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I am planning on doing personalized cuff links and a personalized pocket knife (he carries one everywhere!)!

Quote:Originally Posted by KCDawn Thanks for confirming that is what you had for your wedding too. Â That was beautiful! KC: I asked Cecilia for Roxanne (the woman in the video) to be our officiant. We have already corresponded via email and began to build our ceremony! I was referred to use her by Cassie, who got married there in May! Helps me breath a bit, since we are having an interfaith marriage, and I was worried about whom would be officiating our ceremony!

BEST WISHES to Amber and Nicc!!! I cant wait to hear all about your wonderful events!!!!

THANK YOU!!! I just ordered several samples. . my color (persian plum by dessy) has been a nightmare to match, and they look like they have several options that are close. I cant wait til they arrive!

I plan to use the smaller canopy . . my mom has a handicap and walking on the sand will be difficult, so I have heard the smaller canopy is a shorter distance to actually walk on the beach. SO, Im hoping to use the crystals on that one ! I origianlly wanted to hang a chandelier of crystals in the center, but it doesnt appear to have a ceiling to hang it from

She asked if we did a group booking, which we did not. I am using a TA and they are all booking indivdually through him (or whatever sites offer the best deals). She told me she would look into it further as the date gets closer and I have a total number of rooms booked. So far I think I have about 10 rooms booked . . .SO, it certainly looks hopeful I did request building 27 . . I mean, I AM PAYING over 8K for the room for 11 nights in the honeymoon suite . .the least she could do is gurantee the bride the building of her choice. However, she responded she would note request, but not guarantee it. Makes me kinda upset at the response. . . . Especially since we have already had many rooms booked, and I am certain to double the amount to book soon!

Thanks . .I know that is the best idea, but I feel like I get conflicting answers from her also ! Perhaps if I explain it outright and suggest the spaces I have chosen as compared to double sashes she will understand better. Poor Cecilia and the gazillion emails I have already sent her. Honestly, I think I have changed our contract more than 20 times already. But, I guess thats her job, right ! I have been so undecisive and this site has really helped me make some concrete decsions, thank goodness!

Those purple brad holders are pretty . . and could go with my color scheme . .but what were you planning to use them for?

I LOVE this look too . . I was actually looking at bringing my own hanging curtain of crystals . .find them on shopwildthings.com fairly inexpensive!!! Does anyone know what the resort would charge to re-create this?

Right now, I have my ceremony being held on the beach, and the reception being held in the pool/gazebo area . .however, I am willing to move the reception if I need to accomodate moving the chairs ! I am hand making part of the decor and the thought of making double the amount coupled with everything else on my plate and my full time job freaks me out, LOL!

I have heard conflicting advice on the chair sashes, and been stressing over it. I am expecting between 50 and 75 guests, and am bringing my own sashes, table overlays, etc. However, I was fairly confident that we only needed one set of chair sashes because I was told they move the ceremony chairs to the recetpion area (I have an hour and a half window between ceremony and reception for photos and cocktail hour). CAN ANYONE ELSE PLEASE INPUT THIS! My local wedding decorator and I finallly came up with my perfect vision and if I have to bring double the amount to accomodate both ceremony and reception now is making my head SPIN!!!! LOL, please former brides please communicate your experiences! Thanks!

I am scheduled for our reception at the gazebo, and was originally intending for the dancing inside the gazebo. I spoke to another recent bride who did the same thing, and she said that with the lights that the DJ provides, coupled with the general heat from the location, made it very hot inside the gazebo for dancing. That being said, I am going to request the dance area to be set up outside of the gazebo. Last thing I need is to be a sweaty mess in my heavy dress ! However, they did say there was plenty of room inside the gazebo to dance though! Hope this helps!

YES, away to go travel is him also. His prices may be different for travel in February as compared to October . . but Im sure his is definitely very competitive. When I said 'double', i meant two people per room, so each person would have to pay that amount. For example, a couple would pay $579 for the wife, and $579 for the husband to room together (king bed) for 3 nights all inclusive. Hope that explains it better. Feel free to private message me any further questions about the TA!

MSOP, when is your wedding? I am not sure how much the credits are for services you forgo, but from what I have heard, they are very flexible with allowing you to choose what you do or do not want to use, and use it for something else. CriCri actually was quoted a lower price from Styling Trio . . .I am not sure why they quoted mine so much higher, but it ultimately is forcing me to use the SMB spa. You should email them (either through their website form or via the email I provided above) and compare what they quote you too!!! And, thats a fabulous idea! I wonder if I could add an hour of photography for the bonfire the night before . . . Id actually prefer a videographer, because I am sure some of the toasts (or shall I say ROASTS, LOL) will be priceless. I know my father is purchasing a really nice new camera, and maybe I can see if someone has their own video camera to bring along too. I think the bonfire is going to be a lot of fun! I had orgiinaly included in my contract for open bar AND dessert at the bonfire . . which was approximately $18 (plus tax) per person. When I decided to just do the open bar, I had some room there with $ and decided to just put it towards the lounge seating. It wont accomodate all my guests, but it will be a nice touch. My wedding is in late October, and I know rates are relative to the time of the year. But yes, $579 per person (based on a double room) for three nights (in the lowest class room) . .so it comes out to about $1160 per couple for the resort room. And I thought that was still expensive, LOL! Airfare from Houston right now is steady around $450, and I doubt it will go down. So my guests are forking over $1000 each to just come to my wedding. In fact, almost half of the people booked actually did four nights, so I guess the money really wasnt that big of a deal. Several of my friends have already been to the resort and have said it was the best one they have ever been to . . .sounds like it is worth the $$$. My travel agent is Chuck Joyce, with Gosecrets.com. If you contact him, PLEASE tell me I referred ya! He is out of North Carolina, but has been relatively easy to deal with thus far.

LOL . . using the Cecilia method to answer . . . LOVE IT!!!! I cant believe they quoted you $285 for bridal hair and makeup. . .I wonder why my quote was so much higher??? I really wanted the airbrush make up . . .I wonder if they quote everyone different.

I plan to do boughets for my five bridesmaids and I. The groom and groomsmen will all wear boutineirres. I will also have additional boutineirres for father, grandfather, and brothers. And corsages for the moms and grandmas. It gets expensive, but looks great, and makes them feel special!

Emily with the Styling Trio was VERY PROMPT and THOROUGH and replied back to my email with pricing: Our prices are the following, in US dollars: $700 - Adrian as Stylist - Bridal Package, Hair and Makeup, with Trial run $600 - Adrian as Stylist - Bridal Package, Hair and Makeup, just Wedding day $550 - Other Stylist - Bridal Package, Hair and Makeup, with Trial run $450 - Other Stylist - Bridal Package, Hair and Makeup, just Wedding day $200 - Bridesmaids/Mom Package, Hair and Makeup $125 - Bridesmaids/Mom Package, just Hair or Makeup $ 60-80 - Flower girl, Hair *For the Trial Run $ the Wedding Day we travel to your hotel and charge a travel fee of $25-50 **Deposit of $150 required to have STRM hold your wedding date Unfortunately, I will be covering a service for my five bridemaids as well as myself, so these prices are too high for me. I will be using the resort's spa. I have the most recent pricing brochure on SMB spa if anyone needs it too!

After spending WAY TOO MANY HOURS researching lanyards and badge holders, LOL . . .I found an amazing deal for a combination badge holder/lanyard for .40 each. There is a 100 minimum order, and I only needed 75 total, but I also had a link for a promotional coupon for $25 ANY ORDER . . . so for that price I couldnt pass it up. http://www.4imprint.com/product/100677-E/Vinyl-Badge-Holder-wElastic-Neck-Cord http://www.retailmenot.com/view/4imprint.com

Sounds like many of your questions have been already!!! 1) I just requested a quote from Styling Trio from their website. The main reason I would choose to use them is for the airbrush makeup that I heard SMB Spa does not do. When I requested a quote yesterday, Emily repsonded the same day with a list of questions to develop the quote. Here is her email: [email protected]. She has not yet responded to me with an acutal quote yet. I will keep ya'll updated when she does 4) We are also using a travel agent that secured the price of $579 per person, based on a double occupancy for three nights in a jr suite with partial view. This also includes airport transfers. My guests can book directly through him, he even created a website just for our guests to inquire upon with our picture. I can share his information if you like. He requires $150 paid upfront and then the balance 45 days prior to departure. We are not earning any type of additional discount though . .since apparently this pricing is VERY LOW. However, after reading through this forum, I did recently ask Cecillia what they do for gratis for us since we will be having over 50 guests, and they will all (or MOST) be staying at SMB. I will let ya'll know what she responds to this! 5) We are also doing a bonfire then night before the wedding from 8-10pm. In addition to the $250 charge, and $10 per person for international bar, we are adding the lounge seating (approx $500) and the sounds sytem (approx $180). I saw photos from another brides bonfire and she rented the lounge seating and it looked great and comfy. We are expecting over 50 guests, so I definitely want to make it comfortable for them. Otherwise, they just push the beach chairs together for you. We also rented the sounds sytem for music (of course), but also to do thank you speeches from us to our guests, and open table toasts from our guests!!! I almost wish I had a videographer / photographer for this event too

Former Brides & Brides to Be: We are doing a symbolic ceremony. However, I want to write our own ceremony. What has been your experiences with this please? I am Jewish and my fiance is Christian, so we wanted to incorporate a very small portion to represent each of our faiths. I havent emailed Cecillia yet, but I am really hoping to be able to be in contact with who will be performing our ceremony to discuss this further. Any advice, or suggestions?

These are my decor inspiration for ceremony (down the aisle), and then transition them into centerpieces for the reception.

After going back and forth, MANY TIMES, LOL . . .I finally settled on me wedding colors of persian plum (dessy.com bridesmaid dress color), silver, and grey. My beach wedding theme was going to be romantic and fairy tale -esque. I want lots of glowing lights and ambiance. I was inspired by many items I have seen on this site Here are the overlays I will be bringing with me. I will couple them with napkins and chair sashes in the persian plum color.

I really wanted to print personalized stamps for our invitations, but realized they were double the cost. Instead, I had photo stickers in black and white printed to seal my inviites. I had these m made by Snapfish for under $40 for 150 of them.

Although, I am unsure of the total number of guest that will attend, we already have over 20 booked. I decided to start working on my OOT bags. I just received the first item. All the females will recieve a white mug with a top (from Factory 21), and the boys will reveive a black koozie.