Amanda+Dave

Cute I plan on ordering some apparel for my wedding party as well. Â Also plan on getting t-shirts and tank tops made for our stag and doe, whenever that will be

Wow, Florence sounds so romantic. Congratulations and happy planning. There is so much advice and information on this forum I am sure you will find everything you need.

November and December are both out for his aunt ... it's her busy time at work. I'm not so sure that it's because she holds importance to them ... it's more, she's the only person in their family his mom wants him to invite. And so, if they don't come, then none of his family, other than his mom, dad and brother, would be there. I think if we were to hold it in November and have it at a resort, it would be a completely different situation. Being villas are small and personal, they would have to interact with my friends and family the entire week ... and there are past issues that have all but destroyed the relationship between my parents and his. But if the tables were turned, my parents would never threaten to not come to my wedding. That's what is so upsetting. Of course, he wants his parents to be there, but he is used to this petty crap from them, and has had enough. So I am pretty sure he will not bend on this. He is sick of having to reschedule his life to please them. This trip, this day, is supposed to be about us. And we want the people closest to us in attendance.

Beautiful!

So, the FI and I decided on Costa Rica for our destination wedding and the other day we were looking at resorts and villas online. And both of us really the idea of a villa. It's so much more personal. Â So, we were at his parent's house for lunch yesterday and we mention the idea of a villa. And they say something positive, like oh nice. Â Then we mention that November seems to be ideal because it is generally cheap, according to the prices we saw. And his mom's response is, then your aunt K can't come and that's the only family who would come. Â SO the convo ends, we continue eating lunch. Â A few hours later, after we return home. She calls and tells my FI that if his aunt can't come then not to bother making a reservation for them. Â WTF! We can't plan our wedding around one person, who my FI barely sees or knows may I addd. She lives on the other side of the country. Â We want our closest friends and family to attend our wedding, and in order to do so, we need to keep the price of travel and accommodation down. Â This is so frustrating! Â We have only been engaged a month and a half and already the stress of being a bride to be has started .... Â

I have decided on aqua so far, but not a second colour ... I like how red and aqua look, thanks for sharing the inspiration boards.

Love the seahorse one.

Very pretty. I love orchids.

Welcome and congrats. We finally decided on a destination.... Costa Rica

Beautiful!

Amazing job. Thanks for sharing!

very pretty

very pretty.

Great job. I am considering message in a bottle invites and am so impressed by all the ones I have seen on the forum. Thank you for sharing.

great job, thanks for sharing.

Very bold and bright. Great job.

I have also decided on the passport invite and will be doing them myself thanks to all the helpful tips I've learned on here and from browsing other brides' invites.

Haven't chosen our first dance song yet, but my father-daughter dance song will be Somewhere Over the Rainbow, I used to always watch the Wizard of Oz with my dad, and it is the perfect choice. Â I have so many ideas for our wedding song, but we haven't really talked about songs yet. It's only been a month.

Wow, no need to actually think of ideas now that it's all laid out. Thanks for sharing.

great job and thanks for sharing

Thanks for sharing. I love the pieces.

The dresses I am looking at are Mori Lee, come in a range of colours and are nice and airy and beachy Colour will be tiffany blue  http://www.morilee.com/Bridesmaids/Affairs/dressint.php?idves=791&idcat=2&idscat=7&npic=1&npag=4&bsel=

Where abouts do they do turtle releases? I saw wedding photos of a couple releasing turtles and would really like to do something similar. The FI and I are huge animal (and reptile and amphibian) lovers and this would be an amazing experience to add to an already special day. We are looking at Costa Rica as our destination, does anyone know if they do turtle releases there? thanks in advance.

cute