Wedding Blog

Last night I had a very telling dream. I was in a car with my future in-laws, Mr. Onion and my FBIL’s girlfriend. Mr. Onion’s father was driving, mother in the passenger seat and the rest of us in back. We were on the highway and driving very fast!All of a sudden Mr. Onion’s father got up from the driver’s seat (as if the car…

These were my tiny tokens of appreciation for the lovely ladies who have been such a great part of my life these past years.

- Professional hair and makeup, including tip.

I took off from work early a couple weeks ago to make it to a Trash the Dress bash in Atlantic City.  I drove 2 hours from NYC to meet the group there at 5:00pm, and I got there just in time.  About 11 brides showed up where the famous Mark Eric and Jason Dominguez greeted us. We were taken up into a suite to get changed and ready for the…

We’ve finished up the designs for the table numbers (yay!) and found ourselves some cute pedestals to put the numbers in. 12 verticals and 4 horizontal… just in case! I imagine we’ll need them for something, and I’d rather be better prepared than scrambling to make something out of wire hanger and spray paint the night before.

Part I: Location, location, location! 
Part II: Family Matters
Part III: Get in in writing!

Part IV: All the Best (The Conclusion to the Story)

I was just about to head to bed that night, when my cell phone rang. It was FMIL.

She sounded very excited. It turns out that after she had gotten home from work, she thought some more about what I said. She said that she…

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Martha Stewart was my gateway drug.

I don’t know, she seemed harmless enough. I guess I figured everyone else reads her. The wedding blogs are always showing off her ideas. The local library stocks her wedding how-to videos. Many of the craft tips can be applied in real life — you know, outside the wedding context? — and there are even recipes. Everyone can use new…

I’ve been on the dress hunt for about a month or two. Most places would tell me that I had plenty of time, maybe a couple months to order the dress. But I’d much rather get it done considering there is that 6 month delivery window plus the alteration time I have to allocate.

The funny thing is, I felt as though I was avoiding dress…

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I am a shoe girl, but also hate being in pain. Because I’m a short dress bride and everyone will see my shoes, it was important to me that they were fabulous shoes.

Here are my Cynthia Rowley Shoes that I got on www.zappos.com.

It’s countdown time for me - I have but one month ’til my wedding. Eek! So much to do so little time! My RSVPs had been coming en masse, but now it’s down to a slow trickle and I still have those that we are hounding down. To those that have written a little ditty, or a congrats, or blessings on our RSVPs, I thank…

We’ll be changing the way the beehive works, so please post your questions on our new boards from now on.  Thanks!

In today’s hive:

1. yibba would like to hear the “truth” about guest books from married bees and readers.  How often do you look at it?  Do guests overlook a wish jar more than a traditional guest book?  How much energy should she invest as she’s been to…

This past weekend was INSANE! My bachelorette party was Saturday night with my bridal shower following the very next day. I’ll share my bachelorette party in this post. (Please don’t read this at work. There is a suprise at the end.)

It all started with the invitation that included this poem:

Something saucy or something sexy will get you in the door-
At the Hyatt Place Buckhead and…

The responses have been steadily arriving for our wedding. I’m happy to report that almost everyone has said “yes”!

However, while I’m ecstatic that our friends and family can share in our day, I’m also a bit concerned. I actually budgeted for at least a 10% decline rate from our guests, meaning I invited 200 people with the expectation that 180 would be able to make…

I am so happy to be Miss Caramel! “Caramel” has been sort of a nickname for me since college, so REALLY– I love being Miss Caramel!

I’ll cut right to the chase; I have only about 6 weeks until the big day…. and how have I been feeling? Very relaxed. Strange, right? I was going crazy a few weeks ago, but then I had this sudden wave of…