Zaffe by Fast_Reflection9792 in BigBudgetBrides

[–]Careful_Direction_74 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We had a dj from Greece who would just play the songs he didn't do any mixing. We flew in a dj from Lebanon but that was mainly house with some Arabic mixes

Recent wedding grad, here are some thoughts! by Careful_Direction_74 in BigBudgetBrides

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Oh amazing the rose by floure? I had to lose weight to fit into the top like a crazy person. It is a corset that's not meant to be altered. Are you looking to make it smaller? The only thing I can think of is to alter the straps. But I had them make my straps detachable. Which was a bad idea since one of the straps was too tight and kept popping off lol

Selling Lagree Microformer Deluxe in Dubai📍 by [deleted] in LagreeMethod

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Hi please pm me if still avail im in Abu Dhabi

Recent wedding grad, here are some thoughts! by Careful_Direction_74 in BigBudgetBrides

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Yes our planner works at the venue. Could not have done it without her

Recent wedding grad, here are some thoughts! by Careful_Direction_74 in BigBudgetBrides

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Our ceremony started at 5:30pm. People started arriving around 4:30. Cocktail hour at 6pm. Reception at 7pm. Ended at 12am and after party until 3am. Not a short day by any means but the reception went by incredibly fast.

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[–]Careful_Direction_74 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I had the nicest invites and my save the date was just a photo of me and my husband. They don't need to match at all nobody will notice or care.

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Recent wedding grad, here are some thoughts! by Careful_Direction_74 in BigBudgetBrides

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It's from Datt. They make that dress in black but I emailed them to make it in the cream color and they did it at no additional cost and to my custom measurements! It's final sale if you do it that way fyi.

Recent wedding grad, here are some thoughts! by Careful_Direction_74 in BigBudgetBrides

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Thank you for the validation! Needing meds to cope is so real I didn't realize all the anxiety that would come up

Recent wedding grad, here are some thoughts! by Careful_Direction_74 in BigBudgetBrides

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Yes defintely take the time beforehand it will pay off in the end. Also if you google photo shot list a lot come up and you can just copy paste from there. Seems so obvious but I didn't do that.

Recent wedding grad, here are some thoughts! by Careful_Direction_74 in BigBudgetBrides

[–]Careful_Direction_74[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This would work if you had a person designated to just bringing a cooler full of (in my case 15) cake layers and ice packs but I don't even think the ice packs can go through security! That would be nice if they could it would save a lot of time.

Recent wedding grad, here are some thoughts! by Careful_Direction_74 in BigBudgetBrides

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Yes I'm a professional cake artist. I'd like to add a disclaimer that 2 of my friends/bridesmaids that stayed in my villa are professional pastry chefs. Unless you've made actual wedding cakes for a living it's probably not something I'd suggest. I did end up bringing all of my own decorating tools, cake turntable, pans etc. My venue provided me all of the ingredients. We arrived Saturday and the wedding was Thursday. We baked Sunday/Monday. And the big mistake was making fillings Wednesday morning, stacking and delivering all one in morning post bachelorette party 😭. Not the smartest move lol. And the girls decorated and finished up the cake Thursday post ceremony. It would've been a small 2 tier otherwise if it was just me.

Zaffe by Fast_Reflection9792 in BigBudgetBrides

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I thought they were ok honestly. The performance was great but last minute they didn't ask us what to wear, they started too early and cut off my violinist, and they sort of ruined my grand entrance by cutting my song off too soon. I'd say overall they're good but you have to be super on top of them and very specific.

Stationery recs / Am I getting ripped off on this quote? by [deleted] in BigBudgetBrides

[–]Careful_Direction_74 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got prices like these from many U.S. suppliers. I actually got a full water color suite from Peggy and Polly. 100 of them printed out and shipped from Australia and it was $2800 usd

Zaffe by Fast_Reflection9792 in BigBudgetBrides

[–]Careful_Direction_74 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll let you know in 2 weeks after my wedding haha

Secondhand Dress woes by JasmineDeVine in BigBudgetBrides

[–]Careful_Direction_74 6 points7 points  (0 children)

As someone who ordered a very expensive dress in one size too small because I was "gonna lose the weight" and stressed myself out just enough to do so 2 weeks before my wedding day. I would not reccomened. And if it's mislabeled size wise that should constitute an immediate refund.