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Mrs. Hummingbird, Toronto Age and Occupation: 25, Publishing Coordinator Fiance's Age and Occupation: 24, Videogame Designer/Cartoonist Engagement Date: May 4, 2007 Wedding Date: June 28, 2008 Blogging Since: September 18, 2007 Venue: A garden wedding followed by a tented reception on Mr. Hummingbird's father's property. About Me: I’m a pop culture loving, vintage obsessed foodie living in Canada’s biggest city with my fantastic fiancé and our lovable fluffy cat Bettie. I’m stoked to marry my best friend and to throw what I hope will be the most fun and colourful party of our lives.
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The New Bird In Town…

September 17th, 2007 @ 4:00 pm by Mrs. Hummingbird

Hey everybody! 

First of all, I just want to say thanks to Mrs. Bee and the rest of the WB team, for not only inviting me to join the fold, but for all their hard work on the site. When I first got engaged back in May, the idea of putting together something as big as a wedding was incredibly daunting, but the site has really helped me get motivated and excited to start planning.

So, a little about me. As I mentioned, when we first got engaged, I kind of found myself at a bit of a loss in that I was never one of those girls who had their wedding planned out from birth. In fact, for a good number of years, I didn’t really think getting married was in the cards for me. I dated a lot in college, but the relationships I had were never very serious or very good. In my late teens/early twenties, I went through a whole phase of liking people who were wildly inappropriate for me and then thinking I could somehow magically change them. As anyone who has ever done this before knows, it’s nothing but bad news. Believing you can somehow transform your punk rock chain smoking bartender boyfriend into someone you can settle down with is pretty much guaranteed to result in emotional devastation.

After a couple of years of this, and after two particularly bad breakups in a row, I felt like I’d had enough. It was time to take a break from the dating scene and just focus on work and hanging out with my friends (who, incidentally, are mostly guys) and forget about having a love life for a while.

Naturally, about a week after embarking on The Great Man Fast of 2004, I met Mr. Hummingbird. I’ll get into the details of our first meeting in a subsequent post, but needless to say, fate works in mysterious ways, since here I am, your brand new Miss Hummingbird. smiley1

As a side note, I have to admit, I was originally coveting both the titles of Miss Gardenia or Miss Penguin (Hi Miss Penguin!), but after a bit of thought, I went with Miss Hummingbird for three reasons:

1) The site where we plan to get married is the place where I saw my very first Hummingbird ever;
2) Mr. Hummingbird says I’m always flitting around, trying to spread joy to people;
3) He also teases me that I am completely reliant on sugar to live. LOL.

Anyway, I’m really looking forward to posting here and getting to know my way around the hive, but for the time being, I want to know about you, the awesome audience of people who frequent this site. Who is reading this post? Where are you from? When are you getting married? Drop me a line and let’s get acquainted! smiley5

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19 Responses to “The New Bird In Town…”

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Mrs Lily

Welcome, Miss Hummingbird!

 
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Miss Kiwi (message)  384 posts, Helper bee

Welcome! I am Miss Kiwi, super cool greenish brown fruit (and/or creepy stub-winged bird), and the hive is aweomse!

Can’t wait to hear more!

 
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Jo

I’m Jo and I’m living in Wellington, NZ but originally from the UK. I’m getting married in Feb 08 here to my Kiwi.

 
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Mrs. Butterscotch (message)  233 posts, Helper bee

Hi Miss Hummingbird! Glad to have you here!

 
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stargazerlily (message)  946 posts, Busy bee

Hi Hi Miss Hummingbird, Miss Penguin here giving you a big warm welcome! I cant wait to hear about your wedding (and about how you guys met!!!)

 
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AOEBuckeye

Welcome Miss Hummingbird :-)

I’m Erika, I live in Atlanta, GA and I’m getting married to my college sweetheart a year from Thursday (yay!).

I can’t wait to read about your garden wedding!!

 
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Glamour This! by Kelly

Welcome miss hummingbird! Nice to have a canadian bride!
Im from Montreal! ;)
Happy planning!

 
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tetleytee

Hi Miss Hummingbird! I’m Tee, and I’m so excited to see a Toronto bride here, as that’s where I’m planning to have my wedding two years from now! I look forward to hearing all your stories!

 
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Michelle

I’m Michelle in Sacramento and I am getting married on the ever so popular June 7, 2008. Can’t wait to hear about all the fun details of your wedding!

 
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Tara

Hello Miss Hummingbird! I’m Tara - from Atlanta - getting married on June 21, 2008. Love getting new bees — they all bring such wonderful ideas for me!!!

 
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Miss Chickadee (message)  208 posts, Helper bee

Welcome Miss Chickadee! Can’t wait to hear all about your wedding!

 
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Busylizzy

Hi Miss Hummingbird!
wow, thats my first comment on this site…. but you asked so nicely… I´m from Germany! But not engaged yet (mmmmh…Mr Busylizzy? Dou you have a minute?…no, just kidding!).
Love reading about all this great DIY things you girls come up with - I´m more on the, äh, not that talented side. :o))))

 
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Lizzie

Hi Miss Hummingbird,

I’m Lizzie, I’m getting married next October in Albany, NY. I grew up there, but live in Boston now, so I’m struggling with semi long distance planning.

 
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Cindy

Welcome! So glad to see your first official post! congrats again!

i’m HOPEFULLY getting married next august in the Los Angeles area and originally from northern california.

 
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My

Welcome Miss Hummingbird…

 
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Sara

Hi Miss Hummingbird! I’m Sara…I’m getting married next August in San Francisco.

 
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J

hey, just married in july in the caribbean. your bird is my favorite actually. i dont know.. i love them in real life and i dont like the overly cutsy look of most of the birds. i think the hummingbird is a fly! welcome– looking forward to getting to know you :)

 
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Beth

Hi Miss Hummingbird! I’m from Chicago, and also got engaged in May. We are getting married in 8 months - May 17, 2008!

 
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annie

hi Miss Hummingbird, I am curious if you have already orderes invitations? I think I can help out with those,
Annie

 


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