Leda's (Sweetle) Royal Playa del Carmen Planning Thread 6-24-11

[SweetLe]

Thanks to all the brides before me- your planning threads and tips were so helpful! I’m sure I stole an idea from everyone- so Thank-you for sharing! Special thanks to the RPDC forum brides, for your site specific tips and all the wonderful reviews and pictures you have shared. 9-days to the big day! Wish me Luck!

　

Engagement

My fiance and I have been together for over 5 years. He proposed in early September of 2010. He had been out of town several times (for several weeks) over the summer and had the ring for months- before he finally had the chance to pop the question. He kind of just spit it out! But I love him for always being himself- and it was totally him.

Here’s my bling J It still takes my breath away at times. It was kind of hard to get a good picture.

　

 

Bands we chose

　

　

The Location

Playa del Carmen, MX

We chose Playa del Carmen for simple reasons. We wanted a great all-inclusive that was affordable for all our guests. We also wanted a gorgeous location. It fits both.

Travel Agent

Beach Bum Vacations-Steve

BBV has been a life-saver for us! We have had so many changes in guests & rooms. Millions of questions and our TA has been very patient and extremely helpful. I cannot imagine doing a destination wedding without a TA. I’m glad we chose BBV. Review to follow after the wedding.

 

Save the Dates

Looking back. We should have spent more time- to make these more “destination wedding likeâ€. We were in a hurry and they were ordered on vista print. We only did a 9 month engagement so not a lot of time to get e-pics done and save the dates out and give people as much notice as possible.

 

　

　

The Dress

Mori Lee-1606

Didn’t believe the whole- you will know it’s the one until I put it on. There was no looking at other dresses after I found it. I fell in love J Sorry ladies, my MOH has all the pics of me in it. So this is the model, of course.

 

 

The girls dresses

Victoria’s Secret

$$ Saver tip if you like this dress (every season Victoria’s secret e-mails the coupons for $75 off $200, 50 off $150, etc, so we ordered all together). This is a multi-way dress. I’m leaving it up to the girls how they wear it.

 

Girl's Jewelry

　

 

Fiance’s suit-Jcpenny

 

 

His shoes

-- My one concession, he loves Jordans. He had to have these! LOL.

 

　

The guys apparel-JcPenny (all with coupons for 20% off)

White shirts, khaki linen look pants

(same pants as fiance)　

 

 

Accessories

 

Hair Flower-- etsy

 

Jewelry- etsy-Crystal Avenues

 

 

Bouquet Charm-etsy-

 

Garter-etsy

 

 

Clutch-jcpenny & Shoes from 6pm.com

 

 

 

 

Dancing Shoes/Flip-Flops- Victoria’s Secret.com with shoe clips from absolutely audrey

 

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[futuremrstgun]

everything looks beautiful...I HAVE THE SAME DRESS!?!  you're the 2nd bride on this site that i found that also chose that mori lee design...looks like GREAT minds think alike!  i need to start my planning thread but i'll have to do it closer to my departure..there's still SOOOOOO much left to do...

 

good luck, your big day is coming soon!!! 

 

R~

[SweetLe]

Bouquets/Bouts  (made by mmm

Made by a family friend

 

 

 

D-I-Y

Most of my projects are done in Adobe Photoshop Elements. I’m still a newbie and I can’t post templates yet- but here are pics of my projects. If you are interested, PM me with your e-mail address for details/templates.

　

Sand Ceremony Frame

　

 

Pre-Travel Brochure (vistaprint)

 

 

 

Programs

 

 

Lumis

 

 

Placecards

 

 

Bag Tags

 

 

OOT Bags

 

 

First Aid Kit Stickers

 

 

 

　

OOT Bag Contents

We wanted to put everything in our OOT bags in the beginning, but we needed to cut back on spending so these are the contents that made the cut.

Johnson & Johnson First Aid Kits

$$ Saving Tip

-- If you want these kits, find coupons and start early. I found the coupons online for $1.50 off 2 Red Cross items. These are 0.97 at Target. SO I bought 2 at a time @ about 0.25 each. Great deal. Totally worth the effort. I spend a lot of time at Target anyway.

 

Customized Playing Cards from the Knot

Our Splurge @ $3.00 each after sale

 

Yankee Candle On-the-Go Spray

Room air freshner!

$$ Saving Tip

--Sign up on the website for the e-mails. You will receive a coupon for $10 off $25 purchase. I also found the sprays on sale @ buy 2 get one free. They are normally 3.99 each. I got them for 1.93 each after these discounts.

 

Hand sanitizer

3 for $1 at Dollar Store

 

Cottonelle Wipes & Clorox Wipes

Splurge @ $0.97 each at Target

 

Shout-Out wipes

Coupon for 0.55 off. Package for 2.99 @ Target

 

Actual Bags

White paper “baker’s bags†3.99 for 12 at Michaels. Always use some coupon at Michaels J

 

Tylenol Packets & Blistex (3 pk)

Med-Co health store with $10 off coupon (google) & they have 0.99 shipping

 

Propel Packets

Pens

 

I already packed the bag contents so here is a pic of just the "fresh & clean kit"

 

　

Reception/Ceremony Details

 

Linens

Weddinglinensdirect.com

Organza chair sashes @ $5.90 for 10. I ordered Fushia and Royal.

Satin Table runners @$2.68 each

Shipping was expensive $9.96, but everywhere else that I looked required larger orders.

 

Fuschia Frames

Great Find @ Marshalls! 7.99 each. They are gorgeous but heavy. So far I am only bringing one for the guest book table. To keep our luggage weight down.

 

Guestbook

Shutter fly (Photo Album)

 

That is just about everything I think. I had to start over three times due to the computer freezing with all these pic uploads. I will definitely be posting a review when I return with better pics of our OOT bags put together and our table set-up.

　 

[aquamaniac]

Oh, love the idea of the Victoria's Secret multi-way dress, off to their website to check it out right now!

[torilynnsmith]

I love all your saving tips!!!! This is great, thanks for sharing!!!!

[J-me]

Wow - great job! I esp. like your programs

[coconoir1908]

Wow everything is so beautiful!  Wishing you an amazing wedding and lifetime of happiness. 

I too am doing paper OOT bags...I see that you have your logo on their, may I ask how you were able to do this?  Thanks

[SweetLe]

Thanks!

I printed the logo on clear sticker paper from staples (comes in 8.5 by 11 sheets), cut them out and applied them. I was able to print 2 per sheet.

[Sharon99]

Everything looks great! I was going to ask about the logo on the bags too, what a great idea!

[J and G 2012]

Thank you for sharing! My girls are also going to be wearing the victoria Secret dress, so I just signed up for an account!