Wedding Blog

I’ve mentioned before that I’ve written on a personal blog for years. However, I never considered myself a “writer”. My blog was just a way to tell embarrassing stories about myself and share pictures with friends. When I was lucky enough to become a Bee, I opted not to tell anyone (except for close friends and Mr. Martini of course) that I was writing for Weddingbee. For some reason, I felt more comfortable writing for those who don’t know me than for those who do. Also, since I will be writing about every aspect of our wedding, I wanted to keep some of the “mystery” alive for our guests. What fun will it be if all of our guests already know what my dress looks like? Would they think the food was just as good if they knew what they would be eating? Wouldn’t a sake bar be totally cooler if they didn’t know it would be there? Would they still think the hallway of our venue is breathtaking after seeing multiple pictures of it? And the worst of all - what if they secretly hate all my ideas?

My brilliant plan was to keep mum about it until AFTER the wedding, then TA-DA! Announce my entries on Weddingbee to those who might be interested in the process of how everything came to be.

<insert geek moment here> It’s like the 7 books of the Chronic(what!)cles of Narnia. It is probably well known that The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe is the first published of the series and the book that started it all. If you try to buy the books now, you will notice that the first book is listed as The Magician’s Nephew. Chronic-what? But the Magician’s Nephew is supposed to be book six! That is because since 1994, it was decided that the books would be published in chroni(what!)logical order rather than publication order (ok, ok I will stop with the Lazy Sunday reference).

For those that haven’t read the books, The Magician’s Nephew is the book that describes how Narnia and the famous wardrobe was created. Narnia is where the story told in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe takes place. I was upset when I found about the order change, because I truly felt that the books were much better read in the original order. I love the books because I fell in love with Narnia first for what it was, before finding out where it came from. <end geek moment>

I guess I like to think that guests would appreciate the planning process a little more once they saw first how everything came together.

Unfortunately (well actually fortunately for Weddingbee, but unfortunately for me) I was dumb enough to underestimate the power of the popularity of Weddingbee. Almost immediately people started asking if I was Miss Martini. All of a sudden, coworker’s half sister’s cousin’s next door neighbor’s dog walker’s sisters are recognizing me from pictures and mentioning how obsessed with Weddingbee they are and how valuable the Bees are to their wedding planning.

Soon enough, I had beer chugging friends nicknamed “Kaveman” (who likes to bark… as in woof woof, btw) IMing me and saying things like, “yeah… I totally think you should do the purple sash for the reception, champagne sash for the ceremony. And honestly, nobody is going to see your shoes underneath the dress so I wouldn’t worry too much about it being too purple.” I’ve beaten that guy in a chugging contest countless times, and now he’s giving me strangely valuable wedding shoe advice. It was surreal and hilarious!

I guess I got caught on Weddingbee, but it’s okay. I’m having loads of fun, and I really couldn’t have asked for more than the support I’m getting here. It’s only a tad late for Thanksgiving, but I’m truly thankful for Weddingbee!

Are you trying to keep the details of your wedding a surprise for your guests?