Weddingbee Blog

Several people have asked us about the application time frame, and the ideal amount of time before your wedding when applying to blog for Weddingbee. As a general rule, you’re welcome to apply if you’re within 8 months of your wedding date. Bees of current and past generations have chosen to apply to blog at various points in their wedding planning process: some applied at the 8-month mark to the date, and some have applied with less than 2 months to go! But the average bee at the time of their acceptance seems to be around the 6 month mark of their wedding.

There are a couple of reasons why 6 months is one of the magical numbers when we’re evaluating applications:

• Bees write an average of 3-4 posts a week, so having a couple of months of planning already under their belt gives them an archive of topics that they can readily write about.  We’ve also found that blogging for longer than 6 months often causes a bee to burn out.  Writing 3-4 posts/week on any topic is not an easy task, and our bees like to keep it fresh and interesting.  We salute them for contributing so much to the hive!
• With 6 months until their weddings, bees still have plenty of planning left to do, and they take us all along for a front row ride!
• After booking some of the big things like the venue, brides don’t start their projects and the meat of their planning until they’re about 6 months out or so. When we’re reviewing applications, one of the things we like to see is evidence of your actual wedding plans and details. While inspiration boards and pictures are gorgeous, we like to see how you’ve taken your inspiration and translated it and made it your own. But, this is not to say that we don’t accept bees that are 8 months out! Some people are incredibly on top of their planning, and DIY brides especially seem to have a lot of projects brewing even a year before their wedding.

So that’s a little glimpse into how we came up with the application time frame!

We’ve mentioned this before, and we’ll say it again:

If at first your application isn’t accepted, don’t hesitate to reevaluate your blogging style and try applying again at a later date! Send us links to what you think are some of your strongest posts.  What’s key is that you’re at a point where your vision for your wedding day is turning into reality.

I know people are always curious about what it takes to be a bee, and we’d love to continue to answer any questions you have!

If you’ve got wedding inspiration, projects, and a great story to share, check out our application and submit it today! We’re currently accepting applications for brides (and grooms!) that are getting married between now and March 2010.