Weddingbee Blog

Hello, all! I’m Miss Magnolia, the new bee in the neighborhood!

I’m so excited to be a part of this fantastic wedding community! I’ve been reading this site regularly since I got engaged, and I’ve gotten so many great ideas from it – and now I can’t wait to start sharing some of my ideas with you!

So who are the Magnolias? Well, I didn’t start out as a Southerner, believe it or not (I know, it’s blasphemy!). I’ve lived in several east coast states, and I finally settled in Atlanta after college. However, Mr. Magnolia is a native Atlantan, which is tough to find in this city of transplants!

We should have met about 800 times before we actually did. We had at least one class together and lived in the same apartment complex in college, and we lived across the street from one another after we graduated. We also work in the same field and have a similar group of friends. Seriously, how we evaded each other for so long, I’ll never know. We were finally introduced during the summer of 2005, and we started dating very soon after that.

We got engaged on December 1st of last year, and we’re planning an evening wedding for January of 2008. Why January? Let’s just say we have our reasons, the most important being that it’s after college football season, and as every good Southern girl knows, you simply don’t get married during football season (at least, not if you want anyone to show up)!

Planning has been great so far, and we can’t wait to celebrate with our wonderful friends and family on the day we become Mr. and Mrs. Magnolia! Thanks for reading!