DOLPHIN THEME Hi Everyone, So Yeah I Love Dolphins, And My Wedding theme was just that. My Hubby said to me make sure you don't go overboard, but guess what he had some ideas himself I Love him lots, and yeah he calls my Dolphin pillow Pervie. But here you can see all the dolphin Ideas that did or didn't take place into our dream wedding It was a Day of Dreams, some up and downs but all together perfect. Enjoy 
The Invitation
The Invitation was made in Colombia, on a trip there with my mom.
The invitation was put in an envelope with Dolphin cut outs. The labels had dolphins in the corners.
Then the invitation well it consists of two pieces
and also in the envelope we had our business card.
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The Party Favors/Recuerdo So The Party favor: Well lots of thought came up with something totally Unique something that will combine both the state of Texas & the Island of Aruba and have dolphins. So Lots of work but we did it. How Did we get there: Well you have the Party favor made out of Plastic canvas, with magnets in the bag It is made of two individual hearts bound together one with the Aruba flag one with the Texas Flag and on top two dolphins. With silver wedding rings and a Ribbon With our names and the date.
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The Corsage So my aunt who love's to do craft, had the ideas to give every guest a corsage. Need to say we had our work cut out for us.
And yes Dolphins couple attached. It was on a silver leaf with 2 dolphin confetti and a couple of bluebonnet leaves. 
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The Bolo Preto (Black Cake) The Bolo Preto is Aruba's tradition, no wedding can be without it.
Well yeah yeah it is a cake that sits in alcohol for a couple of hours or days depends.
You get the bolo preto as you arrive after you given the bridal party congratulations
It is accompanied by a glass of champagne.
But the presentation is also an art.
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The Church Program Booklet No Ceremony would be complete unless you can follow the ceremony
So yes the booklet is the way to go, the program
But Since we mixed and match out Ceremony between the 3 languages of Dutch, Papiamento and English
It was necessary to have one.
In Papiamento/English
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The Table Centerpiece So all the tables were decorated, and new tradition that your guest would take the center piece.
These where also came out of my imagination and very labor intensive.
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Family Corsages Yes we had corsages made especially for the groom, best man & wife, ring bearer, mother of the bride, parents of the groom, Brother of Bride, Bride's Godmother.
Are all different, all hand made, all dolphin inspired.
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Church Decorations So yes, we went all out, we also hand made most of the church decorations
Very labor intensive, but was worth it.
If you See the Final Product.
The Church was decorated by Several People, thanks to all of you, this was done on the day of the rehearsal.
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The Cake Our cake, was so Beautiful, It was made by the same lady that made my 15th birthday party cake.
With the same cake toppers we used for our civil wedding on the top level with also a Swaroski crystals
It had combination flavor of vanilla, what most of our guests like, and our favorite chocolate cake.
As tradition we saved the top layer to share on our one year anniversary and second layer in the middle for our 1 year anniversary of our civil wedding.
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Reception Decorations It was a great and beautiful reception, and we all agree that the time went by so fast.
The Place was amazing, and I have lots of people to thank.
Especially My Aunt, Geraldine, Lysette.
Allot of the decorations stuff where either made or we buy them.
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The Real Flowers Used
So even our Flowers had touch of dolphins
I made some dolphin cut outs with thick or thin foamies, which i then hand painted to make them shine.
they added those to the real flowers including my bouquet.
The Roses used in the Bouquet are my favorites, and the baby breaths were painted to match our colors.
To blend Aruba and Texas we added the Texas state Flower the Bluebonnets and for Aruba the Palm leaves you find locally.
They looked amazing.
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The Signing Stand Even The Sign Stand and pen where decorated.
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The Thank You Card Even do Late, and some maybe not delivered yet.
I hope you understand we really appreciate everyone who celebrated this day with us.
Due to the circumstances it has been hard to get them going and delivered, I hope everyone understands
These Cards where hand made in Colombia
And I hope everyone like's them as much as John and I have.
If you haven't received yours yet, your personal one is on the way
We really apologize for the delay.
Thank you for understanding
So now for the design:
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