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Hello Everyone,

I leave for Jamaica in two weeks and am very excited.  I am so happy I found this site, just wished I started using it a little earlier.  I want to thank all of the past and present brides for all of their great ideas and templates.  I couldn't have done this without all of you.

 

Engagement:

James and I started dating in November 2001 and have dated on and off since then.  I always knew he was the one but he was a little bit relationship phobic.sad.gif  But I knew he would eventually see the light and never gave up on him.  We got engaged on November 4, 2011 at his apartment.

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We had started discussing getting married in September and decided we wanted to have a Destination Wedding due to the fact that we were looking to buy a house at the same time and wanted to keep our wedding costs down.  We booked our date at Iberostar Grand Rose Hall back in September.  There were only 3 dates left to choose and the Suites was already booked up.

 

Save the Dates:

We created our save the dates on Kodak Gallery.  I had taken a picture in Bermuda of us looking out from an infinity pool and wanted to use it.  I thought it showed us looking toward the future.

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Invitation:

I wanted to do the airplane ticket theme and had looked all over the internet for ideas.  (This was before I knew about this website unfortunately.)  I found a great company online and used them for my invitations.  http://www.thestylishscribe.com

Here are some pics of my invite:

 

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Pre-travel letter:

I didn't do any sort of luggage tags.  Unfortunately I found this site too late but I did send out a letter to all of my guests with some basic information.  I used letter that I found on this site to help me.

 

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OOT Bags:

Now to the good stuff, making my OOT bags.  There were so many great ideas on this site that I wanted to incorporate.  I have become obsessed with these bags and have probably spent way too much money on them but had a lot of fun doing them.  I am having about 50 guests at my wedding, each family/couple get a bag filled with goodies.

 

The first thing I purchased were the bags:

 

I bought them from http://www.zazzle.com  The more bags you buy the cheaper they are.  I paid about $9.00 for each bag.  There came out great and are perfect for my guests to carry down to the beach with them.

 

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The next thing I ordered were t-shirts for all of my guests.  We are having a Bonfire Beach Party the night before our wedding and I wanted all of our guests to wear these shirts for a group picture.  I ordered them from http://www.logosportswear.com and they came out great.  I paid around $7.00 for each shirt.  And again the more shirts you buy, the cheaper they are.

 

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I also ordered koosies from http://www.totallykoozies.com . They haven't arrived yet, I will post a pic when I get them.  They ended up costing about $1.00 each.

 

The next thing I worked on was my survival kit.  I found so many great ideas and templates on this site.

 

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I used Ziploc gallon size bags and printed the labels using a full label sheet (2 labels per sheet) and stuck them right on the bag.

 

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Each kit contains:

Sun Tan Lotion

Aloe Vera

Toothpaste and toothbrush kit

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chapstick

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Bandaids

Shout Wipe

Advil pack

Imodium pack

Trident gum

tissues

2 bags of chips

 

I bought most of the stuff at the local dollar store.

 

I used a template I found on this site for my chapsticks and tissues.  I used full page labels and cut out the labels to fit the chapstick and tissues.

 

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My other project that I worked on was my key tags.  I bought the lanyards and plastic ID holders off of Amazon.com.

I used a template and poem I found on this site.  They came out great.

 

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Photography Postcards:

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Welcome Books: 

I found the template from another bride on this site.  I included a picture of each our guests so that everyone can get to know each other.

 

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The OOT Bags were so much fun to make. Thanks to everyone on this site for all of their great ideas.

 

Cake topper:

 

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I bought this on Bed, Bath, and Beyonds website and used my 20% coupon.

 

Foot Jewelry:

I wanted the girls to be barefoot for the ceremony so I purchased this foot jewelry on Ebay.  It was about $20 a set.  They are really cute.

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Well that's it for now.  I will post more in the future.  If anyone needs any templates please let me know.cheesy.gif

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Thanks, Here are the templates.  Borrowed and edited from other brides on this site.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

also I found a great coloring book from another bride on this site that I used

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and the chapstick labels also borrowed

 

 

 

 

key card holder.pptx

survival kit.pptx

coloringbook cara.doc

chapstick labels page 1.docx

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