cathyandchin

My umbra ether frame came in from amazon... When I was explaining to FI and family the plan they looked at me like I was crazy! It's an 8x10 frame but you have to use it vertically (skinny and tall) to put in the sand. I'm going to glue in the panes and try it out but I'm a little skeptical...

Quote: Originally Posted by Megan24 I am down for a happy hour too!! I have a three year old so I have to know a little in advance so I can get a sitter but I would love to chat with you ladies. I have my maid of honor throwing me a bach. party lucky. But not a single on of my other friends have even mentioned helping or anything. And I through both of them their showers and bach. parties. Mine will be in two weeks at the glass cactus in Grapevine any one who wants to join is more then welcome. I have enough penis straws and penis shot glasses to go around lol LMAO!! Have you been to the Glass Cactus before, what'd you think?

Hey chicas! So I did my legal ceremony today... fun times! We had to bounce around from room to room in the courthouse to find a judge who would sign a waiver so we wouldn't have to wait 72 hrs because both of our families were down from Oklahoma. Long story short: we sat through a bond adjustment hearing for a chick that was on probation for MANUFACTURING METHAMPHETAMINE!! lol, it was like real life law and order!! I'm down for a happy hour!! And I'm also shower-less... my best friend here just got married in New York and now they're trying to have a baby so she can only offer to do something small. Another bf is in California, about to go on the KISS tour with her new husband for 2 weeks. My other best friend just had a baby so she's all about him right now.... Hope you all have a great and productive weekend!

Some days I feel like I've done a lot and other days I feel like I'm way behind. I'm registered at Macy's, JC Pennys, and Target. Where have you looked at dresses? My new project is making a ceremony script.... ugh Here's my facebook: Cathy Carreras | Facebook it might be under Catherine... but I'm wearing a Mavs tshirt in the pic! Megan, I typed your name but got a postdoc student at Curtin University...

Quote: Originally Posted by lilly129 ohh good catch - thank you - that was just a typo here! the labels are correct. GOOD! I just wanted to make sure... My FI is half Korean and I want to add some Hangul in the program and ceremony to honor his mom's culture but I don't know of anyone who can write in Korean!

She's Everything To Me: Brad Paisley FI picked it out all by himself!

Quote: Originally Posted by lilly129 Thanks! Here's what our oot bags will have in them: - Mexican wedding cookies (I'm on a hunt for bakery in playa or cancun to order these from - will be trying to nail that down on our site visit next month). These have a little tag that says "Abrezos" (hugs) which I ordered from ForYourParty.com Wedding favors, custom wedding napkins, party favors, and more. Make your special occasion unique with personalized favors!. I believe they cost $90 for 150 tags (I got 50 of each) - Chocolates from Ah Cocoa - those will have a tag that says "Besos" (Kisses) - A Just in Case bag: Advil, tums, pepto, purell, shout wipes, bug repellant wipes...my fiance ordered all this stuff off of Amazon.com - it's amazing the stuff you can find on there - Personalized Koozie - Mexican Worry Dolls - we bought these in San Antonio at a mexican market - they're little dolls with a slip of paper that says "mexican children put these dolls under thier pillows at night and the dolls take all thier worries away" - although they're technically Guatamalean... - Welcome Letter with Agenda. I made two stickers - one says "Shake For a Kiss" and we're attaching those to adorable little hang tags I ordered from www.paperpresentation.com (in the color flame which is a metallicy orange, they have the same color at foryourparty.) and then I made 2x2 stickers that say "bienvenidos a mexico" and those will go on the outside of the gable box. I found a great website if you want to make stickers: Online Labels - Labels for laser and inkjet printers! Compatible with all popular software programs for printing labels! - when you order labels they give you an access code to Maestro or something - but it's an online based program where you can design your sticker and then simply print them off -no worrying about the margins etc. I highly reccommend it. I'm going to upload some pictures into photobucket and I'll post them. Do the tags really say ABREZOS? Was this a typo... because it should be ABRAZOS (with an A). *I'm not tying to be snotty, I swear!!!

ummm, we were going to go work out but I needed shoes for my legal ceremony this week so we went to DSW then celebrated my awesome deal with 2 Sprinkles cupcakes!!! working twice as hard at the gym tomorrow!!

Quote: Originally Posted by lilly129 Mine? They're just gable boxes that we ordered online and then I scoured the city of houston for ribbon to tie around it and spice it up a bit! Gable boxes are pretty cheap online - I think we got 50 for around $25 including shipping. I just started looking for these after seeing your post and they're really affordable!! What dimensions did you go with?

Quote: Originally Posted by reaganlane Wow! My wedding isn't till Oct but if a brides needs it soon, they need to get on it asap! Do you know the exact directions for putting it together so the sand won't leak? Please let me know how yours goes! I would love to see pics and see how you did it! Thanks! P.s. I'm excited for our cups to come in! There were directions posted but now the link doesn't work. I read others' comments that it makes more sense when it's in front of you so I'll take pics and do a tutorial when it comes in!

Quote: Originally Posted by reaganlane Ok, so I did some searching on the sand frame and there is a thread on here where the girls order the frame from Amazon... Amazon.com: Umbra Ether 10.5 X 8-Inch Frame, Espresso: Home & Garden and then you have to glue two of the panels so the sand seperates from the pic! I am going to order mine asap because the girls said that the place that makes them has quit making them. Hope this helps out! We ordered ours from amazon 2 weeks ago and the estimated ship date is may 3-5 so don't wait on this if you're going this route.

Thanks! I got some work done but it keeps crashing on my windows 7 laptop (works fine on xp)

Quote: Originally Posted by tracy0716 nsbride- I'm super jealous! I wish his outfit was finalized already so we can move on to the GM shirts. cathyandchin- Thanks for the Macys recommendation. It's next on my list for linen pants. I found the guayabera shirts on the website Beach Wedding Attire & Dresses, Linen Wedding Pants, Shirts, Guayabera, Hawaiian, Havana, and Linen Suits I'm pretty sure I found the recommendation from the forum. This is the shirt my FI wants: Men's Beach Wedding Shirts Welcome Debbie! I hope your planning is going well. I made my dress fitting appoint for May 5th but I still haven't my shoes. I've been going crazy and I'm ordering a few pairs from online because I have not seen anything I like in the stores. I hope to order my OOT bags asap. The days are ticking away!! We went to Macy's this weekend and there were like 4 different linen pants!! -Perry Ellis has some for $78ish -Cubavera was 30% off (I think we paid $40) and these were nice! -Tasso Elba is Everyday Value for $29.99

Megan, I hope you get an email back this week... I would think that Mondays & Tuesdays would be easier to get a hold of her because there are less weddings those days so maybe you could hit her up today if she doesn't email you first... She's got an assistant, Yazmin, that is supposed to be helping her out. btw: I'm on facebook, too: Cathy Carreras

Quote: Originally Posted by Laura22610 2 more pics of the pool deck

Quote: Originally Posted by chirorach POOL DECK and these too

Quote: Originally Posted by chirorach POOL TERRACE DESIRES TERRACE Quote: Originally Posted by chirorach POOL DECK and this one too

Quote: Originally Posted by chirorach POOL TERRACE DESIRES TERRACE Thought I'd put these up since it's such a pain to locate the posts sometimes....

Quote: Originally Posted by kcgcristyn I haven't had time to post my complete review but I thought I would share my photos from the wedding. Anel with Adventure Photos took absolutely incredible photos. I would highly recommend just using the resort photographers! You get the pictures on a CD within a day and the photo book is also ordered. It was sunny all the day on the day of the wedding then started raining 30 minutes before. They moved the ceremony to terrace outside of Desires, Cocktail inside Desires, and reception in Ballroom. I was very happy with the way everything turned out. I will try to post complete review soon. Let me know if you have any questions though. Use this link or paste into address.... Jarrett & Khara Khara- First of all, CONGRATULATIONS!! Your pictures are amazing, I'm relieved to see Anel takes great pics. I can't wait for your review! Did your officiant have a script that you provided or was this his own wording? How did you work in the sand ceremony into your script? Have a fabulous day, Cathy

Oh man! I miss this thread... I've been so busy tutoring and FI's son's baseball practices that I can't get to the gym enough. I've been on week 3 for sooo long! But luckily next week I can start going back since school is almost out!! Anyone using the c25k app and nicole blum's podcast together? I'm so frustrated because I like seeing the time go for each run/walk and the music is awesome too but when I have them both going the app pauses the music for a few seconds and then all my timing is off!! Suggestions?

Quote: Originally Posted by gettinghitched2010 I actually made that frame. I have the instructions if anyone needs them.. PLEASE POST THESE DIRECTIONS! the link that bridalinsider.com had doesn't work anymore...

Quote: Originally Posted by aubry Hey, Megan and Cathy! Looks like we're all three doing DRC in the next several months! How's the planning going? It's going... LOL! I'm so thankful for this forum b/c I've gotten great ideas and templates for things regarding the bags, decor, etc. And it was such a relief to get questions answered from the other brides instead of waiting 3 weeks for Ana to get back to me! What are you two doing about the ceremony script? Have you seen what DRC officiants use or are you writing your own? How's your planning coming along?

Quote: Originally Posted by jodieP Yup limit the FI input , I had to when all i was getting met with 'what's that?' do we actually need that', 'I didn't even know that existed' LOL.. then he's a total groomzilla at times talking to the TA and resort I find it hysterical! So i put him on the phone to sort details and he threatens them with me ...a bridezilla according to him! Im anything but! Just take deep breaths and keep going is what i say!! Jodie.xx "do we actually need that?" is the question I LOATHE the most!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by tracy0716 I made my FI start looking at shirts last night. He has mind set on a guayabera shirt. By chance I found a great pair of Perry Ellis linen pants on sale in Lord and Taylor today plus an extra 25% coupon. I hope they fit him because I got them for $38 and I would be soooo happy to have his outfit done! Now if I could only find my shoes... My FI is wanting guayaberas also for him and the guys. Where are you planning on getting them from? also, macy's has some linen pants and there's a sale this weekend so if the one's from Lord & Taylor's don't work out you can check there! Macy*s - Online Catalogs

Quote: Originally Posted by Laura22610 Everything looks great!!! And thanks for the Ah Cacao recommendation - sorry I didn't remember it was you Everybody really loved the chocolates!! I got the package of 3 chocolates and they were on the tables at each place setting at the reception for my favors. Loved them!! Laura, How far in advance did you order the chocolates and who put them out for you? I'm having my ceremony at 6 and reception at 7 and I'm worried about them melting.. Cathy