Wedding Blog

We’ve talked about a few of my more minor issues… but the biggest issue for me to face is one that affects every aspect of my health: my eating habits.

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I’m a pretty healthy person in a lot of ways. I don’t smoke, I’m not a big drinker, and I try to make it to the gym 3-4 times a week. I do pretty well at…

White dress ahead, Mr. Bruschetta! You don’t wanna see this yet!

Reader fatebeliever813 is selling 12 silk flower centerpieces in glass cylinder vases. The flowers are ivory gerbera daisies with chocolate centers, and a spray of deep burgundy/brown wildflowers for color. There is a deep sage green/olive green ribbon around vase. Make her an offer!

Have a wedding item for sale? Post it with pictures in the Weddingbee classifieds and you might see it featured on the…

I never wanted to be one of those high-strung, whining, stressed out people that you felt nervous being around. I always thought of them as weak, annoying wimps who couldn’t take control of their own lives. Harsh–yes, but I’m just being brutally honest! However, as much as I hate to admit it, I think I’m becoming one of them. How do I know this? Well for starters,…

Call it stress, hormones, aging, or whatever, but my skin has been freaking out lately. Overall I have to say I’ve been blessed with good skin. I never had terrible acne as a teenager. If anything, it is worse now than it was back then. However, sometimes my skin will be great, and then suddenly it just switches personalities and starts to break out, get…

Yes, Mr. Cowboy Boot and I are kindred spirits, but I was actually referring to J.Crew. It seems they’ve embraced my color scheme in their summer collection. Or… maybe I subconsciously started seeing these colors around, gravitated towards them, and selected them. You’re right, J.Crew’s summer colors were probably just a coincidence. Either way (hehe), head to their homepage and you’ll see elements of peach,…

As of my “Who Scheduled Hurricane Season on My Honeymoon” post #2, we were leaning towards somewhere a little ‘closer to home’… this location tentatively being Western Mexico. It was priced right, had great resorts and gorgeous beaches, and since it’s located on the Pacific side, it is supposedly ‘outside’ of the hurricane zone. Plus, I love me some margaritas.

Check out the St. Regis…

For starters, I should tell you that our “first look” wasn’t exactly the type of “first look” you typically see here on Weddingbee. We had our rehearsal dinner at our house the night before the big day (I will blog about it later… I’m still waiting on pictures from guests!), and the plan was for Mr. Dumpling to stay at a hotel with his family…

Kate Parker

• Introducing wedding and floral designer Kate Parker
• Tree sapling wedding favor ideas by Bella Figura
• Llubav’s progress on Miss Popcorn’s ring pillow
• Using your flash to produce pro results by Anne Ruthmann
• Skincare tips from Lo and Co
• Princess Lasertron shares graphic ties
• Jerry Yoon catches the bouquet at a South Bay wedding
• Luxury tent inspiration from Wiley Valentine
• Jessie Blum shows us how to incorporate music in your wedding

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So, Susan of Up in the Air Somewhere sent me two designs of the bowl-basket and I decided to go with Option 1. I loved the ruffle/petal things, and she was right — it did remind me of my dress. I think I made the right choice.

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In the year leading up to my wedding, I tried to take really good care of my skin. I got regular facials, and used them as a “reward” for going to the gym. If I went to the gym at least 4 times in a week, I’d treat myself to a facial. It was a good system, albeit pricey, but it got me feeling good…

Below are the THREE bags of bridal magazines B’s wife, L, passed on to me the day after their wedding. I was excited to reuse them, and Mr Frenchie was excited they were going to my house and not his. L and I have such different taste that it didn’t even matter that she had torn out her inspiration pages.

I have only purchased three magazines…

I shared with you my adventures in the world of Not Biting One’s Nails…

Next up, let’s talk about acne.

It started when I was about 12. Everyone said, “Ooo, you’re becoming a woman! Don’t worry, it’ll pass.” So we bought the Oxy, the Stridex, the Clearasil, the Clean ’n’ Clear, the Proactiv… you get the picture. I tried toothpaste. Baking soda. Salt… basically any acne “miracle…

We put off our honeymoon travel decision until just about a week ago. We weren’t really sure where we wanted to go or what we wanted to do, but we did have a few factors that impacted our decision:

1. We aren’t beach people. Yes, we like the beach, but spending a week there isn’t really us. I guess we are more of an active couple, as…

Remember the gorgeous green heels I (sadly) left in the Nordstrom shoe department? Well, as soon as I returned home from my failed shopping excursion, I clicked over the Nordstrom website, and searched.

A promising option appeared that I hadn’t seen in the store: “Devon”, by Glint, a peep toe slingback, in a variety of color options, including black, burnt orange, champagne, and silver. I decided…