Creating A Wedding Website With iWeb
January 31st, 2008 @ 2:09 pm by Mrs. Cupcake
Although I am a graphic designer, I focused on print design in college and never took any classes in web design. I missed the boat when it comes to html, Flash, Dreamweaver, etc. I’ve been wanting to learn, but haven’t exactly gotten around to it.
When it came to creating a wedding website, I knew that this was something I wanted Mr. Cupcake and I to have, but I didn’t know where to begin. I wanted something more than what The Knot has to offer, but I wasn’t thrilled with all of the template options out there. Either the designs weren’t customizable enough or representative of my taste, or the prices were ridiculous. The main purpose of having a wedding website was to be a source of information for our guests, but was it too much to ask to have it look cute without putting a dent in my bank account? I knew I could put something together on my own, I just had to figure out how.
Enter iWeb. (Insert the sound of angels singing.) This handy Mac program was included with my MacBook Pro, and it is as fool-proof as they come. It took me a few evenings of tinkering with the features and pre-made templates to figure out how to create my own design template, but once I did it was super simple. Below is the step-by-step of how I did it, and hopefully it will help some of you create your own fabulous wedding website!
Where In The World Is Shortcake San Diego? FINAL QUEST
January 31st, 2008 @ 1:39 pm by Mrs. Shortcake
*Hit it, Rockapella!*
Well she’s gone around the world
and you’ve done your best to find her
You’ve tracked her tracks in London
all the way to ancient Greece
You’ve solved a lot of clues
to put in your wedding binder
but tell me, WHERE IN THE WORLD IS SHORTCAKE SANDIEGO?
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What To Dress A Bunch Of Sexay Ladies???
January 31st, 2008 @ 1:06 pm by Mrs. Cherry Blossom
Shopping for bridesmaids’ dress = 
My BMs and I had shot around a few different ideas from pictures I gather online, but really I had no set dress. My biggest concerns:
- Would/Should I buy two different dresses? One for first day, one for the second?
- What look am I going for?
- What style do I want?
- Should each of the gals wear the same dress?
- Long or short? If short, then we’d have to shop for matching shoes possibly?
- Comfort for my gals
The list of questions boggled me blarghiness. The only things we went in with were a long dress and every gal wearing the same one. Other than that, I wanted to keep an open mind to everything that fit in that category and what was available at the store to see which worked best and most comfortably for all the chicas.
More, More, More…
January 31st, 2008 @ 12:39 pm by Mrs. Canary
I have a huge sweet tooth but funny thing is, I don’t like cold sweets very much because I have very sensitive teeth. But all of that went out the door when I encountered Bubbies mochi ice cream at a food trade show last year. Mochi is originally a Japanese creation of a sticky, glutinous rice shell with some sort of sweet paste filling (usually red bean or green bean) but in this case, the filling is delectable ice cream!
Picture Perfect
January 31st, 2008 @ 11:56 am by Mrs. Hydrangea
Photography was one of the most important things for us when we started wedding planning. I wasn’t really sure about having a videographer at our wedding, but having amazing photos that we could look at forever was a top priority.
My first meeting was with the photographer that my wedding coordinators recommended, Andrea Polito. Her pictures on her site are beautiful, but I was a little apprehensive as to whether or not she was as photojournalistic and artsy as I wanted for our wedding. She also happens to be a popular photographer in the area, and, while her reputation is great, I thought I might want a photographer that was a little less known (I guess that’s my wanting to be different kicking in).
I was excited to sit down and meet with her, look at more pictures and get a better idea of who she is. To me, half the battle is finding a personality that meshes with your own. I tend to know exactly what I want out of things, and whomever my photographer would end up being, they had a large task at hand because photos rank up there with some of the most important aspects of our wedding…like, the groom. Just kidding about that last part, but the photos are extremely important to me!
Red Carpet Inspiration
January 31st, 2008 @ 11:28 am by Mrs. Radish
If you caught the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday night you probably noticed some stunning gowns, along with all the beautiful hair and makeup that Mrs. Butterscotch blogged about. I thought some of these dresses could provide great inspiration for anyone out there thinking of having a custom wedding gown made.
My choice for best dressed at the SAGs is definitely French starlet Marion Cotillard in this absolutely breathtaking gown from Nina Ricci. Wouldn’t it make a fabulous wedding dress in white or ivory? Or maybe even in grey for the less traditional bride. It’s so romantic and dreamy and would be flattering on many body types. I also love her hair and makeup. Very understated and natural.
The Little Post That Could
January 31st, 2008 @ 11:02 am by Mrs. Bubblegum
Miss Bubblegum has officially hit a wall. In fact, she hit it so hard that she began referring to herself in the third person.
I’ve heard other bees talk about their encounters with said wall. And I thought, “no, it won’t happen to me. I don’t even like walls. I’ll just stay outside all day and avoid them altogether.”
… But the walls are everywhere … *dun dun dun*
Weight-loss Plan For The OSB
January 31st, 2008 @ 10:32 am by Mrs. Cupcake
…..Ya know, the OSB: Over-Scheduled Bride.Yesterday, I ventured to the gym for the first time in about *cough, cough, static* months. What’s that? You didn’t hear me? Well, let’s just say that the packed gym bag that has been living in my car all this time had a magazine in it which I had planned to read on the elliptical….. so when I finally got to the gym yesterday, I found myself reading about Thanksgiving dinner tips in late January.
Yup, it’s been a while.
It’s not that I’m lazy. It’s that I’ve been so. damn. busy. that it’s really hard to find time to get there. I know it’s the classic excuse, but balancing a new job with wedding planning and trying to keep somewhat sane and connected with my loved ones has proven to be really, really hard. Getting to the gym isn’t always the first thing on my list of things to do with my spare time. (Ha, sorry, I just hallucinated a little bit there and implied that I have spare time!)
Sarah. She’s So Hot Right Now. Sarah.
January 31st, 2008 @ 9:25 am by Mrs. Penguin
As promised, our new photographer. Try not to wet yourself like I did when first seeing her work. Her name is Sarah K. Chen and she’s out of Southern California. To be honest, I would have flown her out from Abu Dhabi if that’s where she was based. I’m so excited, and so grateful that you all convinced me to go with my heart! I’m feelin’ the Weddingbee love right now. WAH PSHHHH!
All photos used with permission from Sarah K. Chen’s blog
Wedding Fever In Kitsilano
January 31st, 2008 @ 8:32 am by Mrs. Milkshake
This summer I stumbled upon a small, unassuming bridal shop called Vancouver Bridals that I believe still bore the signage of the previous clothing boutique and was not technically open at the time. It looks like the Macdonald and Broadway area of Kitsilano is slowly getting wedding fever - there’s another bridal shop that opened up across the street, Bride to Be, and along with cupcakes, the sleek new flower shop a block down, the long-time floral fixtures of the neighbourhood and Frocks up the road at Arbutus - it’s certainly becoming a bit of a bridal frenzy.
A courteous Asian man named Billy Bi was happy to have me browse around at their samples, and then I realized with much glee that he would soon be stocking Simone Carvalli which isn’t carried anywhere in the northwest nevermind Seattle and Vancouver.
