katelynn

Okay girls I need some advice from all of you about something... My FMIL is being a total crazy lady right now and she is driving me to drink..seriously! My FI and I decided months ago that we didnt want speeches at our wedding, and when we told her this she got all angry. She now has bugged us like 5 times about it, she doesnt take NO for an answer! She is the type of person to make everything about her, I cant even count the amount of times I have heard its her 40th wedding anniversary this year. Further, at her other sons wedding a couple of years ago she made their speeches all about them and my FI brother is still mad about it. She doesnt get the hint that we have told her NO sooo many times and keeps bringing it up, so what to do?! FURTHER!! My father and I do not get along, we never have and never will, therefore I dont want to do a father daughter dance. To make things worse we are not on speaking terms right now as we got in a fight the last time I was visiting. My FMIL is now demanding that she have a dance with my FI and is driving me crazy about it as she knows about my relationship with my dad, and therefore I think she should respect my wishes on the wedding day.....however not so much! So, I really dont know what to do as she has said already she has helped pay and therefore she should have a say, but at the same time ITS OUR WEDDING! My FI has already spoken to her but I am thinking next week when we go back home to get ready we should sit down and talk with her about it?? any suggestions ladies to deal with FMILzilla?

Is it because when you fill out the options your billing addy is different from the location you are sending it to as I think they have to be the same???? I ordered it and everything was fine so I have no clue...

Hey Ladies!! I got the starfish today in the mail from cookiemunchkin and I am soo excited to take it with me to Jamaica for my wedding. The bride after me still hasnt contacted me to give their addy so can you do that soon so I can send it to you as soon as I get back.

For our sand ceremony we bought an umbra frame called "Ether" There is a piece that slides out at the top so no worries about sealing it and then you pour your sand between panes 2 and 4. We really liked it too as you can put a picture in it. We bought it off their website for like $40 including shipping. Here is a pic....not of mine though as its already packed, but same idea.

WOW!!!! Amazing pictures, I have goose bumps from looking at them....

wow!! Everything looks amazing...and I cant believe that you leave in like a week. Good luck with everything!

So ...I was talking to my mom lastnight on the phone and told her I did a planning thread and sent it to her. I get an email this morning will all the picutres of the OOT bag contents as I didnt have them....she thought it was important that I included it! lol Here is a picture of the OOT bags that I got from Dolaramma for $2 Here is a close up of the name tags (template on pg 1) the women with the sand dollars and men with Red Stripe bottle Here is the mugs from 4imprint.ca with our Logo and the Jamaican key card holers (template pg 1). I got the actual plastic holders off of Ebay And the towels with the home made tags (template pg 1). It says "To have and to hold, so you don't get cold" wrapped with Raffia. And lastly the survival kits with all the goodies in them Once again, I think thats finally it!!

We are confirmed in the Italian Restaurant and we have 45 people and they didnt say anything so I am assuming its okay, and tables fit either 8 or 10 people. We are doing 8 as I dont want people sitting on the ends of tables. I believe the chair covers are included for the number of people in your package - ie. I am doing the free so it includes 16 people...correct me if I am wrong though?! We are bringing our own centrepieces down and they have candles that we intend to light so I also hope thats not a problem

I tried to upload it here for you but it says its too big so if you email me at kfairful@alumni.uoguelph.ca Ill send the 2 I got from another bride. I emailed them a month ago twice and still no reply so I went with Jans - they are so friendly and more than welcome to accomodate you for anything you want. For mine, 3 BM, groom, 3 GM, and four parents its $287 which I thought was more than reasonable, further I have heard that Tai is more expensive. From other brides on here I think they said they give you a $40 credit if you dont want the free bouquet to get another one...

Does anyone have orange organza table runners for sale...I need 5

I bought them from another bride on here, they are clear on the top so you can see through and pretty large...maybe try ebay? cake table sign.docx

Sorry we have 50, we have 45 guests including us so I plan to put them on the chairs at the ceremony and then move them to the restaurant after and use the 5 extra to wrap around the pillars at the gazebo and as table runners at the reception

I got them from Kohl's in the USA actually and it was a total fluke...I was walking to check out and there they were and I couldnt resist....I think they were only like $20 too!

how exciting that you will be there in less than a week!! We leave in 17 days and I cant wait!! Dont be worried about the weater, I seriously check it daily and the other day it said rain all this week and now its hot and sunny! No matter what you will have fun and find something to do, fingers crossed for you though

I think mine with shipping was like $70 for 60 sashes I believe...I cant remember if I had to pay duty though?!

Okay….now that I wrote my last exam today I can add some of the fun stuff!! Here is my rehearsal dinner dress that I got from Kohl’s, it is by Lauren Conrad. I plan to wear this necklace that I bought off of Ebay with it, I am going to wear a white pair of flip flops I got from Old Navy with a white flower on it. Since I am still undecided if I am going to trash my real dress I bought this online from Old Navy and got it last night in the mail I also got another Lauren Conrad dress for the dinner we have planned for the night before we leave at the Japanese Restaurant, I also got a really nice pair of flip flops that have a grey fabric on them (sorry no pics), and a pair of starfish earings. And here are two other dresses I have....you can see that I have A LOT of clothes to bring! And lastly the final bathing suit I bought, I think I have 4 in total, 3 being strapless as I didnt want horrible tan lines in my wedding dress! I have tons more clothing but it is at my parents as I have no storage in our little apartment......I am actually scared to go there to start packing as I know I have WAY more stuff then what the weight limit will allow

I have been looking at the weateher there everyday and it looks sooo hot! Here is the link from the weather newtwork for all of you.... http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/jmxx0006

I also made our menu. We will be putting this at the guests seats along with a large real starfish that I ordered from a store near my home town And lastly our ceremony program……On the back we have a sea glass poem and we are going to attach a piece of it to the back. Everyone will have it with them during the ceremony and then at the end we have this candle holder vase that they will deposit it back in. We are going to have it under our picture signing matt at home with a group picture as each piece of sea glass will represent someone in the picture and someone that was there with us on our wedding day J We will also have tears of joy with Kleenex I bought from Michaels with little hearts on it, which will be put in Vellium envelopes I bought from Ebay. I bought stickers from Michaels also that say Today I marry my best friend... Here is our Ceremony script that we also made with help from the BDW thread. Décor We were at our local mall one day and decided to go into Stokes for something and we found these for $20 on sale. I already got one for Christmas and loved it, so we bought 5 more for our wedding as the centrepieces. I also got aqua and white paper lanterns from a local store here to hang in the wedding gazebo to give it some colour. I bought our sashes from weddinglinensdirect.com and they were amazing to deal with and the colour matched the girls dress exactly!! I bought cake boxes from another BDW bride and made a label with ribbon for them. I also have a grey frame and I am going to put this inside so people know to take it back to them room and eat it! Our table numbers are numbers written in the sand, which I got from just googling it. They will be held by real starfish with a slit in them, which I bought from Etsy seller Gallery360. Thank-you Gifts I bought 5 hankies from Etsy seller Mollyandmom and I cannot say enough about the owner Cathy. I got one for my mom, FMIL, grandma, me and my groom. Mike and I deficed that instead of gifts we would write a heart felt letter to eachother, I posted mine below…hopefully he uses his hankie after he reads it. For the BM I got them each a necklace set from the bridal store where they bought their dress, a flip flop luggage tag from michaels and a starfish ankelet from Ebay (cant beat it for only $3) I also got each of them a nice card with one of these poems inside of it. For the GM they are getting a personalized flask that we bought from Ebay along with a bottle of Appelton Rum! For the people doing readings I am giving them a “Thinking of You â€Willow Tree Angel to thank them. And for my uncle who is playing acoustic guitar at the wedding I ordered him personalized guitar pics from Ebay. This is what he will be playing when I walk down the isle. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmuqORloBJw it is by Keith Urban asnd is called Önly you can love me this way" Thats all for now ladies...I hope you enjoyed and this can help someone in some way! tears of joy.ppt CEREMONY.doc CAKE SIGN.doc VOWS.doc POEMS.doc

Vistaprint & More! Again, we wanted our wedding to be memorable and unique and we wanted to keep people excited seeing as they booked in September and we were not flying out until the end of April, further lots of people were asking us questions so we decided to made a newsletter for each season. Fall This included a book about Jamaica that I got from calling the Jamaican tourist board in Toronto, along with a pamphlet about TwinRix. Winter It also included a book from the tourist board but it was about excursions. I also made a more condensed version on Vistaprint, along with a magnet about our Travel agent for final bookings Spring This included a “Get to Know the Guests†brochure I made from Vistaprint along with a magnet as we are taking a bus to the airport, so it will remind them of the pick up time. The day that we get there we plan to deliver welcome post cards to all of our guests On the wedding day we will be delivering another post card to all of our guests along with do not disturb signs. (I made them from a brochure as you end of getting 3 for each one) I also found an idea on the Martha Stewart website for a Good Morning news which highlighted the important events of the day. I made a similar one in Microsoft word to make it more unique. Along with this I also made a Looking for Someone so all of the guests can easily find one another. We also made a large postcard and we are going to ask everyone on the flight home to write their favourite memories etc of the week on it and give it back to us as a keep sake. FALL NEWS.doc WINTER NEWS - FINAL.doc SPRING NEWS.doc LOOKING FOR SOMEONE.doc GOOD MORNING NEWS.doc

DIY Projects / Beach Bags Well….this site has also help a lot with all of the DIY projects for our wedding. I knew I wanted to have a unique touch to it and it also helped a lot with money. We also decided to make a beach bag for each of the guests coming as a thank-you for sharing in our big day. Sorry I don’t have pics for all of this but we have them out last week and I forgot to take ones before…. The contents of the bag are as follows: I got the beach bags from our local Dollarama for like $2 and they are amazing…I actually saw them again this year and would definitely recommend them. We put name tags on all of the bags, Mike made one's for the men in photoshop of a Red Stripe beer with their names on it. We got aloe, sunscreen and lip balm from Avon when they had their summer sale. We also got lint rollers for the men from Target and Sewing kits for the women from Fabricland. It also included gum, Advil sachets, Gatorade sachets, Kleenex, hand sanitizer…and lots more that I cant think of right now. Towels – got them from Sears in the USA and I made a tag for them and we wrapped them with raffia so they were more compact in the bags. I made bookmarks for all the women with cute sayings on them...I got the original template from anohter BDW bride Then we made luggage tags for all the guests using the front side of a vistaprint business card First Aid Kits and Hand Sanitizer's with labels We ordered mugs from discountmugs.ca and they were amazing to deal with and not too costly. We used a black and white version of our monogram on a clear orange mug, and it turned out great. Sorry that I don’t have any pics. We also made key card holders and attached it to the mug handle with a silver carabineer. We also have each guest a desk of cards with a DIY label We were thinking of making a signature drink for the wedding but then decided after researching that there were way to many good ones so we made a guide of Jamaican drinks for all of our guests….many people have already told us they plan to try them all, lol. We also made a guest game for the airport to kill time and so everyone gets to know each other better, and even better the winner gets a bubba mug! We have one child going to we also made a package for him to keep him busy on the plane. We also got ahole of a packing list that we thought would be helpful for people NAME TAGS.doc TOWEL TAGS.doc BOOKMARKS.doc HAND SANITIZER.ppt FIRST AID KIT.doc keycardholder.ppt PLAYING CARD LABELS.doc DRINK GUIDE.ppt KidsBrochure[1].pdf Getting_to_Know_You.pub PACKINGLIST.doc

Invitations I got a 8 ½ x 11 piece of card stock from Michaels and began experimenting as we knew that we wanted to do a boarding pass type of invitation so I knew we would need something to hold it. I looked on the BDW site and found a template and then made it our own by adding little touches and a quote to the back. Here is the link for it One of my bridesmaids works at a printing company so printed 200 invitations for cost and the Best Man is a graphic designer, so designed our invitations after we told him what we wanted. Shortly after Mike made a monogram for us as he said he wanted to be involved, lol! He also made a wedding website which can be seen at www.katemikeswedding.yolasite.com Attire I went to go look for bridesmaids dresses with my MOH and this dress was in the window of the place and we both fell in love immediately. Each of the BM chose a different style they liked, but they will all be wearing this colour. The GM will be wearing an off white shirt with dark khaki pants which they got at the Easton Centre Mall in Toronto….here is one of the GM and the best man modelling, haha! I got my dress from a local shop and it definitely was love at first site, it was actually the first one I tried on and it ended up being the one!! Here it is on the model, I don’t have any pics with me in it seeing as I have a VERY nosey groom and FMIL!! Accessories The jewellery I am going to wear with it I bought from Etsy….I must say the brides on this site got me addicted! I got my hair flower from the bridal shop, but it hasn’t come in yet…eek! I got these from pookafan and would definitely recommend, who can pass up $5 earings?! The most exciting thing of all was purching my shoes from an ebay seller. They are Juicy “Frankie. I also purchased an Ankelet from Cathy5591 for my something blue. Lastly, I purchaed a dress hanger from Etsy seller DawnsCraftStore and she was lovely to work with, she painted the hanger a dark aqua colour and it looks amazing!! Hair Inspiration I am going to go with the bottom left one, and use the pins I bought from Etsy for it. Flowers Like I said above, I LOVE birds of paradise so I knew that I wanted them in my bouquet. Another bride from BDW actually sent these pics to me (thank you!!!) and I fell in love, the only difference is where the green orchids are we will be using white and blue/aqua orchids to match the girls dresses. Mike’s boutonniere will be the same as below but with a white orchid, and the GM with the blue/aqua ones. I will also have a blue bouquet starfish from the passing thread on the site that I should be getting any day now from the previous bride. Cake I found this cake on the BDW website I believe and loved it…we will be using the blue/aqua and white orchids above for the flowers on it along with birds of paradise! And our flavour will be white chocolate J Our cake topper is a “Promise†Willow Tree Angel. more to come..... Wedding Invitation.ppt

First of all I would like to thank all the brides on here who I have had interactions with, my wedding would not be anything like it has become without all of you. A big shout out to all my Gran Bahia Principe brides, most nights I couldn’t wait to come home from school and work to see what was going on! Our Story Mike and I have known each other since we were in Grade 2 and became good friends in Grade 9. We went to Prom together in Grade 12 (as friends!) and remained very close when we went to College and University the next year. We started dating at the end of our first year of University when we took me on a picnic to Riverside park, and have been inseparable ever since! This year we will be celebrating our 6 year anniversary. The Engagement Mike’s Side I decided one day while I was at work, I decided that I would do a serious look at rings again. I was looking at the display cases and I just saw it and was like "that is the ring". I went to other stores and nothing caught my eye like that ring did. So I went back and bought it. Then the next step was asking her parents for their permission. I drove to her house and sat in the car for a minute and got all pumped up and went in to see them. Her parents were supprised to see me. I was like ummmmm yea I just came over to hang out with you. So we were watching hockey and her dad was going out and I was like dont leave and I just came out with it. It was very nerve racking. But they said yes, so it was all good. So the day finally comes around where Kate comes back from the U.S.A with the girls and I picked her up from her friends house. I wasnt nervous yet and I was like lets go get a slushy or an ice cream, but I had to go home and grab money a.k.a the ring. So we drove to dairy queen and we went in and I paid but didnt have any cash and Kate questioned me but I brushed it off. So we pull into the park and its a bright and sunny day and we start walking around and my nerves are going a little crazy and I started sweating and I really didnt want any ice cream, but I needed to get her over there and we walked to the centre of the garden clock and I stopped but Kate kept going and was looking at squirrels and I called her over. At this point I am freaking out and shaking and I did have a speech and I started it and then I started getting choked up and nothing was coming out so I got down on one knee and pulled out the ring, and I asked her the big question but I think she was in shock because it took her a second to say anything.... but she said yes and the rest is history. Kate’s Side I went away for the weekend with the girls to the USA shopping and came back on the Sunday to have Mike waiting to pick me up. After we dropped all my stuff off at my house we decided to go get an ice cream and talk so I could tell him about my weekend. It was a nice day so Mike suggested we go to Riverside Park right by Dairy Queen to sit and chat...but for some reason insisted on going back to his house first to get money (even though I had some)! We shared a Blizzard and were walking around talking and exploring when we stopped in front of the floral clock and I kept on walking...I turned around and was wondering what he was doing. He called me over and seemed all nervous for some reason ans was shaking when I hugged him ( I still didnt clue in) and then he started talking about how much he loved me and got down on one knee! He opened the ring box and I couldnt focus on what was going on I was so suprised! The Resort This was one of the hardest things about the planning process for sure! We ended up choosing the Gran Bahia Principe Jamaica. We have never been to Jamaica but heard wonderful things about it, further it was relatively easy to get married there. Further, it was a 5 star resort, was 24 hours all inclusive and had an amazing gazebo for marriage ceremonies! We will be getting married on Tuesday May 3rd 2011 at 4pm in the afternoon. Theme and Colours My favourite colour is definitely aqua and my favourite flower is birds of paradise, so we decided to go with Aqua and Orange as our colours. You will also see a lot of sand dollars, which are so beautiful J Soon after we decided our colours our first DIY project was underway in making our invitations....

Thats where I got mine from and they are amazing!!! The only thing is that shipping to Canada was like $30 but oh well...

OMG!!! Thanks sooo much for posting this kellygrrrl it is exactly what I imagined and its so much easier when you can provide a picture rather than trying to describe it to someone all the way down in Jamaica. Thanks again!

We have a photo session set up with our photographer from 430-645 and have dinner set in the Grill restaurant for our wedding party at 645pm...I didnt factor any time in to meet with Chandlyn to go over the stuff...maybe I will email her and ask to meet at 4pm so go over it quickly, I dont think there should be that much stuff.....right???