jenniferkuhr

Congrats on your engagement! Sorry, I don't have any of the answers your looking for, but I do have a quick list of things I wish I knew a year ago...

1. Wedding colors are tricky.  I picked hard-to-find colors (coral and teal) and it seems everything comes in more basic colors like light blue, royal blue, navy, purple, pink, orange, green.  Just a thought to consider when choosing colors.
2. Dance lessons!!!  This has been the MOST fun of preparing to get married.  Expensive…but SO worth it! 
3. It IS possible to get an amazing but less expensive dress.  Keep searching.
4. There is a reason people go with traditional bridesmaid dresses…they are easy to match with the rest of the bridal party.  I went with just regular gowns from Nordstrom’s and had to find out the hard way NOTHING comes in that color (coral!!!)
5. DO NOT write anything about your registry on Save the Dates or Invitations….TACKY!  I thought this was a given (this advice is in every wedding book ever written…), but I’m finding tons of people are making this mistake and it just rubs guests the wrong way.

Hope this helps!

Congrats on your engagement!

Here’s a few things I’ve learned from wedding planning so far:

1. Wedding colors are tricky.  I picked hard-to-find colors (coral and teal) and it seems everything comes in more basic colors like light blue, royal blue, navy, purple, pink, orange, green.  Just a thought to consider when choosing colors.
2. Dance lessons!!!  This has been the MOST fun of preparing to get married.  Expensive…but SO worth it! 
3. It IS possible to get an amazing but less expensive dress.  Keep searching.
4. There is a reason people go with traditional bridesmaid dresses…they are easy to match with the rest of the bridal party.  I went with just regular gowns from Nordstrom’s and had to find out the hard way NOTHING comes in that color (coral!!!)
5. DO NOT write anything about your registry on Save the Dates or Invitations….TACKY!  I thought this was a given (this advice is in every wedding book ever written…), but I’m finding tons of people are making this mistake and it just rubs guests the wrong way.

Hope this helps!

Congrats on your engagement!

Here’s a few things I’ve learned from wedding planning so far:

1. Wedding colors are tricky.  I picked hard-to-find colors (coral and teal) and it seems everything comes in more basic colors like light blue, royal blue, navy, purple, pink, orange, green.  Just a thought to consider when choosing colors.
2. Dance lessons!!!  This has been the MOST fun of preparing to get married.  Expensive…but SO worth it! 
3. It IS possible to get an amazing but less expensive dress.  Keep searching.
4. There is a reason people go with traditional bridesmaid dresses…they are easy to match with the rest of the bridal party.  I went with just regular gowns from Nordstrom’s and had to find out the hard way NOTHING comes in that color (coral!!!)
5. DO NOT write anything about your registry on Save the Dates or Invitations….TACKY!  I thought this was a given (this advice is in every wedding book ever written…), but I’m finding tons of people are making this mistake and it just rubs guests the wrong way.

Hope this helps!

Congratulations on your engagement!  Enjoy EVERY minute of it and start the planning early!  Early planning = less stress!  Smile, smile, smile because everything from the dress fitting to the cake tasting to invitations is supposed to be the FUN part of planning a FUN event!  (it’s easy to forget sometimes).  Treat everyone around you with grace and kindness and they will come through for your big day.  Most importantly, HUG and KISS your honey often!!!

Congratulations on your engagement!  I'm getting married at The Royal!  What a romantic place to get engaged...Enjoy EVERY minute of it and start the planning early!  Early planning = less stress!  Smile, smile, smile because everything from the dress fitting to the cake tasting to invitations is supposed to be the FUN part of planning a FUN event!  (it’s easy to forget sometimes).  Treat everyone around you with grace and kindness and they will come through for your big day.  Most importantly, HUG and KISS your honey often!!!

Congratulations on your engagement!  I'm getting married at The Royal in Playa Del Carmen, but fell in LOVE with the chpel from the Real resorts in Cancun.  You will have an AMAZING time! Enjoy EVERY minute of it and start the planning early!  Early planning = less stress!  Smile, smile, smile because everything from the dress fitting to the cake tasting to invitations is supposed to be the FUN part of planning a FUN event!  (it’s easy to forget sometimes).  Treat everyone around you with grace and kindness and they will come through for your big day.  Most importantly, HUG and KISS your honey often!!!

Congratulations on your engagement!  Enjoy EVERY minute of it and start the planning early!  Early planning = less stress!  Smile, smile, smile because everything from the dress fitting to the cake tasting to invitations is supposed to be the FUN part of planning a FUN event!  (it’s easy to forget sometimes).  Treat everyone around you with grace and kindness and they will come through for your big day.  Most importantly, HUG and KISS your honey often!!!

Congratulations on your engagement!  Enjoy EVERY minute of it and start the planning early!  Early planning = less stress!  Smile, smile, smile because everything from the dress fitting to the cake tasting to invitations is supposed to be the FUN part of planning a FUN event!  (it’s easy to forget sometimes).  Treat everyone around you with grace and kindness and they will come through for your big day.  Most importantly, HUG and KISS your honey often!!!

Woo-hoo!!!  Congrats on an AMAZING wedding!  You're getting me PSYCHED to travel out to PDC so, so soon (less than 3 weeks!)

Hi there!  I highly, highly recommend going through a wedding coordinating agency such as Ajua weddings if you're doing a Catholic wedding.  They are extremely strict in Mexico with all the church requirements and I know of a few brides on this forum who had their church ceremonies cancelled because of missing paperwork/not fulfilling every last requirement etc.

Less stress = happy bride!

Yep, Vistaprint and/or Michael's craft store are the way to go for affordable invites.  Wish I had gone that route!!!

I think this is a great idea.  I think the best way to do it is to maybe start with the bride/father since thats the one everyone wants to see anyway, then maybe the DJ invites the groom and mom, then maybe other members of the wedding party and their significant others?  This was groom and mom are still important "features" of the dance, but its not awkward with just two couples?

I'm getting married at The Royal Playa Del Carmen and I cannot WAIT to have DJDoremixx for my wedding.  The light up dance floor is supposed to be legendary.  M sister went to a wedding in Playa Del Carmen where he DJ-ed and she still talks about it.  I’ll be dancing the night away in less than 3 weeks!!!  Highly recommended by other folks on this forum...

My sister did "What a Wonderful World" which I thought was really cute.  I'm going to do "I'll Be There" by the Jackson 5.

We are dancing to "Something" by the Beatles.  Ryan took me to see "Love" in Vegas one year on Valentine's day and it was such an incredible show and experience, so we wanted to incorporate something from that.

I'm finding that a ton of people are sending gifts ahead of time, so I don't think it'll be an issue.  Maybe put a bridesmaid in charge of collecting them somewhere?

I think the best way to let folks know you want $$$ is to have your closest friends and family spread the word...or set up the "honeymoon fund" using an online application.  I think a good rule is to NEVER, NEVER put it anywhere in print, or anything registry-related in print anywhere but the actual wedding website.  It has just always rubbed me the wrong way to see it on STD or invites.

I have a little bit of the same thing going on.  It still looks pretty and sparkly though, so I'm trying not to sweat it...

Anyone else here going to miss being engaged once the wedding planning is all over?  I AM!!!

The embroidered ones are SO cute!  Nice job!  I wish I could make the same but my wedding is less than 3 weeks away....eek!

Blue Parrot is AMAZING!!!  Plus, they have fire dancers at midnight!  SO fun!

Love these ideas!  I think I'm going to combine a "directory" with a "welcome book."  We have so many guests, though 80 people coming to Mexico!!!  Tracking down a photo of each should be interesting....thank goodness for Facebook!

Super. Duper Ridiculously cute.  NICE job!

Thanks for attaching everything!  This will come in so handy when I start mine...eventually!

I LOVE the photo album idea.  And now I know to set up a shutterfly account before we leave.  These look amazing, your guests must have really enjoyed these a TON.