My Dream Vacation
November 30th, 2007 @ 5:17 pm by Mrs. Peony
Ever since my parents graciously offered to help pay for our honeymoon, I had been talking with various travel agencies. In addition, I exchanged several emails with Weddingbee reader Alys who gave us so much great information and recommendations (thank you!).
Because I had been dreaming of this vacation for so long, I really wanted to visit at least three islands, which meant at least a week-long trip. With the weak dollar and rising fuel costs, it was a bit tough. A couple of travel agencies flat out told me that they couldn’t work with our budget and suggested other places. There were some that completely ignored the budget and presented us with itineraries that were $2,000 more 
. To be honest, I was really surprised that so many agencies would ignore our parameters regarding the budget, length of stay, hotels, etc….. how do they stay in business?
In the end, we decided to go with Homeric Tours who not only created a custom itinerary for just slightly under our budget, but also met each and every one of our requests.
Here’s my dream honeymoon!!!
Snapfish Photo Cards Are Here!
November 30th, 2007 @ 5:00 pm by Mrs. Onion
I posted on Wednesday when I ordered our holiday greeting cards from Snapfish.com. They arrived in 2 days even though they said it would take 5-7 business days. I’ll be addressing them tomorrow so I can start spreading the holiday “joy” asap! Here they are:
Valid only until tomorrow, December 1st, 30% off orders of $30 or more. Just enter coupon code: AFFORDER30.
Ta Da!
November 30th, 2007 @ 4:48 pm by Mrs. Magnolia
Here they are! The Magnolia Invitations!
They went out in the mail the Monday before Thanksgiving, and we actually had two responses when we got home on Friday, which was so very exciting! The response cards have continued to roll in since then, and checking the mail has become Mr. Magnolia’s favorite part of the day. It’s very cute, really — he calls me every afternoon with an RSVP update!
Our invitations were created by the lovely Lisa Hladish of Paper Daisies. Lisa is a former art teacher who got into the invitation design business after she wasn’t particularly happy with anything that she found for her own wedding. At our first meeting, I showed her pictures of inviations that I liked, and I told her all about my obsession with all things paisley, and she ultimately presented me with two different options - a modified pocketfold, and a 4×9. I loved both equally, so we left the final decision up to the Mr., who selected the 4×9.
Get With The Program
November 30th, 2007 @ 4:22 pm by Mrs. Eggplant
Many people instructed me to make half as many wedding programs as guests. They were absolutely right. I had 180 guests at the wedding and I crafted 110 wedding programs, yet still ended up with a handful left over. I remember right before I walked down the aisle, I passed by my basket of wedding programs and saw that it was still half full, which made me very sad. All that hard work and no takers. 
Well, people must have taken them home as keepsakes after the ceremony was over because when our coordinator gave us back our supplies, there were only five programs left!
The process of making our programs was so fun! I edited the graphics in Adobe Illustrator and used InDesign for the page layout, which made everything a breeze. Our family and bridal party all got involved and it was truly a labor of love.
Here, our friends are lovingly helping us assemble everything during the week before the wedding. That’s my dad’s guitar on the right. He loves playing and collecting guitars. I think he has six in his collection so far.
Oh, The Places You’ll Go!
November 30th, 2007 @ 3:52 pm by Mrs. Donut
The Boy and I are lucky enough to do a lot of traveling. In the past year we’ve been to Shanghai, Japan, Bali, and Beijing, and we’re always asked if we’re on our honeymoon. Well, we like to think that we’re living the honeymoon and we plan to keep it that way. So, we’ve decided not to go on an actual official honeymoon after our May celebration, opting instead to spend that time with family before moving to probably somewhere in Europe.
From time to time we do stumble on places we would like to go and we bookmark them on a special Travel Wish List. One of the places on that list is Turkey. The Boy spent time in Turkey as a child, and his great great grandfather spent a long time there as a missionary, so it would be a kind of family pilgrimage. Plus I am a huge history, well, nerd, so I would love to see Istanbul. But what we’re both really drawn to is Cappadocia.
Millions of years ago volcanoes created this amazing landscape, and since biblical times the people who settled there have carved their homes and communities from the volcanic rock.
Love Story
November 30th, 2007 @ 3:26 pm by Mrs. Hummingbird
I have to admit, I’ve been a bad Bee and have let myself get distracted by the new Weddingbee chat feature instead of writing posts (bad Miss Hummingbird!).
Anyway, I’ll have more wedding stuff to write about next week, but for now, since it’s Friday and Fridays are for fun stuff, I would like to share one of my favourite love stories - My grandparents’!
It was 1944 in Quebec and my grandmother June was one of nine children, seven of them girls. It was a big thing to have dances at a community hall back then, so everyone got dolled up and headed out for a night of fun and dancing. Legally, you were supposed to be 16 years old to attend the dances, but since all of her sisters were going, my grandmother (who was a month or so out from being the right age) slipped in with the rest of the Holloway girls for the night.
Lovely Saja
November 30th, 2007 @ 3:00 pm by Mrs. Canary
It wasn’t until I lived in other cities did I realize that I took New York shopping for granted. Don’t get me wrong, shopping in other cities is definitely great, but (I’m biased here) nothing compares to the varied street vendors, small boutiques, and big department stores of New York. Though I have to admit, I still pine for a Nordstrom’s within city limits. But I digress… I found one of my favorite stores this past summer by just strolling through the small side streets of Soho.
Saja is a great little shop in Soho/Nolita that has the most beautiful dresses. I seriously want to buy every piece when I’m there. The staff there is also very attentive and helpful. The dresses change seasonally and they rarely carry back stock, but the great thing is that they do make bridesmaid dresses. Though I have to warn you that the colors are limited (depending on the season you may only get dark or light colors) and the production cycles are very tight (you have to order within a deadline to get certain styles and colors). But aside from that, the dresses are just to die for!
My Wedding Video Clip Part II
November 30th, 2007 @ 2:37 pm by Mrs. Apple
Warning: I look pretty serious in the first part of the clip but I think I begin to relax a little later into the ceremony. Haha 
Pics of Running of the Brides and the DRESS!
November 30th, 2007 @ 2:06 pm by Mrs. Toucan
Back in June, my team (who I am so grateful for) got up at 3:30 in the morning to trek down to Filene’s Basement for the last Boston Running of the Brides for a couple of years. We got there around 3:50am, and were the 5th group in line! Even with so little sleep, we managed to be excited and enthusiastic, as evidenced by this picture:
from the Boston.com.
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Hot Thread: Top Three
November 30th, 2007 @ 2:01 pm by Beehive
Just curious: what are the top three things you notice at weddings as a guest?
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