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thanks for the advice ladies, its nice to hear other people in my situation as well. I guess thats just one of the downfalls of destination weddings! and like misty said the show must go on!!! now back to planning ;-) misty! i loooove your boarding pass invites! Im doing boarding passes as well but yours top mine!! your guests will love them! one cute update on my behalf>>> my dress was shipped to the bridal salon the same day my baby neice was born! thats a good sign i think!!

congrats christine! your pictures look beautiful so far!! I want to be there NOW! I've been a lil MIA but am getting frustrated with some of my guests saying they cant go...2 out of 3 bridesmaids are bailing on me ( my lil sister and my best childhood friend). The few people you absolutly expect to come, can't figure it out. ughhhh!! ;-( now i have one BM.

Welcome Jackie! Im with you on the beach ceremony but I think its just a matter of preference, especially when the resort offers different locations to get married! AAAND I have 3 people bookd for our wedding.....FINALLY its begun!! YAY!

Hey ladies just thought Id clear something up with u guys. If you go with the Ultimate wedding package (& maybe the others) the beach ceremony is included, its not the extra $300. I just got this cleared up with Deyanira because I was told on here that it was extra but I think thats just for the free package or whatever! So PHEW! no extra costs for me! I've always dreamed of having my wedding on the beach so im going with the beach wedding ceremony because Ive heard from other brides that they loved it! And I've also seen pictures of the ceremony at 2 different locations on the beach so Im wondering if we are allowed to choose where its at?? Ill email deyanira to ask and get back to u ladies!

these look awesome! how are u mailing ur box? like how did u decorate the outside to corrispond with ur theme,mailing address & stamps ect.

I'm going with the Ultimate package and will be getting married at 4pm as well. The WC will perform the ceremony and the priest will arrive later to sign paperwork. The pictures they take a beautiful, they take pictures of the ceremony and the couple afterwards while ur guests do a cocktail hour. But they dont stick around for the reception. They do give you a CD and also a video which they edit with music and such. My sister said when she got home from their honeymoon the video was already mailed to them at their house so it was nice to come home and relive their ceremony! From everything i have from my sisters wedding, im more than happy to use their photographer! Sorry NATASHA! hahaha ill just call u Nat so I dont get confused again!

OMG, ive been MIA and I come back and erins married already! CONGRATS! Im gonna hunt u down on facebook! Welcome Sarah! I, too, am in love with the huppah and white linens although we havent seen ANY ceremony pics with it! So hopefully, when Natalie gets married she wont change her mind about the beach ceremony and uses it ;-) I think its an extra $150 I cant get myself to finish my freakn invititions, I think i put too much on my plate when it comes to them. I think I would have rather paid more for someone to do them for me ;-( but Im sure when they are done I will love them! I wanted them out now! oooh well! Since i think a few girls have changed their minds about the beach wedding, I might want to bring some nice heels to go with my dress if I decide not to do it on the sand. a sort of back up plan!

These look so good! So how did u do your brochure and jacket? Vista? Do u have a template u can share?

i commented on your planning thread but again great job getting everything together erin!! i cant wait to see you photos when you there! Nat- any response from Deyanira about the beach wedding? I think it will be fine! I've just seen alot of debree on the sand so maybe they could rake it up!

wow great job! I love that ur GMs are wearing fedoras!! Hmmm.... lol! and I too was considereing the convertible dresses from victorias secrets annnnnddd i too have a Nicole Miller dress!!!! Great Job!

Ha! Toya your sooo cute, u have to gain 10 pds!! bahahah! The 2nd dress is gorgous and its more about you than the other one!

Elena! Have a great trip and I hope your wedding is everything your dreaming of! Can't wait to here the details when you get back!

hey tara! Seems like they have room mix-ups alot lol. I've decided that I am not even going to attempt getting our rooms in the same building, we will all run into eachother anyways. I would love to see some of you ceremony pics and reception. [email protected] I am so glad you had a great experience though, I can't wait until its my turn!

omg so cute i love the dogs card. i think ill steal this idea too! you should repost it bigger ;-)

good job eliana! ive been working on mine for too long!! i need step up my game!

thanks for ur tips ladies im going to check her out ;-)

looks beautiful! Do u have a photo of your finished guest book? I love how you designed it and I would like to see how you put the pictures together with the book.

Hey ladies! I'm making boxed invititations which are mailable. I got them from ULINE.COM brown tab-lock style. The inside looks awesome! I'm lining it with blue tissue paper and placing my pocketfold invite inside along with mini shells and a large starfish on top. Now I'm stuck with what to do to the outside! I want to stay within the "destination" theme, but it needs to be jazzed up a bit so it doesnt just look like a brown cardboard box lol!And Since its tab-lock, I need a way to "seal" it, especially for the ones I mail. Any ideas or pictures of your own would be great ladies!

i wrote the wrong wedding website address on my stds! I felt like an idiot! I sent out follow up xmas cards with our "new" wedding website. haha. thats so exciting girls! getting stuff done! And Nat, i love love love your centerpeice!! great find! I would love it if you ladies shared your pre wedding packets! I was able to cross off something on our list and not even leave the house! My FI thought he lost his passport so in about a week he was going to reeapply for one, but as we were filling out the paper work he took a 2nd look and TADA! it magically appeared! CHECK! aand I made a final decision my BM dresses ;-) Although these girls are slacking on the measurements....ugh!

hey meagan can you share a pic of your finished guestbook?? id love to see it all put together!

yay for erin!! and ps i love love love your netted head peice. ive been on the fence about how i will wear mine and i love that way!

Victoria's Secret - Woven wedge sandal pink wedges i found browsing!!

Victorias secret has the convertible dress I am considering for my BM's and they might be better material than that other site.

gazziegirl- i love all ur etsy finds! Are u using the starfish ornaments as favors? What are you using that raffia box for? Just curious!

aww thats dissappointing on the issues in the rooms. hopefully they will fix some on those problems asap! but glad to here u had a great wedding, looking forward to seeing some pictures!