bryanandchar

Hi ladies! Everyone has so much going on~ I have been out of wedding mode for a while now, I have 3 more days until I'm done my dreaded candidacy exam then can get back to planning again. I have so much to do!! I'm so excited to finally get to work on some things I have been putting off.. Anyways, I just wanted to tell everone that we got our SCUBA certification this weekend (we did the closed water, and will do our open water certification in Jamaica) - it was probably one of the best experiences of my life....ever! I highly recommend it to everyone to get certified and have that experience! I promise you will not regret it!

This is great!! Thanks!

Sounds like you had a great day Erin! Congrats!!

Tris- that's awesome! Definitely go for it! Our photogs are giving us a deal too because they've never been to Jamaica and want to go. Wish I could say it was because we are a dream to photograph but I don't think that will ever be true!! Lol!!

Congrats Brandy! That was a close one!!

Tris- good luck with the house hunt! So exciting! And if you move the week before you leave just set up your bed and worry about the rest when you get home! It will be something to keep you busy! QueenDiva- love your bout and hair flower- so unique! Brandy- I think my list is way longer than yours of to do's. I'm trying to not write it out so I don't freak myself out!! Mocha- good idea with the jewels- I might look into that Laura - I like your oot bag logo, very simple and classy! And to eVeryone - happy valentines day!!

Brandy, that sucks they don't allow outside vendors to come in for your wedding. You'd think they wouldn't care since they're making so much money from us already! I didn't like the photog at our resort either and they charged a TON! We're bringing our own photographers down with us that did our engagement photos and they're amazing and it is only costing us a little more than the resort charges for their photographers!! We're not paying vendor fees either because they're staying at the hotel with our group. I really wish these hotel chains didn't try to strong arm people to use their services. Especially when we're already bringing ~20-40 people with us!!! They should just have good services that people want to use!!! On a side note, I've been up for 27 hours now...Probably won't get any sleep for at least another 8-9 hours. This day is brutal!!! I'm going to crash so hard tonight!

I would put them both in with the one you like the best on the front, then the other explaining what the holder is for on the back. The colors are so similar, I honestly don't think it will look bad with 2 different logos around!

Those look great! Do you have enough of both cards to put them back to back? So one will be showing through on either side?

Thanks! My logo is from Allurement by Rebecca - she's a vendor on here.

I'm also heading to the states tomorrow for a conference in Santa Fe! I definately plan on packing light and doing some pre-wedding shopping while I'm there!

I got it from this seller: http://www.etsy.com/shop/misunbridal?ref=pr_shop_more She has a lot of pretty flowers, this one specifically was called: Eternal Love - PEARL RHINESTONE Bridal flower hair clip gardenia - hair comb headband sash pin

Also, I ordered some rack cards from Vista Print to use as door hangers - I got the idea from Lisa (I think?), anyways, thanks so much whoever it was! I just have to punch a hole in the tops of them now. Here's a picture of the front and back (sorry it's not the greatest!)

I just bought this hair flower for my TTD - I didn't want to wear my original hair clip that I'll wear on my wedding day because it was expensive and I want to keep it....I found it on Etsy (of course, I'm an Etsy addict!) What do you guys think?

Laura, I don't know if your resort offers this - but I've heard of people chartering a boat for an hour or two for the guests between the wedding while you're of getting pictures done - our resort has a glass bottom boat that costs ~$20 per person. Also, I have been a guest at a few DWs before and hanging out with the group at the pool bar or somewhere like that was fine, everyone was happy and we had fun as a group together, then we met at the restaurant for the dinner. Don't worry about entertaining everyone! They'll be OK:)

I got it on Etsy: http://www.etsy.com/shop/bthanari It's so cute right!! I am so happy that I got it!!

I love this one!!

Brandy - I love that dress for your Mom, I almost want one for myself - where did you get it from?

I was at a wedding a few years ago where they did a video like that to show at the reception, the bride and groom were both interviewed separately talking about how they met and the proposal and all that stuff which was really cute to hear both sides. And they had pictures of the two of them like a slideshow in between video clips with the music and voice-over of them talking. It was like a reality tv show! I wish I could remember the name of the company...

Bailey- too funny about the "ugly cry"! I watched some of those videos too and I definately choked up! I wish we could do something like that, but we're already paying for photogs to come with us. If we were only made of money! There are so many beautiful things to get!!!

Awsome! Thanks for all the input ladies!

Question to all the girls out there who've bought Victoria Secret clothes - I've never tried on their clothes before, we don't have the stores in Canada, but I've found a bunch of stuff I like on their website. Anyways, do the clothes tend to fit on the small or large side (snug or loose)? Has anyone ordered online? Can you return items that don't fit? Thanks:)

It's a bittersweet week, I actually gained weight over the past 2 weeks, so this week that weight came back off. So overall, I'm really down only a couple pounds since the start.... I really need to kick this into high gear. It's really difficult right now because I have a HUGE exam coming up on the 24th, and I'm very stressed about it, and I'm a stress eater, and even though I exercise a ton, the weight has been sticking to me. I really hope that I'll be able to drop a lot of weight in March...I think that's my only hope left..

Is anyone else doing a registry? We have been asked several times for one so we went and set one up this weekend...it was fun, but honestly, I think we'd both rather get cash to help pay for the wedding! We're doing an AHR, which was supposed to be in May or June, but my FI just got a job overseas where he'll be home for 30 days then away for 30 days on a rotation, so we don't know his exact schedule yet so we haven't even started planning the AHR yet. It's going to be like planning a whole wedding again!

We're not doing OOT bags - but we're giving everyone mugs to use at the resort and a welcome book. Then I was thinking about putting out customized M&Ms for the wedding instead of favours. I think some of the favours that you can get are so cute, but I've been to lots of weddings, and all the favours I ever got are in a pile in a drawer somewhere....I'm trying to be really cautious on what I take down with me. Just a caution if anyone's never waxed before - I had my legs waxed once and had a horrible reaction to it - all of my pores swelled up like bee stings and my legs were so itchy for days - it was terrible! If you're considering it and you have sensitive skin get a test patch done first to make sure you don't react.