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Mrs. Peony, New York Age and Occupation: 27, Marketing Coordinator Fiance's Age and Occupation: 30, QA Engineer Engagement Date: June 28, 2007 Wedding Date: April 18, 2008 Venue: The Fountainhead Blogging Since: August 7, 2007 About Me: Both Mr. Peony and I are huge computer nerds, and our conversations usually consist of the latest gadgets, programming languages, and video games. At the same time, I can also be very girly with an obsession with handbags, makeup, and high heels. And art! I've studied studio art extensively, almost majored in art history, and freelance as a web and graphics designer. Mr. Peony and I are having a ball of a time planning a wedding for 250(!) guests, doing our best to infuse our personalities (geeky chic) with the wishes of our very traditional Asian parents.
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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 stunned016. 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!!!

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Miss Onion, NYC/Burlington, VT Age and Occupation: 26, PR & Marketing and Jazz Singer Fiance's Age and Occupation: 27, Data Analyst Engagement Date: April 2, 2006 Wedding Date: September 2007 Blogging Since: July 11, 2007 Venue: Restaurant in Burlington About Me: I didn't think I'd be "that girl," but I am having so much fun planning our wedding (mostly by myself). I'm a PR and Marketing Director for a major jazz festival and camp by day, and by night, a romantic jazz singer and bride-to-be! I hope all my research can help other brides in their planning.
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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.


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Miss Magnolia, Atlanta Age and Occupation: 28, Public Affairs and Government Relations Fiance's Age and Occupation: 28, Lobbyist Engagement Date: December 1, 2006 Wedding Date: January, 2008 Blogging Since: September 6, 2007 Venue: catherdral ceremony/private club reception About Me: Mr. Magnolia and I are thrilled to be planning an evening, winter wedding for 200 people in Atlanta. We both work in politics and share a love of University of Georgia football, pop culture, and good food! I'm a runner who adores wedding magazines, bad reality television, and a good glass of wine. Most of the time I like to think I'm pretty organized, but between wedding planning, house hunting, and a full-time job, I'm being put to the test!
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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. 

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Mrs. Eggplant, San Francisco Age and Occupation: 28, Human Resources Fiance's Age and Occupation: 24, Associate Marketing Manager Engagement Date: January 19, 2007 Wedding Date: October 20, 2007 Blogging Since: May 31, 2007 Venue: Ceremony at a cement and stained glass cathedral and reception at a boutique hotel ballroom About Me: I'm a shopping junkie who lives to discover great deals and a craft addict that loves to scrapbook and knit. My profile picture was taken on the day I got engaged which is why my smile is so huge!
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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. smiley204 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.  

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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.

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Mrs. Donut, Singapore/Natchez, MS Age and Occupation: 31, Classical Singer Fiance's Age and Occupation: 33, Attorney Engagement Date: January 28, 2007 Wedding Date: May, 2008 Blogging Since: November 27, 2006 Venue: St. Mary Basilica & the historic Eola Hotel, Natchez About Me: I am a displaced Southern belle trying to orchestrate our big day with my sweetie while living in a land far far away. When not planning for our classic Southern celebration, I love to read, travel, explore my artistic side, and bake brownies for Mr. Donut, who happens to love eating them. It works out well.
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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.

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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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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.

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Mrs. Canary, New York Age and Occupation: 24, Marketing Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Journalist/Editor Engagement Date: February 16, 2007 Wedding Date: July, 2008 Blogging Since: October 19, 2007 Venue: Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers About Me: I'm a born and raised New Yorker who loves all things crafty and artsy, food (cheese and dessert!), magazines, and shoes. I'm a power shopper always on the lookout for good deals or great quality-- sometimes I'm lucky and I find both! I love to dance and "shake what my momma gave me" but can also really enjoy a quiet night in with Mr. Canary and a good episode of Seinfeld or curl up with a good book.
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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!

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Mrs. Apple, Dallas Age and Occupation in '07: 28, Entrepreneur Fiance's Age and Occupation: 32, Police Officer Engagement Date: Easter Day 2006 Wedding Date: May 27, 2007 Blogging Since: September 28, 2006 Venue: Marie Gabrielle Restaurant & Gardens About Me: I'm in the midst of trying to plan a "perfectly beautiful" wedding and decorating my new home. It's been exhausting but totally worth every minute of it. Ironically, I was never the type of person to want to get married but now that I'm engaged, I get giddy over anything that is wedding related! I'll try my best to give you all unique and practical ideas.
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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 :)



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Mrs. Toucan, Boston Age and Occupation: 25, Full-time Research Assistant, Part-time Graduate Student Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Actuary Engagement Date: February 18, 2007 Wedding Date: June 7, 2008 Blogging Since: November 07, 2007 Venue: St. Catherine of Genoa, Jin Asian Cuisine Restaurant About Me: I’m a Gemini to the extreme. On one side, I’m a girly girl. I read countless bridal and fashion magazines, and have an obsession with keeping up with the latest Hollywood gossip. On the other side, I’m a sports fanatic. Despite being a full-time bride-to be, full-time research assistant, and part-time student, I’m also a full-time Red Sox fan from spring training to October, and a full-time Patriots fan from mini-camp to February. I devote almost as much time researching my for fantasy football team as researching for our wedding!
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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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Beehive Feature Launched: Aug 31, 2006 About: A forum for readers to post questions and get feedback from the hive, aka the weddingbee community.
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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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Please comment on this thread here.

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