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Thanks so much for sharing. Very nice!

Elizabeth and her team were FANTASTIC!!! By far the best vendor investment we made for our special day and worth EVERY penny. We love our photos. Great pictures create memories you can enjoy a lifetime! I HIGHLY, HIGHLY recommend Elizabeth so feel free to reach out if you have any questions as you're evaluating your own photographers.

Since save the dates are considered to be an "informal" communication, you have flexibility in how you address them. You aren't even required to hand write them like you are supposed to do with your "formal" communications, so we used labels for our STDs.

Hello Ladies, I am sharing one of the gifts I got for my Maid of Honor. I am all into photos so this was the perfect gift for me to give. Its personalized canvas art. The first picture is the photo from the vendor's web-site.The second is the one I actually did for my Maid of Honor. It has a picture that was taken during my bachelorette weekend. You can do this with for a mother/daughter picture or group photo if you have a large bridal party. Since I only had a MoH, I only needed one of the two of us. The web-site Personalized Gifts and Personalized Gift Ideas from Personalization Mall has lots of good ideas for personalized gifts, so I thought I'd pass the web-site along. Cheryl

Looks like a special day and a good time was had by all! Congratulations!!

So nice when you come across a real bargain for something you've been looking for! Looking forward to seeing the pics.

We did both OOT bags and favors. We had 125 guests and 120 of them stayed at our host hotel, but we still opted to do both. We did personalized shot glasses and had them on the tables at the wedding reception. We ordered then through a vendor that our hotel coordinator knew so we didn't have to ship them. We paid $5 a piece. They were delivered to the hotel. We just had to bag them. I used organza bags from Paper Mart Packaging Store.

My contact for the personalized key cards at PLI said you can contact her directly. Let her know Cheryl sent you. Shonia Gibbs Event Sales Rep PLI 605 Sweeten Creek Industrial Park Asheville, NC 28803 Tel: 828-418-8280 Fx: 828-210-4755 [email protected] Also, remember to use my magnet idea and it can become a lasting sovenier that your guests take home and put on the refrigerator. I thought they were WELL worth it. One other way to reduce the cost is to do the photo in black and white. Just another tidbit.

What was nice about ordering them in Cancun is I didn't have to worry about shipping or getting them to Cancun. They delivered them to the hotel. We paid $5 a piece for them. Still awaiting the contact information from the hotel wedding coordinator that had the contact.

The favors were a hit. We picked the colors and only recommend the orange and blue because the personalization didn't show up as well on the yellow one. Still waiting to get the vendor information. My GREAT wedding coordinator at the hotel helped me find these through a local vendor in Cancun.

Ok, so here is the skinny on the Personalized Key Cards. Yes indeed, the personalized key cards were a HUGE hit! We did NOT put stickers on existing key cards, but I guess that is one way you could do it. I actually ordered them from the company that makes key cards for about 90% of the hotels around the world. I DID come up with the magnet idea myself ;-) by using business card magnets that you can buy from Office Depot/Staples. I cut them into small squares and put into change envelopes that I then printed and put labels on the envelopes to instruct people what they were to be used for. Remember, the magnets will decode the programming, so keep them seperate from the keys once they're coded. So here is my big tip...contact PLI (see URL below). They can make them with a picture or they have some generic wedding ones with rings or roses. As you can see, we opted for our own picture and text. The company will work with you to find out if your wedding hotel is one of their clients and then ask you to verify which type of key card system they use. They even sent a sample to the Hyatt in Mexico to test the card, but then we brought them all down with us. PLI - Event Keycards As for the matches, someone asked about traveling with them. I traveled with them in my CHECKED luggage. I was not stopped by customs in Cancun. I also shipped a few boxes via FedEx to the hotel in advance with a lot of the bag items (eg. the candles, programs, etc). It was totally worth it not to have to lug a bunch of stuff.

Thanks Kat...that is exactly what I needed to do!

Can someone tell me how to get my picture to show up on my profile. I saved it to the user file, but it doesn't show. Help??

I had my wedding at the Hyatt on May 3rd. I just recently posted a review on Trip Advisor. I will answer your questions in a future post.

Yes, we had them made here based on the hotel specs and brought them with us.

Here are pics of my wedding gown, our rings and me and my new husband. I LOVED my dress, and so did my husband! It was a Watters and Watters gown that I added a swarkovski crystal sash to add a little bling. It looked good, felt good and wasn't too heavy. It was PERFECT!! The bridesmaid dress was the perfect shade of orange for our wedding. It was vibrant and a silk shatung fabric. Dress was made by Suri. My husband wore a Hugo Boss linen suit and picked the perfect shirt and tie to compliment our color scheme.

As promised, now that I figured out how to add the pics. Here are photos of the personalized, Cancun shot glasses we gave out at the actual wedding reception. The yellow ones don't show our names as well, but we really liked them as did our guests. The vendor we used for these is in Cancun. I am waiting to get her email address from our hotel wedding coordinator and will update with contact information. IMG]http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk75/wade2893/wedding%20prep/WeddingWeekend388.jpg[/img]

Someone asked which bags we specifically used. Link is below. They were a great price. We added our own stickers to them. As soon as I figure out the picture thing, I'll add them. Paper Mart Packaging Store - Colored Euro Tote Bags

Here are a couple of pictures of my welcome bags. They were a big hit and didn't cost an arm and a leg. Since we were on an inclusive meal plan, didn't really need snacks. So we left those out. The personalized key cards were a HUGE hit and I came up with the idea to cut magnets so people could take them home as a keepsake. We gave personalized Cancun shot glasses as our actual reception favor. Will include picture of those in another thread. Bags (in mango color): from Paper Mart Packaging Store Stickers - we made ourselves Z-Card program: from textstyledesigns.com Travel Candles: Michaels Matches: Personalized matches (can't remember from where) Personalized Games: ArmoredPenguin.com Now that I figured out how to put the pictures, I thought I'd send this again.

Thanks so much for sharing. You're right, this is a great deal!! I have been to two Michael's already to get the Ginger Grapefruit (its my color and it smells good). I'll be heading to the third one today. Much better than the tea lights I was going to put in the bags. Again, THANKS SO MUCH for sharing!!!

Thanks for sharing. What a great idea to put in the OOT bags!!

That sounds yummy! Like you said...the best of both worlds!!

I think every bride/groom is different in exactly what they're looking for. For us we wanted some of the same attributes you mentioned, but we didn't want a large property. We wanted our wedding party to pretty much take over the place ;-) So, for us, we looked at hotels with less than 300 rooms. So that narrowed down the list for us and knocked out some of the more popular wedding spots like Dreams and Moon Palace. Then we looked at the price point for our guests and the fact that we would have a handful of children. So that of course knocked some out,...like Le Blanc...still one of my personal favorites. So, we actually took the route of seeing if some of the smaller full service hotels would offer and inclusive meal/drink plan option and that is what we ended up doing. So don't limit your search to a hotel that is called "all-inclusive". If you find a regular resort you really like such as Marriott, Le Meridien, Hyatt, Hilton...call/email and ask about the pricing and a package that is inclusive of rooms, meals, drinks and taxes. Good luck!

Hi, On a trip to Playacar Palace we took the ferry over and spent the afternoon at Cozumel Palace snorkeling and having lunch. The property is small, but nice like the other Palace properties. Clean, modern and trendy. The pool is small but its nice to be able snorkel right there. Didn't really have a resort feel as much as just a nice hotel feel because of its size.

Hi! Let me say that I LOVE Le Blanc!!! My fiance' and I took our first vacation together and stayed there. We had a great time. Its a great property. Very much for couples. Rooms are very, clean, trendy, and modern!! Even though its an all-inclusive, the food is really good!! We considered even getting married there, but we thought the price point for our guests was too high.