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Hello Weddingbee readers! I’ve been reading Weddingbee for quite some time now and could not be more ecstatic to join the team here at Weddingbee.com! I think I’ll start by telling you a little bit about me and the hubby-to-be.

Mr. Chickadee and I are high school sweethearts, of a sort. We started dating at the end of high school, in time for the senior prom, but too late to go to the same college, as we had long since decided on where we’d be going to school. We spent an amazing summer together, but when it ended we headed to opposite edges of the state for college. Thus began our long distance relationship…and four years of getting to know Interstate 74 very well!

In February Mr. Chickadee proposed and the wedding planning officially began. In May we each graduated from our respective colleges, me with a degree in English and him with Mechanical Engineering. Soon after graduating we moved to Peoria, Illinois, an hour away from our hometown of Bloomington and, funnily enough, right in the middle of our two colleges! We had always lived in separate spheres with two separate groups of friends and we’re really enjoying having those worlds collide here in Peoria.

Admittedly, wedding planning has somewhat consumed my life lately. In addition to planning my own wedding I’m helping my older sister finish up all the DIY details of her October 7th wedding. Needless to say, I’ve pretty much taken to traveling with an arsenal of Martha Stewart Wedding magazines!

I can’t wait to share some of my completed projects with you as well as get some great ideas for my upcoming wedding!

And, (because who doesn’t love picture posts?) to end, I’d like to leave you with a couple of pictures:

Mr. Chickadee and I before prom in 2003. He looks nervous doesn’t he?

And Mr. Chickadee and I about a week after getting engaged.