Sarah80

Originally Posted by cbandemer 

 

First off your wedding looked awesom and you looked beautiful!!! WHere did you get your sand ceremony from?????

Thank you so much!! The sand ceremony comes with the package.  We never talked about a sand ceremony so I didn't even know we were going to do one til the actual wedding lol. They provided the sand and the container. 

Originally Posted by RollerBride 

 

Couple questions about the sand ceremony.

1. Does the resort provide glass bottle for you to take the sand home in?

2. is anyone bringing their own bottles? are you bringing colored sand?

3. will it travel ok? can you bring sand back into the US?

 

As much as i'd like to order some commemorative bottles for our sand with our name and wedding date, i'm not too sure how i feel about bringing that back to the States.

We actually didn't bring our own sand or our own glass vase for the sand ceremony.  In fact when we went over all of the details with Yamina we never brought up the sand ceremony.  They just threw it in.  The day after at the pool I remember someone asking me if I get to take it home with me and I said, "I guess not since we don't have it." But the next day it was in our room and they had sealed it for us We just wrapped in in a bunch of clothes and it was fine.  I think if you want a specific one then I would bring it.

Originally Posted by yacki62 

 

Congratulations, everything looked absolutely beautiful.  I loved your bouquet and I'm soo glad to see a picture of one the resort did since I'm also requesting them to do mine and sent over pics so now I know it will turn out perfect!!

 

As for the timing of your events, when did you have the ceremony and what time did the reception start? 

Thank you! Our wedding was at 5 on north beach and the reception was from 6:30-9:30 on the pool deck.  That 3 hours for the reception flew by and I was wishing I added an hour!

Originally Posted by RollerBride 

 

Does anyone know if we are able to lower the guest count on the wedding? I'm pretty sure we signed a contract saying that were would have no more than 40 people....and we are paying for 40 people. But can we change that? I gave Yamina our final head count of 36 people a few weeks ago.

I'm mildly stressed.  We are  57 days away from our wedding and we have people who RSVP'd but have not booked anything yet! I've reached out to them many times and they are ignoring me. I'm not too sure what to so. These aren't 2nd cousins that I never talk to...I'm talking about our BEST MAN! and MY BROTHER!

Basically I'm afraid our guest count is about to drop to 30 people and I want to know if I will still get stuck paying for 40 people?

Why did you have to sign something that says you wouldn't have more that 40 people? I haven't heard of that.  I didn't give her my exact head count until I met with her the day we got to the resort.  I told her a round about # but not an exact #.  You should only have to pay for however many people end up coming. 

Originally Posted by RollerBride 

 

Did you get your hair any make-up done at the resort? If so, were you happy with it?

How was the food at your cocktail hor and reception?

Did you do a tres leches cake? If so, how was it? thanks!

My best friend (and also one of my bridesmaids) does hair and make-up so she did mine.  I gave my hair and make-up appointment to my niece who was my flower girl. I thought they did a great job on her.  We didn't end up doing a cocktail hour and just put that money towards the dinner. We had 77 people so I didn't want to have to pay per head for cocktail hour and then for dinner also.  Most people just watched us take pictures while other people just went to the restaurant or outside bar and got drinks while they waited.  The mariachi band played on the beach while we took pictures.  We went with the caribbean buffet and it was really good.  We did get the tres leches cake.  We actually only got it for 40 people and it was plenty big.  Hope that helps

Originally Posted by kellykellz 

 

 

Wow! You are gorgeous! And your wedding turned out AMAZING!!! Question, did you purchase your bouquet and your bridesmaids bouquets through the resort? If so, how much were they? Thanks in advance and congrats to you!! :-) 

Thank you Yes we bought the bouquets through the resort.  I can't remember how much mine was because it changed from what she originally emailed me but I do know that my bridesmaid bouquets were $65. Yamina also told me that they can only get peonies in May and June which I have no idea if that is true.  If I can find my receipt then I will let you know how much mine was.

Originally Posted by WPGBride 

 

 

 

Wow your video is great! did you pay extra for this videographer because mines totally different

thank you! No that was the video that came with the Ultimate package.  How is yours different?

Originally Posted by Savs1027 

 

Thank you so much for posting this!! You looked gorgeous!!! How much extra did you have to pay for the DJ to do the ceremony for you? 

It was $180 for the ceremony

Originally Posted by rachallen18 

 

Hey Sarah! You made a beautiful bride!!! Congrats!!! Can you tell me how much you paid for your bouquet? what price did they give you? Thanks!

Thank you I can't remember exactly how much I paid for it.  There was a little confusion on my bouquet before I got there but they did tell me that they can only get peonies in May and June which I have no idea if that is true.  I just knew that I really wanted peonies so that was something that I was willing to pay extra for.  Sorry I can't remember exactly! They have a print out of everything that you pay for and I am not sure where I put it. If I find it I will let you know. 

Originally Posted by JustNoelle 

 

 

You were such a BEAUTIFUL bride!! I love your dress. Lol @ the men trying to make a pyramid. Did you use the video from Dreams or an outside vendor? Also, I now see what everyone was talking about with the veil... I will be wearing a blusher =)

Thank you! Yea that was pretty funny when they were doing the pyramid.  That was the video that was included in the Ultimate Package.  Yes the veil definitely got in the way.  Luckily my bridesmaids tucked it in the back of my dress.  I took the veil off for the reception and put on a hair clip.  I love the idea of the veil but not sure if I would wear it again if I could go back. 

Originally Posted by RollerBride 

 

Thanks for making me cry like a baby at work.

Everything looks so perfect! That video is really great. It helped me get an idea of the timing of everything!

Congratulations!!!

Thank you!!

Originally Posted by tiffany0613 

 

Sarah,

 

Did the hotel provide the officiant?  I'm so concerned about being able to understand the person clearly!

The officiant's name is Linda so make sure you request her.  I knew to ask for Linda from what past brides posted. I was really impressed with her.

Originally Posted by LindseyM 

 

Beautiful, Sarah!!!  I am so excited for you.  It looks great.  Did you provide the words for the ceremony?  It's almost word-for-word what I sent Linda!  Lol.  I made ours up.  Did you bring home your Sand Ceremony vase?  How did you keep it from getting mixed up?  Did you carry it on the plane?  Congratulations!!!!

Thank you! We didn't provide any wording except we wrote our own vows.  Thats funny that it is so similar to yours and you wrote yours! We did bring our sand ceremony vase home.  I just wrapped a bunch of clothes around it and it was fine.

Hey ladies,

We got married a couple weeks ago on May 18^th and we had an awesome experience.  We got there on a Wednesday and our wedding was that Friday.  We met with Yamina the day we got there to go through everything again.  We were emailing back and forth a lot a couple weeks before.  I brought my table runners and chair sashes but did everything else through the resort. 

We went with DJ Mauricio Neri and he was awesome! He also did our music for the ceremony.  We met with him on Thursday afternoon and we gave him a list of songs for the ceremony and he also took good notes on his computer.  We also have him a list of songs we wanted to play at the reception and then just told him to play similar music when that list ran out. 

The two nights before our wedding it rained so at 3 on our wedding day Yamina came in and asked if we wanted to move the reception to the ballroom.  I couldn’t decide because I didn’t want to move it inside but I also didn’t want it to rain.  I told her to go ask Luke (my husband) and that he could make the final decision.  He wanted it outside so we decided to keep it outside.  I am so happy that we did because the weather was perfect.  It was windy but it didn’t rain.  The following 3 nights the weather wasn’t good so we got really lucky!

The service at the resort was amazing and we originally booked the honeymoon suite and they upgraded us to the Master suite which was awesome.  Here is my slideshow. 

http://180512newman.dreamsriveriacancun.adventurephotos.com.mx/#/newman/

Also, if anyone is interested, my husband condensed our wedding video so he could put it on facebook and show it to our friends and family so here is the link to that.

The first part of the video is a little cheesy because it is a generic but the rest of it is great.  The first song that they are playing (when everyone is first getting there)we didn’t pick but the rest of the songs  are the songs that we picked during the times that they played them.  The video was just running a little slow on my computer but it might be my internet connection.  The actual video runs smooth.

http://vimeo.com/43086731

If you have any questions let me know!!

Yes we should meet up.  What day do you leave?  I get there the 16th and leave the 23rd.  I don't know if you are on facebook but if you are then find me at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=657150843 so we can see what each other looks like.  I can't believe I am getting married in 2 weeks!!

Originally Posted by WPGBride 

Okay so according to this last list I could find I'm next on the list. (YIKES) I remember a couple of brides maybe Dimplesandsuga and Sarah80 wanted to meet up while we were down there. I leave in a week and was hoping we could set something up. And of course if there are any other brides down at the same time who want to meet up for a chat, I mean we have all been talking on this forum for quite some time and it would be nice to meet a couple of you and not mention talk to someone that is going through the exact same thing !

 

2012 Weddings

5/10/2012 WPGBride (Chelsea and Mike)
5/12/2012 Dimplesandsuga
5/13/2012 Day_rog (Dana and Damien)
5/16/2012 Corio342 (Corey and Andrew)
5/18/2012 Sarah80 (Sarah and Luke)
5/21/2012 CKNMVS
5/23/2012 Aimeelaco28
5/24/2012 weddingprincess (Shannon & Brad)
6/3/2012 Mrskatieperry (Katie and PJ)
6/6/2012 Tiny6812 (Destiny and Jalon)
6/9/2012 Ssapper
6/14/2012 torilvv12 (Victoria & Yura)
6/18/2012 juliej84 (Julie and Ash)
6/22/2012 blondgoddesstif (Tif and Tony)
6/30/2012 rachallen18 (Rachel & Allen)
7/20/2012 LindseyM (Lindsey & Kevin)
7/26/2012 JulyDrcBride (Sophie & Rafael)
7/28/2012 Mnunez
8/4/2012 RollerBride (Kip and Kate)
8/7/2012 Nj2012 (Nikki & Joe)
8/10/12 (Annie & Jon)
8/24/2012 Sarah-Jane (Sarah and James)
9/1/2012 Cbandemer (Colleen & Brian)
9/2/2012 Ktcblue2012 (Kariane & Nathan)
10/27/2012 Tkb08 (Taren&Collin)
11/8/2012 ahall5665 (Ashley & Ethan)
11/19/2012 melinmontana (Melissa and Kael)
12/01/12 mcree (Christy and Brian)
12/17/2012 Savs1027 (Savanah and John)
 
2013 Weddings
1/19/2013 marilili (Maritza and Sal)
4/19/2013Dominique161
4/27/2013 Vika Yakovleva (Vika & Anthony)
5/3/2013 Kthorpe
5/18/2013 Eyeball17 (Aislinn & Bob)
5/25/2013 Robynkelly (Robyn & James)

You looked beautiful!! Congratulations!  I have some of the same questions as some of the other people so I will just see what you write back to them .  I love the picture frame with the sand.  Where did you get that?  Also, where did you get the guys suits from and what color is it?
 

Originally Posted by daizee0808 

Hi All:

 

Just got back from our wedding and wanted to share our slideshow with you.  Any questions, let me know.

 

http://web.mac.com/vallarta_adventure2/SlideshowsDRERC/FAULHABERALL/

 

Thank you! I will definitely look into that.  They look so great and are probably a lot cheaper!
 

Originally Posted by LindseyM 

I ordered my flowers from AlexisGraceDesigns on etsy!  I LOVE LOVE LOVE THEM!  They came out so great.... 

 

http://www.etsy.com/listing/82715506/real-touch-bridal-bouquet-package?ref=sr_gallery_3&sref=&ga_search_submit=&ga_search_query=alexisgracedesigns&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=US&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_facet=handmade

 

These are them and when I got them in person I was even more thrilled!  Some of them even feel real.

 

One thing I don't like though, is someone in the shop smokes...so they had a faint cigarette smell when I got them.  It is gone now because I am keeping them in vases in their case with candles to freshen the sent.  I think the smell will fully disappear before the wedding if it hasn't already.  And I am thrilled with my flowers so I am satisfied!

 

I will say they resort quoted me an outrageous price for orchids too and I really wanted a tropical feel.  I am happy with me decision.
 

 

Thanks! I will have to look into that site.  Is the $3.99 with your logo included?  My fiance found them on ebay and has talked to the guy but we haven't ordered them yet.  We are going to put our own logo stickers on it but I know the company on ebay does imprinting also and it might be cheaper than $3.99.  Here it is if anyone wants to check them out. 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/WHOLESALE-LOTS-INSULATED-ACRYLIC-TUMBLER-20-OZ-LID-/290595947664?pt=Glassware&var=&hash=item89601a13a0

Originally Posted by MarryMeMexico 

Hi Brides! I too want the acrylic cups with our logo! The best pricing I have found for a small quantity is from DiscountMugs.com (http://www.discountmugs.com/nc/sports-bottles/2816/16-oz-double-wall-acrylic-tumbler-with-straw.htm). They have several styles and colors, and I think that $3.99 a piece is reasonable for what it is, but that would be too spendy if we had more guests (we only need 25.) We're also ordering coozies, those are only a buck a piece. I haven't found cheaper, please share if you know of a better deal somewhere online! I tried to go through a local printer too but that was going to be much more expensive, since our quantity was so low. Where else have other brides found good "promo" items for their big day?

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am not very happy about the wedding coordinators being switched at all! I have sent atleast 5 emails with questions and I always say can you please confirm that I am on north beach for my wedding and the pool deck for my reception and they never respond to that question.  It is driving me crazy! I don't know what I will do if they change it on me.  Ana confirmed with me but I don't trust it until I get it confirmed with Yamina. Also, a while ago I sent a picture of the bouquet I want to Evangelina and she said it would be $165 extra.  Yamina just emailed me and told me it would be $400 extra.  Is anyone on here going to use real silk flowers? If so do they look real?
 

Originally Posted by WPGBride 

[email protected] This is the email evangelina told me to use, and my new coordinator is Georgina. And now I recently found out that the pool deck is taken for reception and I am very upset about this because I have had my deposit in since May of last year and had told her of my ideas. Now I guess I need to find out the next best option for a reception, does anyone have any suggestions? How are you finding it having have wedding coordinators switched on you so many times ? is the information being recorded so that you don't have to repeat yourself?
 

 

Yea Ana doesn't work there anymore. She used to be my wedding coordinator.  Then I started getting emails from evangelina and then yesterday I got an email from Yamina that she is my new wedding coordinator.  What  email address are you using?
 

Originally Posted by WPGBride 

Hmm after reading a couple of the recent posts I'm starting to worry. My wedding coordinator that I was set up with was Ana Garcia. I have not had much contact with her but reading that there is no mention of her as a wedding coordinator and only Yamina or Evangelina, it makes me think that maybe she does not work there anymore? Could anyone let me know because I have sent an email to her and have not any replies. And if she doesn't work there anymore why was I not informed of this !!!

yes please. my email address is [email protected]. Thanks!
 

Originally Posted by ssapper 

My dress is a true ivory, some time soon (hopefully this weekend) im going to take photos of my fiances white linen sport jacket next to my dress to see if the white linen makes my dress look yellow. This is a concern of mine too! Id be happy to share the photos with you once ive taken them!

 

Wow we really are! I feel the same way about white looking either great or cheap.  I will probably do a welcome cocktail hour also because that just sounds much easier.  Is your wedding dress white or ivory.  My dress is light ivory but looks white when you take a picture of it.  So I don't know if I should match the linen suit to my dress or if his suit is white would it matter.  If anyone else knows this answer or has an opinion please let me know!
 

Originally Posted by ssapper 

Hey Sarah... I feel like where dating the same guy!! Haha my fiance also wants those cups crazy bad and wants to wear a white linen suit (which im hoping wont look cheap.. i feel like the all white can go either way). We have just under 100 people booked and were doing a "welcome cocktail hour" at the lobby bar. Were just going to tell people to meet there at like 8pm the night before the wedding. This way we can have a welcome dinner/party without the added expense. A few past brides have done this and it seemed to work out great for them. Just a thought I wanted to share.

 

We aren't planning any group excursions just because I think that would be difficult to try and coordinate that.  We are going to do some kind of OOT bags but not sure yet.  My fiance really wants to get those insulated acrylic cups with a lid and straw and then put our logo sticker and a sticker with peoples names on it.  They are not the cheapest thing but he REALLY wants them.  So most of the time he doesn't have an opinion and lets me make the decisions and then other times he has a very strong opinion.  I originally wanted him to wear a vest also but he did not want to wear one.  We went and tried it on and I thought he looked so cute but he didn't like it so I dropped it.  I am not sure on the welcome dinner.  I think we are just going to have everyone meet at a bar at a certain time.  The wedding is already going to be expensive with that many people so I don't really want to pay for a welcome dinner when they can eat for free.  I can't believe it is 3 months til my wedding. It is starting to freak me out!

Originally Posted by WPGBride 

Oh eggplant will be nice and rich. 73 people is quite a bit ! are you doing a welcome dinner or OOT bags at all? Are you planning on entertaining your guests at all while they're down here, like an excursion or something along those lines? Because with 73 all those might be a little difficult. As for what my FI is wearing. We went to the Wedding Show and found a business that makes custom suites starting at $299. I however don't want a full suite but a tan coloured pant and vest combination. I think a jacket would be too hot and the vest would still make him dressy enough. And of course a white button down dress shirt. Is your FI having lots of input in the wedding or just letting you run with it ?

 

for some reason I am not on the list anymore so I added myself again.

that is a good idea to remove it for the reception.  I will probably do something like that then.
 

Originally Posted by mnunez2 

Sarah I plan on wearing a veil- its simple and not very long it is a bit higher than mid back. I plan to remove for the reception.