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This just dawned on me… I had a custom stamp made with my address that I planned to use on both the back flap of the outer envelope, and also on the front of the response card envelope so that all the cards come back to me. The stamp looks something like this:
Charlene & Borton
123 Weddingbee Lane
Somewhere, IL 60606
Will people think that we live together, cuz technically we don’t (although we will live at this address after we are married)!! I don’t want to raise any eyebrows… shiiiiiet. 
I was seriously so happy with this stamp (from Impress) cuz it looks awesome!!
Boooo… do you think this is a No-No?
Part II of my two part series on the upcoming introduction of my & Mr. Bluebell’s parents!
As I mentioned before, one reason that Mr. Bluebell and I haven’t introduced our parents in the past many years is our concern that it will be awkward due to the language barrier. My parents speak only English, and Mr. Bluebell’s speak mainly Chinese with limited English. They are able to communicate pretty well in English, but they’re not comfortable with long conversations and he worries that they’ll have a hard time carrying on during dinner after all the requisite small talk is over with.
Mr. Bluebell will be our only Cantonese-English translator for the evening (although maybe his little brother can help out a bit too.) BUT, much to everyone’s mutual amusement, my brother happens to be essentially fluent in Mandarin! Mr. Bluebell grew up speaking Cantonese exclusively in the home, but his parents are also fluent in Mandarin, so my brother will be able to talk to them in Mandarin - even though Mr. Bluebell won’t understand that conversation! So hopefully the amusement value of that interaction will keep things from getting too awkward. 
Mr. Bluebell’s dad is also performing in a concert earlier in the day that we’re all going to, so there will be lots of “Your concert was wonderful!” etc. to say too!
Several people in their replies to my earlier post have also suggested bringing pictures to try and spark conversation, which I think is a great idea! Hopefully my parents will be able to dig some up, since they recently moved (sort of - they’re still in the process of building their future house, so they are in a temporary place now) so 90% of their belongings are in storage boxes in about 5 states between the old house and future house.
That said - how many of you have a language barrier between your & your fiance’s parents? How do you deal with it? Anyone have any more recommendations for us?
And just for fun… one more poll! 
This little poll has been making the circuit around blogs the past couple of months. I thought it’d be a fun thing for the bees to do since we seldom talk about nonwedding related topics, and it’ll give you guys a chance to learn some fun tidbits about us. 
I’ll start!
1. I was a blonde baby. People in Korea thought that I was adopted. Even up til high school people refused to believe that I was full Korean and thought I was half-white.
2. I beat all my friend’s moms in arm wrestling.
3. I like to pick things up with my feet. And pinch people with my toes too. My aunt curses the day I taught my 5 year old cousin this talent.
4. My parents never bought me a barbie doll so I used water balloons as dolls. I would twist them so they’d have a head and a body. But sometimes they would pop. That would make me sad.
5. My second toe is longer than the first one.
6. I don’t really like sweets. Or chocolate for that matter.
Now tell us a random/weird thing about you!
I currently find myself stuck between a rock and a hard place. I have asked 3 people to be a bridesmaid for my wedding. Since then I have had a bit of a falling out with one of the girls, where I realised that I only asked her because we have been friends for so long and it was almost expected. I now find that I have nothing in common with this person and I’m not really a fan of the person that she has become. The ideal situation would be for me to only have the 2 bridesmaids (my best friend and sister), but I couldn’t imagine un-asking someone to be my bridesmaid because that would be so hurtful.
Has anyone been in a similar situation?
Em
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My mom is one of the best shoppers I know, but she’s always out looking for something for everyone BUT herself. I’ve been scouring Saks Fifth Avenue and Bloomingdale’s in LA to no avail, and she’s been vigilantly checking the web and magazines for anything she might like. A few outfits were shipped home, but nothing passed “the test” and we were still at ground zero.
So while I was home this week, we took a side trip up to San Jose on Monday to go shopping for her wedding outfit. Things seemed to come up empty, until we happened upon the ridiculously extensive special occasion section at Macy’s, and actually came away with 4 dresses that she really liked. We narrowed the selection down to two, swiped the Macy’s card and took them home to see if Dad could help narrow the selection process… or rather if she could make her final choice. Both looked great on her, and neither made her feel “matronly” … which was her main fear of most “Mother of the Bride” outfits that she found.
Here’s what she narrowed it down to:
1) Tadashi tiered dress, Navy
With a Catholic Church ceremony in the works, I guess I’ll have to worry about programs. We were initially going to have a 20 minute reading of vows in the reception tent without needing programs. So, now I’ve got to do programs. I have no idea how to DIY, as we have a laptop and no printer at home. We have that to contend with, and also the information needed in the programs.
The Wedding Guru, Martha Stewart, says this about programs:
A wedding program is a wonderful little extra that shows the bride and groom have truly tended to all the details. The most basic program is straightforward and purposeful. The bride’s and groom’s names act as a title of sorts and are typically followed by the date and location of the wedding. The order of the service, often including titles of readings and songs, helps guests to follow along. And listing the names of the members of the bridal party as well as others who have a role in the wedding enables everybody to put faces to names.
In the case of my non-religious family, I fear the program isn’t going to be an “extra”. And that information, while still helpful, doesn’t really go into detail about what I really need to put in the program. Do I put the whole reading/passage? Do I just need to put the page number, in the book no one knows?
Can anyone help me figure out what to write? Also, how did you do your programs, or are you not doing them?
Create the honeymoon of your dreams.
Friday
full menu and hors d’ouevres tasting at Marie Gabrielle
paper guillotine arrives
toasting flutes are supposedly finally arriving
finalizing linens
attempt to start working on the ring pillow
make decision about all the lighting elements and combinations thereof
Did I mention that my invites came in over a week ago from the printers?! And they look amazing, I’m so excited! But I’ve been racking my brain trying to figure out the best way to enclose them. I’ve been playing around with (and hence, wasting) vellum, and I think I’ve finalized my design. Yahoo!
My invites are 8.5″ x 5.5″ so I ordered 12″ x 12″ vellum from Paperandmore. With my handy dandy paper trimmer, I cut the vellum down to 8.5″ x 12″ and created a faux envelope to house the invite/response card, response envelope, etc. I purchased 100 yards of 5/8″ double face chocolate brown satin ribbon from JKM, and figured I would just tie a bow around the invite, and have a personlized tag with the invitee’s names on it, like so:
With the onslaught of spring in DC, I have been a super motivated bee!
And truth be told, there is another motivator, which is the Cherry Blossom Ten-Miler that Mr. Raspberry and I are running on Sunday. I love to run and have run several marathons. But in the past six months, my running has significantly tapered. I am even a little nervous about the run on Sunday because I have been a lazy lout. I know it will be fine and I will do fine… I’m just guessing that I’m not going to like what the clock says when I reach the finish line. 
I really only started running daily again last week, and I attribute this renewal in my desire to run to the beautiful weather, and the cherry blossoms and tulip trees which are blooming all over the place right now.
I even stepped on the scale today and was excited about the number!
How are you doing with your workout plan, and has spring helped get you motivated to get moving for your wedding?
Eeek, I can’t believe it- We’re married!! And back to reality. Mr. Peach and I are now back in NJ until our honeymoon in early May. It’s still a little hectic, but I wanted to check in with my weddingbee community. So for now, here are 3 teaser pictures for ya.
Next weekend, Mr. Bluebell and I are doing something we should have done a looooong time ago… introducing our parents. While my parents have visited New York a number of times in the four and a half years that we’ve been together, and Mr. Bluebell’s parents live here, my parents almost always bring their (& my too!) black lab who has a bit of separation anxiety. Both my brother and I have been banned from having him in our apartments because he barks so much when we leave him alone! He never ever barks normally, but being alone in a strange place really stresses him out.
Of course, we’ve had a looong time to figure this one out so that’s really just an excuse, and the “real” (unofficial) reason we’ve kept postponing is more likely the language barrier (upcoming Part II of my Parent Introduction Blog Series).
Yikes, just writing poll options is making me nervous!!! But all four parents are really very nice so the worst fear I have is just that there will be lots of awkward silence. Anyone have any tips for making this as seamless as possible? Or any encouraging and/or horror stories to share about your parents’ relationships with each other?
Closure. Since I’ve gotten engaged to Mr. Kiwi, odd things have happened. I’ve lost friends, I’ve made new wedding related friends (Miss Bluebell, and accordingly the other Bees), I’ve become a future aunt… All things that change your life daily.
There are people who come into your lives for different reasons - to show you how to love, to teach you to be more giving, to help you, and to show you heartbreak. These things all have their benefits. Sure, at the time, heartbreak is devastating, how can you go on living? But finally, you learn that you’re better off now. Friends may break your heart and be a friend no longer. Boyfriends (or girlfriends) may love you and then leave.
This is what happened to me many years ago. Although we dated very briefly, we were great friends for seven years before that quick romance. As with many friendships turned romantic, we just weren’t a right match. Unfortunately, our friendship suffered. He blamed me for things I had no hand in. I blamed him for ruining our friendship. When Mr. Kiwi and I got back together, the ex abused me emotionally, completely forgetting the friendship we had before.
We put all of the final touches on the bridesmaid dresses (which we are having made in Thailand) this week, except for the bow/knot for the back.
The final color choice was the same color as this ribbon (it is actually a little darker than the color showing up on my screen)…
and they are going to be similar to this Watters and Watters dress.
So we are debating between these two backs…
In today’s hive:
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Hi there,
I get my hair done at a fantastic salon in NYC, and I’ve been working with the manager there to arrange wedding day hair and makeup for myself, the bridesmaids, the moms and some aunts. However, I just got off the phone with her and she raised her original price from $80 to $100 for hair (no matter what style) and from $75 to $100 for makeup.
They claim it is because they have to open the salon early in order to accommodate us all, and my response to that was, well they are making money that they normally wouldn’t make during normal business hours. And their response to that was that they had to get stylists to agree to come in and be happy about it! I just know that most of the people I am trying to coordinate hair and makeup for are going to be upset about the price. It’s a lot of money!
My question for weddingbee readers is, are you coordinating hair and makeup for everyone? What was the average price? What should I do?
Thanks!
Sarah
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