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While we were having our intimate “first look“, my bestie (and her fabulous hubby) worked diligently to put our ceremony site together. I felt a lil’ bad having our guests work on our wedding day, but that’s what best friends are for, right?! They did a wonderful job and if I haven’t told them yet, THANK YOU! Mwah!
After printing and cutting the cardstock for our programs, the lingering question was how we would bind it all together. Initially, we were going to punch an eyelet in the corner to allow the sheets to cascade out and act as a fan, but… I dunno… I just changed my mind. I’m sick of eyelets (kinda sorta). These days, I can’t take a step in the apartment without finding an eyelet stuck to the bottom of my foot, and that bugs me to no end! My hand is a bit cramped, too.
Since we’re short on time, I would’ve been content with ribbon holding it all together, but a YouTube tutorial on Japanese stab binding kept creeping into my head. I first discovered it when looking for invitation ideas. At the time, my obsession was booklet-style invitations. But since we never went down the booklet route, I dismissed the idea altogether. Now, with our programs totaling 7 pages, this idea was perfect.
The tutorial itself is a very basic technique. But if you’re looking for a more intricate design, it can be done!
See?
After our night of fun singing around the piano with family and friends, Champ and I separated and my maid of honor and I stayed in the hotel room where we would get ready the day of the wedding. Champ and I actually live in the DC area, so our trip to Vail was great because I also got to visit my maid of honor and some of my closest friends who I don’t see often. There’s something about the connection of childhood friends that can’t be beat. My MOH knows me well, and she knew I wanted to start and end the day with a huge smile on my face. We woke up to a chilly February morning and noticed some HUGE icicles outside our hotel room. Being the five year olds that we are, we of course knocked all of them down.
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Hello there!
Miss Sprinkle here… I am surprised, overwhelmed and excited to be picked as the latest bee to join the hive! I have been reading Weddingbee since before I was officially engaged, and to be welcomed into the hive with a few months to go until the big day is such a warm and wonderful feeling.
The choice to be Miss Sprinkle was easy! Not only do I love rain, but I love baked goods, especially vegan sweets with SPRINKLES! Sprinkles, jimmies, sparkles: whatever you want to call them, they just make life a little bit easier to swallow (I promise to go light on the ridiculous puns in future posts).
Now, on to the good stuff. Mr. Sprinkle (a musician himself) and I met in the spring of 2005 when my silly little electronic band from San Francisco went on a mini-tour in the Southwest. We happened to be booked to play the same show, and a mutual friend introduced us. I was feeling ill beyond belief, and Mr. Sprinkle brought me a slice of cake to help ease my pain (baked goods were a pivotal part of our courtship!). After a summer full of phone calls and emails, the mister flew out to Los Angeles for a visit, and we have been together ever since.
Mr. Sprinkle & Miss Sprinkle: the early days!A little bit about me, list style:
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The ever fabulous Glossy Gals have put together a little shindig in honor of little ol’ me *blush*. They have done an amazing job keeping what is happening a secret, which makes me very excited, mixed in with just a smidge of nervousness. I’m sure whatever they have planned is going to be excessively fabulous, but I still get a little nervous when I think of the possibility of potential male genitalia everywhere.
I got a little preview of this weekend’s festivities yesterday when this arrived:
Pretend you’re me for a minute.
For the past 26 years, you’ve heard your full name (first, middle and last) pronounced correctly only about 25 percent of the time — and spelled properly even less frequently than that! Childhood teasing has given way to puzzled looks from adults when you insist that, despite the Scottish surname, you’re more Italian than anything else.
I sound like the perfect candidate for a name change, right? But I’m not gonna do it. I’ve quipped that my walk down the aisle isn’t some “maiden voyage”, at the end of which I’m stripped of the identity I finally feel fits me. The mister supports my decision completely, but I’ve definitely met my fair share of raised eyebrows — even confusion with a tinge of anger — from people who don’t understand my reasoning. So here’s some more background…
When I was a child, I greatly disliked my name. I lamented the unique moniker my parents had chosen for me, and vowed to select much more mainstream ones for my kids. As I approached my 18th birthday, my parents suggested I consider legally changing how it’s spelled — to eliminate the pesky silent letter at the end of my first name.
By this time, however, I’d grown accustomed to coping with the challenging trio.
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Create the honeymoon of your dreams.
This brings a whole new meaning to “dancing in the aisles”, don’t you think? 
I’ve talked about my fear of PWD and how I plan on handling that bump in the road when I get there. However, recently, I’ve been experiencing feelings I hadn’t expected. In a nutshell, I’ve been feeling really down about the wedding. I know some of it (okay, a lot of it) must come from my mom’s passing, but I think there are other factors, also.
Mr. Beagle and I will have been engaged for 16 months when we get married in October. When I first started planning, I wanted a longer engagement to prevent getting over-stressed and overwhelmed. In many ways, it’s been nice planning at leisure, but it’s starting to get old. Really old. The excitement I first felt about many of my projects is gone. The thought of having to entertain people in three months is daunting. I want it to be over. Now.
I’ve officially reached a point where I am burnt out (and could really use a nice, relaxing vacation *hint, hint, Mr. Beagle*). I’m starting to understand just how important that honeymoon or minimoon is after you get married. You need a break to recover, just breathe, and not think about anything wedding related. I think reflection is good, but there definitely needs to be some down time in between.
This brings me to my last thought:
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Hello Hive!
Back in the summer of 2006, I stumbled upon Weddingbee, after recently becoming engaged - to support my daily wedding fix. Over the past three years, I’ve had the pleasure of watching the hive grow and luckily, have gotten the chance to work with Mrs. Bee and meet some of the fabulous contributors of WB and WB PRO. And, my sister-in-law, Brooke, also happens to be the amazingly talented Mrs. Cupcake, so in a way being a contributor to WB PRO is bringing this full-circle for me! 
I couldn’t have been more excited when Bee asked me to join one of the most supportive and comprehensive wedding communities. I’m beyond excited to be here to share my story, ideas and inspirations with all of you!
So without any further ado…
My company, Inspired Goodness was born in early 2008, a few months after settling back into daily life after returning from our honeymoon. Faced without a wedding of my own to plan, my days were filled with a longing for finding chic birdcage veils and the latest letterpress invitations. Not looking to return to a 9-5 career, I channeled my graphic design background and love of entertaining into what I call Creative Event Fulfillment.
Inspired Goodness is an event design (E.D.) company, and since I’ve met countless bride’s who are curious as to the in’s and out’s of an event designer’s role versus that of a wedding planner. For my first post on WB PRO, I thought it might be helpful to explain the difference.
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A few weeks before the wedding, Mama Peep told me an entire story about her unsuccessful adventure to find the perfect bracelet for her wedding day outfit.
I listened attentively and realized that the bracelet she was describing was exactly the same bracelet that my ridiculously talented friendor had made me for the wedding. It was a clear and brown crystal bracelet that dangled just so.
I also told Mama Peep that I was afraid that my yellow earrings, brown bracelet and pink shoes might just be too much random color. So, I offered to let her wear the bracelet on the big day, and I’d look for something that coordinated better.
At this point, I was also still looking for a perfect clutch and pair of earrings to go with my rehearsal dinner dress.
Enter: Bag, Borrow or Steal.
Or as I like to say, Bagged, Borrowed, or Stolen My Heart!! Seriously, have you checked out this site?
If you haven’t seen Sex in the City, here’s the premise:
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With the recent purchase of my hair flower (which I’ll write about soon!), my wedding day accessories round-up is almost complete! The last item on the list: a bracelet. I’d prefer something with pearls, white gold (or sterling silver), and possibly white Cubic Zirconias, crystals, or rhinestones. Throughout my searches, here’s what I’ve found.
The definition of simple beauty: I found this pearl bracelet below on eBay. It was elegant and inexpensive, too! (Not real, of course, but I don’t care as long as it matches my necklace [which is real] pretty well.)
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Reader ggsb is selling her Maggie Sottero “Patience” wedding dress. The dress is a size 10 and has a corset back. She is asking $600 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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One year and some number of months ago, I got married to my ginger-kid and then didn’t talk about it. So here I am, older, not wiser (I may have lost more marbles since then) and trying to piece together my day and share it with you.
I’ll spare the details of the cocktail hour, as I was getting changed and apparently Mr. GB was making the rounds talking to everyone. I have no knowledge of what happened, just some photographic evidence of people being happy, eating, drinking, and taking photos of themselves…
If you couldn’t tell, I lived with these girls in Japan, and they actually stayed with us in the hotel the night before and the night of our wedding. That’s how Mr. GB and I roll—we had a sleepover with friends on our wedding night!!
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Mr Frenchie and his dudes went to Palm Desert this past weekend for his bachelor party. I’ve heard bits and pieces of what they did, most of which involved staying out of the heat as much as possible. It was only 117!
This picture cracked me up and reminded me of a story I heard from Papa Frenchie’s bachelor party.
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