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You have got to check out this FREE, yes FREE, workshop that Paper Source offers once a year. Check out the one I visited last year!
Complimentary Creative Wedding Demos
February 21, 2009
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We invite you to join us for an afternoon of complimentary demos, make-and-takes and inspiration for your big day!
11:30 am - Announcing the Big Day
12:45 pm - Inspired Invitations
2:00 pm - Tasteful Tabletop Décor
No matter what your style or budget, Paper Source can help you achieve a wedding invitation & stationery suite that reflects your sense of beauty, creativity and personal expression.
Whether you’re looking for classic whites, elegance with a twist, romantic flourishes, or a fresh modern look, we’ve got the materials and inspiration to help you do something creative for your big day!
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Okay, so I will completely admit that many documents and designs are so much easier with Photoshop, but I’m simply not willing to shell out the money for a program I’ll use a few times. I’ve searched and searched the Microsoft Word functions, and I didn’t see anything that would let me do circular text. I called my brother, who told me to check Avery.com for some free software. It was seriously SO easy, I had to share.
Reader marleygirl is selling 2 directional antique wood wedding signs and one sandwich board sign. They are available for pick up only in the Santa Clarita Valley. She is offering all 3 items for $50.
Have a wedding item for sale? Post it with pictures in the Weddingbee classifieds and you might see it featured on the blog!
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I can understand why some couples don’t want to include children on their guest lists. Kids are unpredictable. They scream, run, cry, talk when they shouldn’t, and might dig their little nose-picking fingers into the icing on your wedding cake while it’s on display. (I seriously saw this happen at a wedding a few years ago.)
Potential disasters aside, kids will be invited to our wedding. I love kids! Children are just as much a part of the family as anyone else and I couldn’t imagine having a celebration without them. I’m really only drawing the line with children of co-workers. Pretty much everyone else who has small children, regardless of whether they are family or friends, will have the option of bringing their kids along.
When I was a kid, I loved going to weddings. I have a lot of older cousins who were getting married when I was little (I even landed a flower girl gig for one of them) and there was always something magical about seeing the bride and groom all dressed up, smiling and celebrating.
But no matter how magical parts of the wedding can be, a lot of it can be pretty boring for the youngsters. Ceremonies are the worst.
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For 3 months until we moved to England, Mr.D’orsay and I lived with my parents.
For the next 6 months, Mr.D’orsay and I will be living with his mother and brother.
Living with our respective families certainly has both its positives and negatives. Though in our opinion, we experience mostly positives! We’ve saved so much money (or really, saved the money we needed to spend on plane tickets) and had the opportunity to really bond with our families as a couple. Mr.D’orsay has had so many nice chats with my parents and I’d often come home to find Mr.D’orsay and my dad hanging out. My parents have really gotten to know him, which I think is even more important since they didn’t have the longest time to get to know him before we became engaged.
I’m not going to lie to you guys; for all the positives of living with parents, there are a few negatives as well.
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Forgive me if this has been touched on before, but as the title states, I’m in a pickle!
I have a good relationship with both my dad and my step-dad, so I am worried about who will walk me down the aisle. When I started wedding planning, I talked with my step-dad about it, and he was nice about it and said that I should walk down the aisle with my real dad and that he didn’t have to have a father-daughter dance either as long as I saved a dance for him at the reception.
I don’t like the idea of splitting the aisle, and I have always been independent, so I don’t really have to have anyone “give” me away, but then that takes me to the father daughter dance. I don’t want to split that either, but do I make the crowd wait through two? Who goes first?
Of course I will dance with him at the reception regardless… is there any other way I can do something special for him that I don’t know about?
All input is appreciated! What would/did you guys do in this situation?
LLauRRa
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Dear LLauRRa,
What did your step-dad mean when he said you should save him a dance at the reception? He might not have meant that he wanted a formal dance with you, just a dance. In which case, you might be off the hook.
But if you’re wanting to recognize them both formally anyway, then go ahead and have two formal dances. Just pick short songs, or maybe have the DJ fade between two. I would dance with your biological dad first.
If you want it to be not so obvious you are changing out your partners, your fiance could switch partners too.
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Create the honeymoon of your dreams.
(*I love you, Billy… but let’s not get too carried away here!)
It wasn’t until I started stalking wedding blogs that tablescaping even crossed my mind. I am now obsessed. Obsessed! Like most weddings I’ve been to, I figured we’d just have your typical white linens, plates, floral centerpiece, and voila! The table would be set. Oh, how very, very wrong I was.
Our resort’s receptions are white. White, white, white. And I can’t. stand. it.
How I long for pops of color or prints!
I love Art Deco. It’s that intersection between classic and modern… and the perfect inspiration for a modern vintage wedding! So I feel very fortunate to acquire from Mr. P’s mother (an antiques dealer) the most GORGEOUS and unusual pair of authentic Art Deco (c. late 1920s) silver and marcasite earrings. They’re huge (almost three inches long), yet still understated. I love them so much because they’re so one-of-a-kind. I’ll reveal them at the wedding. But here is a similar pair (mine does not have rubies, though, and are more spade-like… in fact, they’re not all that similar, but you get the picture):
Two new bees in one day? Wa-wa-wee-wa! The hive is alive! Please join me in wishing a warm welcome to our first baby animals to join the hive… Miss Kitten and Miss Piglet!
Miss Kitten, Austin/Grand Cayman
Age & Occupation: 25, Law Student
Fiance’s Age & Occupation: 27, Dental Student
Engagement Date: October 19, 2006
Wedding Date: April 2009
Venue: The Grand Old House, Grand Cayman
About Me: In 2009 I will get married (after a two and a half year engagement!), become an Army wife, graduate from law school, take the bar, move from Austin to Washington, D.C., and start my career as a lawyer! With all this going on, Mr. Kitten and I decided to have a tropical, “stress-free” destination wedding. Nevertheless, my micromanaging, detail-oriented, perfectionist side has prevailed–I am currently obsessed with every last detail of my “stress-free” destination wedding! But most of all, I’m beyond excited to become Mrs. Kitten on a fabulous Caribbean vacation surrounded by my friends and family!
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Miss Piglet, Virginia/Oahu
Age and Occupation: 28, Consultant
Fiance’s Age and Occupation: 29, Entrepreneur/Fashion Apparel Wholesale Importer
Engagement Date: June 22, 2008
Wedding Date: August 2009
Venue: Ceremony at the Lanikuhonua Phase II private estate, reception at a historic hotel in Waikiki
About Me: I’m an East Coast gal with intense road rage and an addiction to romantic comedies, fast food, gadgets, Korean BBQ, and my wiener dog George aka Georgia May. I carry mustard packets in my purse and I love perusing the aisles at discount stores. A self proclaimed shopaholic, I impulsively buy electronics, software, and craft tools; none of which I know how to use. I’m excited to dust these babies off and immerse myself in DIY projects galore in preparation for our DW in paradise!
Okay. So. Ahh… (digging her toe in the dirt). There’s, um, something I have to tell you.
It’s actually not a big deal.
Well, it sorta is. Actually, it wasn’t supposed to be a big deal, then it sort of turned into a sort of deal, more a medium deal than a big one, though. To us, anyway.
Mr Breezy and I were “officially” married a month before we left for Punta Cana.
Yep. One day in early October, Mr Breezy called his mom and said, “Hey Ma, whatcha doin’ tomorrow?… Is it ok if we get married at your house?”
So that day, straight after work, we went to Mr Breezy’s parents’ house and got married. (I will forever remember that it was a Tuesday because when I suggested Thursday, Mr Breezy said, “I can’t get married on Thursday - Smallville’s on.”)
I’m not sure if you noticed or not, but I’ve never posted about any reception details, mainly because I don’t have any reception details to blog about. In lieu of a traditional reception, we’re taking our guests to a luau for dinner instead. This means no hiring of a DJ, no linens, no centerpieces, no caterer, no menus, no cake, which equals no stress. Instead, we’re paying a flat fee per guest for a delicious Hawaiian menu, drinks, and fabulous hula dancers as entertainment.
I haven’t had an official dress fitting yet, but there’s a bit of an issue with the hem, so I went to try it on again last week. This time, I remembered to bring an item that, out of excitement, I forgot last time.
Mr. Taffy, No Peeking!!! Nothing to see here.
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This post by Becker has me thinking, “Will my wedding day look stand the test of time?”
All of these brides are ridiculously beautiful but you can definitely tell some of them are brides of the 90s by looking at their photos.
This contest is closed! Congratulations to the winner driftslikesmoke!
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Colin Cowie, design extraordinaire and new host of the television show Get Married, has just released his latest book: Wedding Chic: 1001 Ideas for Every Moment You Celebrate. It’s chock full of wedding planning tips and gorgeous pictures, and of course we’re giving away a copy to one Weddingbee reader! To enter, please click on over to the boards and simply comment on this thread.
Be sure to also check out Colin’s videos for inspirational tips on how to have an extraordinary wedding!
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