Meagan816

Hi ladies! I too was married at Now Jade last week and everything was absolutely perfect. Relax...I promise it will be everything you have ever imagined. I will post a full review after our honeymoon.

Originally Posted by Misscolo16 

 

hi! Were getting married at 4 @ pergola, cocktail orange lounge, reception on terrace. Those were basically the only options available for the week we wanted so hopefully the weather is nice cause we will be outside all day! Im goin with resort florist but think i decided to just do single flower for girls to cut cost down. Goin with adventure photos too through them...just seemed a little easier and there photos werent bad. We have 36 total...how about you? So you have been there before?

We are getting married at 5:30 on the Pergola, mix bar for cocktails, and reception in the bamboo room.  I am going with the resort florist but keeping it simple also..I only have 1 bridesmaid.  I did decide to hire an outside photographer though..Photos in Cancun.  I am guessing we will have around 35 guests too, but so many are procrastinating on booking. Are you having a DJ? Yes, we went on a site visit last June when we were choosing a resort for our wedding.  What are you doing for decoration? Have you sent your invitations?

Originally Posted by Misscolo16 

 

 

Hi...new to site not sure if im replying right but if you get this we're getting marred on June 13th to!

How fun!  What time and at what locations are you having your wedding?  How's the planning going?  I'm hoping to finish up my invitations in the next 2 weeks and send them out.  I went on a site visit last summer if you have any questions.  If you haven't been to Now Jade, you will love it!  Let's just keep praying for clear skies and sun on the 13th :-)

Originally Posted by chantal09 

 

If you send me your email I'll forward you the info that was sent ot me with packages and prices.

Can you send them to me at [email protected].  Thank you so much!!!

Originally Posted by Cheerios 

 

we had fireworks and it was worth every penny, everyone was so happy and surprised!! It really was beautiful!! The fire dancers they have a show every week, so depending on which day your wedding is, your guests might have already seen it.. I dont have pics of the fireworks now..will post when I get it:)

Oh btw, after u get the basic package for the fireworks..the add ons for cold fireworks at the ceremony are super cheap because you dont have to pay for the permits again...we had 6 cold ones when we kissed at ceremony..its really pretty!!

 

Cheerios

I had no idea fireworks were an option, but I want them badly!  Do you mind me asking  how much the package was?

Originally Posted by HEDGES2012 

 

THis is the one we used I uploaded it to vistaprint and printed it as a poster (free promotion) and then everyone signed it we are putting a group picture that looks antiqued in the center.

This is cool! Did it print in good quality? What size is it from Vistaprint?

Originally Posted by kitkat863 

 

 

I ended up tipping everyone! I tipped Pilar, Deisy, the guy who married us, the DJ, all of the bartenders and wait staff. I gave Pilar all of the money and told her who to give what to so I hope she did! We probably over tipped but oh well! I almost forgot and I had to go to Pilar's office to hunt someone down to give the money to!

 

Customs was super easy and they didn't even ask us anything! I was so worried about it and it really was nothing!

Do you mind me asking how much you tipped everyone?

Originally Posted by uhaft 

 

 

If there is no specific seating arrangement for the guests the servers will not know who gets what meal. For our seating I made messages in bottles with each of our guests name with the table number they will be sitting at as place cards.  But if you are only having one big table I am not sure how that works.

Hi Umi,

     I was on my site visit for your wedding and caught a glimpse of the setup. I thought it turned out beautiful, even in the rain :-) You didn't assign everyone an actual seat, just table, right? Did they pick up their bottles and take them to their seat at the assigned table? Thanks!

Originally Posted by ChocoTaco7568 

 

Hey ladies, I’m looking for a bit of clarification/insight regarding entrée selections and seating. I want to be able to provide my guests with the option to choose their entrée’ s but I don’t want to coordinate assigned seating. My guest count is +/- 25 and I plan on having a long table set-up. What is the best approach for this scenario without accruing added cost from the resort? Do I just provide Pilar with quantities per entrée selection and create placecards with the guests name and entrée selection and direct them to choose a seat and place it on their plates? Is this acceptable? I'm open to suggestions.

When I met with Pilar on my site visit she was pretty insistent that I have assigned seating.  I didn't want to do it either, but she said I needed to give her a seating chart if I wanted to give my guests options. Hope this helps!

Originally Posted by jdavidso 

 

Hey ladies just thought I would jump in with some motivation as I know I needed some when I started. My wedding is this Novemeber so I started working out and eating better low carb lots of fruit and veggies in Jan of this year it took awhile but I dropped about 8 lbs. I completed a cleanse last week which I dropped another 12 lbs from so total to date 20 lbs 10 more to go to hit my goal but now that I am eating clean feel better about my body and fit into my old clothes it should be easy sailing from here. Low carb is hard but stay with it it, tis worth it and gets much easier after awhile. I dont even grave carbs that much any more and when I do have some I make better choices in carbs such as whole grain and or much smaller portions. weight loss is hard and its a long struggle but well worth it for the feeling of being healthier menatally and physically.

That's awesome! I agree that eating low carb takes some getting used to, but you will find that you feel so much better!! What type of cleanse did you do?

Originally Posted by Mlite83 

 

This isn't the name of the florist I have seen mentioned on here before (unfortunately I can't recall...maybe another bride has a better memory?) but I did see this florist mentioned for cancun area Events of Euforia and their website is http://www.eventoseuforia.com/  The bride who posted this said she would recommend and found they could work within her budget...might be worth a shot

The one I bookmarked from the forum is Juliana. Her e-mail is [email protected]

Originally Posted by ChocoTaco7568 

 

Hey Shan,

It depends on the website but they typically come in packs of 25, 50 or 100 sheets and you’re only required to purchase 1 pack. Price will be determined by the type of cardstock (color, weight finish), but they typically range from $8.99 to 29.99 plus S&H. I have actually purchased a lot of my metallic cardstock from Michaels. I waited for their 5 for $1 sale and used a 20% off entire purchase coupon which is by far the cheapest price that I’ve found ($.16/sheet), and they were actually in the colors I wanted. I totally cleaned them out (went to two Michaels), and probably purchased more than I needed, but I have 60 days to figure it out and make return as I deem nece

Hey there--

          How did you know when Michaels was having their 5 for $1 sale?  Do they have that often?

I went to my B&B and they said they are only cheaper than 5/$5 during the semi-annual sale in June and January. 

These are adorable! Thanks for the information :-)

I love these.  This is exactly what we were thinking about doing and your are so cute!  Thanks :-)
 

Originally Posted by Traci7642 

I used Vistaprint for my Save the Dates so I'm not sure if that counts as professional or DIY.  I purchased 100 post cards for a total of $24.96 (which includes shipping to my house).  That makes each save the date, $0.25.  Pretty cheap in my opinion!!! 

Thanks for the cost break down.  Sometimes DIY can get just as expensive, but you found some great deals!

 

Originally Posted by acireta 

I like the DIY process, so maybe I'm biased but I loved making my invitations, and the price worked out really well with a bit of research and shopping gradually with coupons.

 

I DIYed my boarding pass invitations. Here's the price breakdown:

• Boarding passes and monograms on belly bands: Snow White 110lb cardstock, www.cardsandpockets.com, $32/200 sheets
• Ticket jackets: Tabriz blue 110lb cardstock, www.cardsandpockets.com, $19/100 sheets
• Black cardstock for belly bands: 65lb, Michaels, $1.50/25 sheets
• Blue belly band ribbon: $24/6 rolls
• Envelopes: Nero (black) No. 10 envelopes, www.envelopperinc.com, $23.80/100 (nice heavy quality)
• Wraparound labels: full page labels, Staples, $6/25 sheets

 

Total cost: $106

Approximate cost per invitation: $ 1.06

 

 

 

 

The only thing that would increase this cost is the tools (glue/double sided tape, straight cutter, corner punch, bone folder and scoring board), all of which I had before I started but it could increase the cost a bit.

This planning thread is amazing and inspiring.  I am nervous about DIY projects, but when I see everyone else's I get so excited!  You are talented!!

LOVE the luminaries!!!
 

Originally Posted by futuremrstgun 

hi ladies!  today's DIY projects are my luminaries...   i saw some incredible luminaries on marthastewartweddings.com and so i had to have them... i plan to purchase vellum and print these for use on our reception tables with the battery operated tea lights..here's a sample of the 'soon to be' finished project...enjoy!

 

 

 

Great idea.  I saw some luminaries on here that I loved and didn't even think about making them on my own. Duh!  :-)
 

Originally Posted by janette34 

Table Numbers, Place Cards, Seating Charts

These were super easy to do once I figured out what size I wanted them to be.  Using left over invitation paper I cut the colored paper into strips and folded them in half and printed names on the cream colored paper, cut them into rectangles and glued them onto the cardstock after that I just stuck on a starfish or a sand dollar.

 

I picked up these unfinished frames from Michaels for $1 each and painted them.  Using burlap I had left over from the napkin rings I glued that to the insert and then printed off the table listing and glued them on.  The starfish on the corners are paper using my craft punch.

 

I had some vellum paper and had no idea what to do with it so I started looking at luminaries and thought I could make these.  Another trip to the dollar store for some vases and a little playing around in Word to get the right size and I have table numbers.

 

More to come,

 

These are amazing!!! Would you mind posting the template?  You are very talented!
 

Originally Posted by futuremrstgun 

ms. di..i'm doing everything in powerpoint..which flowers did u like?  i did some tonight that are really cool...let me know which ones you'd like and i'll be happy to send them to you...

 

Thanks for the powerpoint suggestion...for some reason I never think of completing projects with that program!

BTW...where did you order them from?

So fun!  I want ours to be more laid back as well...we are all about having fun!

Adorable.  Thanks for sharing and for the company recommendation!

These are adorable!  My fiance and I were just discussing how we want to do a simple STD...love your postcard!