Angela's (cheese_diva) planning w/ pics

[cheese_diva]

Thank you girls for all you help and support over the past few months. It’s because of all of you, I got through all the craziness of planning and second guessing. I was also put in contact with so many great vendors I never would have found on my own.

 

I hope some of my ideas and projects help others just starting out.

 

VENDORS

 

Minister

John Fagan

[email protected]

 

Hair/Makeup Wedding day: 11:00-3:00

MEX-SUN DAY SPA & BEAUTY SALON

Owner: Kelli Castineiras

Tel. 011 52 (624) 142-6801

[email protected]

Bridal Hair is $100

Bridal Make Up is $100

Wedding Party Hair is $75

10% Discounts are for parties of 5 or more.

Kelli will call on day we arrive to confirm our room number.

 

Bride's suite. Octavio from Mexsun w/ assistants.

3 bridesmaids, two mothers and bride (hair only all)

 

Ceremony Music-

Trio- Contact: Maye

 

Photographer

Contact Robin DePaula- staying at resort Friday-Monday

Robindepaulaphotography.com

517 Hewitt Rd

Hammond LA 70403

985-507-8542

 

Cake

Contact: Jennifer Hatton

Jennifer Hatton "The Dessert Diva" · The Fantasy Wedding Cake Specialist of Los Cabos

Email: [email protected]

Telephone (From U.S.): 011-52-624-142-3939 ext. 507

Telephone (Local): 144-6247 Cabo phone

Cell Phone (Local) 044 624 11-46-456 (Best way to contact me by phone)

 

Dinner/Reception Music

Ricardo Patiño -DJ Richie

[email protected]

DJ System - disc jockey entertainment in Mexico - dj services for your party in Mexico

011.52(624)154 0708 Cell.

011.52(624)168 1610 Cell

 

Entertainment

Fire Dancers 8PM – contact: Maye

 

Florist

Contact: Maye

 

TRAVEL

 

Transfers

Transcabo Group

Jorge Vazquez - [email protected]

Tel: +52.624.146.0888

Toll Free from USA & Canada: 1-866-403-5987

 

 

Wedding Dress: Casablanca 1828

Casablanca dresses never get discontinued and are fully customizable. You can change the neckline, top, bottom, etc and they come direct from the manufacturer.

I however found my dress on e-bay. I was pretty clueless on how much dresses cost so I’m glad I got such great deal. $225 (including shipping) A bridal store was selling their some of their sample dresses. While it was not used, it had been tried on by many girls. It was received with no stains and in very good condition.

 

 

Makeup/Hair- Had a trial in June, but didn't want to do same exact thing because we were having engagement photos taken. (and Matt was there!)

Makeup was a little strong, but hair was beautiful.

 

Wedding Hair (Edyta's Hair). love this!

 

Wedding Day Jewelry

 

Earrings

Ordered these but have not received yet. Madeline's Chandeliers

I normally always wear my diamond studs and rarely change. Because I’m not wearing a necklace or bracelet, I want sparkly earrings but didn’t want to pay a lot for something I probably wouldn’t wear again. These aren’t too long and I hope when they come, they’re good quality.

 

Backup: Whiteaisle.com. The are gorgeous!!! My only concern is that they’re 2.5” long and with my hair up, I’ll be all earrings. ? I’ll probably sell after the wedding but bring in case my 2nd order doesn’t make it in time. The photos on their sites do not do their jewelry justice.

 

 

Hair Barrette- also from Whiteaisle.com. I’m very excited to wear this. It’s sooo pretty in person and there is nothing cheap about the piece. It actually has a nice weight to it and feels very solid. I would think this could easily sell for $40+.

 

 

CourtHouse ceremony dress- Macy's

 

 

Courthouse earrings. Had these made from etsy.com KimberlyAnn's

This vendor was sooo wonderful to work with. She custom made bracelets and earrings for my bridesmaids and when I couldn't find something to match my great-grandmother's necklace, she created these gold and pearl bead earrings.. very pretty! She even threw in a cute pair of earrings for free!

 

Bridesmaid Dresses- Nordstrom's - great return policy and very helpful via phone when trying to track down a size that was no longer showing on website. My 3 girls are all different sizes so this dress was great for all.

 

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DIY Items

 

We bought fans for Oriental Trading Co and wrapped ribbon on handles. These will be placed on ceremony chairs.

 

Save The Dates- Printed at Vistaprint.com

DIY design. I really love the boarding pass invites but knew I didn’t have the patience. Because we created a website, I wanted to just send postcards out directing people to our site. They turned out pretty cute and VistaPrint.com and their free postcard offer was great.

 

Guestbook- Photobook from MPix. I don’t love the quality but I think the idea is very cute. I was expecting glossy photo paper but instead it’s matte. At least it will be easier to write on it. Design is a chronological order of our life so far stating with 2003 and going until present. It includes photos of us fixing up our first house, our cat, and some of the many trips we’ve taken together. I’m a bit of moron and made the type on the first page huge.. oh well. The cover says “The Story of Us†Throughout are quotes I thought were cute.

 

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Invites- Not a DIY

 

Eiffel Printing & Design-

Brittany- [email protected]

206.784.5122

 

 

We’ve gotten so many comments about how beautiful our invites are. Lots of people took them to work to show others. They came in a box to all our guests and I’ve very glad we chose to have Brittany and her team design and print these for us. Some things are best left up to the professionals and she did a great job! I would recommend Brittany to anyone looking invitations.

 

Everything else I did on my own using our color printer at home. I did order cut paper for the backing sheets and place cards using the same paper stock from our invitations. Envelopements brand. Colors: Belize and Cocoa. The white paper is cardstock. Manufacturer: Wausau Paper

 

Place cards

Take note. Starfish are stinky.. I left them outside in an opened box in the sun for well over a month and they still stunk. Fabreeze… just spray them and they smell so much better!

 

Menus

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1. Make two quick vertical cuts so trim marks show at edge of paper

2. Align paper on bottom straight edge of cutter and make both horizontal cuts

3. Vertical lines next. It’s ok if some of the light grey marks show.

4. Round all 4 corners with corner punch

5. Round corners of blue backing sheet

6. Center and adhere to backing Blue backing sheet

7. Afix aqua crystal to center of flourish using a glue dot ripped in half (or less)

The Key: to get the cuts straight, otherwise they look really crooked w/ backing sheet

 

Tools: paper cutter, adhesive runner, clear crystals, glue dots, round corner punch

 

 

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[robindepaula]

Great post, Ang! Oh, I got your brochure in the mail yesterday - very nice & helpful!!! Can't wait to meet you in 2 weeks . . .

 

Robin

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Starfish cake topper- DIY

http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t8698

 

Guestbook Sign- Font: Amaze Normal

Frame: Michaels

 

Cake Box Sign

Frame; Michael’s

 

Cake Boxes- 4x4x2 White High Gloss boxes, shipped flat.

papermart.com $12 plus shipping

printed stickers from full sheets + cut- 2 styles

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Tears of Joy Packets- glassine envelopesfrom Oriental Trading Company

Artist Trading Card Envelopes

Attachment 1209

 

Aches and Pains tags- to place on our small clear bags filled with: Johnson & Johnson first aid kit (99cents store or target) Chapstick (Costco), immodium + Tylenol –bulk individual packets. We also bought after sun lotion on ebay.

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Pashminas- ordered with BDW group in aqua. These will be placed in a basket at the reception.

 

Pashmina Stickers:

Printed two stickers and cut brown ribbon. Backed stickers up over ribbon and will roll and tie on pashminas when we get to mexico

 

 

Luminary bags- bought small white paper bags from ebay. Much smaller than I thought, but did test and the house did not start on fire. Bought cheap white voties from Linens –n- Things

Used decorative punch along top.

 

Flip Flops (dancing shoes)- Old Navy $2 each

Stickers printed and punched with circle punch. One foot shoes size, the other Dancing shoes.

 

Flip Flop Sign

Frame: Michael’s

These will go in a large basket at Reception. Just guessed on sizes. Flip Flops don’t need to be exact.

 

Newsletter- guests loved this and thought the translations section was great!

http://bestdestinationwedding.com/fo...late-help.html

 

Welcome Letter

Haven’t printed this yet but bought beachy paper and will just roll.

 

Postcards – print at VistaPrint.com

Photos from fellow BDW girls. Put two of each, 3 different designs into plastic bag for guests to have.

http://bestdestinationwedding.com/fo...postcards.html

 

Koozies for OOT Bags- Not a DIY

 

 

Pashminastickers.doc

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Photo share Card

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Ladies & Boys Timelines

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Do Not Disturb Door Hangers

 

OOT Bag - Hang Tags- will write guest names on back before distributing. Attachment 1647

 

Completed OOT Bags

 

Bridesmaid gifts

Brown tote from Chadwicks, VS lotion, Avon Makeup/Travel bag, imitation Tiffany's Starfish necklace from ebay, custom made bracelet and earrings from Etsy.com, Havianas brown flip-flops to wear with dress, luggage tag with funny sayings from local luggage store, notecards, some e.l.f makeup, & we're having their hair done on wedding day. MOH+BM (married couple) will get a massage under the stars as a special gift to them.

 

Groomsmen gifts-

Reef sandles with flasks and ping pong balls for BM.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[CourtneyV]

Your OOT bags look great!!!!

[MelissaH]

everything looks awesome!!! your wedding is going to be absolutely beautiful

[JessicaM]

Angela you must be so excited to have everything done! Everything looks AMAZING...I saved almost all of your pictures for inspiration. I loved your picture frames with all sayings for the guestbook and shoes!