What I would do again Of course the usual answer: have a destination wedding! No one will ever forget it and it was everything I imagined it would be. I wouldn’t be surprised if when my brother Ryan gets engaged that they end up planning one. Everyone had such a great time. My family are all now talking about a return trip to another Sandals next year. (I guess they got addicted like me & Bri did J Palm fans: absolutely! My guests REALLY appreciated them. It was hot and they all used them. One of my fave pics is the one of Drew (Bri’s bro and BM) fanning him while they’re waiting for us to come down. Petal toss: I decided on this fairly late in the planning stages, but really wanted that pic of us surrounded by the falling petals, since we couldn’t do the sparklers like I wanted. From what I’ve seen so far they look great! Photoshare site: so far I think we have 7 albums up. I love seeing the trip from everyone else’s perspective. Given my camera to my bro’s gf: It was awesome to be able to look back on the wedding the next day on my own camera and see how it looked. Have my wedding in a more remote location: about 5 months into planning, I wished we just went back to Jamaica. I thought it would have been so much easier in so many aspects and maybe it would have been, but I love that no one had ever been there before and probably never will be again. I like to think that Antigua will simply hold the memory of my wedding J Have my wedding at Sandals: I was really nervous about having my rowdy group at a couples resort, but I’m glad that we did. We were treated with the top-notch service that we experienced in the past and they treated all my guests as returning guests as well. Angels Accents: just look at the pics. ‘nough said! Chair sashes: I think they look amazing in the pics! Be a crazy planning bride: all of my efforts truly did pay off. People couldn’t believe the things I did on my own to make the wedding my own. Assign seating for the reception: even though it was only 50 people, it was best to just tell them where to sit. We didn’t do it for the rehearsal and it was kind of awkward. Insist on a rehearsal: like I said, even with it, we still were confused. I can’t imagine what it would have been like without it. What I wouldn’t do again: MOH: I would have chosen one of my other BMs who is much more responsible. I think I was upset with her for not having me in her wedding (she only had her 2 sisters) so didn’t ask her. Go with your gut and not a silly thing like that in choosing your MOH. Take a connecting flight: we could have taken a direct out of Newark or JFK had we changed our days, but we kept our schedule the same and took connecting out of Philly. It wasn’t so bad getting there, but coming back was a nightmare. What I should have done: Made a list of what needs to still be done once we got to the resort. We intended to stop by the photo shop and ask them to record longer for the cocktail hour and reception and totally forgot. I know there are other things that we forgot about as well, but that is the only one sticking out to me right now. Tried a little harder to make sure that I spent a decent amount of time with everyone. With 50 people it was really tough. In looking back there are some people that I didn’t spend as much time with as I would have like to have. I should have mentally blocked out time on each day to spend with certain people. My whole logic was to plan, plan, plan at home and then relax and party when I got there, but I think I let go a little too much there. There’s probably so much else, but that’s all that’s coming to mind right now!