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Hey BethAnne congrats and welcome to the forum. Happy planning!

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Sax Lady, you are also correct in your point that what others have worked out we are just working on, not to mention that sometimes you worked it out but you've been away so long, you forgot cause you weren't around that person so now you have to try and fix it again. it's like taking one step forward, one step back. Where is your FI located? What are you guys going to do after the wedding, i.e., which one of you will be moving. In our case I will be moving to TX cause right now he has the job, so it will be easier. So for at least a couple of years that should be our home.

Loving the new season of My Fair Wedding. What David is designing dresses and giving away honeymoons. Like the stuff is crazy! Loved the beach wedding a couple of weeks ago.

We want to see the dress. We want to see the dress. We want to see the dress (the crowd continues to chant). Great news about getting your dress and happy that you love it!

Very nice. I especially like the stamp on the envelope. Very nice indeed. Great work Serendipity Design.

Ladies, ladies, ladies! I am so excited, I am going to St. Lucia. I love to travel but haven't been able to do so in the past year cause as most of you know I am unemployed. But thanks to lovely friends who have a house in St. Lucia they have invited me to come along, so all i had to do was get my ticket, which i did using mileage rewards. I will be on my way on 7/13. If anyone getting married in St. Lucia needs any kind of info, please feel free to ask and I will definitely try my best to find out or get the info no problem.

I think it is important but I think the importance lies in the circumstances surrounding your wedding. For example, a Thursday or Friday wedding may not be as stressful on guests at a destination wedding as it would be at a local wedding. At a DW the guests are already there and they are waiting for the big day, whereas at a local wedding, guests have to make their way from work or take the day or half a day off of work in order to attend. I am having my wedding on a Sunday, this is because I observe the sabbath and so will not have it on a Saturday. I have to take into consideration the fact that people have to work the next day and that though it is in NJ, it will be a three to four hour drive for most people attending, because of this I have to consider the timing of the wedding day. So the day is definitely an important thing (at least in my opinion)

Thanks so much for the review, it was great. I just love reading these and sharing (be it indirectly) the day with the couple. Congratulations and good luck!

Oh that is a sweet proposal. Congratulations and good luck with the planning!

Hi Kimberly, welcome to the forum. You can definitely visit the Hawaii thread and get lots of information. There are a lot of ladies (like Stacy) who are having their weddings in Hawaii. Good luck and happy planning!

OH Stacy, you do sound excited and happy and wonderful. I know I speak for all the ladies on the forum, when I say we are so excited and happy for you both. Congratulations and good luck! Thanks for sharing!

For the last week or so me and my FI have been going back and forth about things and at one point it just became a little too much for me. I just have to say thank goodness I had this forum to come to and just forget (even though wedding planning in the meantime). What we have found is that there are issues that may exist in a long distance relationship that will not and do not come into play unless the specific instance presents itself. Relationships of course continue to be about learning more about each other and fitting the pieces of two independent characters and spirits together to make a whole. One way of getting to this place is communication, communication, communication. What my FI and I realized or rather knew but failed to address was that as some issues arose we chose to communicate about them less. When this happened, it started to cause a break down, thus causing other issues. Issues, that really didn't have to exist and that weren't a problem, but because we had not communicated about things originally they became bigger problems. So as we work through our lapse in communication, we bring ourselves back to a place of comfort and peace in our relationship (you know I'm the fiesty one). I guess my advice to anyone in a long distance relationship or in any relationship, when you see things that may not be going right or you feel that something needs to be said - SAY IT! Don't delay it, don't wait for the perfect time, don't wait until things become stressful or uncomfortable and both of you know that there is 1000lb gorilla in the room but neither of you dare mention the fact. Me and the FI are fine now, we have talked and talked and talked! But last weekend when he visited things were so off we didn't enjoy his visit as we should have and we were supposed to go see venues and neither one of us could even bring ourselves to do so. It was all wasted time with the little time that we did have together. Remember that LDR's are just a little bit more stressful than the normal relationship. So remember to continue to communicate, communicate, communicate!

Hi Megan, congrats and welcome to the forum. Happy planning!

Hi Kevin, congrats and welcome to the forum!

Hi Rae, welcome to the forum and happy planning!

Wow! This place is gorgeous, your wedding is going to be just beautiful. I especially love love love the sky bar! Good for you guys!

Have to agree, I love the bags, they are great! Everything looks great! Good for you

Your review was very thorough, I know it will definitely help a lot of ladies planning their special day here. Thanks so much for sharing. It is wonderful that you guys had a beautiful day. Congratulations!

Your wedding photos were gorgeous and now your TTD photos are just as wonderful. Congrats and thanks so much for sharing!

Hi Cindy, welcome to the forum and happy planning!

Thanks for the review, it sounds like your wedding was wonderful. Congrats and thanks for sharing.

Quote: Originally Posted by mlabbe You could also do an evite or ecard (we used pingg.com for our official invitation) - it's fast and easy and with some (such as the site we used) you can use your own design. And it's free! We also did a website, but I found that so many people never read it! I agree with Mlabbe, I was going to say just the thing. You can send a gentle e-reminder that prods guests to check out your website for more information. That way its free and you have updated guests on what's going on.

Hi Nikki, congrats on your engagement! Welcome to the forum and happy planning!

Although not my date and place I must say that I love the frisbees. Good luck with your sale