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From friendofthebride:

My Wedding Favors is giving away 3 free samples of their products including the pea in a pod salt and pepper shaker we featured awhile ago! All you have to pay for is shipping! Woohoo!

Mr. Bee and I are boarding a plane to California this evening for a wedding in the Bay Area tomorrow. We’ll see you when we get back!

Hope you enjoy your holiday weekends!!

(image via: ccpollen)

I never get tired of looking at flowers because they’re just so beautiful and inspiring. (I wish I were half as talented as some of the designers out there!) These extraordinary concoctions are from Bardin Palomo - a talented two person team, and St. Regis Hotel’s in house floral/event designer.

Many wedding videography companies are now offering live webcasts so anyone in the world can be “at your wedding.” Live Internet Weddings charges $400 over the cost of their regular videography services to stream your wedding live on the internet. The webcast is also kept up on their site for 2 weeks for any guest who misses it. Cashman Pro, which serves the Las Vegas area, has been offering webcasting services for three years and even sends out “digital invitations” your guests. (source: nytimes)

Maybe you can’t afford a wedding, or don’t want to deal with everything that goes into planning one. With a webcast wedding, you can have all your friends and family “present” at your ceremony. Or perhaps you’re having a destination wedding where many guests can’t attend, or even an elderly relative who can’t travel. Having a webcasted wedding may just be the next big thing.

What do you think about wedding webcasts? Is it something you’d consider for your own wedding?

Mr. Ant and I are both very passionate, stubborn, opinionated, outspoken, and competitive. There’s a lot of fire between the two of us, and it inevitably leads to a lot of fights. But we love the way we challenge each other and help each other learn and grow.

Not every conflict gets resolved (Hello! He’s a Republican in finance who lives by logic while I’m a Democrat in medical research who lacks common sense and is ruled by my emotions).. but sometimes we just have to agree to disagree.

I wouldn’t have it any other way. I’d much rather fight with Mr. Ant for the rest of my life than to settle for some boring Yes-man who can’t think or stand up for himself or a clone of myself who won’t challenge or push me in any way.

Interestingly, we almost NEVER argue about what most other couples argue about (money, sex, family, how to spend our time, etc). Despite all of our battles, we actually have a lot in common. We share the same off-beat sense of humor and enjoy many of the same things. For example, we’re both addicted to board games (Risk or Monopoly, anyone?) and watching 24 and Law & Order, coincidentally two conflict-driven dramas. Hahaha! I suppose we are just competitive and conflict-driven people.

As much as we both enjoy a good adrenaline pumping fight, that’s not to say that we don’t want our relationship to improve. Of course we are both working on becoming more mature, considerate, patient, tolerant, and so forth. Our relationship is a work in progress. To us, it’s already a masterpiece… but we are determined to make it even better and stronger every day.

Oh, and our fiery dynamics are certainly NOT recommended for every couple, especially not the faint-hearted or sensitive types. If a peaceful relationship works for you- great! We are just not those types of people. Everyone has different needs. We found what works for us.

What kind of dynamics work for you?

In today’s beehive, JW would like to find out about the cost of florists.

Please feel free to add your question to the beehive!

So many things went wrong on our wedding day (like my parents getting stuck in the elevator for an hour and a half at the end of the night, and the fire department coming to rescue them). But of course we look back now, and the things that went wrong are actually some of the best memories. Despite it all, it really was one of the best and happiest days of my entire life.

I like justabride’s honest reviews of her big day and how she kept everything in perspective:

So many things that went wrong leading up to the wedding. So many things that didn’t go as planned on the day. It was far from a perfect wedding and so many moments were a complete blur. But it didn’t matter because I had so much fun.. and I finally was able to exchange vows with the man I love.

Not everything will go according to plan (you can count on that!). But take a deep breath, don’t forget what the day is all about, don’t obsess over all the little details, and most importantly enjoy yourself. The day goes by so fast. Remember you’re marrying the one you love and no matter what… it will be wonderful.

Bentley Meeker is one of New York’s most talented and renown lighting designers. He’s done the weddings of Michael Douglas, Billy Joel, Salman Rushdie, Eddie Murphy, Rudy Giuliani, and more.

The one thing I wanted most for our wedding… was a lighting designer. But it simply wasn’t in our budget and you have to cut back somewhere. Lighting has such a dramatic effect on an event’s ambience - it can truly transform a venue. Looking back, maybe we should have had less flowers and more lighting.

If money were no object, what would you splurge on for your wedding?

Hi there!

I have a question that maybe other brides have also. Do you know of any good recommendations for “bouquet preservation”? Does anyone have any thoughts, pro’s or con’s on it?

Thank you! Love your site!!!

Dana