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There really is nothing like a great shoe:

And, as we all know, the greatest shoes often hurt the most. So, after about 10 minutes of dancing, don’t you just want to kick them off?? But then what, oh what, will you put on your feet? Well, Martha Stewart told me to give them slippers, so, garsh darnit, that’s what I’ll do!

Nothing is more evocative of summer than fruit, and with summer just around the corner, our next batch of characters is going to be tropical and exotic fruits!    

watermelon, coconut, banana, persimmon, avocado, mango, pineapple, pomegranate, and papaya

We have a bunch of bees getting married over the summer months, so we’re looking for a couple of good fruits to join the hive. …

You may recall that I have been on the hunt for cut glass to use as candle holders at our reception. Actually, more specifically, Mr. Cupcake’s mom has graciously been doing most of the hunting — I’ve just been transporting everything to our storage space (a.k.a. Momma Cupcake’s basement) once FMIL Cupcake hands over her magnificent finds during each of our visits to Central PA.…

I’ve always had a passion for flowers. I’ve never taken a course or anything, but I love making flower arrangements so I wanted to try making my own fresh flower bouquets, corsages and boutonnieres for the wedding. I even purchased Martha’s Complete Weddings dvd collection to prepare myself. (Well it was just an excuse to buy it. I wanted it, wedding or no wedding. I’m a…

This weekend was a busy one for the Penguin crew! We drove down to Los Angeles to finally meet our photographer, the ridiculously awesome Sarah K Chen. Southern California has an incredibly talented pool of photographers, and we were so so SO lucky to have snagged Sarah! I had instant friend crush when I met her, and we’re fortunate to have a photographer that not…

Among everything else that I don’t have done in the 5 months til our wedding are bridesmaid dresses. I spent some time on Nordstrom.com last night in the search of the ultimate cocktail dress to function as a bridesmaid dress that isn’t a tube topped, shiny solid blob of color. I love this yellow one. It’s sweet and somewhat retro, it’s yellow….but it’s $498. Now is the time I’m about ready…

After spending about two days in Freak-Out-Ville, I have returned to Reality-Land. I am feeling much better. Thank you for all of your supportive comments! A few things we’ve decided on:

1) I need to forget about the crowds. I knew they would be there–I just hadn’t thought about them being disrespectful or having off-leash dogs. I can handle people taking pictures of us and watching…

Part I

You could say we were pretty ambitious to make our first gocco project the actual invitations…but what can I say, I’m a crazy kinda gal. Luckily, I had amazing help, my super creative bridesmaid, Michelle and my friend, Mona. After months of Michelle emailing me invitation designs she made on Adobe Illustrator, we finally decided on one and met at her apartment one night…

Last summer, I saw an article in Martha Stewart Weddings about cute ways to dress your dog for your wedding day. There is no chance that Lola is well behaved enough to be a part of the wedding itself, but we would like to get a few pictures with her beforehand. There are several collars and leashes made of ribbon in the article, but I…

While we were primping for literally hours at our house about four and a half miles away, Mr. Magnolia and his groomsmen walked around Piedmont Park, toured the Coke Museum, and eventually made their way back to the hotel roughly fifteen minutes before they were due to start taking pictures. Our photographer, Ray, actually sat around at the Four Seasons for a couple of hours, waiting…

God, that title was so lame. I apologize.

I have a couple of dress decisions to make, so I thought I’d put them to a vote.

The first is the sash. For the months that I ogled my dress here,

I pictured it with the sash. And I even bought that exact sash. But once I got it home, I started to get nervous that the sash would…

We’ve already created wiki articles on everything from boudoir pictures to favors to reception music. Now we’re super excited to announce vendor wikis!

Today we’re going to be focusing on venues. You can check out a couple of venue wikis we created here:

• http://vendors.weddingbee.com/Westside_Loft (where I got married and had my reception)
• http://vendors.weddingbee.com/3_West_Club (where Mrs. Snow Pea had her reception)

We’ve even created vendor templates, so it’s super easy…

Part 1
Part 2 

Miss Tiramisu = dedicated new Gocco owner and suddenly a DIY believer!

Armed with my trusty new printer, I researched, planned, designed, and then carefully opened up that pretty orange box and took out the Gocco. My first project was a set of personalized stationery for my Mom’s upcoming birthday. (I know your favorite color is red Mom, but come on, the whole point is…

Another quickie entry.  Michael Norwood and Travis Hoehne, who second shot for him, set the scene nicely.