Maura

Quote: Originally Posted by Alyssa Maura - i am a registry checker crack addict now - i can't stop!!!!! i am going to check now (laughing hard) hahahahahahhaa well, like i said above... since you already know what youre going to get, the fun part is trying to figure out who's giving it to you before you get it!

well the way i see it, you registered for all of it so you know what youre going to get... the big mystery that i like is trying to figure out who the gift is from before it arrives!

ok so i am having the WORST week ever at work, and jose left today for a business trip to mexico for 5 days, and i was feeling sorry for myself so i checked my registry just now and ive gotten several more gifts since my shower last weekend! i have another shower coming up the 28th. here's what i just noticed was purchased that made me smile: -a big pasta serving bowl - ALL our casual dishes! -the awesome cuisinart blender jamy told me to get haha

Quote: Originally Posted by Morgan and get the sensitive toothpaste. crest sensitive is my favorite. we only use sensodyne toothpaste in our house because we both have sensitive teeth. my GoSmile kit came with two travel size tubes of super-sensitive toothpaste, which i also really really like.

jac, being a bride, if i got your shower invite with a photog registry and a gift registry thing like for C&B too, i would totally do the photog registry because i know how important photos are for a wedding and that we cant always afford the photog we really want, so often we end up going with someone we like a little less just because its what we can afford. i say go for it!

katrina, sorry about the delay on your shipping, that is probably totally because of my flowers!!!!!!!! (although it is NOT my fault they made them the wrong color to begin with!)

let me tell you all i have tried EVERY product available!!!!!! and the only one that i recommend to people is the GoSmile system. you can get it at sephora. it's a bit pricey, but nowhere near as pricey as pro whitening (i spent about $120 for the starter kit, the refill ampoules are about $29) sephora is running a special right now on it for $99 Sephora: GoSMILE Summer Smile Kit ($140 Value): Tooth Care i have extremely extremely sensitive teeth, and this is the only OTC whitener system that doesnt kill me. i only get sensitive after like the 5th day. feel free to ask me questions - im super busy at work today but will be in and out of the forum when i get some free moments.

thanks girls, i am so happy i really really love them! lets hope they are as beautiful in person as in the photos! i forgot to post this earlier but the jewelry designer ive been working with to do all my custom earrings for myself and my BMs finished the BM earrings and sent me pics this morning! here's what they look like:

for all you noobs, anny has her own business doing invitations and such! here's her website Ana de Roux - Invitaciones, Sobresitos, Recuerditos, etc.

my final photos of the retints of my AA flowers finally came just now! love em! so happy!

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! my AA final pics just arrived in my email! here's what the retints look like, i totally love them!

kat, glad to hear your boobies are doing well! hehe

Quote: Originally Posted by amyh You can fly Betty in if only i could afford to!

make sure when you ask them that you are right away upfront with a dollar amount of what it will cost them to travel so if they have to decline because of finances, they can do it as early as possible.

haha no, i didnt use it to pass off a gift as tiffany. i used the ring box for a tiffany sterling silver ring i'd received as a gift that didnt come with an actual ring box (just came in the regular tiffany box with the padding)

Quote: Originally Posted by Nrvsbride Yeah my friend the distributor told me that places like Tiffany's have to charge more b/c of the real estate rent and the amount of money they spend on advertising and marketing. But a diamond is a diamond is a diamond. I think its absurd to pay an inflated price just to get the blue box. But that's just me. yep! so true! and i totally agree... why pay double the price just for a silly little box, when it is so easy to buy a tiffany box on ebay ;-) you can also always go into tiffany if you own other tiffany rings and say you lost the box and they will give you a new one. some stores charge for it, but ive done it and gotten it free.

boht our dads AND the groom are wearing a tan suit at our wedding. your dad is going to be mega-effin hot in a tux on the beach... let him know you spoke with your WC or something and they said everyone should wear something light and breezy like light colored linen... then you pass the blame onto someone who cant feel bad about telling your dad what to wear, but you still will make your groom happy

Quote: Originally Posted by Nrvsbride I know I realize that no matter what I do I'm going to have to have it custom made so that it fits and its exactly what I want. Yikes $17,000. Ouchie. The funny thing is I got my diamond from my friend who is a distributor and he had his "guy" do my setting. It turns out the guy is the guy who sets diamonds for Tiffany. So my setting was made low also so that it wouldn't be easy to snag. funny you mention that - even though the tiffany ring was $17K, i got a ring with identical characteristics, but a bigger stone (by 0.3 carats!) for LESS THAN HALF THE PRICE OF THE TIFFANY RING! the guy who set my ring studied under a tiffany diamond setter, so he was quite familiar with how to copy the setting frm the photo i showed him!

glenda, i found some pics i took that show how high my ring sits, maybe this will help, it also shows how my wedding band sits flush against my e-ring

Quote: Originally Posted by Nrvsbride Yes Maura exactly what your ring looks like. Same type of band and everything. Only I want diamonds surrounding the main stone. Gosh I've seen your ring a million times and it always makes me gasp...it is so beautiful! i originally wanted my ring to have micro pave around the center stone too but jose hated how it looked. when we went shopping for rings the first time to get an idea of what we liked (how it looks on my hand not just what i liked from a magazine photo ad), we went to tiffany and i tried on a tiffany novo that was about $17K. we both loved how it looked but there was no way i was asking him to drop $17K on a ring. so we went to a jeweler in the diamond dist. here and showed him a photo of the novo, and then we customized it to have a raised cathedral setting. the novo is really delicate and easy to snag because of the way the diamond sits atop the band. with the cathedral setting i have, the diamond sits a little lower into the band, but high enough that i can fit a flat ring (not the curved, which i also hate like you do) flush against my e-ring. a jeweler should be able to do that custom setting for you to make the center stone & shared beed micro pave around the stone high enough to fit a flush ring. i can take some close up pics for you tonight to show you how high it sits. from the underside of the band all the way to the top of the surface of the diamond, my ring measures about 3/4 of 1 centimeter. my band is 2 mm wide and 2 mm thick (except the underside of the band where it is exposed on the downward facing side of my hand, it is 1.5 mm thick)

glenda, i think what you're looking for is called "shared beed micro pave" - kind of like my ring looks, right?

go ahead and blame me if it makes you feel better alyssa ;-)

Quote: Originally Posted by katrina maura, when do you leave for mexico? SUPER early AM on aug. 6th!

i have some great pics for writing captions for on my computer at home... muahahaha cant wait to see the funny things you guys come up with! will post when i get home late tonight!

an accomodations card to let them know all the hotel booking info with your discount code and whatever else if thats applicable