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DIY Feature Launched: October 8, 2008 About: The best DIY projects from Bees and brides around the web.
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DIY Friday

May 24th, 2013 @ 11:40 am by DIY

Check out these great projects hive members have uploaded to Weddingbee’s DIY section! Click on the title of each project for tutorials.

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Miss Road Trip, Tallahassee Age and Occupation: 36, Writer, Artist & Bookkeeper Fiance's Age and Occupation: 47, Accountant Engagement Date: September 30, 2011 Wedding Date: November, 2013 Venue: Honey Lake Plantation About Me: Born in Louisiana (I share my birthday with the state, which I think is pretty cool), I'm a Florida transplant who has (mostly) stopped trying to escape the state and surrendered to its particular charms. I believe in the power of creativity, cocktails, (parenthetical asides), and laughter (usually at my own expense). Riding shotgun, Mr. Road Trip is a Nebraska native who still hasn't gotten used to the Florida version of "winter" but loves woodworking as much as I love paper and paints. We're a couple of sci-fi and gaming geeks who always break for wine tastings. Our wine-a-plenty morning wedding will be small with lots of DIY touches. And lots of bacon.
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Traditional, Digital, or Fusion?

May 24th, 2013 @ 9:23 am by Miss Road Trip

Organizing some of the bridal-show takeaways had me thinking about how much wedding planning has changed over the last 20 years.

Two decades ago—maybe even only one—most of the planning was done on paper in one of those massive binders or spiral-bound books that you can still find in bookstores. Online involvement was spotty at best, and we definitely didn’t have tools like Pinterest!

These days, the temptation to go 100% digital with the planning is strong. It’s eco-friendly and easily portable if you can access the files via your phone, laptop, or tablet, and with so much inspiration online it just. makes. sense.

And yet.

If you go to bridal shows, if you pick up magazines, what do you do?

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Miss Campfire, Seattle, WA Age and Occupation: 26, Researcher, Counselor, Student Fiance's Age and Occupation: 29, Software Developer Manager Engagement Date: January 14, 2012 Wedding Date: September 2013 Venue: Sodo Park About Me: I'm currently a graduate student in mental health counseling, and I work at two super-awesome jobs. I love dinosaurs, shoes, macaroni and cheese, and fancy dresses. I love to cook and bake, and I'm very excited about getting crafty. Mr. Campfire and I met totally by chance at a party of a mutual friend, and the rest is history. Together we're planning a wedding that is lighthearted and sweet, featuring a ridiculous amount of lights/lanterns and some delicious food!
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Last fall I decided I was going to hand address all of our save the dates and invitations. I’m not entirely certainly sure why, but it likely had something to do with an article I read by Martha Stewart that said that you might as well tell your guests you hate them if you don’t write your addresses by hand. OK, that’s not actually what it said but I definitely read it to mean that. (Am I the only one who thinks that Martha would totally be blunt like that if you peeled away all of her shiny, well-crafted veneer?)

So I started playing with calligraphy and quickly realized that wasn’t going to work. Then I just tried my regular old cursive, and that was OK but not great. After that I gave up for a while and kept looking for inspiration.

Then I found fake calligraphy.

I gave it a shot. And I loved it.

I loved it so much that when Miss Panda posted about being uncertain about going with calligraphy or something else, I fully encouraged her to give the fake calligraphy a shot. She wasn’t sure how nice it would look, so I made her a tutorial to prove how easy it would be.

Now I’m going to prove it to you all, too.

Step one: Write the address in fancy cursive. (Note: that’s the first zip code that popped up for Boston, not Miss Panda’s zip code.)

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Mrs. Lyre, Philadelphia Age and Occupation: 31, Librarian Fiance's Age and Occupation: 29, Government Employee Engagement Date: November 11, 2011 Wedding Date: January 2013 Venue: Atrium at the Curtis Center About Me: I’m a book loving, photography obsessed, artsy/crafty bride to be, who was dating all the wrong men, until I met the right one, and where one story ended - our new life together began. He’s a video game loving, quirky t-shirt wearing, movie quoting geek who stole my heart, and welcomed me into his. Together we are a happily co-habitating couple, who live in South Jersey, and are planning a wedding in Philadelphia in January 2013. We love to cook, share a bottle of wine, and watch way too much TV; we laugh all the time, don’t sleep nearly enough, and cannot wait to begin our lives as husband and wife!
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Before our guests headed into the reception, the room was finalized and our photographers got some great shots of the room in all it’s glory.

All photos by Mike Landis Photographer

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We had three different styles of tables—two long tables that sat 18-20 guests on either side of the dance floor, four oblong tables that sat 14-16 guests on each corner of the dance floor, and five round tables that held 10-12 guests on the outside corners of the room. Each table style had a different centerpiece (or centerpieces for the long tables). We ended up splurging a bit on the lighting as well, but the chandeliers were our main source of lighting and definitely the focal point of the room, and we had them lit in amber lighting.

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Miss Jackrabbit, Brighton, UK Age and Occupation: 26, Office Manager Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Songwriter Engagement Date: October 5, 2012 Wedding Date: September 2013 Venue: Fabrica Gallery, Brighton About Me: I honestly thought I'd go all Monica Geller when I started planning our wedding, but in truth, things couldn't have gone much differently. I am working my way through this venture, figuring things out as I go, and adopting a 'Que Sera, Sera,' approach to making decisions. When I'm not organising the biggest day of my life, I can usually be found drinking a glass of wine, crafting up one thing or another, or stopping my cat from head-butting me in the face.
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Geeky Envelopes

May 24th, 2013 @ 7:07 am by Miss Jackrabbit

You know when I was telling you about how I came across my invitations? I mentioned that I was trying to find Doctor Who themed envelopes to go with my stamps. Well, I never actually got round to telling you about the envelopes, did I?

I don’t know why I needed to Google “Doctor Who envelopes” really, because it should have been obvious. It should have been really obvious, because as soon as I saw them I had one of those hitting-myself-in-the-head moments.

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Screenshot from The Impossible Astronaut/Doctor Who/BBC

The letters that were sent inviting River, the Ponds, and Canton Everett Delaware III to The Doctor’s death by Lake Silenco in Utah.

They’re Tardis Blue. And they have lots and lots of stamps on them.

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Weddingbee Gallery Feature Launched: April 10, 2009 About: A collection of inspirational wedding pictures from readers and bees.
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Gallery of the Day

May 24th, 2013 @ 6:55 am by Weddingbee Gallery

lizdelreal and her fiance pose for engagement photos to use in their save the dates.

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Miss Palm Tree, Pittsburgh, PA Age and Occupation: 23, Lease Analyst Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Associate Systems Analyst Engagement Date: December 22, 2011 Wedding Date: May 2013 Venue: The Fez in Aliquippa, PA About Me: I’m Miss Palm Tree - an opinionated, loyal and outgoing bride-to-be. I currently work as a Lease Analyst by day and a catering assistant by night. Mr. Palm Tree is a Computer Engineer with a love for all things cats. Mr. Palm Tree and I are absolute soul mates. Having grown up across the street from each other (I have the scars to prove it), we have been a part of each other’s lives for almost as long as we can remember. We are far from perfect: we fight, we get annoyed with each other and we certainly take advantage of knowing one another so well when pushed to the edge, but ultimately, what truly defines us as a couple is our love.
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All The Things

May 24th, 2013 @ 6:09 am by Miss Palm Tree

As our special day looms on the horizon, Mr. Palm Tree, MOH Mem and I are busy tying up all kinds of loose ends to get ready for the weekend. Bees like Miss Scepter have written about the day before the day before and I’m here to follow suit. Spoiler Alert: I didn’t get to sleep in and have been on-the-go since about 8:00am. Boy, this shindig and the whole lifetime together thing better be worth it. . . ;)

Please accept my lack of an interesting segue and feast your eyes on All The Things, Palm Tree style:

The Nails

Many Bees have written about getting their nails did—Mrs. Turkey treated her girls to Nails and a Nosh, Mrs. Boa Constrictor discussed her bold color preference. This girl went to a nail salon in a mall, recommended by a friend, and opted for a gel manicure and pedicure in hopes that the color would last through the wedding AND the honeymoon.

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You can’t really tell because of the flash but I do have an accent finger! Some extra sparkle. :)

Purple is my favorite color and it hasn’t played a single role in our wedding, so I wanted to incorporate it somehow. My fingers and toes are this subtle, shiny shade and I’m super pleased.

The Favors

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Miss Airplane, Plymouth, Michigan Age and Occupation: 26, Fundraising Project Coordinator Fiance's Age and Occupation: 27, Food & Beverage Manager Engagement Date: March 31, 2012 Wedding Date: September 2013 Venue: Fox Hills Golf Club & Banquet Center About Me: I'm a true Michigander (born and raised) and a die-hard Wolverine. I am the definition of a multi-tasker and like to believe I am also a perfectionist, but my horrible short-term memory likes to prove otherwise. I'm an English major and a pretty punny girl, so get ready for some really horrible plays on words! When I'm not consumed with wedding planning, I enjoy copious amounts of television and an equally unhealthy addiction to bacon.
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The Flower Hour

May 24th, 2013 @ 5:22 am by Miss Airplane

(Warning: flower photo-heavy post!)

Last week during my lunch break. Mr. Plane picked me up from work and we went to visit our florist to finally hammer out the details of our wedding day flowers. I’ve mentioned how much I lurve our florist, Tom Thompson, but I haven’t shared much of our flower inspiration yet.

The reason I haven’t talked much about flowers is that up until our visit with Tom Thompson, I really had no idea what I wanted our “floral vision” to be. I spent a nice chunk of time on Pinterest the night before the visit and found some beauties.

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Photography: Onelove Photography, Floral Design: Arjan Flowers and Herbs, Image via Style Me Pretty

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Classifieds

May 23rd, 2013 @ 2:34 pm by classifieds

Jin is selling a gold birdcage veil. She is asking $40.

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