Weddingbee Blog

Whazzz up, hive?!!! How are you all?

I know I am going to sound like a broken record, but I was literally out of my mind when I got the “call” to be a bee. I was sitting at my desk, eating lunch at 3:30 (I know you’ve all had one of THOSE days at some point), and there it was… that fateful email in my inbox. I almost cried at my desk out of happiness, and complete humility. I’d been reading Weddingbee waaaaayyyyy before I even got engaged, have learned so much, and have admired this community for a very long time. I’m thoroughly excited to be able to share some of my thoughts and the things I’ve learned so far in this wedding planning process.

So here’s the low-down of some of the many things you can expect from me:

1. The trials and tribulations of Weddingbee’s first bride with dreadlocks
2. How I came/am coming to feel comfortable wearing makeup (finally!) in my 30s
3. Random hip-hop references here and there (Wu Tang Clan, anyone?)
4. Planning a wedding when you’re barely home (I am currently traveling each week for work)
5. I will list things (and use parentheses a lot)

I picked Miss Swan because it reminded me a lot of dancing and our wedding, things that make me happy (don’t worry, I’m going somewhere with this I promise). I’ve danced a lot in my past (not very much now, except for in my apartment…boo!!). Dancing is a way for me to have fun, makes me feel strong, beautiful, and graceful… like a swan! I think that weddings can be simple, beautiful and understated, too… like a swan! I think you get the picture now, right?

Mr. Swan has been such an amazing support system throughout the planning process so far. Weddings have played an important part in our relationship, since we met at a wedding, and our first date was at a wedding (although, I did not know I was on a date… duh! I’m not always the sharpest knife in the box), so deciding to even have a wedding came easy to us. I’ll definitely do a post about our first two meetings at weddings sometime.

One of the great things about following the bees is learning something new from someone different from you as that person goes through a very special time in their lives. I hope that at the very least, you’ll all learn a little something new from me.

Thanks for having me, hive! I’m happy to be here.