What a gorgeous wedding. And many happy years for you both. We celebrate our 54th in September. and we are still young at heart!!! Tricia

I have been following all diamondbrite forums since finding this site in early spring. We are resurfacing our approx. 1000 sq ft gunite pool here in Dayton, Ohio. Since most of the pools in this area are fiberglass/vinyl, our contractor is out of the Cincy/N. Kentucky area. We originally thought we were going with pebble tec, then went back to diamondbrite because of texture issues (our pool in Florida is pebble tec). We ended up contracting the PB that originally installed the pool 12 yrs ago (we just bought the home 6 yrs ago)and I can not help but think we are being taken advantage of after reading all of the posts on this forum. He quoted us $15,304 for colored diamondbrite with new 6x6 tile (plus an extra $1049 if they need to install a new caulk joint above the tile). Then he said it would be another $2000 to do the diamondbrite in Midnight Blue and an additional $630 on top of the additional $2000 to do the Ocean Blue Color. We are now standing at $18,000+ for our pool renovation. Is this just outrageous? They are 1 1/2 weeks into the project, not yet finished tiling and grouting, saying they will start the plaster next week. I inquired as to the possiblity of doing our cake steps and ledge at the front of the pool in the Mojave Beige as to delineate the steps. They said this could be done and would cost us another $1400 for the material and extra labor. I am locked in with this contractor, but I am not happy.

the ribbon that *will* bleed is usually the papery ribbon. Any decent fabric ribbon shouldn't bleed onto the cake. Or, if it does (test it first, maybe w/ butter or something), you might be able to eliminate that w/ prewashing. If you want to splurge, call the folks at MasterstrokeCanada (which is the main ribbon source for Martha Stewart Weddings) and order your ribbon fromthem; i hear the folks there are real nice, and they'll be able to tell you whether you'll have a problem w/the ones they sell. http://www.masterstrokecanada.com/ 866-249-7677

Where did you get 20-50% up-charge on orders from Fabuwood? Where are you shopping at??? We carry them and we received the official announcement yesterday of only 10% Dear valued partner, Due to the current state of affairs in the international trade arena, we are one among several industries to be significantly impacted by escalating manufacturing costs. As a result of this unfortunate situation, a Regulatory Surcharge (RS) of 10% will be applied to all Fabuwood cabinetry orders, effective on all orders placed on or after June 1st, 2019. The RS will appear as a line item on your order. Orders placed prior to June 1st that are not shipped and invoiced by June 17th, 2019 will also be subject to the RS. Depending on the progress of events in the international marketplace, this surcharge may be modified or revoked in the future. We will be sure to keep you updated on any change in this regard. Thank you so much for your patience and understanding. Most have raised their prices 10% some 25%.