MCree's Planning Thread - Long and Pic Heavy!!!

[Mimi127]

Everything looked absolutely beautiful. Congrats and thanks for sharing.

[EmilyT]

wow everything looked great. i was wondering if u could tell me how much you paid for the lanterns..... did u bring them yourself or just do it through the resort. she quoredme something like 700$ and im just trying to figure out exactly what that is for!?!? also she siad i could bring my own but they would charge me 60$ to hang them, so im assuming i could find cheap ones and bring them down but i would not know how many to bring !?

 

also how much were your maracas ?

 

everything looked great i wish i could hire you and savs to plan mine lol

[shannonmarie]

Oh wow! I really enjoyed reading this thread! You did an excellent job!

 

Where did you get the fuchsia robe?

[carajoe08]

Everything looks great! Congrats!

[MCree]

Originally Posted by EmilyT 

 

wow everything looked great. i was wondering if u could tell me how much you paid for the lanterns..... did u bring them yourself or just do it through the resort. she quoredme something like 700$ and im just trying to figure out exactly what that is for!?!? also she siad i could bring my own but they would charge me 60$ to hang them, so im assuming i could find cheap ones and bring them down but i would not know how many to bring !?

 

also how much were your maracas ?

 

everything looked great i wish i could hire you and savs to plan mine lol

Thank you so much Emily! I paid $150 in all for lighting through the resort. The lanterns I went with were supposed to be $10 a piece through Dreams, and I only paid for 15. But in my case and in others I've heard before mine, the staff went ahead and hung 20 lanterns when it came time to set-up so I got lucky.

 

Amols charges $2.95 per pair of maracas. However, the site advertises that if you buy more than 12 pair, it goes down to $1.95 per pair.  I knew I would have around 30 guests so I ordered extra and paid $1.95 per pair. Can't beat that price!

 

You're getting close! Good luck my fellow Dreams Riviera bride!

[MCree]

Originally Posted by shannonmarie 

 

Oh wow! I really enjoyed reading this thread! You did an excellent job!

 

Where did you get the fuchsia robe?

Thank you very much!  

The fuchsia robe came from seller Dolores Wilder on Etsy. 

 

 

[MCree]

Originally Posted by Mimi127 

 

Everything looked absolutely beautiful. Congrats and thanks for sharing.

 

Originally Posted by carajoe08 

 

Everything looks great! Congrats!

Thank ya'll so much. Good luck ladies!

[MCree]

Wedding Music

This was by far the toughest part of planning for me. Sure, the most important part is and should always be marrying your one true love surrounded by those you love most. But to be honest, as detail-oriented as I myself am, I am more likely to remember a fun and unique wedding over all the small details at a reception if you get my drift. With this being said,  I was very picky when it came to music, and I knew I wanted my choices to really set the tone for our wedding. I basically went for "meaningful, yet non-cheesy" mood during our ceremony, "chill" during our reception dinner and "fun and upbeat" for our reception because hubby and I love to dance.

I chose all instrumental songs for our ceremony until the exit where it transitioned into a more upbeat mood. Besides that part, I wanted our wedding to be super relaxed and fun for guests.  We had a mariachi trio who guests really enjoyed play during our cocktail hour while groom and I were off taking photos. Next came the reception. Overall, even with only 27 guests, it was a blast, and I credit that to our wonderful DJ keeping up with the crowd, our light-up dance floor, and some fun song choices for all ages.  By the end of the night, we had break dancing, the alligator, soul train, limbo, waiters dancing with us, you name it. Lol! My advice is to really think about what kind of mood you're trying to set before choosing your songs if music is important to you too. 

 

Ceremony Choices

Guests Being Seated - Breathe Me by Sia (instrumental)

 

Groom and Bridal Party Entrance – Somewhere Over the Rainbow by Piano Guys

 

Bride Entrance – Wonderful Tonight by Vitamin String Quartet

 

Sandy Ceremony – Time by Hans Zimmer

 

Bridal Party Exit  - I Feel So Close to You Right Now by Calvin Harris (start at .31 seconds into the song)

 

Reception Dinner Music

Baby I love your way - Big Mountain

Somehow - Citizen Cope

Red Red Wine - UB40

4am - Kaskade

By your side - Sade

Fragile Bird - City and Colour

All or nothing - Mutetmath

Paradise - Coldplay

Mr Jones - Counting Crows  

Anything Bob Marley       

 

Reception Entrance of Parents and Bridal Party - I got a feeling by Black Eyed Peas        

 

Reception Entrance of Bride and Groom- Say Hey I love you by Michael Franti and Spearhead (Since we are from Louisiana, we chose this Mardi Gras beat and entered with the parasol)                 

 

Bride and Groom First Dance - We are Man and Wife by Michelle Featherstone        

 

Cake Cutting - Cut the Cake by Average White Band

 

Father/Daughter dance - My little Girl by Tim McGraw

 

Mother Son dance - Wind Beneath my Wings by Bette Midler

 

Bouquet toss - Single Ladies by Beyonce

 

Garter toss - Sexy Back by Justin Timberlake

 

Reception Dance Songs (I asked for edited songs as not to offend guests)

Get on Up - James Brown

Shots by LMFAO  (Awesome song to get a crowd going! I got our waiters to pass out shots to everyone during this song, and everyone was glued to the dance floor after.) 

Baby got back - Sir mix a lot

Say Ahh - Trey Songz

Party Rock Anthem - Pitbull ft Lil John

Hey Ahh - Andre 3000

We found love - Rihianna

Good times - Chic

You shook me all night long - ACDC

Don’t stop believing – Journey

Neon Moon - Brooks & Dunn

Browned eyed girl - Van Morrison

Marry You - Bruno mars

Krazy - Pitbull

 

A few picture from our reception.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ABCDwedding]

Excellent Wedding Journal !!!

[browmegan]

The small details you had at beautiful! Congrats