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Wow, I'm glad this thread/tutorial is still going strong. It's been over a year since my wedding but I will be making these in the future as gifts. They were so much fun to make, if I thought I could make money doing it I would, but I'm not a very good business woman haha.

Brides in Canada - where did you find your wire? I found some at Michaels, but they were ridiculously expensive. It would cost me any where from $20+ to make 1 hanger. Any suggestions?

you are so artistic, i dont think i can do it. what do you use to bend?

Hi, thanks for responding!  Yes I was thinking of these for the beach reception.. http://www.etsy.com/listing/150697325/barefoot-sandal-simply-elegant-white?ref=sr_gallery_17&ga_search_query=barefoot+sandals&ga_order=most_relevant&show_panel=true We are planning an indoor reception at the italian rest so I was going to have the girls wear whatever they want and feel more comfortable getting their groove on in  Congrats on your wedding!    Any advise to use future Riu brides?!  I heard the choices of cakes for the wedding were not as good, what did you think about them?  Did you find a english speaking minister?  If not, how was the ceremony with a translater?  We might be out of luck as well, the few recommned ones are already booked. Thanks again for all the helpful information!! Danielle

I'm glad to see this thread is still going strong, and I'm pleased that the tutorial has been so helpful for so many ladies.

HI ladies!  I am getting married at the riu palace bavaro in punta cana aug 3rd but I am asking anyone who has been married or visited the riu resorts.  I was planning on wearing and having my bridesmaids wear barefoot sandals for the beach ceremony.  Our ceremony starts at 600pm.  Some of my bridesmaids are worried the sand will be to hot to walk in the barefoot sandels.  I wouldnt think so being it will be 6pm but does anyone have any experience that could let me know if thats a good idea? Thank you and congrats to everyone! =)) Danielle

You look beautiful! I also love your bouquet! those are my colors, did they paint them for you? congrats!

Thank you, no my veil is elbow length; I made it myself

I went with the postcard idea; just bought them in the giftshop once I got there ($1 ea). Our wedding coordinator laid them out on a table with rose petals.

Most people just filled them out and left them on the table for me to gather at the end of the evening.

Originally Posted by jennifer8913 

 

 

that is a great idea!!! how many mugs are you packing and what is the weight per mug?

I gave them out in advance to all those that werent travelling in our group; and gave the rest out to our guests the night before our departure. That way everyone can carry thier own on the plane, and make use of the stuff (snacks) during travel.

I'm not sure how much they weighed, but I'm sure it would have been a lot if we chose to ship them to our destination.

Hello, I've been back for about a week from my destination wedding in Punta Cana, I thought I'd share what was used from my OOT bags (actually did OOT travel mugs instead). Our mugs were 22 oz from Discount mugs.com so they fit quite a bit inside.

Used:

the travel mug

SPF chap stick

gum (on the plane for taking off and landing)

Nutrigrain Bars (early flight, not everyone had time to grab breakfast)

Chocolate bars (all inclusive, all you can eat, but sometimes you just want some real chocolate)

pepto bismol chewable tabs

welcome pamphlet - mostly for common spanish phrases

Motrin

TUMs

Emergen-C powdered drink

Not used or not mentioned:

bandaids

propel powdered drink

sanitizing hand wipes

My advice...don't go overboard. Nobody wants to lug around a bunch of stuff on thier vacation.

Here's a few pictures of me in my dress on my wedding day

Hey everyone, I've loved seeing all of your creations, the ladies in your life will love them and won't believe you put the effort into making them yourself. My big day was just a littleover a week ago, here are some of the professional pictures I got back of my hangers.

I presented my hangers to my bridal party while we were getting ready in my suite, they loved them!

Originally Posted by GagirlRN2 

 

I was just wondering how you make the 12guage wire from bending some much once you get the name made?

You don't; you just have to be really delacate with them

Well ladies, I'm back from my wedding, everything was great! If you're getting married at the Riu Palace Punta Cana, you and your guests are in for a big treat!! Pictures and review to come.

Alright ladies...I need some help!! I LOVE the idea of the OOT bag and everything you can put in it. Unfortunately, I live in Ontario and every website that's been posted or that I have found for travel sized items is American and shipping to Canada is EXPENSIVE. Anyone out there that lives close to the Ontario border want to order these items and then ship them to me??? I just can't afford the shipping to my area. I don't know what else to do...you can't really find the individual packets of tylenol or imodium anywhere in Canada....we just spent the day looking. Also, we leave April 9th...so its crunch time! Anyone have any other solution to this problem?

Did you buy the pre-made ones. I just can't imagine paying the prizes to have someone make them and I have made something I like. We have spent a lot of money on shipping items and at this point, I do not want to spend any more money (especially not on shipping). While I was looked on the internet the other day about this topic I found some info on another forum that suggested using clip on earing clips. I think I will do that as I can't find these anywhere locally. Thank goodness for Michaels coupons! I know this is completey off topic, but I wouldn't want anyone to have the experience I have had with picaboo. So I got boudoir pics done as a surprise for by fiance (to give him before the wedding). Anyways, the pictures turned out good and I had a groupon for picaboo (BAD CHOICE). I ordered the book and on the very first page there are ugly marks that look like water marks. I should note that the book I ordered is regular $60 (thank goodness I didn't pay that). So I contacted picaboo and they sent me a new one, same problem. Contacted them again, figured out it was an issue with the background, so fixed that and they sent it again. So just last week I got the 3rd book in the mail and the first page is now good, but there are ink drops throughout the ENTIRE BOOK! I was so angry and contacted them immediately. I demanded they have someone quality control the book before they mail me another one as I now have 3 books I can't do anything with. They agreed to do this, but in my opinion this is completely ridiculous. If they had quality control on the books in the first place, then we wouldn't have this problem. This was the first time I used picaboo and definately will be the last. Another thing is that each time I talked to customer service they had to view the project again, so who knows how many ppl have seen these pictures by now!. So frustrating. So just wanted to say save yourself the hassle! On a positive note though, I really like the layflat pages. If anyone has suggestions of a photobook site that offers this and have positive feedback I would love the suggestions. I really want to have a photobook with layflat pages for our wedding album.

Hello ladies, I love the look of bouquet jewelry, and I've decided to have one single starfish in my bouquet. I cannot decide if I'd like a natural starfish or a jeweled starfish. Here are pictures of each, can you help me? My colors are fuchsia and orange with maybe a hint of lime green and I plan on doing natural starfish as boutonniers for the guys (see below but in white) http://www.bestdestinationwedding.com/content/type/61/id/183534/width/350/height/700[/img] http://www.bestdestinationwedding.com/content/type/61/id/183532/width/350/height/700[/img] http://www.bestdestinationwedding.com/content/type/61/id/183533/width/350/height/700[/img]

My FI and I did a site visit that past March and I managed to sneek a peek at a few weddings from afar when I was there. The resort minister does not speak english so will perform the ceremony and the WC stands beside him and translates. I personally, would prefer to have someone else but don't have any other options unfortunately.

LOVE THE LONG VEIL!!  I totally vote for the long veil.  I think the bird cage is beautiful, but I don't think it goes as well with your dress as the long veil.  Plus the long veil just looks so wedding-ish and romantic (and even beachish)!  LOVE IT! 

Originally Posted by Dazeydawl 

 

 

Mine is the 20th. But so far i haven't heard of too many that day. But then again there's like 20 socials every weekend in this city. Crazy that 3 people at your work all have one that day. Do they all know each other? You would think they would coordinate! Lol well if you don't already have one your going to feel free to come to mine!!! Lol

what is a social? i've never heard of this before

Originally Posted by DinaQtobe 

 

 

Thank you so much for your advice.  I haven't heard very good things about Signature Vacations... I was honestly hoping to stick with Air Canada, Westjet, or Transat....

I don't know if Detroit is much of an option for us since many of the guests are from all across Ontario (including northern Ontario...). 

 

Hoping to find a travel agent soon. 

I see you are from London also!  Did you use a travel agent locally?  Any recommendations? 

 

Thanks!

The travel agent I'm working with currently is from the Sarnia area, he has booked vacations for me in the past. Prices are rediculous right now and i'm really staring to feel the heat to book because I have now < 5 months until my wedding. Most of our guests are from Michigan, Sarnia and London, with the exception of a handful of people from the GTA, so it makes sense for us to depart from Detroit again.

If you have guests from all over Ontario you may be better off contacting RIU directly to see if you can get a group rate on a block of rooms, and then have each guest book thier own flight or book flights through a TA.

Originally Posted by DinaQtobe 

 

Hello fellow Canadian Brides!!!

 

My FI and I have decided on Mexico for our DW.  I would love to have our wedding at the RIU in the Mayan Riviera, but it seems that most Canadian carriers do not offer packages there.  Any Canadian brides for the RIU on the Mayan Riviera?  Did you book flight and hotel separately or go with a provider?  If so, which one?

 

Thanks!

 

Dina

Hi Dina, we had a group of 12 stay at the ClubHotel Riu Tequila (Myan Riviera) back in Feb 2011 (where my FI purposed). I think we used 'Apple Vacations' and flew out of Detroit because it was just as close as Toronto but cheaper. If you want to fly out of Canada, I believe it is 'Signature vacations' that does most of the Riu Resorts. The resort we stayed at was not directly on the beach, it was about a 5-8 minute walk, i would suggest staying at one of the sister RIU resort that are located directly on the beach, i'm sorry, i don't remember the names of them. The  nice thing about Riu though, is that you can eat at, use the pools, beaches and bars of any of the neighbouring sister resorts! If you have any questions let me know, I'll do my best to help

Originally Posted by agm04 

 

Here's mine!  I still want to do a bride one, maybe.  Definitely not perfect but it will serve its purpose!

 

Originally Posted by blueyz74 

 

Here are mine...Just 2 more to go

Great job ladies! Thanks for posting, your 'ladies' will love them!!!