Jess

Welcome Letter I’m doing a letter with koozies as I have too many guests for full on out of town bags and I wouldn’t be able to relax if I had to put that many together. I don’t have either finished yet but the koozies are yellow and gray. Well attach them to the letters when we get their with gray ribbon and have them each delivered to the guests rooms. Flowers I would love cream colored peonies but I don’t think that is possible in Mexico right now – so all cream colored something…and for my bridesmaids yellow flowers of some sort – I love ranunculus. Invitations and Calligraphy My envelopes were white – this pic is from her etsy store Best Destination Wedding Forum ~ The Ultimate Destination Wedding Resource My custom made bouts Best Destination Wedding Forum ~ The Ultimate Destination Wedding Resource Bridesmaid Gifts I went a little crazy with their gifts – I figured they were spending so much to come to my wedding so I wanted to: Clutch (theirs are in gray with a yellow flower – our wedding colors) Pearl Rings Here’s a thread on these: Best Destination Wedding Forum ~ The Ultimate Destination Wedding Resource Spa Wraps/Toiletry Bags Forgot to take a picture – I’m sorry! They are from Smarty Pants Boutique though – I highly recommend her – she was awesome – we also got waffle robes monogrammed for our mom’s Wet Swimsuit Bags Leather Passport Covers Sarongs (sorry can’t find a pic of these) Pashminas They are a light gray from that group order Jac did. Travel Jewelry Rolls Flip Flops Just dark gray Old Navy flip flops that they can wear at the beach with their dresses for the reception

Shoes I’m going back and forth on these shoe clips (by bpoetic on etsy) I bought or these clip on earrings – I bought them both to clip on the shoes for a little extra pazazz – here they are (I’m leaning toward the shoe clips): FI’s Suit Groomsmen/Bridesmaid/Ringbearer Outfits My bridesmaid dresses were made by sarahseven from etsy and I let the girls choose from 3 different versions Peachy Keen Dress Flock Dress Tulip Dress The groomsmen suits are from Express…they are wearing gray pinstriped pants, a suit vest, and a yellow collared shirt with an ivory tie, and gray chucks – pic below but shirt is the wrong color and tie is missing: And our cute little ringbearer of course with his outfit:

Rings My wedding Band My e-ring FI’s wedding band Tungsten ring – we were going to go platinum but he’s on the computer all day and we wanted something more scratch resistant Dress My dress is made by Alvina Valenta – here it is on someone else – sorry girls - you can see it on me after the wedding . Train is detachable and I’m only wearing it for the Church ceremony My veil is floor length and I’m just wearing it for the ceremony as it will be too much for the beach Jewelry/Accessories My earrings My bracelet My hair piece Made by arbiegoodfellow on etsy My clutch

First of all – thank you Tammy for creating this forum. I never would have been able to have the kind of destination wedding I wanted without it. There is so much useful info on here. Second of all – thank you to my shouters for keeping me sane during this time. You girls are amazing, and have become really great friends to me. I know I can count on you girls and that means a lot. With that, here is my planning thread – I can’t believe I leave in less than 2 weeks! – “Will you be my Bridesmaid” Cards Best Destination Wedding Forum ~ The Ultimate Destination Wedding Resource Engagement Shoot Best Destination Wedding Forum ~ The Ultimate Destination Wedding Resource BD Book Paul’s gift Beth Cocuzzi did my BD shoot. Thank you so much MarieSam for the recommendation! I know she did Deanna’s pics also. She was awesome! I was so nervous at first but she made it so much fun. She did my makeup and Tara did my hair…I’d highly recommend her to anyone in the So Cal area Bachelorette Party Vegas of course! I had way too much fun with 12 of my girlfriends. We stayed at THEHotel at Mandalay Bay which is perfect for bachelorette parties as all the rooms are suites with 2 bathrooms! And a bar in the room of course

Just voted Stace!

aww Nat love it!!!

nice!! and what a deal!

I love the paint -that is awesome!

you didn't have this option but I really like a u shaped table. Otherwise I say one long table

I like it Nat! very cute

I like #1!

very nice! the heart one is really cute

I like "Better Together" Aut

yeah that is a tough one...usually chocolate anything and vanilla anything are good picks.

great job Leslie - have an amazing time!!

#1 for sure!

congrats! and that is special

there is a ruelala thread on here already - try your search, I'd post it there.

aww that is awesome - glad she was sweet!

Congrats Keira and Mel!!

Abbie it is beautiful!

Aut you can always run up to the bar and back too!

we got a deal on a vendor meal for our photogs...i think they are sitting at their own spot though

Erika - I'm so happy for you!!!! You are going to be such a beautiful bride. We can't wait to hear all about it.

My dress store had a solution if anyone is interested. They are vaccuum packing my dress to fit into a little small bag. They said once you open it it just needs a little ironing, doesn't really come out wrinkled. Anyway this is a good solution for me so thought it might work for some of you! They are only charging me $10 to do it.