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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!
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Weddingbee-opoly!

January 7th, 2008 @ 3:55 pm by Mrs. Bee

I present to you my Secret Santa gift to Mrs. Eggplant - a DIY Weddingbee-opoly!

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I’m not a super diy gal like some of the tremendously talented bees, so please indulge me a little as I tell you about the making of Weddingbee-opoly! happy057

I got the idea when I saw this Make-You-Own-Opoly game kit. But this version is quite different from the original Monopoly (9 spaces on each side instead of 10), and I LOVE Monopoly…. I just couldn’t settle for anything less than the original.  Luckily Mr. Bee found a psd of a Monopoly board online, so I was able to make changes to the template instead of starting from scratch!

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I renamed all the properties after wedding vendors. Starting from Go, they’re: Bakers, Bridesmaid Dress Designers, Invitation Designers, Wedding Dress Designers, Wedding Planners, Florists, Photographers, and Honeymoons. I changed the Railroads to Music - Ipod, String Quartet, DJ, and Band. And the Utilities Electric Company and Water Works became Videography and Lighting Designer.

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Instead of Go To Jail, I changed it to Go To In-Laws and the jail now says Visiting In-Laws. You can see that I put Apertura on the board - a nod to the Eggplants’ wedding photographer!

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Once the board was finished, we printed it at Kinkos - they did an awesome job!  BIL Bee was a huge help with all the formatting because my photoshop skills are severely lacking.

BIL Bee also made the template for the property cards in Excel, so that made filling in the information easy.  You can see a real Monopoly property card in the top left for reference to see that we made it virtually identical.

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I used the existing Chance and Community Chest cards, but because we had renamed all the properties, some of the Chance cards were no longer applicable. You can see a real Chance card at the top and the 6 I made in Excel.

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It was pretty tricky creating a board. I purchased this Tri Fold Foam Presentation Board from Staples thinking I could use the existing fold in the board. But there was no give and the Monopoly sheet wouldn’t lay flat when I glued it down. So I showed the board on beetv to Miss Flamingo and Mrs. Snow Pea who told me there was no way around it except to cut my beloved Monopoly sheet. 8O

But we decided to cut the foam board instead, left a small gap in between the two pieces, and then taped them together with black duct tape. That did the trick! This is the back of the board:

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And here it is with an actual Monopoly game (which I also included).

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I purchased boxes with lids to house the tokens/dice, hotels/houses, property cards, and community chest/chance cards. The only thing I’m really bummed about it is I ordered a pewter eggplant charm that Mrs. Eggplant could use as a token, but it never arrived. sad029

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Here is the board and box all wrapped up and ready to go.

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Both BIL Bee and Mr. Bee helped me a ton, and I couldn’t have finished this project without them.  There were so many stumbling blocks along the way - as if often the case with most diy projects - and I ended up sending my gift a week late! But I was so happy with the end result, it was totally worth it.

I hope you enjoy playing Weddingbee-opoly Mrs. Eggplant! happy057

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42 Responses to “Weddingbee-opoly!”

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Miss Magnolia (message)  252 posts, Helper bee

Oh my goodness! Mrs. Bee, that is fantastic!

 
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Miss Jasmine (message)  1,154 posts, Bumble bee

That is amazing– I’m in awe of all of your skills! What a creative, wonderful gift!!!

 
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Mrs. Bird of Paradise (message)  297 posts, Helper bee

OMG!
you seriously rock!

 
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JCM9608 (message)  545 posts, Busy bee

HOLY BEE CRAP! That looks AMAZING. You may want to consider manufacturing these in bulk. They’d sell :P At least, I’d buy one!

 
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Jessica

WOW!!! I am SO impressed!!

 
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Wendy

WOW!! Love, love LOVE this project! Great job, Mrs Bee!

 
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Jen

Wow! Awesome job, Mrs. Bee! I’d buy one too!

 
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dani (message)  59 posts, Worker bee

I’d totally buy one!!! You did a fantastic job!

 
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Miss Petunia (message)  288 posts, Helper bee

That is UNBELIEVABLE AWESOME!

 
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Miss Petunia (message)  288 posts, Helper bee

That is UNBELIEVABLE AWESOME!

 
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Buckeye (message)  61 posts, Worker bee

How crafty, I think you were seriously underselling your DIY skills!

 
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Miss Petunia (message)  288 posts, Helper bee

Dang it, I wasn’t done with my comment, and it posted twice to boot! I meant to say, UNBELIEVABLY awesome and knowing how much I love Monopoly, I can’t say enough how incredible I think this is. You outdid yourself Mrs. Bee!

 
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beanchar

Wow!! VERY impressive work!

 
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gazella

ohmygosh, how creative! i wish someone would do that for me! i will just have to do this for someone else!

 
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Angel (message)  1,252 posts, Bumble bee

Oh my gosh; this is amazing. Hahaha….Miss Petunia, I thought of you immediately. I would love to own one of these babies (just in case you ever think of making more!)

 
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kELLY

THAT IS AWESOME- you are too much!

 
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Mrs. Eggplant (message)  297 posts, Helper bee

I loved this gift! :)

I think it’s such a coincidence that I got Miss Petunia for the SS gift x/c whom I know is a huge monopoly addict, and Mrs Bee ended up making a Monopoly board for me. :) I searched high and low for a monopoly themed gift for Miss Petunia, but alas, none to be found. I wish I thought of this creative idea!

Thanks again for the gift, Mrs. Bee, Mr. Bee, & BIL Bee! Mr. Eggplant and I love it!

 
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Maple

That is so cool! I love the ‘go to in-laws’ haha!

 
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Mrs. Plumeria (message)  250 posts, Helper bee

I love it!! Great job, Bee!

 
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Miss Canary (message)  636 posts, Busy bee

SO AWESOME. What a great and thoughtful gift. It looks amazing, Bee!

 
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Mrs. Butterscotch (message)  233 posts, Helper bee

so neat! So crafty Mrs Bee!!

 
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Miss Daffodil (message)  561 posts, Busy bee

wow, mrs bee never ceases to amaze!!

 
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LB

whoa mrs. bee! thats amazing!
where did you find the monopoly board template? I think I’d like to try something like this for my friend! And how in the world did you get those property cards so perfect? I’m impressed with BILBee’s Xcel skills!

 
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MissMandy (message)  251 posts, Helper bee

That just BLEW ME AWAY.

Fabu job, Mrs. Bee!

 
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stargazerlily (message)  946 posts, Busy bee

Ah Mah Gorsh! THIS IS SO cool. You Rock!

 
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Miss Petunia (message)  288 posts, Helper bee

LOL Mrs. Eggplant — your gifts for me were AMAZING! I was so humbled that you put in so much effort and that you got me so many things, too! I couldn’t bee happier for you and your Monopoly board - Mrs. Bee and you both ROCK!

 
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Missy Jenn

You should TOTALLY think about patenting it and making it a real product!

 
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jenny

i think this is the best gift of the bunch! bravo!

 
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joyce

i am so jealous of mrs. eggplant for having this!!

 
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Tea

can i come over and play mrs. eggplant?

 
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Miss Lovebug (message)  714 posts, Busy bee

You have GOT to be kidding me. I’m not even going to say anything. I’m just going to stand up and applaud for five minutes straight.

 
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Mrs. Snow Pea (message)  473 posts, Helper bee

Fabuuuulous!

 
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Jennifer

Amazing!!! You did such a great job and you put so much time and effort into this- it looks wonderful!

 
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kim

this is AWESOME! no wonder you’re mrs. bee…! i would buy one too…

 
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Maegan (message)  272 posts, Helper bee

Wow, amazing! So creative, so cute!

 
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Miss Lovebird (message)  693 posts, Busy bee

omg~ Mrs. Bee! That’s amazing!!! Mrs. Eggplant~ you are so lucky!

 
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Miss Flamingo (message)  1,267 posts, Bumble bee

i know… when i first saw it I was like… where can i get me one of those! no wonder it took so much time!

 
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christigpa (message)  172 posts, Blushing bee

Wait, let me pick my jaw up off the floor…THAT IS AWESOME!

Honestly, have you thought about contacting Monopoly (Parker Brothers, I think) about your prototype? That would be such a great shower or fun wedding gift - that is a very marketable gift you have created.

PS - Props to Mr Bee for Exceling it up. I love me my Excel, too!

 
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Tabitha

Whoa, I’m super jealous of Mrs. Eggplant. I want one!!! I love Monopoly and the ‘go to in-laws’ is a good sub for go to jail. lol. Props to you, Mr. and Mrs. Bee and BIL!!

 
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Mrs Tea

that is crazy cool!

 
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Tabitha

Oops, I forgot the ‘Bee’ at the end of BIL. Sorry about that, BILBee!

 
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