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Quote: Originally Posted by adias.angel It is a "At Home Reception". We have 2 guests list; one list is invited to the wedding & AHR, the other guest list is for those we are only inviting to the AHR. I have a couple places you can look at all kinds of boarding pass STDs; some are more formal, some are not. My planning album: Picasa Web Albums - adias angel - Save The Date Boarding Pass Thread: http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t22754 Thanks!! Those links are so helpful!!

Hi all. Is anyone here not having a bridal party?? No bridesmaid, groomsmen, or flower girl etc?? I'm thinking of not having anyone in my party just because my wedding is sooo small and honestly I'm not THAT close to that many people to be having them all in my bridal party. I may just have ONE for me and ONE for DF. Like one maid of honor no brides maid. And ONE best man, no grooms men. What do you ladies think??

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eggs : wisdom teeth (DF just got his wisdom teeth pulled today so he's been eating a boiled egg's yolk mashed with chicken broth..)

Quote: Originally Posted by adias.angel We are only doing traditional for the wedding invites and the marriage announcement with AHR invite. We are sending out so many different things but here is what we have planned so far: Flip Flop Invites - Bridal Shower Movie Poster Spoof - Engagement Announcements Boarding Pass - Save the Date Picture Pocket Fold - Wedding Invites, Marriage Announcement with AHR invites included Picture Postcard - AHR reminder Picture Collage Thank Yous What is the AHR??

Quote: Originally Posted by jkcz0702 We did the boarding pass STD, Passport for our update information and Message in Bottle for our Invites. You can do the travel ideas and make them elegant. What is the message bottle invites?? Pictures of it?? And I'd love to see a really formal elegant boarding pass/passport style invite!! I bet it'll look cool! Got pictures of that too?? (Hehee!!)

Quote: Originally Posted by JenniferLynn Here is our cake. We brought the topper ourselves, and the rest is what the resort chef came up with. I was actually really happy with it is that a mouse mermaid topper??!!

Quote: Originally Posted by GeminiLibra Here is the cake that I want and have been told they can do it but I have to provide the people. Our wedding is on the beach so it's perfect for us! I LOVE THIS!!!!!!!!

I'm having white and yellow plumerias!!

Quote: Originally Posted by BachataBride I think this is a fantastic idea!! We were originally going to get FI's BIL to play guitar and sing our first dance song (Steady as we go...by Dave Matthews Band) but we decided to go with the original. Maybe we'll get him to play for when I walk down the aisle...thanks for the idea!!! Oh no prob!! YAY!! My first time my idea helped someone since I joined the forum!! (only joined a few days ago though!! LOL! Tell your DF about it and let me know what you plan on doing!! If your BIL sings during your walk, will it still be the same song?? Good luck hun!!

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Quote: Originally Posted by ~Debra~ Gosh. I know its tough deciding on a location. That's probably one of the toughest decisions because there are so many wonderful locations out there. I would suggest thinking about what you really are looking for, like your "gotta haves" for your wedding and then base your decision on that. You can have everyone at the same hotel without the AI aspect of it. Luckily, you have time to think about it. Thank god for long engagements! lol I know seriously, I'm so happy with having this long engagement!! Are you and your DF staying in the same room? Because you know they say you should sleep away from each other the day before??

Welcome to the forum!!

Thanks for the links and welcome to the forum!!

welcome to the forum and im keeping my fingers crossed for your april 2010 wedding!! good luck hun!!

Quote: Originally Posted by ~Debra~ Originally we decided on no more than 40 people. But we are up to 60 now and hopefully (fingers crossed) we don't go over that number. I think choosing AI or non AI is completely a personal choice. For our group, AI was the best way to go. We are a bunch of party'ers so I didn't want my guests to have to be worrying about their bank accounts while on vacation if they want to drink and eat and do certain water activities. I also like the idea of us all staying together because this will be the first time we've (his friends, my friends, his family, my family) all been able to hang out in the same spot since everyone is all over the country. We don't have that many partiers coming. I mean we all like to have a good time but we only have like 3 big drinkers coming to the wedding. One is a recovered alcoholic so I don't want her to be exposed to all that alcohol and open doors to her haunting past. And the other two I just don't want drinking to the point of drunkenness like they often times do. So that I don't mind, but it would be nice to have an unlimited amount of food for our family and friends. We're a family based around the kitchen so I really wish we could have that and water activities we can all do as a group because his family has never really met my family. Grrr. Ideas?!

No more stalking!! Welcome to the forum!!

Welcome to the forum!! Can't wait to read more of your planning!!

July 4th!! Does that mean free fireworks??!! Hehee!! Welcome to the forum!!

Wow your wedding sounds like loads of fun and I think it's so cool that you guys have family from everywhere coming!! I think destination weddings are fun because it brings people from everywhere to come together for a vacation that is pretty unfamiliar territory for everyone. Also makes it fair to all sides of the family because the wedding isn't in someone's neighborhood ya know?? Anyways, congrats and welcome to the forum!!

Congrats and welcome to the forum!!

Quote: Originally Posted by ~Debra~ I don't mind....the rate for 3 nights in a double is $462 and the rate for 4 nights in a double is $603. Single rooms are a lil more expensive. I don't remember them all offhand but I know a single for 3 nights is $703 and...that's all I can remember right now. lol I went to see your wedding website and I saw the rates. How many people are coming?? I'm so debating on what to do now. It seem so fun to stay at an all inclusive hotel because everything comes included and the family and friends can do activities together at the hotel. But in Hawaii they don't have all inclusive. We were kind of planning on having us two stay in a beach house and having everyone else just get a hotel of their choice, but now I think I kind of like the idea of booking everything through a TA and all staying at the same hotel.

Quote: Originally Posted by ~Debra~ Oh! gotcha...well we never told her how many people we were inviting. To my knowledge, I don't think you have to. However, when we did get the quote she said that at least 10 rooms would have to be booked for us to get that rate and of course we are going to have at least 10 rooms at the hotel. I believe that's how it works. That's how it worked for us anyway. Maybe some other girls had different experiences. Ahhhh ha! I gotcha! Do you mind me asking how much it was per a room??

Quote: Originally Posted by ~Debra~ Very confusing! LOL Are you asking how she was able to get the group rate without knowing how many guests we are having? Haha yeah. I mean like lets say you tell her that you are inviting 150 people and expecting 100 to actually come. Not everyone is going to book through her so how will she be able to give us a group rate?? What if she thinks 75 book through her but only 25?? Will we still be able to get the group rate?? Thanks darling!!

I'm getting married in Hawaii and I am in the same boat as a lot of our fellow engaged ladies!! Once we're getting married in Hawaii we want a Hawaiian song with lots of meaning sang in the Hawaiian language, however it's hard!! I'm thinking of having my Uncle (he's native to Hawaii and lives there and so musically talented) play his guitar or ukleili (sp?) and sing gently during the ceremony. It would be so meaningful to me. And he knows lots of songs so maybe we can just have him do one half of the song in Hawaiian and then sing it back in English?? Or I can do Jason Mraz "I'm Yours" It's such a sweet song, but too fast to walk to?? What do you think?? I also like the song in the movie 50 First Dates by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole called "Somewhere Over the Rainbow". Lots of meaning behind that but again too fast?? If Jason Mraz and Israel Kamakawiwo'ole song are too fast I may just have to chose one to be played as we as a married couple walk off of the aisle and one to play as we walk into the reception. Here you can hear the songs on YouTube: Jason Mraz "I'm Yours" Israel Kamakawiwo'ole "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"