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I love the idea of incorporating this into our wedding.  I ran it by my FH and he loved it.  Now to figure out how to change the wording for a gazebo wedding.  Love the creativity on this site.

Congratulations Terpgurl, I am so happy for you, you look absolutely amazing, very pretty.  Can't believe you found the dress at The Limited.  Kudos for you:) and very nice of your sister to buy it for you. I am having the same colors at my wedding.  What are the sizes of your flower girl dresses? Let me know if you have anything you want to sell.

oops sorry guys, that was thebridalbox.net for the clear crystal starfish pin, if you are not one of the lucky ones to have it passed to you by a BDW bride

Hello Everyone, I just wanted to say thank you for all of your suggestions and advice.  I have used every single comment, thread, etc and they have all worked.  After my frustrating week last week I finally heard from my Moon Palace coordinator, Kalena.  Yayyyyy!  And I finally sent a list of questions to Kalena, as someone had suggested (sorry I can't remember who), and once I did I heard from Kalena, with an apology and all of my questions answered.  As most of you who commented earlier, she is awesome and organized.  Now she's ready to go with more planning and I'm not...lol.  I'm not sure why they don't send the things she sent to me by email, earlier in the process, but maybe it's because a lot of the items would be subject to change if you are getting married, say 6 months from now.  But I really think it would have been helpful in the early planning stages if I had the options earlier. If anyone is getting married in the next 6 months and needs to see a list of what's included in the complimentary package and the options I can send that to you.  Just PM me with your name and email address. Just as an F.Y.I  I actually had a great experience with my Miami coordinator, Michelle Farinas, she has been awesome to work with and responds to my emails always the same day, from the beginning she's been really receptive, but it was the opposite in the beginning when it came to the Moon Palace wedding coordinator.  And yes, they have a lot of weddings they do each day but just one email saying you will get back to me would have been helpful and would have circumvented a lot of my stress:)

Also, if anyone is reading this and they want the clear crystal starfish in their bouquet, most of the dates in 2011 are gone, but check the thread to see if yours is still available. I ended up buying mine online from thebridalbouquet.com. Also,  by the way if anyone is interested in using orange and fuschia for your wedding, which I am, and so did mochamakes3, gorgeous, gorgeous, mocha, I am sooo impressed by your creativity, there's an orange and fuschia forum on here, so wish I had found it earlier but it's never too late.  72 days and 17 pounds to go....lol.  Happy planning ladies.

Wow!  Thanks for the advice. I will prepare my document and send it over to her. 

 

Originally Posted by Terpgurl 

I would keep emailing her. I actually heard from her 2x this week. She really is on top of it and when I list out my questions she responds to them all. Its funny bc we used one word document to respond to everything and we're running out of colors to show our different responses.

A tip from me to you would be put together a word document and list everything out for each even you want or have questions for. Send it to her and that way you have an organized format to track all your responses. I am basically printing out that document and bringing it with me when I meet with her.

 

If your wedding is in August, I would keep pressing her to book your locations b/c for my May wedding, I had reserved the main ceremony/reception locations since December. All others like rehearsal dinner and welcome dinner, I just picked like 2 months ago.
 

 

Wow, okay i will try not to worry. Thank you sooo much. I think I'm just beginning to feel overwhelmed. Everyone on here is so supportive and so helpful:)  I did hear from my Miami coordinator today by phone, which was unusual and she tried to connect me directly by phone to Kalena but with no success. I'm getting married on August 13th, when is your wedding?

Originally Posted by rae12vb 

Hi Wedbliss,

We're getting married in August also!

Don't worry.  I don't even have a wedding coordinator yet!

I still don't know the locations or ANYTHING.

 

How many guests are you having?  When did you send out your invites?

 

 

Terpgurl I have Kalena as well but I haven't heard from her at all yet and I am very concerned.  Any suggestions? 

Originally Posted by Terpgurl 

I have Kalena, same slow to respond and when she does she's very apologetic. I almost feel bad bothering her b/c I know she's busy with other brides. Overall she got everything booked that I wanted pretty early on and even called me once to go over the details and send me a follow-up email. I hadn't heard from her since mid April but she emailed me last night and pretty much she is aware of my updates and we're all set to meet next Wednesday:-)

 

I was thinking the same thing, because we really don't have that many guests, so we will probably only have one long table as well.   Plus I feel it makes for a more intimate wedding reception which is the reason why we chose a destination wedding in the first place.  We're not sure yet, but we probably won't go the traditional route by having placecards.

Oh my gosh Mocha you look absolutely gorgeous!  I saw the details on this site before you left and I was very impressed by your planning.  It looks like from the pictures it all came out well for you.  Congratulations!!  So beautiful:)

I'm just hoping that mine comes out as well as yours.  Love the Just Married umbrella just not sure if I could pull it off quite like you.  Unfortunately I have waited until the last minute to do a lot of my planning and now I'm worried.  I get married on August 13th and I still haven't picked out my colors.  I really didn't think it would be that difficult and now I'm having problems getting in touch with Kalena, my wedding coordinator.  I've heard others complain about the same on this forum so I'm trying not to worry. I dont' even know what sites are available now for the ceremony or the reception at this point.  I'm getting daily responses from my Miami coordinator, Michelle Farinas, but still no response from Kalena.  I'm trying not to be too frustrated but a lot is riding on whether its a beach or gazebo ceremony, particularly the colors I will choose, how I will have my dress hemmed and whether I will be wearing high heels or not.

Georgia Peach, I'm getting married Saturday, August 13, 2011 and I am sooo very excited:) I love the wedding guestbook idea from someone on this website, using www.mixbook.com, so cute and so original.   Not sure of what favors yet.

Is anyone using Sprouillie Designs for their invitations?  I absolutely love the boarding pass invitations. Just wondering...they are booked until April 15th and I've tried reaching them by email, so far no response.  Hoping to hear from them soon.

oops sorry that was to aholen, I'm just learning this whole system.  Thanks for the "add your wedding date wiki."

to Georgia Peach: Thanks so much for adding this wiki.  I just added my date, August 13th:)

Hello Everyone!  I wanted to introduce myself.  I am getting married at the Moon Palace on Saturday August 13th at 3p for anyone who will also be there on the same day.  I have been reading the blogs on this site for at least 2 weeks now but just signed up the other day.  The advice and information has been absolutely on target.  I dont' feel like I could be planning this wedding without it.  Thank you everyone for all of your comments, thoughts, ideas and advice.  I feel so behind compared to everyone else but I am now getting organized and I am ready to make a plan.