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Yay Danielle, I'm so excited for you! Have a wonderful trip and I know you will have a fabulous wedding. I am looking forward to hearing all the details and seeing pics when I get back from Mexico. Bring sexy back girl!! Congrats on the B2B win too!!!

Everything looks great! Your dress is beautiful and I love all the jewelry. Have a great trip and wedding!

To the ladies leaving in the next couple of days, have a great trip and wonderful wedding. I can't wait to hear all about it when we get back, and send off the end of November brides!!

Quote: Originally Posted by briscoecrown Hey Michelle!!! I haven't been on the forum lately, but I saw your planning thread & it looks like you're just about set. Just in case I don't get back on soon, have a safe & enjoyable trip!!!! You've planned & planned for this moment..... FOR YOUR MOMENT. Best wishes!! Thanks!! I'll fill you all in on the details (and pics!) when I get back. I can't wait to leave, I'm so excited! Quote: Originally Posted by dbellie1414 Hey ya'll, Getting married at the Del Mar May 16... Congrats to all of you on ya upcoming weddings!!! Are any of you using outside makeup/hair artist/stylist I heard bad things about the salon at the del mar and am apprehensive about using them for this stuff, do you have any contact information for other stylists Ohhh, and what are ya doing for flowers? I don't like any of the choices they gave me, I guess (actually- I know) I am just picky... Are you using any outside florists? I have heard good things about the resort spa. I am getting a hair and makeup done there, but I'm bringing my own makeup down. I had my makeup done at Bare Escentuals here and liked the way it turned out. I am getting all roses for the bouquets and centerpieces. You can put in a request for certain flowers that you want since they may have to order them ahead of time and depending on what it is there may be an extra charge. I requested pink/fuschia roses for my bouquet and one for Mike's boutonier (sp?) and white for the girl's bouquet and centerpieces. Quote: Originally Posted by paraisobeachbride2009 Geez, I guess I hadn't had my coffee when I posted that hehe. Anyway, I mean one more week to BeachBride! Sorry about that! I didn't respond earlier because I wasn't sure if you meant me or not. Ha ha! We will be there for 10 days. I wish we could have stayed a little longer, but my soon to be hubby didn't have enough time off. Today is my last day of work, and I have mostly been working on wedding stuff! I printed out our photo list, confirmed with the photographer, did our timelines, etc. I just have to finish working on my wedding programs, finish packing and that is it. We got the margarita mix favor packets today. They have a palm tree on them, our names and wedding date. We are going to buy mini bottles of tequila when we get to the resort (I'm attaching the list the WC sent me if anyone is interested). I got small gift bags to put the tequila and mix packets in. Each couple or single guest will get one bag with one bottle of tequila and 2 mix packets. I also want to get maracas, but the WC said it would be cheaper to get them in town rather than at the resort. Depending on what we find I will either buy one set per person to put on the tables, or just get them for the kids. We'll see how much they cost and how many they have when we get there.

Quote: Originally Posted by EricaG I don't really have any good ideas for wording, but we are doing something sort of similar. Instead of putting the favors on the tables, we are putting them on the guest book table. Each favor is in a box and I put each guests name on a box. Since we aren't doing a seating plan, I figured it workout great that way. Then as people come in to the reception, they can stop, sign the guestbook, and take their favor. That is a good idea to put the name on them! I just ordered margarita mix packets and we plan on getting mini bottles of tequila in Mexico. I bought gift bags at Target last night and was just going to make tags with our logo and "Thank You" to tie on them. Now I think I might add the names. We want each couple or single guest to get one bag, but if no names are them I'm afraid people will think everyone gets a bag. Maybe you can do a tag with their names and also say Thank you for making the trip. Please enjoy tis gift as a small token of our appreciation or something like that.

Your costume looks great!!!

Awww, she is so cute! Where are you going on your honeymoon?

Quote: Originally Posted by Maura no - they dont make it for mac. i am using it on my PC at work. Bummer, you got me excited for a second!

Quote: Originally Posted by paraisobeachbride2009 Hey everyone! So, there's a thread under the "Travel" forum dealing with the security of safes in rooms at the resorts etc. I am still so stressed about what I should do with my rings! I want to bring and wear both of them while on vacation, but combined they are worth $5,000 and to me that's a lot of money. I don't want to get them stolen, yet I don't want to go swimming and stuff with them on. So this begs the question...where do I keep them? I don't trust the room safes because there is obviously master keys/codes for them and who's to say that someone with the power, won't abuse it? It's making me totally paranoid thinking about it to the point that I am considering getting a fake wedding band just so I don't have to deal with it all and leave my real rings at home. It's not what I want, but I will do it if necessary. Does anyone out there have any thoughts on this? Ladies who are already married?? I was paranoid about leaving my rings in our room as well, but I wanted my real rings with me for pictures. I am planning on wearing my wedding bands on my right hand until the wedding day. I have gone swimming with my e-ring before with no issues so I think they will be fine. We also just got all 3 of my rings and FI's band insured just in case.

Quote: Originally Posted by Maura anybody have tips or tricks for beginners wanting to make christmas cards? i have the full version of lumapix but have no idea how to use it LOL so i could use some more "getting started" tips. Maura, are you able to use the full version of Lumapix on a mac?

I'm thinking of getting mini bottles for each couple or single wedding guest. I also ordered personalized margarita mix packets to put with the tequila that should be here today or tomorrow. Nothing like ordering favors at the last possible minute. I figured I needed a backup favor if we couldn't get the tequila, but it will be a nice compliment if we do get it. Here is the list of tequila (and other liquor) that the WC provided that we can purchase at the resort. I don't know which one is best, any suggestions? Also, are these prices reasonable? The WC recommended we get the maracas in town as they would be cheaper. I was going to get those to attach the placecards to, or if just get them for the kids now that we are going to do the tequila and margarita mix as the favor. TEQUIPAL 4 PACK MINI340 TEQ. CABRITO REP. MINI20 TEQ. ESPOLON BCO. MINI40 LICOR DE GRANADA LA PINTA MINI125 TEQ. HERRADURA BLANCO MINI60 MEZCAL RECUERDO DE OAXACA MINI45 TEQ.ORENDAIN REP. OLLITA MINI35 MEZCAL GUSANO DE ORO MINI55 TEQ. HERRADURA REP. 50 ML.65 ORENDAIN BLANCO MINI25 BLANCO CHATEAU DOMEQ 750 ML245 MEZCAL GUSANO FAMOSO MINI60 MEZCAL LAJITA GUS. MINI25 MEZCAL DIVINO C/PERA MINI135 TEQ. CORRALEJO REP. MINI125 TEQ. RESERV. DEL SEÑOR MINI45 TEQ. XQ GRAN RVA AÑEJO MINI155 TEQ. CABO WABO REPOSADO MINI105 TEQ.DOS CORONAS REP. 50 ML25 TEQ. CARMESI REPOSADO 50 ML. MINI80 TEQ. TEPOROCHO REP. MINI165 TEQ. HERRADURA AÑEJO MIN80 TEQ. STALLION AÑEJO MINI235 TEQ. TENOCH REPOSADO MIN115 MEZCAL GUSANO ROJO 50 ML MINI45 TEQ. DON JULIO REPOSADO 50 ML. MINI75 TEQ. CENTENARIO REPOSADO 50 ML. MINI80 TEQ. CUERVO TRADICIONAL REP 50 ML. MINI75 TEQ. CUERVO 1800 50 ML. MINI95 TEQ. DON JULIO AÑEJO MINI90 TEQ. JIMADOR REP. MINI55 TEQ. ESPOLON AÑEJO 50 ML MINI60 XTABENTUN VALLISOLETANO 50 ML MINI40 TEQ. ORENDAIN EXTRA 50 MINI.30 GUSANO ORO DE OAXACA 50 ML55 TEQ. DON REYES 50 ML.50 LICOR DE ALMENDRA 50 ML.35 KAHLUA MINI25 MEZCALERO CUADRAD. MINI45 TEQ. 3 MUJERES RPO. MINI50 MEZCALERO OLLA MINI50 ESTUCHE MEX. TRAD.190 TEQ. CORTIJO MINI40 MEZCAL LLORON 50ML.45 TEQ. EL MANTE REP. 50ML30 TEQ. ESPOLON REP. MINI50 VODKA PETROVA 50 ML.20 MEZCAL DIVINO C/GUS 50 ML.30 TEQ. DOS CORONAS BLANCO 50ML.25 VODKA VILLALOBOS 50 ML.35 RON MOCAMBO 50 ML.20 TEQ. FAMOSO AÑEJO 50ML.60 TEQ. ORENDAIN ALMENDRA MINI25 TEQ. CLASE AZUL CERAMICA MINI.260 MEZCAL MTE. ALBAN CUAD. MINI45 TEQUIPAL MINI85 CHIVAS REGAL MINI70 JACK DANIEL MINI60 JHONNIE WQLKER E. NEGRA MINI60 JHONNIE WALKER E. ROJA MINI40 CAJITA MINI LICOR230 TEQ. ESP. BCO.60 ML.125 TEQ. ESP. REP. 60 ML.130 TEQ. ESP. AÑEJO 60ML.140 TEQ. AHA TORO REP. 50 ML.95 TEQ. 1921 BLANCO MINI125 TEQ. 1921 REPOSADO MINI135 XTABENTUN D`ARISTI 50 ML.20

Quote: Originally Posted by ErinB I'm a huge fan of Amazing Race. That one gets DVR'ed for sure! So does SYTYCD. DH will even watch that one with me. I haven't watched the Hills this year, too many other things going on, but I loved Laguna Beach. Rock of Love is amazing! I'll have to catch up on Charm School when they do a marathon. John & Kate is another one I watch all the time. DH is not a reality fan, so I have to sneak my viewing in when he is not around. My FI and I love to watch Amazing Race and So you think you can dance, but I watch The Hills on my own time. He can't stand that show, and although it's not the best I still have to watch it!

Quote: Originally Posted by Eager Groom Hello all My name is Paul, and I am getting married to a wonderful woman on Dec. 15, 2008. We are/were getting married at Dreams Tulum, but going through the headache of not knowing where we're currently getting married. Of all the resorts in Mexico, we had to pick the one big resort that got shut down... That stinks, but you have come to the right place for help.

Quote: Originally Posted by Chicagogirl Hello, We are planning a site visit the weekend of Nov 21 - 23 and want to check out the Iberostar Lindo. Does anyone have contact info. for someone I can email to set up an appt? Or any other suggestions on how I should go about this!!! Thanks, Jen Here is the email for the Lindo/Maya WCs: [email protected] Araceli is the one I have been working with.

Here's mine, he actually came out cute! It is really hard to find a picture with no hair in my face and not smiling!

YAY, your big day is almost here! The blumeboxes came out great (you know I have been waiting to see those pics!). The ceremony set up is really nice, and I love your starfish sandals. You look beautiful in your dress. Those BM dresses are super cute and cheap! What a great find.

Would anyone be willing to share their timelines/itineraries? I know I have seen some with clip art before on the forum, but didn't save them and now I can't find them. Please help!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by LindoBride2009 Question for you girls....when are you/did you have your shower? My wedding's in April and I have no idea when I'm suppose to register! We started registering around May/June. My co-workers threw me a surprise shower in August and my family shower was in September. We updated our registeries a lot before the showers since I had registered for everything I liked when I was in the store and then went online and took things off and changed things. We also registered for some seasonal items that were no longer available by the time our shower invites went out.

Quote: Originally Posted by Anna83 I have never had a manicure or a pedicure, but I'm am planning on buying the wedding package for the spa at our resort. My question is, do you get them on your wedding day or a couple days before? How long does it take to get done? You poor thing! I didn't have my first mani/pedi until I was in college and now I'm addicted. My manicures usually only last a couple days before my polish starts to chip (I don't get fake nails). I am getting my nails done the day before we leave, but I made an appointment at the spa for the day of just in case I need to get them redone since I want them to look fresh for pictures. I probably won't need my toes done since I can go a couple weeks without anything happening to my toes, but my fingers will definitely have to be redone. Like Alyssa said definitely make sure they dry all the way and I don't recommend putting them in front of the fan as it seems to make polish get bubbles.

Everything looks great! Both of your dresses are beautiful! I think we are going with a similar look for our cake too. That is the standard cake that comes with our package and they usually put fresh flowers on it, but I am going to bring fat green ribbon down with me. I love the personalized glass you got, those are really cute. The shell came out great! I can't believe our days are almost here, so exciting!!

Quote: Originally Posted by DallasAshli Thanks!! I am doing this as well. I am definitely not a DJ so any advice is appreciated. Is there any way you can post the playlist? Did you mix in fast and slow songs? What ratio did you use (like 4 fast then 2 slow). Sorry for all the questions but this is my next big DIY project! I'll have to copy the playlist from Mike's itunes since he hasn't updated mine yet. We didn't include our first dance, father/daughter, and mother/son songs in the mix since we will play those first and then the mix will start. We started with Electric Slide since I figured after 3 slow songs we'll need a faster song to get people going and I figured that would be a good one to at least get all the girls on the dance floor. Then from there we did about 10 fast songs and then a slow song. I like fast songs much better than slow songs, but I wanted to have a couple breaks and some songs for the older guests to be able to dance to. Quote: Originally Posted by beach_knot This is one of my big DIY projects as well! Did your fiance edit the songs using itunes or GarageBand? Unfortunately I do not have a MAC so I'm hoping I can do this with itunes. I grouped my playlists into six catagories. 1)Ceremony 2)Cocktail Hour 3)Reception 4)1st Dance 5)Dance Warm-up 6)Dancing Fools Other DIY iPod playlisters - how are you organizing your music Thanks for the tips - I am having so much fun creating all of our favorite tunes into our playlists I stayed up late last wkend getting started on this and I was already getting all teary eyed picking out ceremony music. Towards the end of the night we had a full dance party in our living room - I LOVE IT! Rachel We created a playlist for pre-ceremony, ceremony, cocktail hour, and reception and organized the songs in the playlist. You can edit the start and stop times of each song in itunes, but to do the mixing part where the end of one song overlaps a little with the beginning of the next song needs to be done in Garage Band. However, if you don't have a Mac and just edit the start and stop times of the songs there won't be a big gap between the songs if you just play it straight from your playlist like there would be if you didn't edit them. Some songs had a few seconds of dead air so playing it in a reception type setting where people are dancing it would be really noticeable. Quote: Originally Posted by KLC77 We need to do this as well. Its going to be a BIG pain in the a$$ I think. I'm dreading it. So, I'm excited to hear all of your ideas! I'm so technologically challenged its not even funny. Quote: Originally Posted by JamaicaBride2009 Thanks for the heads up on this one. I am planning to show your post to FI... he is in charge of this one :-) My FI did all the work, but I was watching him do it and it didn't look that hard to do. You just have to make sure you have the songs in a good order so they flow well into the next one and that you don't stop the song too early or it will have an abrupt stop. Quote: Originally Posted by 2bebridejamaica Well Michelle, I guess we are both waiting till now to do this.. yeeeeeaahhh we are in the same boat and today at work was all about the playlist and what order.. just to be sure incase something happens... now I just have go to itunes tonight and buy half the songs.. LOL Gotta love how we wait till the last nanosecond to this.. too much like!! If it wasn't for the DJ going MIA we would have been done with it. I'm glad it's done though, one less thing to worry about. Now I just have to finish those damn programs!

Quote: Originally Posted by tvt i am off of work! i just woke up from a great nap! haven't been sleeping too well lately. too excited. and somehow not anxious anymore so that's great! i'm 95% packed just a few thing left to throw in. I'm really impressed that we're making it in 2 large suitcases and one small. so. what do you girls think about exchanging email addresses? so if we get a change to log into email after the wedding we can send a quick update? might be faster and easier than logging into bdw. thoughts? So exciting! I'm not bringing my laptop or phone with me so I probably won't have email access in Mexico, but I will while I'm still here so I would love updates from the rest of you! My email is [email protected]

Your pics are great! I love the sparkler picture. You were a beautiful bride! Congrats!

I had been trying to find a local DJ to put together a mix of our reception music, and finally found one that was willing to work with us about a month ago. We sent him a list of all the songs we wanted, and highlighted our must haves. There were some songs we wanted to play that were really long that we wanted shortened, so we could fit in the most songs in the 2-2.5 hours we would have for dancing. Well for the past two weeks Mike and I have not been able to get a hold of him. We are hiring a DJ at our resort, but were told they don't have up to date music. Since we don't know the DJ's style and how they mix the songs together we wanted to come prepared with a mix on our ipods that he could just hook up and play with CDs as backup. Mike had already created the playlist of our reception songs and put them in the order he wanted them played. He then listened to each song and shortened the time (there is usually a buffer of a few seconds of dead air at the end of each song so there is a break in between songs). He also started some songs later that had long or weird intros. Once that was done he was able to move the songs into the GarageBand program on our Mac. For the long songs he was able to fade them out to a shorter length. He was able to overlap certain songs that flowed together to mix them so we have one continuous playlist. He was able to do one hour mixes and burned each hour to a CD, and then just merged each mix into one playlist on his ipod. It honestly didn't take that long once he cut down each song in itunes and put them in order, and we didn't have to pay for someone to do it. I thought I would share this to you all who are planning on using ipods for your reception music.

I love your centerpieces!