January 2012 Brides!

[JayKay]

Welcome!
 

Originally Posted by adevnturelovers 

Hi so I've been on BDW for a while now and never saw this thread but happy i've found it. I'm getting married 1-14-2012 at Las Caletas in Puerto Vallarta.
Well let me tell you guys a little about my wedding planning since I've been out of the loop. we got engaged oct. 19 2011 and right away I knew it was Mexico. By mid November I was booked at Las Caletas as I fell in Love with idea of the place. By Mid -december I found My TA on this website, Teresa Stauring who has been so great with everyone , very prompt and responsive with any information I asked.  I also purchased my dress in december which I thought was early but I went to a trunk show and was able to get my dream dress , meet the designer and even have him add something extra only to my dress to be uniquely mine!!
By January I finished my wedding website, and sent out my save the dates.
After January a complete standstill , and Boy did it feel good!!!
By March I starting browsing at bridesmaids dresses though my bridesmaid thought I was crazy for doing early lol but my maid of honor said I had to right away. I have decided on one and will probably ask them to buy them by august/september .
I just booked my photographer last week., which I also worked on since february-May lol deciding on the right one.
Now i realize it is almost June and I Have not worked on any invites yet!! I originally was going to ask for a rsvp for october but I am shooting for hopefully having and rsvp by august 1st or even sept. 1st the latest!! I want to do passport invites , any suggested places that will do them for me? I am not big on DIY . I wish i had the time for it but do not
Also My mom is planning a bridal shower for me sept 10th and will also send out invites around same time i send out my regular invites....is this too conflicting for ppl?  and knowing it's in sept i just realized I have to register soon !! double yikes. and in my personal life I have so many things going on home renovations galore, moving out, moving out....realtors. triple yikes!!!
So much to do but I'm having a great time with everything but man do I wish I had that standstill time i had in january now...it felt sooo good. LOL
ok ladies

 

[Manda123]

Thanks for the responses Kya and JayKay. I've been checking out some blogs of photogs on here so I guess I should get on booking someone!

 

Welcome adventurelovers!

[adevnturelovers]

thanks jaykay its great to share our timelines together and hoepfully keep each other on point
 

Originally Posted by JayKay 

Welcome!
 

 

 

[adevnturelovers]

hey kya101 ,

 

i know so exciting right, the place looks so wonderful

 

Originally Posted by kya101 

Yay Adventurelovers!!!! I am also a Las Caletas Bride in Jan. 2012!!! YAY!!! And wow you have been very busy, good job!!! I did passport invites and I LOVE them, I had Ana De Roux do mine and she's super amazing!!! I provided the link for her website below. I don't think September 1st is too early... thats when we asked for RSVPs back, of course there will probably be a few late bookers, but that's expected in our families. Oh yeah the BM dresses, no too early if you ask me. I already got all my BMs dresses a month ago and haven't even started looking for mine yet  Crazy I know, but my MOH lives on the other side of the country and we picked them out when she was up for a visit last month and they were on sale... couldn't say no!!!

 

Here is a link to Ana's website http://www.anaderoux.com/       jdkaghljkdjhaldjkrfhgj     

 

Happy planning!!!

 

Kya

 

[adevnturelovers]

awesome ! My own date buddy. lol where exactly are you getting married?

 

Originally Posted by bellajovie 

Wow!  We're date buddies and we're using the same TA...good stuff!!
 

 

 

[kya101]

Got my first Vistaprint order in today, soooo exciting!!! I'm going to become vistaprint obsessed!!! Oh and FYI I chose the long shipping (it was the cheapest) and I got the order 8 days after placing it and the ETA was 21 days!!!! Yahoo!!!!

[JayKay]

I have to stay away from that site! It is too addicting!!
 

Originally Posted by kya101 

Got my first Vistaprint order in today, soooo exciting!!! I'm going to become vistaprint obsessed!!! Oh and FYI I chose the long shipping (it was the cheapest) and I got the order 8 days after placing it and the ETA was 21 days!!!! Yahoo!!!!

 

[kya101]

Tell me about it, I even got my mom started on it!!!

 

Originally Posted by JayKay 

I have to stay away from that site! It is too addicting!!
 

 

 

[Avens]

I booked my photographer about a month after I chose the resort, which was in November 2010 (Wedding Jan 2012) Lol.  That was a must! I booked Sascha Gluck.
 

Originally Posted by kya101 

Congrats Manda123, booking is such a hugh relief and now all the fun stuff starts!!! I did book my photogragher about a month ago, but I think it depends on what you want too. If you want a good expensive one start looking or if you want to go through the resort if they offer it or even if you know someone from home that would like to bring with you. There's a lot to think about, I personally wasn't too concerned about pictures... I want a few good ones and pictures of the entire wedding and festivities, but really didn't want to spend very much. I was actually very fortunate that the photographer found me on this forum and he is reasonable priced and does good work. Hope this was helpful Have fun planning!!!!

 

Originally Posted by JayKay 

We booked our photographer about a month ago.
 

 

It can be super obsessive.  After I got my STD's and Magnets, I had to start filtering their emails. I didn't -need- anything from them, but wanted! I know it's free but the shipping sure adds up!

Originally Posted by kya101 

Got my first Vistaprint order in today, soooo exciting!!! I'm going to become vistaprint obsessed!!! Oh and FYI I chose the long shipping (it was the cheapest) and I got the order 8 days after placing it and the ETA was 21 days!!!! Yahoo!!!!

 

[JayKay]

I agree. For awhile I was obsessed with vistaprint because everything was free.  But the shipping is what really cost.  I have had to stop looking at their emails and just deleting them right away or else I feel the need to purchase more 'free' items