Lisa and Geoff's Castaway Cay DCL Dream Wedding PJ&TR 11-12-11

Just finished reading your PJ, everything looks great!!! I love the newsletter and welcome bags you made. :)
 
Yeah! We got our Marriage License today. We walked right in and were the only ones there...when we came out, there was a lot of people waiting. The lady that helped us was SO nice and took pictures of us through the window with my cell phone!

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I have resized these pictures twice and they are still huge. Don't know why...

My shower is tomorrow! Woo Hoo!
 

My shower is today! This is my family/friends shower. Both of my sisters were going to do my shower but one of my sisters moved to Texas so my sister, Donna is going to take care of it. I tried to help her but she was having no part of it and my mother and aunt and a few of my close friends stepped in...it should be fun...

As a thank you to my sister, I made her an apothecary jar filled with Sixlets in my wedding colors. For anyone doing a candy bar, they are $5.99 in Joanne's and they always have 40% off coupons. I think they end up a lot more economical than the individual colors of M&Ms.

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Glad to hear you got your marriage license! Have fun at your shower, can't wait to hear about it. I love what you made for your sister, it is so cute. Such an exciting and fun day. We have ours next weekend :)
 
My shower was yesterday and I have to say my sister (and some of my friends and family) did a wonderful job. I have a small control issue, I think this comes from running a school and always paying attention to details so it was very hard not to have my hand in all of the shower stuff. Donna, my sister, had lots of wonderful surprises for me and I think everyone had a great time. I won't bore everyone with lots of people and present pictures but I will post some...

These were the favors...she had a candle for everyone and a little box with kisses and chocolate mints inside.
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My cake had my wedding logo (Dolly designed for me) and was SO good. Publix makes the best cakes.
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There was ALOT of food. Some of my favorites...Dutch Meatballs, Texas Caviar, and corn salad...
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This is my sister, Donna and me.
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I got SO many presents...it was ridiculous!
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This picture makes me laugh every time I look at it. My friend from 8th grade who is a teacher, got me a new name plate for my office. Now, I NEVER in a million years would have thought of this...My nephew is sitting next to me looking in the box for a Cars car. He just knew someone was going to get me one! When I saw my name on that name plate, I almost cried because that is the first time this all seemed so real.
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This is my friend from 8th grade and her two daughters (they are going on the cruise).
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Shower pictures continued... Photobucket was giving me fits for some reason!

This is a beautiful box from my FMIL. She had also made a card that included a picture of me and Geoff on the day he introduced me to his family. It was awesome.
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As I unwrapped gifts, one of my friends made me the traditional bow bouquet that people typically use for the rehearsal. Since I will not have a rehearsal, I am going to use it for the onboard ceremony they make you do before you set sail. Just one more thing to carry on board! LOL
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One of my favorite surprises came from my invitation...here is a picture of it...
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The pictures were taken the afternoon Geoff and I were at Castaway Cay the last time we were on a Disney cruise. The response card has a picture of a drink called the "Sunken Treasure." Neither one of us could ever remember what was in it. A friend of mine was able to track down the recipe and we had them at the shower...this one is mixed up so you don't get the same effect as the picture but it tasted DELICIOUS!! They renamed it Lisa's Love Potion!!

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Today I got my preliminary confirmation for elements and enhancements! I am so excited. We will be doing our civil ceremony in the Fantasy Conference Room on Deck 5 at 3:00 p.m. :banana:
 
I decided to post the additional costs on here for others to see. A bride did this a while ago and that is what changed my mind on the Tiki Torches. When I found out it was over $500.00 for 4 tiki torches, I was done with that idea. LOL

Additional Guests @$20.00 each (59 total people, 10 included) 960.00
Hidden Mickey Crystals in my bouquet (3@$6.00 each) 18.00
Orange Rose Boutonniere (5 of them) 66.25
Orange Rose Wand (3 of them) 75.00
Ivory Rose Corsage (2 of them) 42.40
Sm. Bag Orange Rose Petals 17.50
Magnets for Boutonnieres and Corsages 44.52
Palm Frond and Shell Aisle Decor 159.00

Total 1,382.67

CC Wedding Package 3,500.00
3 Night Cruise 1,150.28

Grand Total So Far... $6,032.95

Not to bad so far...I just need to go through by box of receipts for everything else and add up all of the little extras I have purchased along the way, my dress, veil, etc. to get a total. I really didn't have a budget so I think I am doing pretty good and luckily for me, my mom and my aunt have taken care of most of it. :love:
 
Here is a picture of my current project...I am making Hershey bars to put in all of the mailboxes of the teachers and staff members at my school. I have a great staff who have been helping count down the days and who have been showing their excitement for me. My Asst. Principal will put these in their boxes on Friday, the day before my CC wedding.

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I have about half of them finished so far. I thought it would be a fast little project until I did one of them and decided it looked terrible with the brown edges of the Hershey bar hanging out. (they aren't wrapped in silver anymore under the brown wrapper) Needless to say, I got out the aluminum foil and began wrapping them in foil and then putting the wrapper on. Now, it looked much better! I think they will be surprised to get something in their boxes from me while I am gone. I hope so, anyway!
 
Here is a picture of my current project...I am making Hershey bars to put in all of the mailboxes of the teachers and staff members at my school. I have a great staff who have been helping count down the days and who have been showing their excitement for me. My Asst. Principal will put these in their boxes on Friday, the day before my CC wedding.

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I have about half of them finished so far. I thought it would be a fast little project until I did one of them and decided it looked terrible with the brown edges of the Hershey bar hanging out. (they aren't wrapped in silver anymore under the brown wrapper) Needless to say, I got out the aluminum foil and began wrapping them in foil and then putting the wrapper on. Now, it looked much better! I think they will be surprised to get something in their boxes from me while I am gone. I hope so, anyway!

LOVE, love, love the idea! They are going to be so happy to have a little surprise from you :)
 
Just catching up on everything I missed since I've been gone. Looks amazing!

And I cannot imagine having 50+ guests, 17 was a lot for me. Sounds like a blast though! I'm sure everything will be amazing.
 
Just catching up on everything I missed since I've been gone. Looks amazing!

And I cannot imagine having 50+ guests, 17 was a lot for me. Sounds like a blast though! I'm sure everything will be amazing.

I know...it is a lot of people. I am hoping we can get a whole group shot on the beach. Thank goodness I know my photographer...and everyone knows him so he will be able to get em all under control! LOL
 
I am a scrapbooker and I have ordered all of my pictures from Shutterfly. I have never really ordered anything but photos but I got a $20.00 gift card when I bought my wedding dress at Davids Bridal. I decided to make some thank you cards. I ordered 3x5 ones that I thought were cute. Then over the next month I started getting emails for free stuff. The first was a free 8x8 photo book, then it was for 10 free cards, 50 free prints, then another for 1 free card. The problem with the free stuff is that it usually is only good for a day or two. Luckily I had my engagement photos uploaded already so I threw an 8x8 book together and that is now going to be my guest book! You cannot beat free! (actually you do have to pay shipping but that was hardly anything)

Here are some pictures. (I think I like posting more when I have pictures of stuff, hopefully it makes it more interesting to read as well)

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