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Why do men hate photography & women love it? I bribed my husband by telling him I won't want any expensive jewelry for any anniversary. I just want him to take pictures with me. For now it's just us, but later it will be our family pictures. He knows how much it means to me, so he deals with it. He was such a great sport about our wedding photos. I think it's totally worth it. It's great practice for the wedding day. You can also use the epics to make a cute guestbook.

wow, that is a lot of stuff. Looks like it was put together by ladies on the knot in 06.

Quote: Originally Posted by ErinB Sure! Nom Nom loves to eat! Especially pie from Auntie Morgan. He must have been a very good boy to deserve such a treat! PS - I would be really mad if I got a real kitty that din't make those noises. I'd demand a refund! I'm not a cat person, but LOL cats makes me consider getting one. Nom nom must love living with a chef.

Quote: Originally Posted by ErinB OMG! That actually makes me want a kitty! I think I'll get an imaginary one. His name will be Nom Nom! can I feed nom nom? I have his favorite apple pie.

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I like #1 because it's different. It's unique & that's always fun. It really helps to see pictures of you in the dress though.

very nice! Ed Pingol is an awesome photographer. I love that location too.

I think it's fine to email a STD or just a link to your site. A postcard STD is the cheapest option though. You can get 100 postcards for about $10 on vistaprint and then postage is 27 cents on a regular sized card. So you could do 100 postcards for less than $40 shipped. Still, I think an email is fine. If you want to get creative, check out mailchimp or mad mimi which allows you to make an html email so you can make it decorative. Using those, you can also see how opened your email. They are free for less than 100 or so addresses.

Quote: Originally Posted by Jacilynda Thanks girls!!!! Tammy- I don't know!!!! I'm gonna make a big book and look at them everyday! Morgan- Yep thats where we went! Our photographers drove around for a day looking into different places. And they talked to the manager who actually threw out the idea of the closed caverns, etc. he was really excited since they hadn't ever had anything like it down in there! You should look into doing a canvas. Some of those would look amazing as a big canvas on the wall. I'll definitly have to check out that place next time we are in Mexico. We aren't planning on going back any time soon, but with trips to riviera maya being so inexpensive I'm sure it will be a place we visit again & again. I just went to your photographers site to see them larger. Great choice with your photographer!

Quote: Originally Posted by Christi Hey Morgan, I doesn't look like gmail has added that feature yet...Can gmail auto-send? - Gmail Help I thought gmail could do everything thanks for finding that.

was this the tour company? Rio Secreto Tours | Playa del Carmen | Riviera Maya, Mexico I really wish I knew about this place. Our hotel was right by it.

oh that last one is so cool too I'm having major TTD envy. 3 trashings wasn't enough. I've got to go back & visit that cavern

They are so cute & unique. I've never seen anything like them. Your guests will love them.

Wow! That has to be the coolest TTD location I've seen. Make me want to re-trash mine. Was it scary, smelly & full of bats & mosquitos? One of my TTD locations was really scary. I wish we would have known about your location.

Amazing! Your wedding looked like it was so much fun & I love Fer's photography.

when you save an image from powerpoint, it ends up being 150dpi. To make a higher resolution brochure, you need to make your page twice as large as the actual size you want. So if you want a 5x8in image at 300 dpi, make your powerpoint page 10x16in. It still ends up being around 277dpi for some reason, but that is high enough. 150 might do the job too. 300 is ideal, but often less dpi looks the same. To get rid of the guides, you will need to delete the image. I'm guessing your guide is on the powerpoint file as a .jpg. Just click it & delete. Then group everything else & save it as a jpg. Powerpoint really isn't for designing things for print. I used it alot for my projects, because at the time it was the program i was familiar with.

I made postcards that had my TA's contact info. I sent them along with my invites, but they would work better to mail with the save the dates.

they look great!

Quote: Originally Posted by Stamperamma My MOH notified me the other day that she is unable to make it to the wedding due to costs and the date the wedding was set. She is a mother and wife and they had planned on taking a family vacation this year. Knowing this I had purposely booked a family resort so they could come if she could get the time. She advised that she could not get the time or so she thought. A couple of days later her husband tells me they have decided on going to Disney, they will be there the same time we are getting married. The killer is Disney is more expensive than Jamaica. Reality - Disney is more fun than Jamaica and she has to satisfy her family needs first. I can't be mad at her but I can be hurt. We may not always see what is happening on there end or what is stressing them or causing them to change plans. Try to keep an open mind. This is such a great perspective. I'm sure it does hurt, but I'm so proud of you that you can see her side of things. Sometimes it's OK for people to be selfish or put their husband & kids first. Maybe she has had it in her mind that when they kids get a certain age they will take that big disney trip. Her fear might be if they do a big family trip to jamaica instead they won't be able to do disney for another 5 years and then it doesn't fit her ideal for the kids age when they go on that first trip. POssibly they are the age she was on her first disney trip or the age that she was when she really wanted to go. I know I would rather take my family to Jamaica & I have no interest in visiting disney, but that's me. I'm sure I'll get there eventually I just have no desire to. I have the next few years of trips thought out. I have some room for flexibility, but overall a friend's DW could really put a kink in things and maybe just not work for me. I know if I got invited to a DW for next summer I wouldn't go. We already have that summer trip planned & can not fit in another.

I have a gmail account for a group meeting thing I organize. I want to set up an auto email now that will go out on certain dates this fall. Just meeting reminders that I don't have to remember to send. Anyone know how to do that? I use yahoo mail more often so I'm a little lost in gmail. I need to switch soon though. Yahoo now makes you pay for an account that can forward email. I wish they gave a warning, because now I can't make my current email forward to escape.

you should win pretty easily. your pictures are the best. I did vote for a couple of others that were adorable, too.

Labor of Love | Nothing But Bonfires So cute I had to share. I LOVE the idea of buying vintage stamps off ebay.

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Look at entire weddings she has done, especially one in bright sun. If you like her work, go for it. Also, with your wedding being in 2010, she'll time to improve. It's pretty common to find someone who will do their first DW for little more than the cost of travel. I paid $300 plus flight & hotel for two photographers.

I don't think there is a thread for vows. There is one called "share your ceremony script" but it's not vows. I wrote mine two days before sitting on the beach. Mostly becaue I procrastinated. I put it off so long that I finally decided that it would be romantic to wait until we got there do write them. We set on the spot where the ceremony would take place & wrote them together. I'll post them here later.