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I agree with Megan... As long as you personally help those that booked already; you are completely fine. I wouldn't stress at all about it; it happens to a lot of brides; especially now with the swine flu issues.

Quote: Originally Posted by JUSTUSTWO Ok Amarillis, you truly rock! You are sooo on the case. Just as I finished looking at Miranda's planning thread, I was on my way to google the bra bag! Thanks for the inspiration Miranda & thanks for finding the site Amarillis! I was going to do the same thing!!! You are the best Amarillis!!!

Thanks everyone... =) And Melissa, you are SO right. It's a super confidence booster and is starting to get me motivated to get back to work again.

Oh and here is the article in case anyone is interested LOL... (Sorry, just bursting over here) - After an initial infatuation with his best-selling Daisy scent, Marc Jacobs has a new girl: Lola. The new women’s fragrance is due out in the fall and brings a whole new personality to the party. “Where Daisy is more innocent and sweet, Lola is more sensual — the name conjures up a flirtatious, warm spirit,” said the designer in a phone interview Wednesday. “It was the first thing that came to my mind, and I was very insistent with Coty that this had to be the concept. It just felt natural in contrast to Daisy.” Where Daisy Marc Jacobs — which was launched in 2007 and helped catapult the designer’s fragrance house to worldwide prominence — works its girlish charm, Lola is intended to be the confident and slightly vampy older sister, the designer added. The distinction was particularly important to Jacobs, who sees fragrance as an integral part of a person’s style. “Fragrance is just as important as accessories, bags and shoes are,” said Jacobs. “Not only does it help set a mood, it’s a luxury you can have no matter what your size or height or wallet. I’m happy to keep offering more choices. I know I like to rotate fragrances depending on my mood.” Lola, which Jacobs developed with Calice Becker of Givaudan and Ann Gottlieb, opens with pink peppercorn, pear d’anjou and ruby red grapefruit. Its heart is of fuchsia peony, rose and geranium, and the drydown is of vanilla, tonka bean and creamy musk. The scent will launch at Bloomingdale’s in August for a monthlong exclusive (it will also be available in Marc Jacobs stores in the U.S. at that time), then will roll out to its remaining U.S. distribution — about 2,200 department and specialty store doors — in September. It will also commence globally that month. At launch, the collection will include eaux de parfum in two sizes — 1.7 oz. for $65 and 3.4 oz. for $85 — as well as a 5.1 oz. body lotion, $45; a 5.1-oz. shower gel, $40, and a 4.9-oz. body cream, $50. In November, a 1-oz. (for which a retail price has not yet been finalized) will join the permanent Lola collection, as will a limited edition solid perfume ring, $40. Both are intended to “reenergize the brand for holiday,” said Claire Fermont Langlais, senior marketing director for Marc Jacobs fragrances at Coty Prestige, adding that the brand will anniversary the ring’s debut with another Jacobs accessory. In an unusual step, Lola’s bottles differ in shape according to their size. The 1.7-oz. bottle is tall and curvy, while the 3.4-oz. is wider and rounded. Both are topped with riotous free-form flowers of violet, fuchsia and red. “I had a color palette in mind from a cruise collection I was working on at the time,” said Jacobs of the cap design. “I started playing around with fabrics and swatches of leather, and that became the basis for the cap.” Of the decision to create different bottle shapes for the 1.7-oz. and 3.4-oz. scents, Jacobs noted: “I don’t know all the rules and regulations of the perfume world. Robert [Duffy, Jacobs’ business partner] and I have always operated by instinct. We don’t design by calculators. I don’t know if we’re right or wrong, but I’ve learned over the years to trust my instincts. The bottle was a whim, and it came together.” Jacobs was also driven to break the rules: the 1.7-oz. bottle would have been very difficult to scale up, due to the weight of the glass and base of the bottle. “It came from a tech nical restriction but feeds into my own creativity,” said Jacobs. Outer boxes are matte black with a glossy flower icon and gold-stamped name. Advertising, featuring a casually sexy Karlie Kloss and photographed by Juergen Teller, will break in September fashion, beauty and lifestyle magazines. “I’ve always worked with Juergen — he understands all of the facets of my women, and I told him I was very interested in Karlie,” said Jacobs. “She has a young and fresh look with a little bit of naughtiness in her eyes — like she’s not a true vamp, but it might be a role she’d like to play.” A bottle shot — featuring the 1.7-oz. and 3.4-oz. scents in a white featherbed — will be used with scented magazine print advertising. “It’s intended to be a wink at conventional fragrance ads,” noted Lori Singer, group vice president of global marketing for Coty Prestige Designer Fragrances. While Jacobs and Coty executives declined to discuss sales projections, industry sources estimated that Lola could do upwards of $75 million at retail globally, with about 40 percent of that figure expected to be done in the U.S. Industry sources also estimated Coty would spend about $30 million globally — with half of that budget in the U.S. — on advertising and promotion. Coty also plans to introduce a silver edition to Daisy Marc Jacobs this fall. “Daisy is really the scent that took Marc’s fragrance brand from being a niche player to widespread global success,” said Singer, “and we want to continue to energize that business.” The opaque silver bottle, a limited edition eau de parfum, is topped with gold-tone flowers and will retail for $88 for 3.4 oz. It will be available in Daisy’s full distribution beginning in September. While executives declined to discuss sales projections, industry sources estimated that Daisy’s silver edition could do $10 million at retail globally, with about $3 million of that expected to come from the U.S. market. “We strongly believe in our prestige designer pillar,” said Catherine Walsh, senior vice president of American fragrances for Coty Prestige. “This category is showing consistent growth, and we are very proud to have such a strong portfolio. Specifically, Marc Jacobs as a brand has so much global appeal and his explosive creativity is just what people want.” “Every time we’ve redone the Daisy bottle [the scent has had several versions since its launch], we’ve seen a jump in business,” added Jacobs. “I feel like there’s something fetishistic or collectible about a fragrance bottle — I love seeing an assortment of them on a dressing table.” However, business isn’t Jacobs’ only preoccupation these days. He is also preparing to marry his ad-executive fiancé, Lorenzo Martone, this summer. “We’ve set a wedding month,” said Jacobs. “Robert [Duffy] will host our wedding in Provincetown [Mass.] at his house. We’ve had trouble narrowing it down to a day, what with the Met Ball, CFDA, the FiFi’s and everything else on our social calendars — and Robert’s house is being photographed for a magazine spread. So, in theory, we will be June grooms — but we are going to wait till we get through more of these events to set an exact day.”

Hi Ladies, I am just bursting so I had to share with everyone.. LOL. As most of you know, I was recently laid off from my job which sucked. But, one of my last projects I worked on made today's cover of a leading industry magazine; Womans Wear Daily -- I am SUPER EXCITED!! It's a fragrance that I slaved over developing for almost a year ... YIPPY!!! For those of you that love perfume.. it is an amazing fragrance; super sexy!

OMG... I LOVE those. I wasn't planning on doing any flowers or bouts; but those I adore. I am going to check out the site!

Gorgeous MarieSam .. absolutely gorgeous!!! I can't wait to see all of your wedding items come together on your big day; everything is so amazing!

I agree with JustUsTwo and Fudgie ... Etsy is a great place to find a custom garter.

Very sexy and fun!!! Good choice!!

Quote: Originally Posted by boven Where did you get your BM dresses from? I am completely sold on the idea of a convertible dress but have only seen them from Twobirds Bridesmaid ($250+) and Butter by Nadia ($235+). Great post, thanks! Great post!! I wish I would have seen this before I had my BM's buy the VS Convertible dress and also bought one for myself for $90something... Boven- FYI' my BM's loved the TwoBirds ... but the price was out of control; so they bought in chocolate brown.. I have one as well and I have worn it a few times; love it!: Victoria's Secret - The convertible dress Now, though.. like Jess; I am tempted to buy the one posted on here in white for my rehearsal dinner.

I agree with everyone else... Invite her, be the bigger person, make FI happy and if she really has the guts to show up- kill her with kindness and have fun with those that are there for you!

I completely understand... we are having 17 people come to our wedding and 6 of them are in our BP (3 BM's and 3 GM's). My 3 GM's are my 3 best friends (both FI and I had 2 of our BP drop out and we no longer speak to any of them... that's another thread) and FI's are his 3 best friends --- But, my younger cousin who I am very close with decided within the past 2 months that she can afford to come to the wedding and I wanted to include her in some way as she is close family-- so I am having her as an Honorary BM and she will be doing a reading in our wedding and included in all the BM's activities as well as receive a gift.

That sounds great!!! Do you have a picture of the one she did for you? Would love to see it to get a 'real' idea.

We had a week as well to get our 10 rooms to secure our group rate... I basically hit up the wedding party via email and phone; those that couldn't afford it quickly, we paid for them and they paid us back. It worked out fine, but yes - it was a bit stressful at the time. Immediately after, we sent out STD's - as the TA could only hold the rates for for sure until Dec 1st... so guests had the options of booking when they received STD's (we included a very detailed letter) to get the best rate or wait and take their chances. As of now, everyone booked on time ... fingers crossed.

Everything looks amazing Miranda!!!! I want the bra bag too....... So excited for you; can't wait to hear how it all goes and see pics!!

I do not personally know of anyone.. but FI and I have been looking for an officiant for our legal ceremony using WeddingWire's Directory. I set it for Dallas, Tx.. I hope it helps. Wedding Officiants, Wedding Officiant, in Dallas, TX, Texas

Super cute!!!

FI and I went through a bunch of songs a few weeks ago; I can't remember all the ones we liked or didn't - there were waaayyyy too many! And.. on a lot of the websites; the songs were a bit creepy for mother-son dances in my opinion as they sound to me like they talk about romantic love. FI liked this one so far: YouTube - Mother Son Wedding Song - "The Man You've Become" BUT, I looked in the history of my computer and here are the sites we used; hope this helps! Mother Son Dance Songs - Wedding Songs for the Groom and his Mother Mother Son Wedding Songs YouTube - My Life,my soul,my son YouTube - Mother Son Song ''A Perfect Mother Son Song - On This Day'' - As Seen On TV

Quote: Originally Posted by Vikki Thanks everyone-I feel much better about the purchase now. I think I probably ought to buy that TiVo HD to go along with the BD photo album for the FI's gift huh? I'm just worried which one he'll spend more time looking at Just wanted to chime in and say that the dress is perfect for a TTD and you can absolutely bustle it if you are worried about the train. And.. LOL, your FI is too funny!! And.. I am SURE that he will look at the BD photos more than the Tivo!

I am so sorry that you have to deal with that; I remember my sister's wedding was a nightmare bw the two parental sides... his parents and my sister and her DH ended up not paying for things they said they would; so my Dad ended up putting out a lot of extra $$. As difficult as it is for FI & I budgeting; we are super happy that we are paying for everything ourselves. No drama, no muss, no fuss... lol.

Everything looks and sounded incredible!!! Congratulations New Mrs!!

Great review Andi - congratulations, everything looked amazing and sounded wonderful! I am so glad that you had fun.. you looked stunning!

Yippy!!! I LOVE THEM... you two look so in love; all the kissing is great! Congratulations!!

Absolutely gorgeous!!! I love the scenery and you look stunning! Congrats!!

Good thread... I was also wondering the same thing!!! Keep the ideas coming ladies =) I may have to go to Sephora to try them all!