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I've been wanting to go for some time now but its quite a drive from TO. I am hoping for a rainy weekend to make the trip Glad to know its worth it

Interested in the pink sashes. Can you let me know about shipping! Sent you a pm.

Cute idea!

Hello ladies, I am also going to be wearing a Maggie at my wedding next April. To be more specific, its the Dallas Marie and I cannot wait to get it and put it on again

Wow! I had been waiting to see this post Amazing job on everything!!

Hi JanineA, I bought the Fiskars brand and loved it. I did all my boarding passes with it and will probably use it on the invites as well. Google Image Result for http://www.joann.com/images/36/44/4/xprd364447_m.jpg

Quote: Originally Posted by PaperBagPrincess I'm not quite finished, but was too excited not to post. Loved the ideas of magnets for our STD, but my finance and I wanted them to be a little more discreet when placed on someone's fridge. His parents already have a 100 pictures of us up, they really didn't need another one So after some searching I found this and used it my inspiration... Dot Girl Blog: Save the Date! Here is how mine turned out... colors look better in person, camera was giving me a hard time... I have a lite version of photoshop so I searched through istock.com until I found a pattern in our colors (blue and orange) and that I thought was "us", it took ages. When i finally found it I was thrilled, I decided the pattern was best for the magnet designs. Then I got some help from my brother and we designed the actual card (he's video editor and btter at photoshop than me). To make things easy, we sized it to fit on half a sheet of paper. For the flower design on the side, my brother taught me a neat trick, turns out you can download brushes for photoshop that make a pattern with a quick dot of the brush, works like a stamp. So we found a flower set of brushes and two minutes later we stamped two we liked in and added the text. To make the magnets I invested in a button maker. It was pricey but I knew I would use it for tons of things! I love crafts! I picked up a few contract hours to cut down on the guilt and made it feel more like a treat. So far I made a magnetboard for a friend's baby shower with little letter magnets and buttons for another friend's band. Plus all the save teh date magnets. With al my projects I am 600 button/magnets down and continue to make more! Future projects are napkin ring holders and personal name tags for towels and beach bags in our OOT bags. Then I attached the magnets to the Save the Date with tacky blue stuff teachers use to put up posters. I tried rubber cement and a few other things, but the tacky stuff was by far the best. Now I need to work on the letter for the back and envelopes..... oh, and continue to dream of a job where I make butons all day! It's really a lot of fun. If you want to see how the button machine works here is a youtube video... YouTube - Button Maker Machine Combo Quote: Originally Posted by PaperBagPrincess Thanks ladies! Cynlaf I got my machine from Six Cent Press in Vancouver BC. Custom Buttons, Make Buttons, Pinback Buttons, Campaign Buttons, Promotional Buttons, Do It Yourself Buttons, Canada Button Makers - Six Cent Press They had the best price and shipping wasn't too bad. In fact I just ordered 1000 more button pieces and shipping was only $17, I thought that was pretty good. I also found them very helpful when I was researching and trying to decide what size to buy. I bought my circle cutter on ebay, they are pricey but you have to have one ($80-$160). I tried a few different scrapbook ones and they just didn't "cut" it Overall I would say you are looking at a $400 investment. Being in Toronto you can also rent one for a day, includes circle cutter ($45, plus buying the parts) from here... Button Makers, Complete Button Parts I debated buying from this person, but they wanted a US exchange rate of 30%, I nearly lost my mind. Sometimes he has used ones as well. I've also heard that the Workroom on Queen St (the workroom - toronto's first sew & craft by the hour space) has a 1 inch and a 1.5 inch button maker and you can go in and use it if you pay the workroom fee. I haven't personally checked it out yet, think I saw it on a blog somewhere? But plan to find out more when I go in and take a sewing class at the end of the month. Magnets I have been buying at Staples as I found they are the best quality for the price, $7 for 50. Good luck! If you have anymore questions let me know. Thank you sooo much for the information!!

Hello ladies, I saw on this site that some people ordered some from here 50+ Colors of Paper Lanterns - Luna Bazaar Hope this helps. I bought mine in China Town in Toronto and they had a full wall of all colors. If you can't find any, please let me know and I can go get some for you

Wow! Nice Where did you buy the machine? I made "Friend of the Bride" and "Friend of the Groom" buttons as our families don't know each other and I would have loved to have this machine. Let me know!

Amazing flowers!!!

I bought some really nice ones in China Town (Toronto) in my color (Fushia, Blue and White) for $2.50. These were the 12" ones. They look really good and had a ton of colors!

Wow! I wish my girls were closer to me! I would love to do this with them

Thank you

I am also looking for some in Canada! About 30 or so. We Canadians need your help in getting these

Quote: Originally Posted by BrideMichele I just got back from Hamilton where I visited Enchanted Memories (I live an hour away so I wanted to see the real touch flowers for myself). Deb had a big assortment of flowers for me to look at. I showed her some pics of bouquets that I liked. She told me which flowers were available in real touch and which ones weren't. I didn't have to ask or prompt her - she was quite up front stating that if I wanted a specific flower it would look good in pics but would not look/feel like real touch in person. I mentioned that I wanted a gerber but in orange. She actually sprayed the gerber right there and then so I could see what it looked like. What a sweet heart! With Deb's help, I picked some great flowers and am really excited to see how it all turns out! I have had nothing but great service from this company and look forward to receiving my bouquet! Oh, and I also saw some of the other bridal bouquets she is currently working on. They were gorgeous! I. Just. Can't. Wait. Hi BrideMichele, Did you have to make an appointment to meet them or did you just drop in? I am thinking of going next weekend as well when my MOH is here.

Question on these luggage tags as I have been reading more and more people are doing this. How are the guests going to write their name and address on the back if you laminate them? I was going to do the same thing as you said before my FI pointed this out. Any ideas?

Hi everyone!! I am an April 2011 bride as well! Our wedding is set for April 13, 2011 at the Barcelo Cayo Santa Maria in Cuba. Our STD's are out, our website is up and running and we are waiting on pricing from our TA. I did get some prices in early April but since these were estimates only I decided to wait until the real prices are out. It should be any day now I am stressing out a little but once a few more things are under way, it should be better! Any hints or things we should be doing at this point or should have done ??

I have quite a few pictures from the resort as well as some from the location for the ceremony and dinner! PM me your email and I will send you some Were you able to get in touch with their wedding co-ordinator? Thanks, Cynthia

Welcome! I am an April 2011 bride This website has helped me soo much already!

I went to this resort twice and got engaged the last time we went! We are getting married there as well on April 13, 2011 I haven't been able to find much on it either. When I was there in March the WC showed me some pictures and it looked really good. I am hoping more people will post reviews of weddings at the Barcelo as well!

Hey! I am a 2011 bride as well! We booked the Barcelo Cayo Santa Maria for April 13, 2011 and cannot wait. Our STD's are already gone and people have started RSVP'ing. I also started looking at pricing but my TA said to wait until June when all pricing for 2011 will be out! Hope this helps

Hi all, My FI and I are just got engaged this past March in Cuba and decided to get married there as well!! We are very excited! Our wedding will be on April 13, 2011 at the Barcelo Santa Maria in Cuba! This place is magical to us and the beach will make amazing wedding pictures Can't wait to search more things on this site CynLaf