amy706

Blkatz, absolutely STUNNING!! You look gorgeous; you look so happy and relaxed. And erik did a GREAT job! congrats to you and your new hubby!

Hi ladies, I haven't been on in a while but I just saw some of the reviews and pics that just went up. BLKATZ- i'm sorry you had so many cancellations but i'm so glad the wedding went well anyway!! I also wanted to tell you guys about a cool thing my hubby and i just did. After my wedding I had an “impressionist” like “painting” done with one of our photos. We just got it in and we LOVE IT! We worked with Bebelliet Studio. She can also do it in different painting styles depending on what you like: impressionist, oil painting, water color, etc… She essentially takes a photo and makes it look like a painting. We had it framed and we LOVE it. Great to do with wedding pictures (or BM/parents gifts?). Anyway, she was great to work with, quick to respond and her prices were A LOT better than others I found online doing something similar work. Just thought I’d share! we love love love how it turned out! I dont have a pdf of the one she did of us (just have the hard copy) but she put me up on her site! Here's the link: Create Works of Art From Photographs Oh and here is her pricing. PHOTO PAINTING-- digital generation~ $5.00 flat rate for shipping & handling applies: 8x10 - 1 preview/1 revision $40.00 8x10 each additional print $15.00 8x10 framed via "personal shopper", gift-ready, shipped to recipient $60.00 11x14 - 1 preview/1 revision $50.00 11x14 each additional print (same shipment) $20.00 11x14 framed via "personal shopper", gift-ready, shipped to recipient $80.00 13x19 print - 1 preview/1 revision $70.00

I dont have a pdf of it but she put me up on her site! Here's the link: Create Works of Art From Photographs Oh and here is her pricing. Forgot to post that as well. PHOTO PAINTING-- digital generation~ $5.00 flat rate for shipping & handling applies: 8x10 - 1 preview/1 revision $40.00 8x10 each additional print $15.00 8x10 framed via "personal shopper", gift-ready, shipped to recipient $60.00 11x14 - 1 preview/1 revision $50.00 11x14 each additional print (same shipment) $20.00 11x14 framed via "personal shopper", gift-ready, shipped to recipient $80.00 13x19 print - 1 preview/1 revision $70.00

After my wedding I had an “impressionist†like “painting†done with one of our photos. We just got it in and we LOVE IT! We worked with Bebelliet Studio. She can also do it in different painting styles depending on what you like: impressionist, oil painting, water color, etc… She essentially takes a photo and makes it look like a painting. We had it framed and we LOVE it. Great to do with wedding pictures (or BM/parents gifts?). Anyway, she was great to work with, quick to respond and her prices were A LOT better than others I found online doing something similar work. Just thought I’d share! Create Works of Art From Photographs

Quote: Originally Posted by KylesBrideToBe Amy706 or anyone! I love the linen suits your guys wore, we are looking for something like that for my FI. Could you tell me where you bought yours and how much you might have spent just out of curiousity. Thanks as usual!!!! Angela Hey KylesBride! We got the linen suits at Macy's. They were a line of suit that is made by macy's- nobody else carried them. I cant remember the name of the top of my head but can check when i'm home. We then looked at the inventory (with the help of a guy in the men's dept) and got all the right sizes shipped to us from around the country from various Macy's. It worked pretty well. We ended up buying them for everyone. it took a fair amount of coordination but we got a good deal b/c of the Macy's one day sale type things... Good luck!

Quote: Originally Posted by KylesBrideToBe Hey Amy, thanks for getting back to us. I have another quick question reguarding the logo designs. I have a good friend that can design a logo for us but which shop/website did you go through to get the shotglasses and totes? Thanks again for your time!! Angela Hi Angela. I got the bags from cheaptotes and bought transfer paper and ironed the logos on myself. I got the shotglasses from discountmugs.com! Best of luck to you all!! Amy

Quote: Originally Posted by Lindz Thats so funny b/c I wanted to know the same thing and had asked her right after their wedding...she had a friend design the logo for her. I even asked her if it was in a jpeg or something that she could share it and we could change the name/date on it but she didn't know... Sorry, hope that helps!! Hi girls- sorry i've been MIA... That is right. A friend made it for me and I only have it in a pdf file. She made it in some cool graphic design program she has that I dont have on my computer so she sent it to me in pdf. Sorry!!! Maybe send it/the pic to Sproullie Designs or one of the others on here who makes logos and see if they can mimic it?!?!? Best of luck to you all!

The wine cellar at Portofino is on the main floor- not down stairs. My husband and I sat at our own table for dinner- I guess that's what you call a sweetheart table, right? Nothing unique to it really other than it was just us at a small table facing everyone. It was nice though. They brought in a separate cake table when we did the cake cutting so yes!

Sounds amazing!! Congratulations! You wont be disappointed with Citlalli; she's GREAT!

Quote: Originally Posted by moepeedy Amy, Beautiful pictures! Love your flower in your hair is it real or you had it made. Hey there! THANK YOU! It was a real lily! We had looked at fake ones beforehand but decided against it. The cheaper ones we didn't like and the ones I did like were very expensive. We just asked the florist for a lily to put in my hair. I think it was like $15 bucks or something and they brough two or three to choose from. I LOVED IT! It was perfect for what i wanted!

Quote: Originally Posted by jmb0902 Amy- Your pics are the best, we just decided on Dreams Tulum... so I have a few questions for you! Because the resort has photography as part of all their packages, did you get any money back b/c you had your own? I haven't seen many TTD photos from Tulum, does anyone do that out there? Would the photographer you used do that? Thanks! Since we used an outside photographer, they gave us extra time with the videographer. Worked great for us! I heard of someone else using the resort photographer for the TTD since they brought their own for the wedding. Something to consider. YES, there are a bunch of brides who've done TTD at DT. Look at the first few pages of the DT thread and click on the lists of brides who've already been married there! The photographer I used would do it but unfortunately its expensive for them to come all the way out to Tulum on two separate days. So you cant split the hours of your package. It's almost like two separate packages.

Quote: Originally Posted by Lindz Okay, REALLY weird question for people who have been to the resort and had drinks there. I am looking for advice for items for my OOT bags. I'd like to get customized koozies/beer huggies, are they worth it? Do they serve beer/drinks from cans, bottles, or cups? Just want to make sure if I get these that they can be used. Thanks!! I had plastic stadium cups made and as cute as they were, they didn't really get used that much at the resort. DT serves their drinks in nice sizes and plus our guests would just forget them. So for what its worht, you could probably invest in something else. Although i think people liked having the cups as a keepsake anyway. GOOD LUCK!

BEAUTIFUL PICTURES!!! Congratulations!!!!

Hi Lindz- a friend of mine actually created my logo for me (she has a pretty cool graphic design system at work). Not sure what she used but she sent it to me in pdf. So unfortunately I dont know how to manipulate it or put it in a form that you all could manipulate. I then sent it to the various vendors and they were able to use it. Bags: i bought on cheaptotes.com and then used transfer paper to iron the logo on. Shot glasses I got from discountmugs.com Stadium cups- I can't remember and i cant find it on my computer! SORRY. I found a bunch of vendors and then just emailed them all and got pricing and went with the cheapest!

No, I had them made custom wtih my logo. I tried looking up in my files where they were ordered from but I couldnt find it!!! I looked on the internet and found about 5 different places and then sent each my logo and got a price check and just went with the cheapest one! SORRY- I can't believe I can't find it!!! There are a ton of vendors out there and probably some recommendations elsewhere on the forum!

No,actually, she must have jotted down what our first dance was to (Better Together- jack johnson) and then she picked the others. I loved her choices! I didn't realize she was doing that so i'm sure you could tell her what you want! Like I said- they're FANTASTIC to work with. If i wanted to change the music in the slide show, i'm sure they'd do it for me as well. They're GREAT!

Quote: Originally Posted by sdtooley Absolutely stunning Amy! you inspired me to go ahead and put my deposit down today for Claudia! thank you for for posting the beautiful pictures and review. you and your husband looked so wonderful and happy! You won't be disappointed!!! They're just wonderful to work with!

Quote: Originally Posted by jerzygirl85 Absolutely gorgeous pictures!!! I have a question though about the packages that Claudia offers. Do they all come with an album? or will she just give you a disc and some print outs? Thanks, Everyone. You're all so friggin sweet! It was the most wonderful day of my life. And Citlalli did a great job capruting it!! Jerzygirl- they all come with an album. This is what Claudia sent me for packages/prices. Keep in mind this is probably 2008 prices. I got the golden package- fyi. So we got the CD with hi resolution pics, the album with 250ish 4x6s and then the numerous 5x7s and 8x10s that come with the package. I LOVE that we 'own' the pictures by having the hi res CD of 400+. PHOTO PACKAGE I 3 hours Photo Coverage* 150 digital images in High Resolution on CD’s gift of 100 printed 4x6 pictures gift of 8 printed 5x7 pictures gift of 3 printed 8x10 pictures album. Cost 1,500.00us SPECIAL PACKAGE 5 hours Photo Coverage* 250 digital images in High Resolution on Cd’s gift of 180 printed 4x6 pictures gift of 15 printed photos 5x7 gift of 6 printed photos 8x10 album Cost 2,250.00us GOLDEN PACKAGE 8 hour Photo Coverage* 400 digital images in High Resolution on Cd’s gift of 250 printed 4x6 pictures gift of 25 printed photos 5x7 gift of 10 printed photos 8x10 album Cost 3,350.00us *IMPORTANT : PHOTO COVERAGE TIME IS CONTINUOUS Meals are required for Photographer and assistant for Special and Golden Package. ADDITIONAL ITEMS SLIDE SHOW 250.00us FINE ART MAGAZINE ALBUM 10 pages 650.00us extra page 55.00us WEDDING GALLERY ON LINE 250.00us FINE ARTISTIC RE-TOUCH TOP 50 pictures 500.00us Extra shoots 10us per picture

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Review of Citlalli from Claudia Rodriguez Photo From start to finish they were an absolute pleasure to work with. Claudia was extremely responsive beforehand. Citlalli was on time, courteous, sweet, and knew exactly what she was doing. She took charge, made things happen, had a great eye for photos and let us dictate certain shots we wanted as well. We received the hard copy pics, link to the slide show and CDs within about a month. And we were thrilled with the product. The CDs come with pictures from our wedding on the top of the actual disc. So professional and really cute. I had a little issue where I noticed a teeny bit of my nipple in a picture (YIPES!). I emailed them and they deleted it out and reposted it in the slide show immediately. She also sent me the revised picture over email as well so I could delete the old and replace with the new. I cant say enough good things about them. Here are a few samples from there work and I’ve also included the link to the slide show: ENJOY! Amy & Michael | December 5 2008 | Tulum, Mexico <a href="http://s276.photobucket.com/albums/kk38/bausea/Citlalli/?action=view&current=AM_1205_030.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk38/bausea/Citlalli/AM_1205_030.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> <a href="http://s276.photobucket.com/albums/kk38/bausea/Citlalli/?action=view&current=AM_1205_034.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk38/bausea/Citlalli/AM_1205_034.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> <a href="http://s276.photobucket.com/albums/kk38/bausea/Citlalli/?action=view&current=AM_1205_110.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk38/bausea/Citlalli/AM_1205_110.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> <a href="http://s276.photobucket.com/albums/kk38/bausea/Citlalli/?action=view&current=AM_1205_128.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk38/bausea/Citlalli/AM_1205_128.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> <a href="http://s276.photobucket.com/albums/kk38/bausea/Citlalli/?action=view&current=AM_1205_156.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk38/bausea/Citlalli/AM_1205_156.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

SDTooley, there are so many good ones out there; I can understand why! I just posted my review of Citlalli from Claudia Rodriguez. We were really pleased! http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t35843

That's a very good point, Sunbride. I wish i knew that before. Dont love that the SSG is in the background when everyone is walking down the aisle. Yes, teh aisle runner was theres. I hadnt even thought about it; i was planning on the sand. But Landy mentioned it and at the last minute I decided to use it. they didn't charge me anything extra for this. OKAY LADIES- i did my review of Citlalli from Claudia Rodriguez and uploaded a few of my pro pics. Here you go: http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t35843

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Review of Citlalli from Claudia Rodriguez Photo From start to finish they were an absolute pleasure to work with. Claudia was extremely responsive beforehand. Citlalli was on time, courteous, sweet, and knew exactly what she was doing. She took charge, made things happen, had a great eye for photos and let us dictate certain shots we wanted as well. We received the hard copy pics, link to the slide show and CDs within about a month. And we were thrilled with the product. The CDs come with pictures from our wedding on the top of the actual disc. So professional and really cute. I had a little issue where I noticed a teeny bit of my nipple in a picture (YIPES!). I emailed them and they deleted it out and reposted it in the slide show immediately. She also sent me the revised picture over email as well so I could delete the old and replace with the new. I cant say enough good things about them. Here are a few samples from there work and I’ve also included the link to the slide show: ENJOY! Amy & Michael | December 5 2008 | Tulum, Mexico More to come...