Wedding Blog

Andy: I am unfamiliar with “Cocktail Attire.”  What is that?
Ben: Have you seen the movie “Cocktail?” I believe Tom Cruise prances around in a shirt and his underwear. I’d recommend that.
Mr. Penguin: I assume you dress up as your favorite cocktail. You could probably wear a cherry as a hat and a pink shirt and come as a Shirley Temple.

If you’re at that point where…

Dear Wedding Shoes,

I really hate to say this, because you know how much I love you, but, way back in February I almost cheated on you.

(My Naturalizer Shoes - the pair I bought are pewter)

Hey guys - this is BIL Bee with an update on the new Meet The Bees feature on the front page…

We’ve made a few changes based on your feedback.

• There are now 16 bee icons (instead of just 9).
• We fixed the height of the bee icons, so they match a bit better.
• When you mouse over an icon now, you’ll see what we call a “hover bio”…

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Sometimes wedding inspiration comes from unexpected places. Today I stumbled upon the blog: Wear Palettes. The blogger, a Swiss graphic design student Daniel, takes color palettes from The Sartorialist clothing. This blog is a great place to find unexpected color combos. The best part? The attire selection for your wedding is already halfway completed for you.

I was SO happy to mail my invitations and get them out of here I thought I was going to burst. We finished the invites about a month ago, but getting all of them assembled, numbered (I almost forgot to number the RSVP cards, even after lots of bee advice!), addressed and stamped took awhile!

My mom and my grandmother helped me to put the finishing…

1. One Lucky Day: Prelude to the Bliss by Mrs. Lovebug
2. Cake Porn! by Miss Candy Corn
3. What is it About Weddingbee? by Miss Gingerbread
4. Toss Up by Miss Tiramisu
5. Go Big by Miss Penguin, My Dress is Done! by Miss Hummingbird
6. Oh Yes, the Dress! by Miss Coconut, DIY Menus by Miss Penguin
7. Smash That by Miss Cupcake
8. Another Dress Orgy Brought to You by Yours Truly by Miss Milkshake
9. One Lucky Day Con’t: A Groom Worth a View by Mrs. Lovebug
10. We Got Our…

Thanks for all your kind comments on our iPod disaster, everyone! As long as I mentioned my much-obsessed-over playlists, here they are. If they can help anyone else’s song-choice process, maybe they’ll serve some purpose!

But first a story/tip. By now, most everyone knows the standard music advice like “pay attention to the lyrics” (some seemingly romantic songs are actually quite depressing when you listen to the…

No, this is not a post about hygiene…although more than one bee confessed to not showering enough over the long weekend.  So I’ve been checking the weather religiously to see what was in store for this weekend. 

I’m a little bummed that of all the days for it to rain, that it’s going to rain on Saturday! What’s going on Saturday you ask? It’s my Bridal…

After our first dance, we were served our first course and the toasts began. For a very small wedding we had a number of people speak. All three of our groomsmen (Mr. Onion’s brother, father and best friend) spoke as did two of my bridesmaids and my brother. But these are the things that make a celebration special. No one took too long and it…

Congratulations to BrideDIY for winning yesterday’s Product Body Giveaway!   Remember you can get 10% off anything at Product Body with the code “weddingbee10″ through June 1st!

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Today we’re giving away a gorgeous Pegeen flower girl dress of choice to one lucky winner!  Pegeen’s flower girl dresses are available in an endless number of colors.  To enter this contest, tell us - which of Pegeen’s colors would you choose…

Another one of my Memorial Day weekend trips was taken to Hobby Lobby. I love this store. It seems like every time I walk in there, whatever I’m looking for is 50% off. This trip was no different! I knew that I wanted to put about five picture frames on the guestbook table - two pics from my bridal portraits, and three from our engagement portraits.

Lo…

…Everything was in place. Mr. Lovebug and Melissa had taken up their positions on the steps of the ceremony site. The string quartet was playing the last few bars of Canon. I waited with bated breath for my cue. All I could feel, all I was aware of, was the breeze stirring my skirts.

Only, wait. That breeze sure is…breezy. In fact, that’s not so much…

Today we leave for the wedding!! We are driving up to Old Orchard Beach this afternoon (assuming all goes well), setting up tonight (which is AWWWWESOME because they don’t have a Friday wedding), and then the festivities begin for our thunderstormy wedding tomorrow!!

Thank you all for your help in this process! I always know I can turn to the hive for the toughest questions!! I’ll…

Mr. Peacock’s sister is throwing us a co-ed shower in June and I am so excited! The invites arrived last week and they could not be cuter I love the Mexican theme.

His sister and her husband like to order their Mexican food from a little restaurant down the street from them. It’s really, really good. Hopefully the margaritas will be, too - I’m making them!…

Nothing fancy schmancy but we needed table numbers for the Chinese banquet and wanted one that could give us space to write each guest’s name at each table, stood on its own, and showed the number. But I couldn’t find a simple tri-fold template online that I could use and make easily, so I created my own and it’s shared here for you all!!

I kept…