mllek1986

Hey ladies,

Most of my items have been sold now. Here's what remains:

The Everything Groom Book $5
Groom Book 'Don't Screw Up Your Bride's Wedding: A Grooms Guide to Surviving the Most Important Day of Your Wife's Life' $5
The Knot Guide to Destination Wedding Book $10

~200 Luggage tag inserts for Puerto Vallarta Mexico $2

Shoes Optional Sign (Purple & White), 8 Paint brushes 4 of them have tags that say "To wipe the sand from your feet" and a purple wicker basket $10

14 Pink & white detached fake orchid blooms (could use for your cake) $2

Metal table numbers (1-3) $10 - custom made standing metal guest table numbers. The metal is not flawless as it is was welded by hand, however if you would like a cleaner look you could spray paint them.
'M' Cake Monogram $5
 

Thanks

K.

FYI there are 27 mini bottles and corks for message in a bottle seating
 

Hi there,

The Raffia fans are sold but the sign, brushes and basket are still available. However I can't seem to find a cost of shipping under $43 to the US so I highly doubt you'd want to pay that. I am looking on Canada Post though, maybe you know of a cheaper place to ship from Canada to the US?

K.

FYI The guestbook is no longer for sale... it had an accident with some coffee

SOLD Items:
Duckies

Fans

Bottle openers

ADDED Item:

Mr and Mrs Luggage Tags - 3 Mr and 3 Mrs in the set $5

Here's a pic of the two groom books.They are in great condition, a few pages turned over and that's it.

Also, there are 19 badge/luggage holders

27 message in a bottles with corks

Hi TulumBride2013,

Here is a pic of the badge holders, it's the one on the right. I can take a pic of the guestbook cover when I get home tonight and send it to you.

Kate
 

I am selling my beautiful Size 10 Ivory Alfred Sung 6821 wedding gown which has been uniquely altered.

This dress is made of Ivory Satin and has beautiful rosette pickups throughout the front and back. The ruching on the front is very flattering on all shapes. The beaded embellishments add an element of sparkle to the gown. This dress has an open corset back.

I bought this dress in June 2011 from NWL in Regina for $1300 and added the Alfred Sung beaded embellishment (purchased for $85 from NWL). I wore it once on my wedding day in January in Mexico. I put over $500 worth of alterations into this dress to make it unique.

The following alterations were made:
- The bust has been altered by creating a deep V cut into it;
- I removed a large portion of the modesty panel (piece of matching fabric underneath the lace up corset) to have a more open back. If you wanted to close the corset I?m sure it would be very easy for any seamstress to do;
- I added a secure bustle; and,
- Attached the Alfred Sung beaded embellishment across and under the chest.

I am 5'10" and did not have the dress shortened at all from its original length.
This dress is stunning and I know you will love it as much as I did! I am sad to see it go but am thrilled to think that someone else could enjoy it for their big day.

This dress needs to be dry cleaned. I priced it out and it can be cleaned for $50.

Serious inquiries only please. Also, check out my other wedding items for sale

This is an ivory soft French net veil that flows beautifully, it's extremely good quality and in perfect condition.

Purchased in Summer 2011 for $200 taxes.
Wore for a very short period of time in January (I actually forgot to put it on for my ceremony)

Willing to let it go for $125 obo.

This bandeau style veil has a small 6-prong metal comb on each side that tucks securely into the hair and is completely hidden. Material is superior quality french netting which is super soft and provides the absolute best fit; it lays so beautifully. This style features an ivory Swarovski rhinestone edge.

I purchased online and felt it did not go with my dress so never wore it again. It is a beautiful piece.

Hi ladies,

So it's time to clean out the spare room and get rid of all my extra destination wedding items. I hope they are useful for you! Just FYI, I live in Canada so shipping will be cheapest this way. You will be responsible for cost of shipping.

$175 for all or you can purchase separately
If you would like more pictures of any items or further information please email me.

The Everything Groom Book $5
Groom Book 'Don't Screw Up Your Bride's Wedding: A Grooms Guide to Surviving the Most Important Day of Your Wife's Life' $5
The Knot Guide to Destination Wedding Book $10
24 Raffia Fans for ceremony to keep your guests cool (range from 8-11") $15
15 Out of town (OOT) cooler bags to fill with goodies for your guests - also great for lunch bags $3 each or $40 takes all
18 Whistles/wrist bands $2
~200 Luggage tag inserts for Puerto Vallarta Mexico $2
Waterproof badge holders/luggage tag holders $5
Assorted Bottle opener key chains $5 - sea creatures, paw print, motorcycle etc.
Shoes Optional Sign (Purple & White), 8 Paint brushes 4 of them have tags that say "To wipe the sand from your feet" and a purple wicker basket $10
Mini bottles with corks for message in a bottle seating $5
Bride & Groom floating duckies $3
16 Maracas (8 Purple & 8 Green) hand painted - says Mexico on them $5/set of 2 or $30 for all
14 Pink & white detached fake orchid blooms (could use for your cake) $2
Guestbook - gorgeous custom made Photo Guestbook with beige starfish/shell print $25
Senor & Senora Chair Signs with purple ribbon (can change ribbon colour easily) to hang on the backs of your chairs at your rehearsal dinner, wedding, or reception $20
Metal table numbers (1-3) $10 - custom made standing metal guest table numbers. The metal is not flawless as it is was welded by hand, however if you would like a cleaner look you could spray paint them.
'M' Cake Monogram $5

Cheers!

About a week or so in advance I spoke with her over the phone, she generally does skype though. We went over the entire questionnaire and I sent her a diagram of the reception layout so she knew where to set-up etc on the day of. I'm sure she will be good for you guys as long as the speakers are fixed. Enjoy your last couple weeks of planning!!
 

Originally Posted by danasb788 

thanks for the info on staci....we will see what happens...i am sorry she was not so good for your wedding.  i am beginnig to have doubts about her now too.  she is offering some sale on her services ending tonight, so i think we will do that to save a little money.  however, it seems a bit off.  we will see (fingers crossed).  did she actually talk to you guys before you went to figure out all your choices?  we leave in 2 weeks (well like 18 days) but nothing has happened so far.

 

jeigh02...i emailed Fatima to reserve seating for us on march 23 i think last week and she said she would take care of it...we would have been about 3-4 weeks out at that point. 

 

 

 

We booked ours a few months minimum in advance but I think even a week or two should be plenty for them. The sooner the better
 

Originally Posted by jeigh02 

Thank you for this info!! so helpful. How far in advance did you reserve the tables for Mexican Fiesta night? I think that's what we are going to do.

 

 

Try this, maybe it will work: http://s1107.photobucket.com/albums/h398/katherinecolin2012/Wedding%20Day/?action=view&current=405ef3c5.pbw let me know if it doesn't and I will remove the password. You can also look at the one Cristheell put up for us: http://012412katherinecolin.drepvphoto.adventurephotos.com.mx/#/slideshow-1/

Staci was nice but we did have quite a few problems with her equipment. She didn't check her equipment beforehand and one of her main speakers were blown so all of our dinner music and first dances sounded terrible. She apparently had lent it out to someone else to use for a gig before our wedding and they must have blown it. We had one of our groomsmen who knows a lot about audio equipment try to figure out how to fix it. After quite a bit of struggling she finally got it to work by around 9:30pm then we only had an hour of good sounding music left. Also, her wireless microphones died on us 3 separate times and had to get replaced, they kept cutting in and out too. She also did not do the dance instruction for us because she's pregnant and not feeling too well (not to be rude but she blamed everything that went wrong on her being pregnant- like not checking her equipment and mentioned it at least 4 times over the microphone). I understand when people are pregnant and you're going through a rough time but maybe ask someone else to do the gig for you and when you're paying them $1,000 you'd think they would check their equipment beforehand.

Other than those issues with her she played a great selection of music (we gave her a list of must plays etc beforehand) and kept us on track when we went a bit late on speeches and were running out of time to do things like the cake cutting and bouquet/garter toss. If we hadn't had issues with her equipment (which is a pretty vital part of being a DJ) I would have recommended her. I'm sure she would have gotten it all fixed by the time your wedding comes around but maybe just mention that she should double check everything.
 

Originally Posted by danasb788 

Hi mllek1986, congrats!!  I tried to look at your pictures, but it says you need a password?  Also, how did you like DJ Staci?  We are using her too!
 

 

 

Here is the link to my full Dreams review. PM me if you any questions. http://www.bestdestinationwedding.com/products/dreams-puerto-vallarta-resort-spa-all-inclusive/reviews/5629

Our photographer was Cristheell, here is the link to my photobucket slideshow: http://s1107.photobucket.com/albums/h398/katherinecolin2012/Wedding%20Day/?albumview=slideshow

Hi ladies!

We got back on Friday and had the time of our lives. Everything went so smoothly it was such a perfect day!

Here's a link to my photobucket page with most of our professional pics (there's about 150 of them so its fairly long): http://s1107.photobucket.com/albums/h398/katherinecolin2012/Wedding%20Day/?albumview=slideshow

Congrats to all the new wifeys on here!

Hi ladies

I just got back on Friday from my wedding at Dreams. It was absolutely amazing!! Fatima did such an amazing job with everything. I will post a review within the week for all of you to read.

I was in the same position as all of you for the welcome dinner and cocktails, this is what we did (with 49 guests):

We arrived on Friday and had previously reserved tables at the Mexican Fiesta night on the beach for 7pm, I just spoke with Roman Garcia who reserved the spots for us for free ([email protected]). We had asked our guests to meet us at the Rendez Vous (lobby) bar for predrinks, we did not reserve tables, we just showed up right at 5:30 and pulled a bunch of tables together, they did not mind at all. So all in all we payed nothing for our welcome cocktails and dinner.

The night before the wedding we had the bonfire as our informal rehearsal with a big pinata (sooo much fun!) a few speeches and we just all got to hang out, have a few drinks and relax the night before the wedding. I would totally recommend this to anyone as their welcome cocktails or rehearsal event. I think we payed around $500 for this so it is a fairly cheap option if you're wanting privacy and your own bartender etc.

Most restaurants open at 6:30pm. The largest one is the World Cafe buffet, Oceana I think would be 2nd largest then El Patio, Seaside and finally Portofino.

Hope this helps!

Originally Posted by Kenna Ranson 

Hi Jennifer,

 

I'm confused too! I also debated the bonfire thing, but thought it would totally kill the special-ness factor for the Caletas bonfire. 

 

The Mexican fiesta actually could be a super viable option for you - I was at the Dreams last year and it turned out to be really neat. Tables fill up fast though, so you would have to get there early to get enough to seat your party. I have about 50 guests as well.

 

I have a feeling my welcome dinner/drinks at the one of the restaurants and pool bar is going to end up being a bit chaotic without Dreams on-board to help me out with it, but it just seems silly to pay so much money when we're already forking out so much for the wedding itself. I really wished they had something a little bit more basic available for people in our situation. I don't mind paying some $$ for something special, but would want to keep it under $1,000 .

 

On another note, we should talk about the change in wedding coordinators at Caletas. I'd be interested to hear your take on it. If you are interested in chatting further, you can ping me for my contact details through my website - kennaranson.com.

 

 

Wowza, to all the drama. that sucks the big one! Glad you are staying positive though!

Congrats to all you lovely brides who just got married and safe travels/good luck to everyone leaving in the next couple of days!

Kya101, I'm sure you will have a beautiful sunny day on the 25th! I will be thinking of you while I do my TTD session that day.
 

I leave in 2 days and I am soooooo excited!!!

I keep trying to post my planning thread but it never works and I've wasted probably 4 hours trying to do it so will do it when I get back I think.... sigh....

If I don't get a chance to post in the next 2 days, I will update you upon my return! thanks for all the love and support my January brides!!

Kate

hahahah nicely done!! that did make me laugh. Hope you're not hurt
 

Originally Posted by Nikadawn 

Quick chuckle for your morning ladies: So I've been using a home bleaching kit for my teeth and in order to not ruin the results I decided this morning to start drinking my coffee through a straw. FYI: delivering a shot of scalding hot fluid directly to the back of your throat might make you convulsively spit your latte all over your table at Starbucks shocking the mother with three children beside you and offending the barrista who made it

I am giving a copy of the schedule to the main people (parents, groom, bridesmaids, groomsmen, wc, photographer, dj and videographer). up until the ceremony part it is everyone dealing with their own schedule then it will be Fatima our WC organizing the ceremony, the ushers will take people from one location to the next, the DJ will MC most of the evening and keep it on track.
 

Originally Posted by LandS 2012 

Thanks so much for sharing your schedule!  My wedding is this upcoming November 3, 2012 and I am just now realizing how much I need to do and how many questions I have!  In regard to the wedding day schedule -- who is keeping everyone on that schedule?  Is it the Dreams wedding coord Deanne?  

 

Oh!  And I LOVE the yoga on the beach in the morning.  I have thought about doing that too!!  :-)

Hey ladies!

So I just started packing the other day and so far have on extra large bag packed with fans and OOT bags, another large bag filled with wedding day decor and I have my bridesmaids coming over on Saturday with extra luggage to put the rest of the OOT bags and all my DIY crafts in. I am thinking there will be 5 wedding bags in total plus FI and my clothes... wowza!

I am going on a MIL rant here so beware:

We had our legal ceremony last weekend and it was a bit of a gong show... We had originally only invited my MOH and Colin's BM (plus spouses as BM lives out of town), then my brother was unable to come to our Mexico wedding and we are close so I invited him and my SIL. Well that night my MOH (sister) shows up with gifts in hand, beautiful cupcakes and cards from MIL and she explains how upset she is that she wasn't invited, even though we told her a million times that we didn't invite any of them because we are not considering it anything but legalities etc. She didn't get that at all and considered it our wedding and was p*ssed to not be invited. Colin and I knew this was the biggest guilt trip ever (I asked MOH if MIL was all dressed up and she said yes, I knew she would play this card....) so at the last minute we just decided to invite her or else we'd hear about it for the rest of our lives. Then, I figured, well if she's coming then my parents are certainly coming (they were very understanding and respectful of our wishes in the first place), so I called them about half an hour before the ceremony was about to begin and of course they are out at the farm 45 minutes away about to head in (they were flying back to Arizona at 3am that night so were staying at my sisters that night).

When MIL arrived she immediately says "Oh, I thought this was supposed to be all casual and it wasn't important!?" in a snarky manner (I was wearing a white cocktail dress and colin jeans and a button up linen shirt). She immediately starts taking control of the entire situation, pretty much playing hostess. She threw our dogs in the room so they wouldn't be out (the main reason why we had it at our house was so our animals could be there) then she just kept hugging us and saying how proud she was of us and how important today was. I kept saying "this is NOT our wedding day, its legalities", to which her and husband replied, "nope this is it!". I was sooooo annoyed... so the wine kept flowing. We ended up having the ceremony about 25 minutes late (and a $50 tip to the EXTREMELY impatient officiant). I had my back to everyone throughout the ceremony and thank goodness because when I turned around she'd been crying the entire time. Oh, and I definitely let the dogs out for the ceremony, my one younger one was panting and so excited through the entire thing that some people had a hard time hearing us (he's too cute!).

After that we had made supper for 8 of us (the original four plus Colin and I and two of Colin's friends we invited for supper as we don't see them often) and ended up having to feed 12 people, luckily we made lots!

THEN we went to go watch Colin's brothers band play that night at a local bar and she kept running around and saying it was our wedding night (she even told the bouncer!). Everyone was hugging us and saying congrats. Some people were saying congrats before she had even saw them that night, she said she told a "few people" about it that day.

The next day all I could do was laugh about the ridiculousness of it all. All in all we ended up having a fun night but we were annoyed that they didn't respect our wishes and pretty much bombed our night. I think in the end it did make us realize that anything with the W word in it is important for family (even sometimes more than you) and just take the punches as they come with a smile on your face.

Here are some pics of that night:

When we got home that night, BM and his wife were staying over so we had him try on his outfit from studiosuits and it didn't fit at all! It was sooooo short, I'm talking belly-shirt style, if he lifted his arms it went up to his chest. The pants were fine but the shirt had clearly been either measured wrong (front length) or entered onto the site wrong. Luckily he is the best man so he does not need to match the other groomsmen so we are going to try to find him a shirt in Mexico to either match Colin or different. It's sooo hard to find linen shirts up here this time of year so Mexico is our best bet. The next day we got all of the groomsmen to try theirs on to make sure they fit, everyone's was fine except Colin's brothers who's was also short (still manageable I think) so he is taking it to a seamstress and making it as long as possible but I'd imagine it will still be much shorter than the rest of the guys. His pants were also too long so he is getting them hemmed.

Other than these couple of things everything has been going well and we are just about ready to leave in 9 days!! eeek!

I had my extensions put in on Saturday and they look amazing! I have a pedi on saturday with my MOH and then the girls are coming over to help pack and to make fun outfits for the plane ride!

Happy planning all!

HAPPY WEDDING DAY!!! Hope it is everything you ever imagined it to be!
 

Originally Posted by BusyBee123 

Can't wait!  We'll be in relaxation mode soon enough!  

 

Good luck with the rest of your packing!  It will all come together in the end!  I had my FI weight every single suitcase multiple times just to be sure!  I would hate to have to repack or rearrange at the airport! I always feel awful for those people!

 

Safe travels and see ya on the beach!
 

 

Hi Heather,

Here is our day of timeline, hope it helps:

For the reception: I also find it weird that Fatima quoted you only 2 hours, it should be 3 I thought. I doubt they would kick you out after the two hours but you never know. I would ask Fatima and if she says you're ok until 10:30 then I would print off that email and stash it in your wedding day purse for that day so you have proof if anyone tries to kick your group out.

We are paying for an extra hour of bar service ($15 per person) so we can stay until 10:30 as well, it is a lot of money but we figured what the heck!

For the cake: We are spending extra on the cake because we wanted a different flavour and a certain look, I think the total to upgrade to our cake from Charme Reposteria (the baker they use outside of Dreams) was $150 and we chose to have an almond cake with amaretto filling. Fatima also advised that when they take the cake away you can either have it sent to your room or to the kitchen and they will serve it to you and your guests throughout the week at whichever restaurant, you just have to ask for it.

For the champagne: We have the ultimate package so have champagne for 20 ppl included. Our wedding party is large (14 ppl) so we decided to just have the champagne for the head table then the rest of the guests can toast with wine or our signature martini that will be passed around right before speeches. I personally think $6 a glass is way too much and I know a lot of my friends don't even really enjoy champagne anyways so this was the smarter choice for us.

Originally Posted by BrideFeb132012 

We are getting married Feb 13th I need your help with the timeframe for the events, please let me know if the times I picked will work or if I should make some adjustments to accomodate my guests

hair: 11am

ceremony at the gazebo: 3pm

reception Las Palmas Terrace: 6pm

 

Also I need some insite about the reception we are going with the paradise package and adding on the reception 47 guests at 45$ each... however Fatima said that we would only have 2hrs of bar service does that mean we have to leave the terrace at 8pm or we can stay without being served drinks. Seems like alot of money to spend for only 2hrs when I was hoping we could stay there drink, dance and celebrate! Please help?!?!?!?!?

 

As for the cake and champange after the ceremony I have to spend extra for all the guests is it worth it?

 

Also the flowers is it easy and cheaper to order off the resort?

 

Thanks,

Heather

 

 

 

Wedding Day Timeline.doc

Awesome playlist! Thanks!

I am working on my planning thread right now, its soooo long lol. I have it in a word doc and am going to transfer it all this morning onto a thread. I'll post the link when I'm all done.

Originally Posted by adevnturelovers 

Ahh so excited for all you ladies!!! One week from now i'll be boarding airplane too! just posted some wedding music for anyone interested/need help with selection

http://www.bestdestinationwedding.com/t/77344/new-old-school-r-b-pitbull-todays2011-music-nybased-salsa#post_1712909

Thanks, you too! We're all sooo excited and in our final weeks of planning. It's crunch time and I couldn't be happier. I will join in your happy dance
 

Originally Posted by KayCee2117 

Getting married Jan 22 in Mayan Riviera! Only 21 days until departure Happy wedding month all January brides!