Wedding 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:
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.
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@Lillindy: @Miss Bruschetta: Haha, yeah! We were updating the bees’ profile pics and I didn’t have my original file of that picture of me (it’s 6 years old now anyway!) so I bit the bullet and change it to one of my e-pics
I applied twice before I was accepted
P.S. I also love the new pic Pengy!
@Miss French Bulldog: Thanks for sharing that, miss french bulldog! I have applied once and though I understand tons of ‘wanna-BEES’ apply, it was really sad to get that “sorry, try again” message! Just human psyche, I suppose! =)
@Miss French Bulldog: I got accepted upon my third application with only a little over a month to go until my wedding!
I’m glad it worked out that way, though, because I was so busy that last month and it was nice that the readers had something to check out while I was rushing around like a mad woman to get things done!
I started blogging about 8 months out from our wedding, and to be honest, I wasn’t really that active of a bee blogger until 4 months out or so… I had a big burst in the beginning, and then just didn’t have much to talk about until planning really started to ramp up!
I’m way far out, and was blogging much more at the beginning, but have hit a bit of a lull.. I can understand why you want the bees to be a bit closer to their date, to avoid burn out and enough high quality posts!
It’s fascinating to see the Bees who were accepted and applied more than once - definitely shows how much you all love Weddingbee!
@Mrs. Penguin: That was my similar experience. I felt bad that I had a lot of “plans” but nothing to show for it until I had saved enough money to get things bought/made. Now it’s crunch time, so I’m getting more on top of it!
I saw that pic on twitter first I have to say you look so pretty. and yay! to more “how to bee a BEE” tips
I want to get picked!! I promise I’ll BEE-hive myself lol
I agree Pengy the pic is great! Also @joylucero: I LOL’d at the “I’ll bee-hive myself!” LOL!
I’m still 14 months away and currently going full steam ahead—but that’s because I am trying to nail down the venue, photographer and caterer—-aka the meat & potatoes! I can understand how after awhile things slow down and then within months, zoom(!), off it goes!
I look forward to applying–of course I will
Thanks for the info! I started my blog super early too and it’s definitely hit a lull now…but it’s still nice to have a place to document the process.
As someone who’s going to have a very long engagement, the 8-month thing makes me a little sad, just ’cause I feel like by the time I get there, all I’ll have is archives to post. =/
That said, I do see why the rule exists. =)
@Jenniphyr: Our engagement was almost two years long — and I’ve had so much more than just my archives to share!
As always Pengy, thanks for enlightening us! And you look fab in your new pic!
I have a kind of picky question. I don’t mean to be difficult but am curious, is it possible to be Ms. X instead of Miss X? While I know some women prefer Miss in my experience most women associate Miss with girls instead of adult women and many prefer Ms. Not having seen a single Ms. so far I’m curious as to why that is.
@Victoria: Absolutely! Ms. Dahlia actually requested this… and if you click her profile, you’ll see she’s listed as such!
Thank you Mrs. Penguin! So glad to see that. Ms. Dahlia was before I started spending too much time on weddingbee.
@Victoria: No problem! Surprisingly she’s the only one who has requested it thus far!
What happens to bees to simply cease to post after marriage, a la Mrs Peacock?
@agrosses: I do believe Mrs. Peacock completed her recaps. We’ve been in contact, and she definitely shared all that she intended to share! But there have been some bees that haven’t come back… since blogging is voluntary, the best we can do is just hope that bees come back and share their weddings!
@Mrs. Penguin: but she never even showed how the things she blogged about DIYing turned out. I thought I could use the things she talked about doing, but never saw their finished project. It was very disappointing.
@Mrs. Penguin: If I would have thought of it, I probably would’ve requested a Ms., too. It never crossed my mind! Oh well, I don’t mind being Miss Mouse, and I’ll probably ask to be Ms. Mouse after the wedding.
PS I don’t mean to criticize, I just wanted to know about the way things ended up working out!
@agrosses: Mrs. Peacock wrote 8 recaps, and posted 129 times! I thought her recaps were great…
I might be mistaken - I could’ve sworn I’d read previously that the time frame was 9 months or less? Rather than 8? I just know I kept thinking - “When I’m 9 months away, I’m applying!”. Or maybe I’m just nuts 
It’s entirely possible.
@Mrs. Bunny and French: I’m so glad you guys didn’t give up on applying; I’ve totally enjoyed your posts!
@Mrs. Penguin, thanks for the post. Speaking of recaps, have you guys heard from Mrs. Springroll?
How can you justify making a living on a website where the content is created almost entirely be volunteers? No magazine on the planet would get away with asking their freelance writers to submit 3-4 stories a week for no pay.
Mrs. Penguin - I’m totally new here - but am very interested to find out more about your honeymoon destination - would you mind messaging me or emailing me so that I can ask you some questions
Thanks!
Nikki
@calumnia: I used to work for a non profit and volunteers did as much or more work (writing, presenting, traveling, interviewing, designing- the works) than us, and were not paid. They just loved the organization and wanted to do it.
I assume any Bee just loves helping other brides and loves weddings in general, thus, they love blogging 3-4 times a week! I would if I got accepted to bee-hood!
@calumnia: I think part of the beauty of Weddingbee is that us Bees want to tell a fun, touching and helpful story about our wedding process. Because we’re volunteers, that means that we can take a break from writing if we need it, or we can blog every day! I think that if we were paid, the content and tone of the site would change dramatically.
@calumnia: I have to agree with the previous posters, I <3 being a volunteer Bee for WB! When I first started going through the immigration process it was very scary and isolating - I didn’t know anyone else who had been through the same thing! Through writing about our fiance immigration experience for WB I hope I’ve given others comfort and I KNOW they’ve given me comfort as well!
I must bee a big bee dork, b/c I applied as soon as I possibly could. I also finished my application in weeks before I could actually send it in.
@Miss Mouse: Ditto with you! I’d like to be a Ms. after the wedding; I never asked so the whoopsies is on me! My pre-bee username was MsUsUk though, so I did used to rock it. Now I’m kicking myself that I didn’t ask.
I will say, it does make a clear distinction between who the engaged/married bees are on the site, though so to the Miss/Mrs blogger sections. But then again, isn’t that the whole issue of a non marriage specific salutation?
Pengy had to keep commenting on my personal blog for me to get up the courage to apply
Thanks for the push Pengy!
I think I waited until I was five or six months out before applying because I was worried I would run out of things to talk about!
What about guidelines for successful blogging? I’m just curious what has lead you to decide who to accept and not accept. I’m not blogging now but have debated creating one so I can apply and it would be great to see a “top ten things to avoid” or something like that.
@phruphru: Awe, thanks
@calumnia: Ditto what Powder Puff and D’orsay said. I LOVE blogging for WB and it never crossed my mind to get paid to do it. One Bee once said “we get paid in comments and love” and that is more than enough for me. I am truly honored to be amongst this group of amazing girls I would also like to add that Mr, Mrs & BIL Bee and Pengy do a lot of work to keep WeddingBee up and running so we can get wedding inspiration everyday.
These posts are so helpful! It’s so interesting to see how Weddingbee works. I’ve always wondered about the app. process. How many Bee’s review the applications and the applicants blog?
@calumnia, it definitely is the case that Bees love to do what they do — and most of them would be blogging, anyway, regardless of the existence of Weddingbee. It’s a pretty genius business model when you think about it. And brides like us get to reap the benefits of having so many diverse voices/interesting ideas all in one place.
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Mrs. Penguin, Northern California
Age and Occupation: 27, Weddingbee Editor in Chief
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 30, Doctor of Physical Therapy
Engagement Date: January 29, 2007
Wedding Date: June 7, 2008
Blogging Since: September 14, 2007
Venue: Winery in the Gold Country
About Me: I love the Spice Girls, dogs with underbites, bean burritos, making messes, high fives, avoiding showers, crossword puzzles, blogs, weddings, and blogs about weddings!
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