Mrs. Bee, New York
Age and Occupation: 29, Weddingbee Publisher
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 33, Internet
Engagement Date: May 7, 2004
Wedding Date: March 5, 2005
Venue: Westside Loft, New York
About Me: Yes, my name really is Bee! I love my blogging, wikis, and tabasco sauce!
Weddingbee Secret Santa
December 25th, 2007 @ 3:00 pm by Mrs. Bee
This year, 47 past and present weddingbees participated in a Secret Santa exchange! Confession: I’m actually sending out my Secret Santa gift tomorrow! But it was a ginormous diy project, so hopefully my Secret Santa will forgive me when she sees what it is. 
With a budget of only $20, here’s a peek at some of the wonderfully creative gifts the bees sent!
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To have and to hold orbs and bird salt/pepper shakers from Scarlett Alley.
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Custom handmade zipper bag with matching thread inside from Etsy.
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Mini piggy bank and super strong magnets from the Container Store (Coincidentally, it’s the very same piggy bank Mrs. Corn loved and bought for her nephew, and the magnets she decided not to splurge on!)
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Two sets of personalized stationery, stamp, green ribbon and peppermint candy.
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DIY decoupage frame, customized note cards, and initial stamp.
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A vanilla bean extract infusion kit (fill with vodka or rum to make vanilla extract), hand-knit fingerless mittens, and votive holders with a pink damask theme throughout.
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DIY flower pin w/ feathers and wine covers (Miss Dahlia loves red and wine!).
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Scarf and a recipe (Mrs. Tomato is a foodie)!
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3 Pendants from Etsy.
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Custom note cards with Miss Lovebird’s married name.
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Homemade hot cocoa and diy recycled magazine coasters with 2 mugs.
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DIY album with pictures from Mrs. Plum’s wedding, and diy covered altoid tin with candies.
We had so much fun that we hope to plan a wedding themed swap for readers in the coming year. Feel free to comment with swap suggestions/themes if you have any!
Happy Holidays everyone!
19 Responses to “Weddingbee Secret Santa”
all of the bees are so creative!! such wonderful gifts. 
wow! such great gifts!!! i REALLY want those to have and to hold orbs from scarlett alley. i can’t find them on the website though! does anyone know where they are hiding?
m&M - unfortunately they’re sold out, and i don’t think if they’re going to be made anymore. 
Holy smokes! Everyone had awesome gifts!
so this was what you all were talking about on the chat. the gifts all look fabulous! i can’t believe there has been THAT many bees!
This is so nice!!! All the bees are so creative
I feel so un-creative - I just gave a gift card rather than making some crafty goodness like everyone else
Aww, everyone was so crafty! I’m a slacker =P
makes me feel so uncrafty!
Miss Toucan - when you return from Hong Kong I’d love the ‘recipe’ for those DIY recycled magazine coasters
Great gifts by all the bees!
Can you please provide a link to the bluebird salt/pepper shakers? I hope they aren’t discontinued like the “to have & to hold” orbs! I can’t find them on the Web site…
Nicole,
I found the salt/pepper shakers from a local boutique called Happy Go Lucky. I’m not sure but I think they are sold somewhere online. Mrs. Bee is right, there were only a handful of orbs left and I happen to pick up one of the last. The guy who handpaints the orbs decided to discontinue them. I think he’s still creating a few orbs, contact Scarlett Alley by e-mail and they’ll give you an update on the orbs.
Hope this helps!
hee hee, I’m so glad people liked my gift as much as I did! They are SO adorable! I thought I was supposed to take a picture of the gift we received, so hmm, uh oh.
Wow, you ladies have amazing taste!
Mrs Spider/Miss Dahlia: I just saw those wine bottle covers online yesterday night and thought they would be super-cute to put on the wine each table. Are they decent quality?
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