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angruck and jillian I love your dresses! And I love that you have three Jill! haha Thats awesome. I only have one (so far??). I ended up getting it at a 'moving locations' sale for only $100, plus we are not doing an AHR, so I am ok with trashing it. Its nicole miller:

Quote: Originally Posted by Adlergray is smary pants on etsy? nope its its own website, check it out: Smarty Pants Custom Embroidery Boutique

I LOVE BOTH!!! That dress looks like a nicole miller one I love. Gorgeous!!!

Hey Anna, I would look at Jcrew. They have a ton of nice dresses around that price range in different fabrics/materials. I have 4 bmaids in Canada and 4 in the US and thats the route we went.

I was going to do those too Jillian. I even was in contact wtih the lady and she was super sweet! But then I went with Smartypants instead b/c I ended up liking their ribbon and font/thread choices. They were only $21 each!

Congrats and Welcome! You can't go wrong with a Dreams Resort. I am a Dreams Huatulco Bride (which is not the norm) but I have heard and seen great things about all of them!

Congrats and welcome!!

Congrats! Another December 2009 Bride

Im all about bands that don't fit with your engagement ring, so I dont see a problem with getting a band that you love to go with that ring at all. Whatever band I get won't fit with my ring either so they will clearly be seperate, which is what I love. You should just go try on some bands with it and see what you think. Thats just my opinon!

Jess-I just listened to that adele song and I love love love it. I think I might use it to walk down the aisle! Thanks!!

btw jillian I love your invites for your AHR! Welcome Julie! And lets see your dress Angruck!! have you girls all figured out your bmaid gifts yet??

well ladies, I think I trump everyone. We are LEAVING on christmas day. So not only are we taking our guests away from their family on christmas but the prices are also the highest that week for the entire year. We chose that week b/c we have friends and relatives who are in school or are teachers so they cant just take time off whenever they want. And also b/c lots of people have that week off already so they wouldnt need to use vacation time. I think saving vacation time makes up for the high price our guests are paying. And to be honest we didnt have anyone complain! WE were shocked. They were all excited about spending christmas and new years in mexico. Adn those that decided they arent coming b/c its christmas are very few.

I don't know how you girls get such clear pictures of your rings! My sister and I tried all weekend to get a good picture of my ring and this is the best we could get. FI went and hand picked the diamonds and design with a designer in town. I had zero say and was completely surprised, I love it. ps my hand looks really creepy b/c I cropped it!

petals i love that look! And I just saw that you are getting married in two days, yay!! I think I am going to go no veil. I do love the look of the veil. And I love the veil flying in the wind in pictures but I just don't want to spend a couple hundred dollars on something I would only wear for an hour. I would rather splurge on my purse or shoes or something. Maybe thats dumb?! So no veil it is (for now!)

soooooooooooooo cute! Is that bcbg? Thats just perfect Jillian, esp for a tea/luncheon. Ok now I need that dress too. ha

I think thats really great kstinson. We are the same way so far: Bridesmaids: 7 Dresses from jcrew (I just ordered them yesterday because its 20% off your entire order until memorial day) ranged from $134-$144 each 7 Spa wraps from smartpantsboutique $21/each Groomsman (my FI is in charge of this, so this was all his choice) 7 White collared long sleeve dress shirt from banana $65 7 pairs of Linen pants from banana $85 Not sure what else we will get. But will probably spend another $100 on each of them as we are letting them do whatever they want with their hair and makeup. I figure im not getting mine done so I don't want to make them.

We are going to have about 75 guests, and i think it will be around 40 bags. We budgeted $1000 so that would be about $25/bag. So far I have bought the bags (on ebay, 40 for $150) anti-bacterial soap from bath & Body works, pencils or pens and crossword/suduku books from the dodllar store, and spf lip balm from avon. I will also be doing the travel mugs and probably some frisbees/mini footballs and not sure what else.

Your stuff all looks amazing! Can't wait to hear your review and see pics!!

Wow I love your centerpeices and your candle holders! I was just looking at candleholders like that on luna bazaar and was wishing they werent so expensive!! You're so lucky your aunt was so amazing and made and delivered them for you. I can't wait to see your pics to see how it all comes together

Lots of super cute things on there! Great site and choices!

I have 7 girls in my bridal party as well. Check out Smarty Pants Custom Embroidery Boutique which I know alot of girls use on here. I will probably do that and a clutch or some sort of jewellry.. i have 7 mths still so havent really thought that far! As for OOT bags.. we are going to have 70-80 guests as well (our weddings are quite similar!) and we are doing nice bags with a change purse, pens, suduku/puzzle books, anti bacterial hand soap, spf lip balm, travel mugs, advil and some snacks. Maybe some mini footballs or frisbees. good luck!

My gf ordered her tulle for her chairs from here: Tulle she got the 6 inch tulle in fuschia and got three rolls (300yrds) and the wedding coordinator at dreams tulum did everything for her. IT looked awesome and was super cheap. Thats the route im going!

I dont think you have to reconsider asking people to be in your wedding party, your just concerned about putting out alot of money and then something coming up and them not coming. I think there is a dif way to go about it though to protect yourself, if you're really worried, cause this goes go both ways.. it would be sh*tty of a friend to just decide last minute not to go KNOWING that you paid for all that stuff for them. If that were the case I would sure hope a true friend would offer to pay you back for all of it. So I agree with bachatchabride, If you haven't already told them about your plan to pay for alot of stuff, just have them proceed with buying it themselves (like 99% of bmaids do) and then at the wedding you can reimburse them all for it as part (or all) of their gift. This just happened with me as I am paying for all my bmaids dresses but then my one bmaid found out she is pregnant and might not be able to come. We talked it over together and she offered, and wanted, to pay for her dress herself b/c there is a big chance she might not come. So I said that was a nice suggestion, and if she does come, I will reimburse her for it. You know? Just talk to your friends about it, communication is key.

Thanks so much for this site. I found a real wedding on there that incorporates all the colors and things I had visioned in my head but didnt know how to make work!! Yay!! Thanks

My mom actually got her dress from a bcbg outlet for like 75% off. Its spaghetti straps, empire waist and long and flowy to the ground. Its white with browns/golds and silvers in it. Super pretty and looks awesome on her. She was worried it would be too close to the color of mine, but 1) I dont care and 2) its really not that close to be mistaken for a wedding dress!