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I hope you all will forgive my absence, but it has been a rather emotional and stressful month. However, you readers have been so great to me that I feel you deserve some sort of explanation.
Soon after the New Year, Mr. Fondue expressed some concerns with our relationship. He had been acting moody, which I thought was due to holiday stress at his job plus quitting smoking, but, as it turns out, was mostly due to wondering if we were doing the right thing by getting married.
I don’t want to bore you with all the details, but we had a long, drawn out, emotional talk until 4:00 AM one night. He felt our relationship was stagnant and predictable; he said he grows more bored with it every day and misses the excitement of dating. He feels that, while he loves me and doesn’t want to hurt me, he would eventually end up cheating on me. You can imagine my shock and heartbreak—being told by your fiance that he’s not sure he wants to marry you because he knows you too well and doesn’t feel he is mature enough—is not something I would want anyone to go through.
I immediately made an appointment for counseling.
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I’ve been waiting to post these until I had made sure each bridesmaid received her card. I still have a few left but I couldn’t wait any longer.
To make the cards I used my Cricut that I received from Mr. Ducky for my birthday. I love my Cricut! While the cards were rather labor intensive because I individually did each letter and shape, I’m happy with how they all turned out. I made each card a little different, adjusting the colors and fonts to the personalities of each bridesmaid. I wanted to give each girl something special that involved a picture of us together.
I have 2 Maids of Honor! Yes, a little unusual, but let me explain my thinking.
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Reader JacklynLevine is selling her Vera Wang Luxe wedding gown. It is style “Whitney”, and is a pinched sweetheart modified A-line gown with a lace-applique bodice. It includes a taffeta waist sash and crystal brooch. It was purchased at Saks and has never been worn. She is asking for $9500.
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While the ladies started primping and preening as only girls can do before a wedding, the guys took their sweet time savoring their breakfast, lounging in their pajamas, and shooting the breeze in the Lodge lobby.
Mr. CP, on the other hand, had been convinced by his cousin Alexander to give himself a wedding-day “wake up” in a different way.
Our guest blogger today is Cyd. Cyd’s Matron of Honor/FSIL had entered her into our Bella Figura Letterpress STD/Invitation contest about a year ago, and won! Cyd not only got letterpress invites, but had the opportunity to tour Bella Figura. Today she’s sharing an inside look at the letterpress shop with us!
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One of my favorite 2009 Bella Figura designs, Lexington.
Photo from Bella Figura’s Flickr Photostream
A little over six months or so ago now, I was home one night in the middle of the week carrying on with life as usual. My then roommate and I had a thing for watching Antiques Roadshow and taking long walks with our adopted dogs, a rescued greyhound and a frisky black lab, so I imagine our evening likely involved some of both. At some point in the evening my phone rang. It was my best friend/Matron of Honor/future sister in-law calling, presumably to talk about our upcoming plans for that weekend. However, instead of rambling on about dinner that Saturday night, she promptly asked me if I was sitting down.
Why, no. No, I was not. Should I have been?
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We’re giving away a $150 gift certificate to Estilo Weddings! They have so many wonderful new things in their shop — from cake wraps to clay flowers to water bottle stickers and so much more!
To enter this contest, please visit this page and tell us what your favorite new product is! You have until 9pm PST tonight to enter. And you can still enter yesterday’s Hello! Lucky Digital Invitation Giveaway! Good luck!
And through this week, Estilo is offering Weddingbee readers a 5% discount with coupon code BEE09.
Hey hive! Please give a warm welcome to our newest hive hostess!
Bellenga is a Nuclear Medicine Technologist from Georgia. She loves wedding planning, being a mom, reading, snorkeling, diving, walking, Latin dancing, and sushi! She’ll be hosting our brand new Encore Brides board. Drop in and say hello!
We also have a new Military Brides board, hosted by the always fabulous MightySapphire. If you’re currently in the military, or marrying into it, check it out!
For your informational and reading pleasure, we’ve added two new wikis about the boards and hive hostesses. Learn all about them here:
Check it out, and see you on the boards!
My family has a curse. It has afflicted my mother, father, sister and myself. It is the curse of horrible handwriting (seriously, we should all be doctors!).
When the task of addressing our beautiful Arturo envelopes came to mind, I started to have a mini panic attack as I imagined my awful scrawl splattered all over the front of the cottony goodness. Labels were always an option, but somehow I just couldn’t bring myself to do it.
I spent many hours researching calligraphy and found myself fantasizing about the incredible work of Laura Hooper and Michele Clark. Unfortunately these lovely ladies were completely out of my price range.
As they say, timing is everything, and as my dreams of calligrapher envelopes were about to be dashed, one of my favorite bridal bloggers opened her own calligraphy shop! It was fate, I tell you! Sarah’s work is beautiful and classic and she has been a joy to work with!!
These babies are on their way back to me as we speak:
This weekend, Mr. G and I will have a flower consultation with the lovely Courtney, owner of Flush Designs in South Pasadena. I am super excited because I have been admiring Courtney’s work for some time now! She is a Weddingbee PRO blogger, florist, designer, photographer, and wedding planner, all rolled into one - super talented, I tell ya! I also got the pleasure of meeting Courtney and her husband, Erin, at the LA Bee meet up in January.
We are meeting mainly to discuss flowers, design, budget, and all of that good stuff. I am really keeping my fingers crossed that we have found our florist and maybe even wedding coordinator… TO BE CONTINUED.
For your viewing pleasure, here is some of the work of Flush Designs…
Today’s wiki is First Dance. Mr. Penguin was really dreading the first dance. He thought that it would be really awkward and nerve wracking, and I was really bummed that he thought it would be that bad. He asked if perhaps I would consider inviting everyone to dance mid-way through our dance, but since we had our first dance before dinner, it wouldn’t have made much sense.
When it came time for our dance, we swayed romantically and it was a picturesque moment… for about 20 seconds. By the 30th second, we were giggling. By the minute mark, we were begging our DJ to fade out the music. Mr. Peng was right. We weren’t “first dance” people.
Had I been able to consult the first dance wiki, I might have learned that it was a good idea to take a few dance lessons, or at least have practiced our first dance a few times before we participated in the real thing!
Do you have any tips for the first dance? In the wiki, you can share ideas for great song recommendations, choreography ideas, and check out previous Weddingbee posts related to the first dance. Share with us your tips and tricks for making this sometimes nerve wracking experience a pleasant and romantic one!
If you’re unsure how you can contribute to the wiki, take a peek at this wiki article on how to edit a wiki. Check it out and share your expertise!
I absolutely love my bridal shoes. Remember how I mentioned I wanted comfortable? Well, on this large frame, it’s hard to consider anything with a heel comfortable now. I realized in my dress fitting that these shoes were going to cause trouble if I didn’t break them in.
See, I’m used to wearing flats (thus my bee name), but heels make me feel sexy, (Ha ha! Seriously, there’s something about a good pair of heels.) So, the logical thing to do is to break these babies in!
I’ve been wearing them around the house in 30 minute intervals, and I’m not sure if I have that sexy walk down quite yet. However, I’m trying.
I also bought these bad boys at David’s Bridal (in white) to keep my toes from sliding. However, I’m sure I’m going to need to buy more insoles and some strap help, because those dig into my feet.
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I’ve agonized for months over what was going to serve as centerpieces at our reception. Not having the budget for overflowing floral centerpieces (or for anything that would qualify as a “floral centerpiece”), and on the flip side, not wanting to simply plop a candle into a hurricane and call it a day, I’ve struggled. And planned. And changed my mind.
Of course, I could use the hurricanes that my reception site actually has on hand. I’m sure they’re fine. And I love a good hurricane. It can be simple but you can still dress it up. But that’s just far too easy. And who wants things to be too easy leading up to their wedding day? Not this girl.
The primary elements I’ve wanted on our tables from the beginning have been (in no particular order): candlelight, a single flower (floating or otherwise), a green element, a black container/plate/charger of some sort, and possibly a touch of damask.
I was convinced for a while that I was going to go antiquing and find a variety of ornate black trays of some sort at antique stores. How I was going to come up with 15 of these, I don’t really know… I struggled to find even one.
Fortunately, Crate & Barrel exists to save my sanity. Somehow I have managed to find almost every element that I’ve needed—in budget!—for our centerpieces. At least I’m hoping that’s the case, as I just ordered the final pieces yesterday.
Source: Crate & Barrel
Ever since Mr. Dragon and I began planning our wedding, I have been using our wedding as an excuse, er, kick-in-the-pants to lose weight and get in shape. I have been doing this the healthy way, using Weight Watchers and exercising about four times a week. Generally, this method has been working pretty well for me. I like Weight Watchers because it is simple, easy to follow, and it’s not a diet (even though the name might lead you to think otherwise!). When I follow Weight Watchers, I get all of my daily recommended servings of dairy, fruits, veggies, and water. I also lose weight - bonus!! Today, I looked at my Weight Watchers progress chart, and I have lost thirteen pounds since August. That might not seem like a lot… but I am proud of myself!
My goal is to lose ten more pounds by my first dress fitting, but my weight loss has stalled out - it’s The Dreaded Plateau, friends! Dun, dun, dun.
I AM thirty, so I knew losing weight at all was going to be tougher than if I were younger, but…. I just know I can get it off. I am not the fastest runner among my friends, so I know I can do better in that department. I still make a number of poor food choices, so I know I can do better there, too. I have about eleven weeks until my first fitting, so that weight needs to start droppin’!
So far, these are the things that have helped me the most in my weight loss:
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Seriously, don’t leave for your wedding without safety pins in your emergency kit!
Okay, where was I. Oh yes, Mr. Cookie’s foot had just made contact with my train. I heard a ripping sound, and I was quickly whisked away from the dance floor by my bridesmaids. Man, did my bridesmaids have quick reaction skills!
Once we reached the bridal chamber, my bridesmaids grabbed the bag of safety pins and started to work their magic. While they were pinning my dress, I caught my first glimpse of the extent of the damage:
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