katelynn

I got my hair done at the spa and they were amazing and very nice. Mine ended up being like $70. I didnt have the trial as I saw other brides walking around that week with beautiful hair so I trusted them, plus I wanted more time to have fun at the resort. My one bridesmaid is a make-up artist and she did my make-up. It was actually fine - no airbrishing and she touched me up before pictures. There is a spray at Mac make-up that you can get to spray on your face to hold your make-up, I would recommend that.

Thanks Bond Photography did our photo's and they are amazing to work with for all of you Ontario brides. They are a husband wife team and they are amazing people, I would recommend them 100% Their website is www.bondphotography.ca

We were in the same boat as you actually, one of my best friends (I was her MOH) cancelled on us and my husbands brother also cancelled on us who were both in the wedding party...we became to fee a little defeated. HOWEVER, we had the time of our lives with the people that did come and I wouldnt have changed it for anything in the world, I actually think that if those people that didnt come came it would have been a very different week. Llike others have said dont worry and try to put on a happy face. You and some amazing people are going to Jamaica for the wedding of your dreams...dont let anyone take that away from you!!! We got our album yesterday from our photographers...just a trial before they print it so I thought I would share www.bondphotography.ca/Drohan.pdf

We also did a rehersal dinner in the Grill restaurant, but just for our wedding party and immediate family...I think it was around 20 people and they didnt have a problem with it. I believe I contacted Chandlyn who then directed me to Andrea.

I will deffinately ask around about those pics and people are still sending them to me...I seem to remember one with a condom on my uncle's head too from your group! lmao

that dress is AMAZING and I am sure you will look gorgeous in it...even better than the model in fact. Never second guess yourself! Jenn - all of those dresses are also beautiful, wish I saw that site before. Any of those dresses would look amazing on you, try them all on! lol My first dress experience was horrible as I was told that I was a deffinate plus size...i was like bit$% please I am a size 16! She then went to tell me to HOLD the dresses up to me as I clearly wouldnt fit into them, so I left. The salon where I got my dress was amazing and treated me no different than anyone else, so deffinately dont settle for being treated poorly!

Glad to hear that you are back and everything went well. I was thinking about you the day we were leaving (your wedding day) and I have to say the weather was the best that day. Your pictures so far are amazing too, you both look so happy! It was awesome meeting you after my mother announced prob 10 times that she had found "my bride friend"! lol, our two groups were deffinately the craziest I saw all week. We are also planning a trip back and there are many people that want to come with us, I have to say I have no complaints from the week, it was sooo amazing! We are deffinately going through a post Jamaica funk now too as there were so many fun times and memories made that week.

I got them at Sears in the USA about this time last year, I think they were about $6 each and we had a 10% off coupon...I still think it came up to aroud $500 though but it was well worth it as you could totally tell where people were according to the towels. The best thing we gave in the OOT was the mugs we ordered off of 4imprint.ca it is something I wouldnt have wanted to go without!!

Hey! I sent it on Wednesday to southernsweetie so she should get it by the end of next week The wedding was AMAZING and everything I ever dreamed of...I am still on a cloud!! And the starfish in the bouquet was beautiful you can check out my bouquet pic and others at http://www.bondphotography.ca/KateandMike/

I have 50 teal organza sashes (you can see the colour on the pillars) and 7 orange organza table runners for sale plus shipping, anyone interested PM me

We got ours from Dollaramma in Canada for $2 each and they were amazing and I have seem them back this year too, we got these ones and ones with brown handles with brown down the sides

We did the cool runnings booze cruise to Dunns river falls and it was like $92 with like 20 people from our group. You take a bus to Ochos and then board the catamaran, snorkel at a reef for like 30-45min then climb dunns river and on the way back its all drinking and dancing...so much fun, we are still all talking about it. I also went into Ochos shopping one morning and it was a lot of fun to experience it A couple others did the Chukka (sp?) where you river raft, zip line and ride ATV's and they loved it and some others did th black river safari. Really there are sooo many and something for everything, it just depends on what your looking for really...

Here was the chart I gave her SEATING CHART.ppt

We got our confirmation about 2 months before so deffinately email her, we ate in the Italian and it was AMAZING! very private and the food was amazing, we had 45 people with tables of 8 and a head table! Word of the wise...I gave her a seating plan on how I wanted it and she followed it but I saw another wedding in there and they set it up like they usually do with the head table at the front and then 2 tables running vertically from them, it looked very weird to me...i put everyone in a giant circle with our cake in the middle and it worked out great We just put placecards that I made at everyones spots on the table and they found their way, we have a table set up at the enterance to our little room that had our picture mat singning thing so you could deffintely put it there, you could make little name cards and put them in sand with shells around or put it in a picture frame...the possibilities are endless really We brought our own candles and I didnt see any they used....maybe because we didnt request it??? ask her i guess

we got the DJ as he controlled everything and set up the speakers etc, he played our Ipod though We didnt get the bar as it we had 45 people and I thought it was ridiculous so we just went to the patio bar and got trays of drinks....literally! and we also got some bottles of wone and champagne from them too..you could have also bought it from the stores but it was like $25 a bottle (deff wait to buy it in duty free for when you go home!) Sunset is 630pm and we showed up at the dinner around 645pm as we wanted to get pics with the sunset and then to the gazebo at 845

I got my hair done at the spa...it was only $66 and totally worth it, they are so nice down there and like Tris said they use this spray and your hair wont move!! haha They made us leave after 2 hours as the DJ had to go to the Disco so I think it wrapped up around 11 and most people then went to the disco, it seemed like there was brides there every night It wasnt windy at night at the gazebo at all, wind picks up everyday in the afternoon and dies around dinner...it was lovely at the ceremony as I was dripping sweat down my legs but every night its warm and you ca see all the stars...very romantic! I wanted to have paper lanterns put up in the Gazebo and they said they couldnt do it as there was another ceremony after me and the gazebo is so big and high I dont really now how they would even hang them....maybe check with them now so you dont have to bring them all the way if its a no go

We got the DJ but gave him our Ipod to play and it was no problem at all. He even announced our first dance WE had it from approx 845-1045 and it was done around then as he has to leave to go to the Disco I believe, the lights down there are on a timer so went off but we kept dancing! lol

Here is the reading from our sand ceremomy MIKE and KATE Before the two of you met, your lives were on separate roads ... each going in different directions and seemingly leading to different destinations. But somewhere along the way, through some twist of fate, you did meet, and you fell in love. Today, you find yourselves standing here together at the threshold of a new path, as you promise to forever join your once separate journeys into one. The two separate bottles of sand symbolize your separate lives, separate families and separate sets of friends. They represent all that you are and all that you’ll ever be as an individual. They also represent your lives before today. As these two containers of sand are poured into the third container, the individual containers of sand will no longer exist but will be joined together as one. Just as these grains of sand can never be separated and poured again into the individual containers, so your marriage will be. We now ask that the mother of the bride and the mother of the groom step forward for the sand ceremony. We will begin by asking them to each pour a layer of sand. (mothers pour sand). The sand poured by your mothers is the foundation of your lives and marriage. MIKE and KATE please pour your sand now, as your lives are now joined as one. This newly formed union and joining of families is represented by the intertwined pattern of sand created by you and your family

The Gazebo was a lot of fun...it was also nice as it was private and just our group and we were also able to do a first dance. We got an extra layer added to the cake so it was 3 tiers and it was like $40 or something. We had 45 people so we wanted to make sure everyone got a piece. We got vanilla and it was amazing! one of the groomsman actually had like 6 pieces all together, lol!! I ordered the flowers from Jans to put on the cake as I wanted some colour on it, I think she charged me like $40 for flowers for the cake and for some little ones to throw on the tables.

Here is the link I got from our photographer tonight, just a sneek peek! http://www.bondphotography.ca/KateandMike/

I got my flowers from Jans and just told her what I wanted and they were beautiful! Here is another pic my friend sent me today that I love of us after the ceremony walking back down the isle

Hey Ladies! I am also back from a week in paradise! Like Tris said dont worry mon! haha Everything went as we expected and was amazing. We had our dinner at the Italian and it was very private and the food was DELICIOUS....our guests are still talking about it. Again, if you have any questions let me know. I also met Missy there, one drunken night and she was so nice and beautiful, she was getting married on Sat when I left. This is the only pic I have so far as our photographer said it would take about 4 weeks to get the professional ones, this one was taken from a friend.

It is Bella by Venus Bridal...awesome colours and style choices and they were only around $120 each which is a steal! Here is their website, most bridal stores should carry them http://www.venusbridal.com/bridesmaids/bella-maids/BM1267

Thanks for all the great advice ladies...we head home on Monday to get ready to pack and chill and we fly out next Saturday....8 days!!! I also went for my final dress fitting this morning and picked it up so we are all ready to go!! Is there going to be any of you down there from April 30 - May 7th when I am? I know Tris and Erin are the week before but anyone else???

Here is a pic of the program, no sea glass though as I am going to attach it when I am in Jamaica.