envelope with the instructions (printed at Vista Print), pen, supplies, etc in each OOT bag and then the guests brought the finished pieces of fabric to the reception, where my mom collected them. I can’t wait to see the finished product!!

 

 

 

This sign and basket was placed on the welcome table at the reception:

 

 

 

OOT BAGS: We purchased the beach bags last fall when they were on clearance at Wal-Mart for $3 each. We got them in blue, pink, orange and yellow.

 

 

OOT BAG tags:

 

 

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OOT BAG Contents:

 

Welcome book: I got the templates for the pages from Mandy’s mom…thank you! The books are from Hobby Lobby, they are 5x7. On the cover, I inserted the blue cardstock and used our custom stamp.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Post Card and Pens: Post cards were printed at Vista Print and the engraved pens are from OTC

 

 

 

 

Customizable Mugs: Purchased from Ebay seller: factory_21. They were awesome to work with!!!

 

 

*****a little bit more left****