Contest Update/Reader Buzz

Contest Update/Reader Buzz

November 30th, 2006 @ 5:14 pm by Contests
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Thanks to everyone who entered the Share a Vendor/Website contest. The winner of the Oxo Salad Spinner is Jenn! Congrats! We’ll be shipping it out to you this week.

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Last night I had planned on turning this into a contest, but once I started pulling everything out, I didn’t know what to do. See I have 6 binders, organized according to category, filled with pages I’ve cut out from wedding magazines and placed in page protectors since high school. They have pages upon pages of inspiration on flowers, diy projects, cakes, favors, real weddings - a best of 100+ wedding magazines.

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I thought it was time to give it all away to a weddingbee reader who would get more use out of it than I ever would because I don’t even look through them anymore. But then I started thinking about how much work I’d put into them, how a friend might want them, all the great stuff that was in there… and I started having doubts about giving them away because they do have sentimental value.

I guess it’s harder to let go because I’m in the wedding biz and who knows if I’ll ever need them one day. But I’m also on this “simplifying my life and getting rid of things I don’t use” kick right now, and besides styles and trends do change… I’m a bit torn but will I even miss them when they’re gone?

Do you have a wedding binder of ideas/inspiration? Do you think I should give my binders away to a weddingbee reader?

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29 Responses to “Contest Update/Reader Buzz”

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jenn

wow! hi! i actually won something! how exciting!

you can email me at the email address provided and we can chat! thanks!

11/30/06 @ 5:22 pm (reply)

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Miss Kiwi

Mrs Bee, I think that while they would help another bride out, it could also be used as a reference for your job, so keep them.

And yes, I do have a binder. And a travel file container (box) with a handle. And an accordion file for transporting from the office to the home file box thing. It’s sad.

11/30/06 @ 5:26 pm (reply)

Bee

Mrs. Bee (message) 3,235 posts, Sugar bee

i’ve already emailed you.

11/30/06 @ 5:26 pm (reply)

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jlz

I think you should keep them!

11/30/06 @ 5:32 pm (reply)

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ocicats

I say keep them. It’s like holding on to your old love letters or projects from grade school…they hold so much sentimental value.

11/30/06 @ 5:40 pm (reply)

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christine

I have a binder with the hardcore page protectors, too! I can’t imagine giving mine away- I’m going to keep mine so that I can help my sisters and friends plan their weddings. There’s so many ideas & inspirations that aren’t all incorporated into your wedding that it’s a shame to give it away.

11/30/06 @ 5:43 pm (reply)

Guest

i think you should keep them too. in addition to being a wealth of industry related information, it also probably chronicles the evolution of your personal tastes and obsessions– which in the end is probably more valuable than the actual information. i don’t like to keep a lot of clutter around either, but i think there are some things you are absolutely allowed to be sentimental about (even if you don’t really look at them now)!

11/30/06 @ 5:44 pm (reply)

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christine

… We should have a contest where we all share our ideas & inspirational organization~

11/30/06 @ 5:45 pm (reply)

Guest

I’d say keep them. They could come in handy one day, definately…and just as a momento. So cute.

11/30/06 @ 5:48 pm (reply)

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Renee

Wow! I wish I’d thought of starting one for weddings way back! I have binders upon binders full of everything else! I’d looove to get my hands on binders like yours cuz I know they’d be awesome, but I think you should definitely keep them for yourself! I’d never give away any of mine :p Too much useful information that you just might need to use as reference one day and you’ll be kicking yourself if you didn’t have them anymore!

11/30/06 @ 5:54 pm (reply)

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Miss Bird of Paradise

i had a white (awe) trusty binder complete with page protectors and tabs. it was filled with pics to show vendors. i printed doubles of certain things so that the vendors had a copy too. and i had a hard file case too. this was filled with folders & tabs. i kept all info in this case. i defintely can’t get rid of these. i lived by them for too long!

11/30/06 @ 5:57 pm (reply)

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Bee

Mrs. Bee (message) 3,235 posts, Sugar bee

i have one for recipes, restaurants/places to check out, and shopping/makeup. Um yah just a little ocd.

11/30/06 @ 5:58 pm (reply)

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WeezerMonkey

You’re in the biz. You should keep them. I can’t believe you’ve been collecting since high school! Whoa.

I have a binder. In fact, I’m sharing it with friends tonight and giving away a few pages myself.

11/30/06 @ 6:02 pm (reply)

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Crysten

I say keep them…that’s a lot of history! And if you ever have a daughter and she gets married, think of how amazing it will be for her to go through mom’s books! What can I say, though…I’m pretty sentimental when it all comes down to it!

11/30/06 @ 6:06 pm (reply)

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miss violet

def. keep it. i don’t have a wedding binder. but i do have binder of recipes I collect online.

11/30/06 @ 6:38 pm (reply)

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Chastity

You should keep them. who knows you may need to look into them one day. And you won’t have the resources! I have binders as well. And frankly, all the time I put into them and the meaning behind it means alot.

11/30/06 @ 6:45 pm (reply)

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Kris

I have a friend who has created one of these notebooks. It has no just her bridal mag favs but also those of her friends and family…we call it the Bible (I know, I know). It’s sentimental…keep it!

11/30/06 @ 6:48 pm (reply)

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milka

If you don’t really look at them anymore, they are just taking up space. I’m sure everything that truly matters to you is chronicled in your actual wedding or online -

The parallel is I’m a recent bride and I have my big fat binder of wedding ideas. Currently, I like to look back and relive the path… but in 5 years, will I really be sentimental about the 10 venues we considered? Unlikely. I’m holding on to it for now but I expect that someday it will be replaced in my affections.

Say, “binders, we had good times. Now I release you to a new adventure with someone else and make room for my future.”

11/30/06 @ 6:49 pm (reply)

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Nony Mouse

One of my binders will be tossed, but one has a pseudo-momento thing with it.
My cousin mailed me a book that she used for researching a few international traditions, and I fully intend on passing it on to the next person who needs it.

11/30/06 @ 9:49 pm (reply)

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Katie

I have 2 binders worth of inspiration. I think you should keep them but I would love to see what you have tucked away in them. Why don’t you start an inspiration posting like the knottie bio of the week feature and post some of your finds - that way you can share all the great stuff without giving it all away.

11/30/06 @ 9:49 pm (reply)

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