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She’s a Miss… Mouse… she’s mighty, might-tay, just lettin’ it all hang out…
This sounds a lot funnier in my head. Trust me. And say hello to our newest bee! She’s an Austinite, planning a wedding to take place in the only certified organic wedding venue in the United States! Join me in welcoming Miss Mouse to the hive!
Miss Mouse, Austin
Age & Occupation: 25, Attorney
Fiance’s Age & Occupation: 31, Civil Engineer
Engagement Date: December 19, 2007
Wedding Date: September 2009
Venue: Barr Mansion
About me: I just graduated from law school and will be taking the bar, getting married, going on a honeymoon with my guy, and then trying to figure out what I’m going to do with the rest of my life. I was born and raised in a small East Texas town, but I’m no country girl! I’m obsessed with British accents, fantasy (including Harry Potter, of course), and classic rock. My fiance and I consider ourselves both music and beer snobs–but every once in awhile we love to hear a crappy band and drink a cheap brew or two. We’re planning an eco-friendly, casual, English garden affair for the end of summer, and we can’t wait for it to get here!
We’re mixing it up a little here at Bios of the Week! Now that you bees can create your own bios, there are so many to share that we thought we’d spice it up and showcase bios by section! This week, we’re showing off your wedding dresses. Check out all the great dresses floating around the hive, and if you haven’t uploaded your dress or wedding details to your Weddingbee Bio yet, head on over to the bio section and share your wedding with the rest of the hive!
Mrs. K looked stunning in her Jasmine Couture dress at her beach wedding!
Greeneyedemily’s dress has a fitted bodice, a ribbon bow in the back, and a flowing skirt composed of many layers of tulle with a long train. The top layer of tulle has tons of small daisies embroidered on it.
… when people ask me whether we’re still planning on getting married this September.
Umm… Yes? Why wouldn’t we be?
Seriously, this happens to me. Not often, but enough that I felt justified in writing this post. Why would someone say something like that? Here’s what I think.
It’s a small, small wedding. People don’t see me actively planning it. I’m not on the phone with vendors at work, I don’t tote around a pink wedding planning binder, and I haven’t sent out any Save The Dates or other paper products. I suppose without these grounding factors, people might not think our wedding is a big deal. We could just… you know, do it any time, right? It takes no planning or thought at all!
Ugh. It’s easy for me to see why people feel justified in asking about our wedding date. But it still feels like a slap to me. It’s like asking, “Is the wedding still on?” or, “Are you sure you want to do this?” It’s easy for me to allow myself to feel offended, as if people are questioning our relationship or our commitment to each other.
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Even though there are a few road blocks to getting the invitations made, I definitely have an idea of how I want them to turn out.
Actually, I have a really strong idea of how I want them to look - is that normal? I feel like if I were in the States, I could start on this project ASAP; the vision’s all there!
Since my hands are tied in this DIY venture, we’re thinking pretty seriously about having them made in the States. We’ve been talking with some vendors, but I’ll hold off on the details until things are finalized!
On to the paper porn!
If I could make my own DIY invites, first I’d take a local class in letterpressing so I could do that myself, also! Then I’d order a whole bunch of plantable paper from porridgepapers - their seed paper is actually thick enough to hold a letterpress design!
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I have a ribbon problem. I can’t stop buying it! The fact that there is such a wide variety of ribbon to peruse on Etsy doesn’t help either. Let’s take a walk through my wedding… from the ribbon’s point of view.
Ribbon #1
My first ribbon purchase this winter was this 1-inch wide black ribbon with white stitching from Ribbon Stop. I ordered 10 yards of this and planned many, many uses for it. Now, I think I have it narrowed down to wrapping it around centerpiece vases that I purchased a while back (I’ll post later about this), ceremony decorations, and keeping the rest readily available for other projects that may arise, such as wrapping bridal party gifts and other decor needs.
Source: Ribbon Stop
For two foodies, we own surprisingly few kitchen tools.
In the past, the mister and I needed to commandeer a kitchen — his mother’s, or my parents’ — when we wanted to toss together a meal. While this detail often meant we weren’t cooking together — or as often — as we’d have liked, with each workspace, we did have access to a variety of helpful tools and supplies. After we moved into our own apartment several months ago, though, the items in our culinary arsenal took a sizable hit.
Durable knives? Nope. Dependable cookware? Not so much.
Most of the cookware and cutlery we’re currently using require creativity (um, that eggplant’s much bigger than the flimsy plastic cutting board) and finesse (careful of the loose screw on the 30+ year old pot handle!) and although I’m certainly not complaining — we know we’re lucky to have inherited this motley assortment of bargain finds and hand-me-downs for next to nothing — I’m definitely looking forward to refining my techniques with tools that will enable me to improve my efficiency, and add to my culinary confidence.
Mr. Bruschetta echoes these sentiments, and so we’ve agreed to create registries focused exclusively on improving our current kitchen situation — and bearing in mind the future kitchen of our dreams. And while I swoon at the thought of my own KitchenAid, I’m similarly jazzed about many other items waiting patiently on our four wedding registries:
slice and dice by Whisked Away on Polyvore.com
Wusthof knives, and a cutlery block to keep them safe and secure;
Create the honeymoon of your dreams.
I’m in a shoe slump. What to do about these shoes?
I bought these Ann Taylor Gelsi flats several months ago for about $40, but I’ve been uncertain about them ever since they arrived. There’s just something not quite right about them.
They’re not the right shade of blue, and the heel pinches me just a tad.
Being so fussy about a pair of shoes is making me feel like a bridezilla, frankly, and I don’t like it. I shouldn’t care this much about something I’ll probably only wear for a few hours before kicking them off and going barefoot. There’s just something that feels so wildly beautiful about wearing fancy dresses barefoot, don’t you think?
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It’s been a total of eight months since I’ve seen Julianna. That’s the name of my Christos gown. Today, she arrived with an unexpected (and not entirely welcome) surprise.
Me Getting Ready to Be Reunited with Julianna (who also happened to be on this mannequin)
I made the trip to Saks this morning with my mom for my first fitting. While my wedding isn’t for another four months, I had to take advantage of my time home in Los Angeles to have my alterations done at Saks as I might not make it back to California before October. New Mexico doesn’t have a Saks and, when I bought my dress, I got a $450 gift card for free alterations so I opted to have them done there. That means all of my alterations have to be completed in one week. Once they are finished, the dress will be sent to the Saks in Denver where I’ll pick it up a few days before the wedding. I’ll never have to stress about stuffing it into an airplane cabin, nor will I have to drive more than two hours with it. The trade off? I have to make some major decisions in very little time.
MR. COWBOY BOOT. This is your cue… exit. Muchas gracias.
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Before getting engaged, (admittedly) I was one of those girls that perused the internet shamefully looking at pictures of weddings galore, thinking of ways to somehow incorporate those beautiful details into our wedding someday. But it was never the wedding gowns, or floral centerpieces that I swooned over… no siree…
It was all the beautiful paper products the brides (and grooms) created themselves! If you couldn’t tell already, I’ve delayed making decisions on reception decor, all things floral, ceremony details, etc., and channeled all my energy into the invitations for the past month. Way to go, Piglet! But DIYing invitations was near and dear to my heart, so the Mr let me be. I assured him I would handle those other details… later… and I guess later is now. 
Anyhoot, I experienced my first lows of wedding planning during the invitation printing process, and also felt the ultimate high after hearing the compliments from our parents and a handful of guests on a job well done. Handful meaning 2 or 3, and that was enough for me!
And here they are folks! The invitation suite includes the ceremony/reception announcement, a trifold with information on wedding week activities and driving directions to the ceremony, and finally, the reply card. Pretty straightforward, yah? I can hear my family in Hawaii appending ‘yah’ to all of their sentences in their pigeon accent. I love it!
If you are planning a wedding, don’t plan on building a house. Building a house sort of dropped (like a cement block) into our laps. I don’t know if I shared with you how this all came about, but here’s a little background. When my maternal grandma died, she left me and my parents a pretty good sum of money. Instead of spending it or putting it in a college fund, my parents decided to buy some property.
When Mr. Joey and I got engaged, they started talking about giving us part of the double lot. Then in January, everything was a go. Building prices were down, we could get the money, my Dad (the contractor) had time this summer — everything fell into place. In March, the lot was signed over to me and I became a property owner. Just in time to pay property taxes — my parents are no dummies. 
It wasn’t my intention to plan a wedding and build a house at the same time. The cards fell into place and my Dad gave me a “Build it or Bust” speech. So we went on with building it. In hindsight, I should have tried to convince him to start later — like after the wedding. Just the permit process has been all consuming. I feel like I can’t put anything into my regular life, let alone wedding planning. I don’t know how many times I’ve gotten a call from someone at 2PM telling me to pick up something here and get that notarized there. Luckily, because I’ve made my life flexible for work, work is now being flexible for my life.
It’s hard to stay positive about one good thing (the wedding) when the other good thing (the house) is draining me of all my energy.
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Congratulations to the winners kdunham, iswimibikeirun, claudia, peachesandtulips, and msprettyinpink!
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How amazing would it be to have your wedding or honeymoon on the beautiful French coastline known as the the Côte d’Azur, or French Riviera? This stretch of famous Mediterranean coastline includes the cities of Antibes, Cannes, and St. Tropez. Today we are giving away 5 copies of Fodor’s guide to the French Riviera so you can learn more about this scenic coastal region filled with historic landmarks!
If you’re considering a trip to the the French Riviera, check out Fodor’s helpful tips here! To enter this contest, tell us the spot you’d like to visit most in France. The contest ends at midnight PST on Tuesday! Good luck!
Since brides are always looking for cute stamps for their invitations and save the dates, I thought I’d share an invitation I received the other day that had these adorable King and Queen of Hearts stamps on it.
I’ve been using these fun Simpsons stamps on all my correspondence lately, but I love these King and Queen of Heart stamps best for wedding themed correspondence.
Are you putting a ridiculous amount of thought into the little details like stamps? Don’t worry — we’ve all been there!
This has been my 6th week on the Obagi Nu-Derm system. I continue to be happy with the results! Only when I look at my day 1 picture do I realize how much my skin has changed. My skin tone is much more even, however, Obagi seems to have a “bleaching” effect, so my skin is an entire shade lighter than it used to be, which is kind of strange to me. (I also have taken care to stay out of the sun, so of course that might have a bit to do with my lighter skin.)
Things are s l o w l y coming together on our wedding invitations! I sent the final guest list to the calligrapher today, so the envelopes should be addressed soon! We’ve been working hard to put together the parts that we can until we get the guts of the invites back from the printer. They’ll be back tomorrow, and then the paper cutting marathon begins! I can’t wait to see the final product come together!
Reader irishgirl is selling her simple crystal headband today. It has never been worn, and she is asking for $10, plus $3 for shipping and handling, OBO.
Have a wedding item for sale? Post it with pictures in the Weddingbee classifieds and you might see it featured on the blog! Other great items for sale:
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