Cathleen's Planning Thread for Jamaica

[Cat723]

Hello Everyone,

I leave for Jamaica in two weeks and am very excited.  I am so happy I found this site, just wished I started using it a little earlier.  I want to thank all of the past and present brides for all of their great ideas and templates.  I couldn't have done this without all of you.

 

Engagement:

James and I started dating in November 2001 and have dated on and off since then.  I always knew he was the one but he was a little bit relationship phobic.  But I knew he would eventually see the light and never gave up on him.  We got engaged on November 4, 2011 at his apartment.

 

We had started discussing getting married in September and decided we wanted to have a Destination Wedding due to the fact that we were looking to buy a house at the same time and wanted to keep our wedding costs down.  We booked our date at Iberostar Grand Rose Hall back in September.  There were only 3 dates left to choose and the Suites was already booked up.

 

Save the Dates:

We created our save the dates on Kodak Gallery.  I had taken a picture in Bermuda of us looking out from an infinity pool and wanted to use it.  I thought it showed us looking toward the future.

 

 

Invitation:

I wanted to do the airplane ticket theme and had looked all over the internet for ideas.  (This was before I knew about this website unfortunately.)  I found a great company online and used them for my invitations.  http://www.thestylishscribe.com

Here are some pics of my invite:

 

 

 

 

Pre-travel letter:

I didn't do any sort of luggage tags.  Unfortunately I found this site too late but I did send out a letter to all of my guests with some basic information.  I used letter that I found on this site to help me.

 

 

OOT Bags:

Now to the good stuff, making my OOT bags.  There were so many great ideas on this site that I wanted to incorporate.  I have become obsessed with these bags and have probably spent way too much money on them but had a lot of fun doing them.  I am having about 50 guests at my wedding, each family/couple get a bag filled with goodies.

 

The first thing I purchased were the bags:

 

I bought them from http://www.zazzle.com  The more bags you buy the cheaper they are.  I paid about $9.00 for each bag.  There came out great and are perfect for my guests to carry down to the beach with them.

 

 

 

The next thing I ordered were t-shirts for all of my guests.  We are having a Bonfire Beach Party the night before our wedding and I wanted all of our guests to wear these shirts for a group picture.  I ordered them from http://www.logosportswear.com and they came out great.  I paid around $7.00 for each shirt.  And again the more shirts you buy, the cheaper they are.

 

 

I also ordered koosies from http://www.totallykoozies.com . They haven't arrived yet, I will post a pic when I get them.  They ended up costing about $1.00 each.

 

The next thing I worked on was my survival kit.  I found so many great ideas and templates on this site.

 

 

 

I used Ziploc gallon size bags and printed the labels using a full label sheet (2 labels per sheet) and stuck them right on the bag.

 

 

Each kit contains:

Sun Tan Lotion

Aloe Vera

Toothpaste and toothbrush kit

nail file

chapstick

razor

Bandaids

Shout Wipe

Advil pack

Imodium pack

Trident gum

tissues

2 bags of chips

 

I bought most of the stuff at the local dollar store.

 

I used a template I found on this site for my chapsticks and tissues.  I used full page labels and cut out the labels to fit the chapstick and tissues.

 

 

 

My other project that I worked on was my key tags.  I bought the lanyards and plastic ID holders off of Amazon.com.

I used a template and poem I found on this site.  They came out great.

 

 

 

 

 

Photography Postcards:

 

 

Welcome Books: 

I found the template from another bride on this site.  I included a picture of each our guests so that everyone can get to know each other.

 

 

 

The OOT Bags were so much fun to make. Thanks to everyone on this site for all of their great ideas.

 

Cake topper:

 

 

I bought this on Bed, Bath, and Beyonds website and used my 20% coupon.

 

Foot Jewelry:

I wanted the girls to be barefoot for the ceremony so I purchased this foot jewelry on Ebay.  It was about $20 a set.  They are really cute.

 

Well that's it for now.  I will post more in the future.  If anyone needs any templates please let me know.

[Lizrmt]

Wow, your OOTs are fantastic, your guests will love them! How did you know what t-shirt sizes to get people? Or did you just guess?

[Cat723]

i bought mostly large and extra large, just guessed really so hopefully no one will be offended.

[Cat723]

I got my koosies today. They came out so cute.

 

 

and my autograph frame

 

[Cat723]

I got my koosies today. They came out so cute.

 

 

and my autograph frame

 

[Cat723]

I got my koosies today. They came out so cute.

 

 

and my autograph frame

 

[kfarkas26]

Very nice! I can not wait to read more

[Blujaye]

Great job and gorgeous ring! Looking forward to reading more of your planning thread. Would you mind sharing your template for the key tag insert? Thanks

[Cat723]

 

 

 

Thanks, Here are the templates.  Borrowed and edited from other brides on this site.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

also I found a great coloring book from another bride on this site that I used

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and the chapstick labels also borrowed

 

 

 

 

key card holder.pptx

survival kit.pptx

coloringbook cara.doc

chapstick labels page 1.docx

[Lizrmt]

Awesome thanks for all the templates in one place, will be easier to find when I reach 150! Still seems so far away.... Grrrrrr!