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That is so great! I love it! You guys looked like you had a blast with those. haha!

Hey! We are getting married this november. I am using a local. this is his website.http://www.timaylenweddings.com/index.html He is so nice, and gets back to you with in hours of emails, and his prices are fantastic! Hope this helps!

I am from the GTA in ontario. We are getting married this Nov in the bahamas. We leave in 8 weeks!!! We are not doing favors for the reception. just the OOT bags for the gifts and the attendants gifts.

Great stuff! Your guests are going to love that!

Beautiful job. The colours are so nice! everyone will love them.

I am doing my own make up. I might us a little bit of mac and my Mary Kay products. I am a little worried that I will have to do a lot of test runs, but that okay. haha! I am to scared of paying for someone to do mine and put way to much with colours that I dont like either.

Hi, I dont know about anyone else. But my FI and I are bringing our Ipod and an amazing docking station to play our music. good luck!

That is fantastic! Thanks so much for posting. I to will save the recipe for after the wedding. Cider (over here, in Canada, and the USA) is usually warmed up apple juice, with spices and sometimes oranges slices put in it. But the Starbucks Caramel Apple Spice (cider) is soooo yummy!

Those are beautiful!!!! Thanks for sharing them with us.

What a great thread! looks like you all had an amazing time Congrats!

What a wonderful job! Everything looks great. I like you idea of the Letters for the cake table. That is cool. Congrats on everything. Cant wait to hear how it was when you get back.

Great job! Love the hair inspiration. And thanks for posting where you got your bridesmaid shirts that is neat!

That does sound interesting....

Those are great! You should be so proud! Your guests are going to love those

I am getting married this november at the RIU right beside the Atlantis Resort. I Really wanted to do Atlantis but it was way out of our budget. So we picked the all inclusive RIU. It has recently been upgraded and reno'd. The prices are fantastic! I cannot wait. Plus it is a 5 min walk down the beach to Atlantis so that we can visit it.

I am getting married this nov at the RIU in the bahamas. Yes you do have to be there at least 3 days. not including the day you arrive. But thats okay. You can have up to 60 guests come so that is a bonus. lots of other places only let you bring 20.

1. Registry: Home outfitters/ The Bay 2. OOT bags: The reusable bags from Michael's, stuff from shoppers drug mart, dollarama, The superstore. 3. Wedding Attire: My dress - everlasting memories in Port Perry, Grooms and GM clothes at Old Navy 4. Rings: Spence Diamonds (Scarborough) 5. Invitations: I made 6: Flowers: whatever i get in the bahamas 7. Decor: Michael's and whatever I get 8: Travel Arrangements: Belair Travel in Oshawa 9. Are you active on any other Canadian Forums? Weddingbells 10. Other  What a great idea for this by the way! Â

Hi, Wow! I feel for you! I am having issues with one of my BM's who just got married in July and it was all perfect until she came home from her honeymoon and now... well i am sure you can imagine. lol. That sucks about your friend who didnt technically get a no. I would have been all over that! And said, Okay thanks so I am leaving from - this and gone to your wedding. As for the music. I would still use the blackeyed peas. where you want. but that sucks about the other song. Â I understand the birthday thing too. My cousin is bringing her little girl on the trip and it is her birthday the day before the wedding and wanted to make our rehersal dinner a birthday party.... So said maybe just for lunch... I dont know. I might say okay to the dinner since it is not that actual wedding day. But for it to be on your wedding day HELL NO! that would so not happen. They can celebrate her birthday the day before or the day after. i would even be okay with everyone singing to her, but thats it. Â Good luck with everything!!!

Yes. My FI and I said that we didnt want one, but our wedding party is insisting and we are actually really excited about it now. We were going to do the AHR but that just is not in our budget and this is a fun way to see everyone who cannot go, and those who can. All that I have been to in the past have been a blast.

You did a fantastic job!

WOW! That is an awesome idea. You did such a fantastic job! I love it!

no. i know her. if she is out, then so is he. i have hope, maybe this will pass.

Thanks guys. Ya i cant have her not come and then not have a best man. That is my FI's absolute most best friend in the world. they have been friends since grade 3. I am just going to leave things as they are I think and that way nothing get ruined. but Ya it is super frustrating!

Hi everyone,  This seems so wierd, but I am soooo frustrated and I dont know what to do. One of my bridesmaid is one of my closest friends (or I thought so) We met when my FI's bestfriend started dating her 6yrs ago. We really hit it off and started hanging out more than the guys did. They got engaged last mothers day and then we did shortly after they did; a couple days after the canadian thanksgiving last year. It was so much fun. I helped her with her planning, and she helped with some of mine. If she had issues or worries I would listen and try to help out in anyway I could. I wasnt in the wedding party, as she had other family obligations. And my FI was the bestman so that was fine. She got married this past July and came back from her honeymoon a changed person,  2 days after she got back from her honeymoon we met and went for lunch and then went to get some of the things off her registry together, that she didnt recieve as gifts.  At that time there were a couple of things that were bothering me about the wedding, and at lunch she kept changing the subject and talking about her wedding that just passed and her honeymoon. I left it alone because I would have still been on that high as well.  Well it has been almost 2 months since her wedding and things are not any better. In fact I try not to talk about our wedding at all. We were having issues with people booking and then found out that the plane we were flying on was almost full. When I brought this up, she told me that our wedding is alot of money and james and i should not have any expectations..... bla bla bla.... and really any conversation that I have with her she just shoots me down. The only thing I could talk to her about was my first bridal shower.  She had begged my MOH and I to do it before her own wedding came about and she went nuts. It was fantastic and so beautiful. But she ran crazy with it. But that is over now, and she is even starting drama about that (so I hear from my mom, who heard from my sister-in-law (bridesmaid) who heard from either my MOH, or the trouble making bridesmaid) She went crazy with spending money, and she is now expecting my MOH I guess to pay for it all, even though when she begged to do it, and my MOH asked if she wanted help at that time she was told no.  I am so sorry this is so long but I need to get it out.  On the day of the shower she barely said 2 words other than hi and this is what we are doing. She didnt even stick around after. Once everything was cleaned up she was gone. It was in my MOH's house. Ever since then we havent really spoken either. My MOH and I also found saw that in a game that was played where all the wedding partys names were in it, hers was missing for some reason....  She is also causing trouble with my FI. James (my FI) was the bestman for her husband and james put a lot of time and $ into planning the bachelor party for him. He even had to book 2 days off work. They went on a camping trip for 2 days. Had a great time in the wilderness with the boys. lol  Now she is putting restraints on her husband on what to do, she doesnt want money spent out of their pocket, or time taken off, etc. James is super pissed. We are also doing a legal ceremony in our home town before we leave so that the family members who cannot come can see us get married. and because it is a week day she is not letting her husband take the time off for that and she said she wont be coming either.  There is only 3 months to go till our wedding and I am getting so frustrated. I dont want to say anything to her, just in case she decides that they are now going to stay home, which will mean no Bestman... but I dont know what to do...  Thanks so much for reading the whole story and for anyones advice in advance.

haha! I totally feel your pain. My FI and I are getting legally married 2 wks before we leave for the Bahamas. This was so our family who couldnt make it could still see us get married and my mom spread the word and now we are in the same place. Everyone who said no to going on the trip wants to go. But we are sticking to our original plan. It will just be james and I, my parents and his, my one brother who cant go, our MOH and Bestman, One groomsman who now cant come, james's sisters and my Granny. I am not turning this into some big circus day for my mom, or anyone else.  Plus it is going to be in the middle of the day on a wed. and then after we can have a small meal out and discuss the wedding to follow in 2wks  congrats to you by the way and good luck!!! I hope your legal day goes well.