beckyandbrian

I am selling this brand new, never altered, never worn wedding gown - PRICE LOWERED!! Sweetheart neckline, strapless (there are places to add straps if you wish), jeweled/rhinestone bodice, size 10 (fits more like a size 8 or so, but is easy to fit because it is a flowy gown instead of fitted). I purchased this dress brand new and originally intended on using it as my TTD, but found out that the alterations were a lot more than I had anticipated because the dress didn't fit me and was much too long for me. I ended up finding another dress that fit me much better, thus less alterations. I am asking $299 OBO. I will cover shipping costs. Check out the link below for photos. Please PM me if you are interested or if you would like to see additional photos or have any questions! Thanks! Image of Wedding Dress - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

Quote: Originally Posted by Jentwo Hi Becky, I too am looking at the Royal for my wedding in November of '08. When you have a minute could you tell me how your day went? I saw in your note you were married in March. Everything from the ceremony, food, what photographer you used, DJ, etc. Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks, Jen Hi Jen. I actually don't get married @ The Royal Playa Del Carmen until March 1, 2008. So, I can't answer too many questions at this time. I can tell you that so far the experience has seemed way too easy. We are less than 3 months out and I feel like I have to be missing something because it seems so easy! We are having just a few people come to our wedding, so as far as a DJ is concerned, that won't be necessary because we will not have the need for a real "reception". We will be having a dinner on the beach after our ceremony and the menu that we have received to choose from is absolutely amazing! I cannot wait to taste it because it sounds so good. We have hired our photographer and have chosen Elizabeth Medina. You can check out her website: Mexico Wedding Photography, Yucatan, Mexico, Elizabeth Medina photographer. She is amazing from what we have seen and I think that will be not only the best part of our day because it will capture the memories, but will be the best money spent. Let me know if you have any other questions or if I can be of any help. I know that when I was making my decisions, I had tons of questions that I wanted answers to!! Good Luck and let me know if I can help! Becky

I found this website, but I don't think they offer a frame that big... Frame-taztic Picture Frames: Unique Custom Clear Acrylic Personalized Gift

Quote: Originally Posted by dreamstbride ^ I e-mailed Elizabeth Medina and got her price quotes... but it mentions nothing about a TTDS? are you just splitting up your time? I also aked for a separate quite for the TTD from Elizabeth Medina and decided to add it onto the package. However, I believe if you take time out of your wedding day package, you could include it for the same price. I didn't want to take any time away from my package, so I decided to do the TTD early the next morning.

I am doing a TTD session with my photographer, Elizabeth Medina, at my resort in Playa Del Carmen. Check out her website - she is really great: Mexico Wedding Photography, Yucatan, Mexico, Elizabeth Medina photographer Also, I bought a second dress for the shoot. I know I will probably never use my wedding dress again, but my Mom would faint if I told her I was going to take a chance at ruining it somehow:)

Okay, I need help yet again making my book. Everytime that I load a new vertical picture onto the page and try to keep it at a full page (full bleed), the picture is too big. So, I then have to go into the "enhance photo" and zoom out. This creates space on the right and left sides of the photo in order to make the top and bottom the right sizes. I have tried to resize it in photoshop and save it smaller, but it doesn't have any affect when I put it into the bookmaker program - no matter what size it is on my computer, it comes up the same size in the program - TOO BIG!! Anybody know what to do here so that I don't have those spaces on the right and left sides??

Quote: Originally Posted by anacgarcia wow you already got it Morgan!! What I do is select the things I want in color, then turn the picture tu black and white mode, then turn it again to RGB and then paste the flowers here's my pic I am just starting in photoshop and trying to figure things out. I figured out the modes and I figured out how to do it Morgan's way. I was trying to do what you suggested (the other way takes me a LONG time), but I am not sure how you select the things you want in color? Is there a certain tool to use for that?

I did find out after emailing customer service for MyPublisher that they do not offer the double page or centerfold, but the MPix does and I have since figured that one out - thanks to Angela! As far as the LumaPix, I am only making 2 books, so I don't think I am going to spend the $$ for that program, but it sounds very nice and super high quality. So, at this point, I am leaning towards MPix because of the option (I just think MyPublisher is so much easier to navigate!). But, still wondering if anyone knows if SharedInk gives this as an option?

Hi girls! Need some help creating my own photo book. I think I am going to go with My Publisher, but still considering Mpix and Shared Ink. The problem I am having is how to create one picture that takes up two pages / a centerfold. I have tried searching through the help sections, but can't find anything. Have any of you that have used one of these programs been able to create a centerfold or know how??

Quote: Originally Posted by maggiemaylou Thanks girls. I am starting to rethink my decision after talking to the "ceremony" coordinator this morning on the phone. I am just not getting as much information from them as I would like. I would like a beach wedding, but they tell me the beach is not big enough. I asked for pictures, and they say they don't have any. I am worried about food, the reception (I have never seen pictures of what it might be like). They don't even have pictures of the flowers they offer. So I am thinking about maybe the Royal in PDC or going back to the original plan of EDR (which I am not too thrilled about because of Lomas). Any thoughts? If anyone has any specific information from The Royal Cancun or The Royal PDC, I would really really appreciate the info. Thank you thank you thank you! I am getting married on the beach and also having my reception on the beach at The Royal Playa Del Carmen, so that should not be a problem. The wedding coordinator there is Paty and the reception coordinator is Walter and they both respond pretty quickly to my emails. Let me know if you want their email addresses (PM me and I will give you what I have). As far as pictures, I have a couple pictures of the options they give you (where to have the reception: beach, by the pool, ballroom, etc) that I can forward on to you. I do also have pictures from another girl that married there - she sent me her pictures from her wedding. In reference to the flowers and things like that, I was told by the WC that everything for 2008 starts getting reserved/planned in Nov of 2007. So, I have been told that they can send me all of the flower options, cake options, decorations, etc in November and that is when I can start making those types of decisions. I also have menu information for the reception so that you can look at the food choices. Let me know what I can do to help out!

I am getting married at The Royal Playa Del Carmen in March of 2008. I have never been there, but did a lot of research as far as reviews and information - check out Reviews of vacations, hotels, resorts, vacation and travel packages - TripAdvisor and you can see LOTS of candid photos from previous guests. As far as children, The Royal Playa Del Carmen does not allow children, but their sister resort next door does allow children - The Gran Porto Real. I do have some of my guests that are bringing children and are planning on staying at the sister resort. The children are, of course, allowed to be present at the wedding and/or reception, but cannot stay as a guest at the hotel overnight. Let me know if I can help you out in any way.

I did not put "& Guest" on our STD's, but I have printed our invites that way and included a line on the RSVP card for them to write the # of people attending. I guess you could do it either way...

Quote: Originally Posted by TammyB Zero... we had no bridal party because we only had 6 guests attend our wedding. Tammy, I am so glad I read this message! I was just stressing to my FI about how no one is going to come to our wedding. I know we are a little over 6 months out, but everyone has made it pretty clear that they aren't going to be able to make it. So far, we have a confirmed 6 (one of which we feel may back out). So, this is my question...what did you do for the reception. I was just thinking of whether we should even have one if there will only be 6. I figure our guests may not want to spend hours with each other for a dinner and how many people will really dance?? Just wondering what you did...(not trying to hijack the post - sorry!!)

Okay...so, I am scheduling my hair and makeup appoinments and have some questions. How much time did you/are you going to allow for hair and makeup? Did/will you you schedule your makeup and hair in your hotel room? Did you/will you do makeup or hair first? How much time did you/will you allow to dress? What is sufficient so that I am not rushing around? Finally, for any of you who plan on or have already decided to get a pedicure/manicure for the wedding day, did you do it the day of the wedding or before? Thanks for all of your help!

Quote: Originally Posted by sabonner Sabrina & Scott Dreams Cancun, February 16th, 2008 We're planning a 1 p.m. ceremony and are looking for suggestions on how to handle the reception. Claudia, the coordinator at Dreams has suggested a brunch-style reception, immediately following the ceremony. Has anyone experienced that? Is this something guests enjoy? We expect between 30 and 50 to attend. Hi. We are getting married at 2pm and this is how we are handling the time: 2-2:30pm wedding ceremony, 2:30-3:30pm cocktail hour on the beach, 4pm reception starts, dinner served at 4:30pm, eat from 4:30pm-5:30pm, DJ plays, dancing until 8pm. Then, I figured for any of the guests that want to hand out, we'll just head to one of the resort bars/pool area. Maybe you could push the wedding to 2pm? But, if not, I think that brunch sounds fun - it is just dependent on whether you want dancing, drinking, etc.

Quote: Originally Posted by akh i LOVE going to the Avery website and downloading their templates, whether or not i am using the actual Avery product. in this case, i did buy the Avery postcards (i used them as inserts w/my STD magnets). here is the template. Thank you so much!!

I am working on my DIY invites and I'm trying to create RSVP postcards for our responses. Does anyone have a Word template that they wouldn't mind sharing? I would really appreciate it! Thanks, Becky

Quote: Originally Posted by beachbride here they are step by step if anyone else wants them: get the white pencil starfish, and glue your rhinestones on.... I would spend a little extra on the rhinestones, I bought my first ones at Michaels and AC Moore and they all turned out really cloudy, so then I spend a little more and bought actual Swarovski flat back rhinestones from here rhinestones I made my invitations and have the template if you would like that too... send me your email address... I bought a khaki colored cardstock, and agean blue cardstock and double matted the invites. I bought blue vellum from Michaels and cut them in strips, then the white ribbon on top of that. I took the starfish and used a glue dot to attach (so guests could remove them if they'd like) I got the invitation boxes, but basket stuffing in the bottom (like this) basket filling I then matted the rsvp with the khaki cardstock, and attached it to the top of the box with another piece of vellum.... hope this helps, feel free to ask more questions, if I wasn't clear.... Hi Shelley! Can you help me with the RSVP postcards? I am trying to make my own RSVP postcards and planned on making them 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 so that I could get 4 out of a standard 8 1/2 x 11 piece of paper. Did you use that size for your postcards? If so, could you send me the template you used? I am having a ton of trouble trying to create the postcard. This should be the easiest part, but I can't seem to get it right. If you could help, that would be great! Thanks, Becky

Quote: Originally Posted by beachbride I used 2-3" starfish.. I bought 12 x !2 paper and could use about 3 invites per sheet Thanks Shelley! I'm going to take a stab and something similiar and I really appreciate the help.

Can you tell what size starfish you used and what size the invites are? I want to do something similar to this and I was trying to figure out how many pieces of paper? Did you use 12 x 12 paper from Michael's?

Those are by far the best invites I have seen so far! I LOVE LOVE LOVE them! They are so beautiful. You have definitely inspired me to attempt to do my own, but I am not sure if I can get myself to do 100! How much will you end up spending in total for the 30 (including postage) if you don't mind me asking? I want to try to see if I will save some $$ if I go through the stress of doing my own! Again, AMAZING job!! Everyone is right - you should think about doing this for a living!

Quote: Originally Posted by carlymcmullen Yay, I ordered those straps on ebay and placed my order for the plastic last week also! So excited to get them in and done! Thanks for the great idea. No problem! Be sure to post pics when you are finished so we can see! Good luck! Quote: Originally Posted by foxytv Love these! Is the clip art just regular clip art from the online galleries? Actually, it's not clipart - it is a font. It is called "Tropicana BV" and you can download it from Download fonts | dafont.com. Just type that in to the search box at the top right hand corner of the page and it will pull up for downloading.

Quote: Originally Posted by carlymcmullen Do you recall the seller on ebay or what they were called? I am seriously about to order them now and I did a quick search on ebay for luggage tag strap, but nada. Sometimes I am a fool for finding the right word... Yes, the seller on ebay was beandaddy-o. I checked just now and they don't have any for sale, but I typed in "luggage tag loops" and found these (see link below) for an even cheaper price. They look exactly the same and are the same length, so these should be a great deal. Let me know if you have any other ?'s. NEW Luggage Tag Loops - Straps Clear, 100ct *DEAL >L@@K - (item 230159193710 end time Aug-12-07 18:30:52 PDT) Quote: Originally Posted by mridgway Those turned out so cute! Thanks for sharing your info - I was just getting ready to buy a laminator but think these look much sturdier. One question, on the clear ones that you used, what does the back side look like? I was going to do our logo on one side and the guest contact information on the other. Can you see through the backside to see the information? Thanks! Melissa There should be a picture in the photobucket album of the back also so that you can see how the back will look. We did use the back for our guest's names and I think it shows through pretty well. Thanks!

Quote: Originally Posted by twinkletoes Very cute! Thanks for sharing . How many did you end up doing? I believe I ended up doing 85.

Quote: Originally Posted by RaydensMama OMG LOVE them!!!! And can I just say you have the cutest dog EVER! What type is it? RaydensMama: Yuri (my dog) is a French Bulldog. Thank you everyone for all of the compliments! I really appreciate the positive feedback! I am so glad everyone likes them!