ColoradoBride11

I bought my dress ladies!!! I love it! It's light, comfortable and a little sexy, everything I wanted! I'm going to add a little spice to it with a bridal belt.

That sounds awesome! How much per person??

Thanks for the advice!!!!!

The pictures aren't working for me

Great idea!!!!! My bridesmaids are kinda divided, lol better do that ASAP

Thank you!!! Anytime, you look beautiful in it and will absolutely GLOW on your big day

Here's my reception dress... Love it!

Love that!!!!!!

I accidentally deleted all the pictures of ME in my dress... but here it is on a (curveless) model I'm removing the strap and the train... can't wait!

Just to restate EVERYTHING these ladies said, it's your day! I went into the bridal shops KNOWING I'd be getting married on the beach and even though I thought I should choose something less formal flowy and light, I ended up choosing a heavy mermaid couture gown... that I LOVE. Its your day and you have to love your dress, don't change your dress for your destination Just to give you an idea, this is the dress I'm wearing!

Whoa! I missed this thread! Congrats to you!!!!! Love the colors and were also doing OOT bags but I am doing seperate gifts for the bridal party. Totally understand how people say they're coming but who knows?! We invited 100 people and expect about 40 but since the wedding isn't until 11/3/2011 we won't really have an idea of how many are coming until April or so I'm assuming. We've got all our plans nailed down pretty much with Sandos. I JUST found my dress yesterday so that was pretty exciting. But everything else is done, bridesmaids have their dresses. The guys know what they're wearing music is chosen etc. What about you?

You'll probably buy souvenirs or things like that while you're down there so you'll be fortunate to have an extra bag They are- the prices are slightly higher in the 2011 but not by much.

Or their Maiden name... I thought about that too... I would probably just do their maiden name or their first name alone... I found this too, so cute! http://www.etsy.com/listing/62297303/single-dainty-disc-with-pearl-and?ref=sr_gallery_24&ga_search_query=Bridesmaid%2BGifts&ga_search_type=handmade This is pretty too... http://www.etsy.com/listing/66533872/love-necklace?ref=sr_gallery_19&ga_search_query=Bridesmaid%2BGifts&ga_search_type=handmade

I'm going to do the following for the welcome bags: Advil/Pepto/Sunscreen/Mini Tequila Shot Bottles/Flip Flops and then a few trinkets like you said from in town. I'm sure we'll add more once we think of it, but we thought that would be fun! mjeeward - Did Maria say if that included a bar tender etc as well?? That seems like a much better plan than the Disco even.

beach.rani - I'm also using Octavio Montes. He's really got the best prices and the reviews are all fantastic for him.

G-O-R-G-E-O-U-S!!!!!!!! Great choice! Can't wait to see how it all turns out! I'm going shopping again Tuesday with my mom and BFF to try and find "THE" Dress, then I can order mine

Hello my fellow brides! I'm getting married at the Sandos in Playa Del Carmen this November and have 5 BM's! I have been trying to get some ideas for non-traditional BM gifts. Something they'll love obviously and something easy to get down there. Here is one thing I'm doing for each of them. Since they're all married already and will be taking their BM dresses on the plane with them as carry on, I thought this was neat! http://www.etsy.com/listing/65584816/something-borrowed-something-blue-artsy?ref=sr_gallery_8&ga_search_query=personalized+hanger&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_page=&order=&includes%5B0%5D=tags&includes%5B1%5D=title&filter%5B0%5D=handmade Post up any ideas you may have, I appreciate them all! Thank you!!

Thanks ladies!!! I'm so anxious-- but the reviews that the other brides keep posting are helping!!

Can someone please post the contact information for Monica Bridal? Thanks much! Also, did anyone else have their bridesmaid dresses get made by one of these places? My girls LOVE a dress by Belsoi and it's $240 dollars.

We are using Octavio Montes for photography. 3 hours of shooting and 90 prints, and a CD with all the pictures for $650. Not nervous about whether he can go since the wedding coordinator confirmed it was fine, and because hes done several weddings there. As for the dinner, I am doing place cards, you just give them to Maria at your meeting before hand with a seating chart and she will put them where they need to go. For my guest book, I'm buying seashells (online they are about $50 for a ton of them) and they are bit and soft on top so people can sign them, I'm going to use them in a picture frame to put around a picutre of my FH and I.

I met my fiance' online a Colorado Sportbike forum! We had the same motorcycle and he offered any help he could with the motor or anything else I might need. We ended up chatting online for a few weeks and met up with a group of mutual friends at a Chili's restaurant in Denver. After that it was all over! We moved in together a month later and have been together for 6 years now!

Thanks everyone! This forum is a total blessing! I've found so much information already and love chatting with the other brides!

Lots of cute ones on here!! http://www.zappos.com/search/shoes/filter/productTypeFacet/%22Shoes%22/gender/%22Womens%22/categoryFacet/%22Sandals%22/colorFacet/%22Pink%22/page/1/sort/isNew/desc/ Â

 Thank you! They are aqua and coral  So do my bridesmaids!  Thank you!  2 for hot pink!  3 for hot pink! This is gonna be tough! I found all 3 pairs on Zappos.com -- in my opinion the best shoe website, you can search by style and color and size... and the prices aren't bad either! They are RSVP - Lovely - http://www.zappos.com/rsvp-lovely-fuchsia-satin?zfcTest=prodPage2a:0 Â

Everyone looks so amazing! It's so nice to see so many dresses I love on the models look even better on a "real" bride!!!! I can't wait to go try on dresses and put my pictures up!