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The seashells and beach photo set up is so cute!

Congratulations! Your ring and dress are beautiful. The cakes are awesome.

Wow! That resort looks really nice. Was it an AI?

We just threw my cousin a baby shower a few weeks and I was part of the "gaming committee". We did a baby food word scramble-the first person to finish with all the correct answers won a prize, we put 20 baby items in a office paper box we wrapped the box and cut two arms holes on each side and taped a food timer on top set at 20 seconds. Each person had 20 seconds to feel around in the box and on the paper we provided had to write down what they thought was in the box. We picked the top three people with the most correct items. No one got all 20. Everyone really enjoyed that one. Our last game was baby bingo that we played until all the prizes were gone.

That is too cute!

Very pretty!

I love your dress!

I got a package of 4 shells from Homegoods. I think it was $5.99.

OMG-the best was the don't do it dipshit look from the cat. I almost peed myself.

to the forum!

to the forum!

I got my sand ceremony kit in so I wanted to post some pics so you can see what it looks like and how it is shipped. It came in the blue box inside another box surrounded in bubble wrap. The glass topper is not a tight fit, so once filled with sand I think you will have to literally carry it on the plane home to avoid spillage. It is also a lot bigger than it looked online, but overall I am very happy with it. I got two bags of sand-white and light brown. The seashells I got on sale at Pottery Barn and will go in the shorter vase. The shells will be poured in the bottom of the heart before the sand, or we will have family pour shells in before the ceremony.

Quote: Originally Posted by jpitts78 Well for us... just the rooms are going to be 1300/couple for 3 nights at the Grand, 1000/per for 3 nights at Maya, and 815/couple for 3 nights at Lindo... flights will probably be about 600-1200 per person because everyone is flying from different areas. We are staying for about 7-8 nights and it wll cost about 3000 for just the rooms at the Grand. I'm putting on my STD that prices are subject to change based on # attending and when packages are be booked. So if they go up or down, people will be forewarned if they go up beforehand. I would also let your guests know that if they choose to stay at the Lindo or Maya to save money on the trip they will need to pay for a day pass to go to the Grand, unless you are covering that for them. I'm getting married at the Lindo and some people asked about staying at the Del Mar which is cheaper so I had to let them know about the passes, and they decided to stay at the Lindo since it would have cost them the same amount.

Morgan, I just looked at all your pics and they are by far my favorite wedding pics. Kudos to Kristie!

You poor thing!

Can you tape the pennies to your shoe so they don't fall out?

OMG that is hilarious! Don't people in PV have big boobs?

I don't think the bags have to be expensive or elaborate if you want to do them. I think we'll be spending around $200 for all the bags and stuffers. We wanted to do an excursion with our guests, but it was too hard to pick an event that everyone would enjoy and with the amount of people, and having to pay for transportation it would have been too expensive for us. Also, our guests are all coming in and leaving on different days so that would have been another issue trying to pick a day that everyone was there. I also didn't want to monopolize their vacation either. The OOT bags are a great alternative.

Quote: Originally Posted by tvt Michelle - I LOVE LOVVE LOVE LOVE LOVE your jewelry. where did you buy it? I got the jewelry at Von Maur. The necklace is by Monet and was $28, the earrings by Givenchy for $35. Givenchy had a lot of really pretty earrings, and there was actually another pair I liked better, but we couldn't find a necklace to match. Quote: Originally Posted by ethrondson When I mailed out our STD's one came back for my cousin's Rodney and Reagan. I didn't get to worried about as I figured I would get the right address for the invites. Well, as I was doing the invites, I was talking to my cousin's SIL (my cousin Richard's wife) since they were in the process from moving from the same town that I was trying to send the invites to, to my home town. They were going to get the right address for me or else take the invites up there for me, but it didn't end up happening. I did see Reagan at a family wedding in Jan and told him about it, and he said that he would give me a call and give me his address. Well, last week I finally called up there and talked to Rodney. I told him about the wedding plans and got their address. Then a couple days later Reagan called back. Well, they are both planning on coming down to the Dominican for the wedding. I am excited since they are my 2 closest cousins in age on my Mom's side. The next closest cousin is actually our oldest cousin's daughter who was supposed to be a BM but had to back out. As for RSVP's, I got a few on facebook which wasn't actually an option, and only one person has answered through the website, and it was my coworkers husband saying "yes". I had a couple verbals from before we even sent out the invites, since I knew that they were coming, but no one else has. As I get word, or give up on them, I cross them off the list myself. That is great that your cousins will be able to make it. I have two cousins on my mom's side that I really wanted to come. One just sent her RSVP that she can't make it, and I'm still waiting to hear from the other one. Most of my mom's family live in different states so I rarely see them. I was hoping having a destination wedding would get more of them to take a trip since even if we had a wedding at home it would require them to travel. I'm still waiting to hear from some of them, but most declined. I was disappointed, but also understand. Danielle-No worries on the bags.

Everything looks great!

I love all the BDW girls, but I may have to jump on the Rachel bandwagon too! Her posts always crack me up, and she just seems like a really fun person (especially from the party pics she's shared!). I also love Alyssa's posts. She always posts great polls and interesting topics.

I agree with the previous poster. This is why we did not do a group book. For the guests we knew were definitely coming, none of them were picking the same dates to travel. It was just too much hassle for not a lot of money saved. Now with all the changes in the airlines, I'm not sure we would have saved our guests any money if we had done the group booking anyway. We are still waiting on about 45 RSVPs including some of the people that said they were definitely coming and our wedding is less than 4 months away. Since it is so far in advance if guests that say they want to come now, but change their mind later are they forced to pay the full cost of the trip, or are you going to get stuck with it? Is there any way for you to get out of the group booking, or is it too late since you already paid the deposit?

Quote: Originally Posted by DanielleNDerek For those that are doing photoshares, what site are you using (snapfish, kodak, etc.)? And how are you setting it up? Are you making a seperate account just for the wedding pics? I'm going to do it but i haven't given it much thought until now. I wanted to order Vista Print postcards with the photoshare info on it. I think I might use Shutterfly. I order pics from them all the time, and so do my family members. I haven't set it up yet though. Quote: Originally Posted by SoontobeMrsE Michelle - OMG Girl - you have been busy! I laughed out loud when you said you were packing things in your luggage because you ran out of room. That is too funny because I am doing that too! All of your stuff looks great! I am SO ready to be on vacation! I'm glad I'm not the only loser that started packing. I just couldn't take the crap all over the floor anymore. Our place is too small as it is. I absolutely cannot wait to go to Mexico. I'm excited for the wedding, but I will really need a nice, long vacation.

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That looked like so much fun! The beach towel wrapping is an great idea. I love the aprons- too cute!