Weddingbee Blog

I’m sorry I’ve been absent this weekend. In my defense, I spent it recovering. I’ll let some pictures do the talking (and please don’t judge - I was outnumbered by 9 lovely bunnies)!

To explain… the tin above was filled with screws, the kind you get at hardware stores. Strung around my next was a sign boldly advertising “R10 a screw”…
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Mad Men is a show on AMC that Mr. Chick and I both love dearly. I am just as inspired by their moving storyline as their fashion. Most TV shows focus on women’s clothing. Mad Men, however, pays equal attention to both.

The adorable Mr. Chick was very excited when I sent him the following pictures for wedding rehearsal/reception inspirations:

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Check out this photo Miss Disney took of her stunning blue shoes and wedding bands!

Keep on loading your inspirational wedding pics to the gallery to see them featured here on the blog! Remember, your images must be under 1MB in size, or they won’t load.

There were two things that our photographer, Ken Blaze, said about our wedding that he had never seen before at a wedding.

1. The dance floor was immediately packed following my dance with my dad.

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Mrs. Cupcake’s blogging story:

I used to think blogging was really, really weird. I thought blogs were just journals of random thoughts and innermost feelings that people would broadcast across the interwebs. I didn’t get it, and I never bothered to really look into it any further. I had no idea that there were blogs out there that were actually focused on specific topics.

When my best friend was planning her 2006 wedding, I designed her invitations and a bunch of other paper products for her wedding; we spent lots of time trying to find inspiration online, but never really knew where to look. There were only so many times we could scour The Knot and our overpriced wedding magazines. We managed to pull off some great details, but it was a lot harder to find unique ideas than we thought it should be!

Fast-forward to 2007, when Mr. Cupcake and I were engaged and my brother and sister-in-law were also in the process of planning their own wedding that was to take place that summer. My mom and I were visiting them in Brooklyn one weekend in the spring, when Kim and I were talking weddings. It was then that Kim spoke the five words that changed my life: “Have you heard of Weddingbee?” That may sound over-dramatic, that it “changed my life,” but it is absolutely 100% true!
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Before I finish up my recaps with the reception, Faux-tobooth and (an awesome) TTD, I thought I’d share our details with you that I didn’t get to prior to the wedding. What better way to show them off than complete & in action?

My tray of goodies
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This is for you Twilight fans out there! InStyle reached out to some of their favorite dress designers and had them design the dress they envisioned Bella wearing for her wedding!

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I already gave you all a sneak peek at my DIY garter and promised to show the final product once I was done, remember? Well… I’m done! And I’m here to show it to you all.

{ Here is my final garter! I know - Estoy como loca por el Morado! }

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I am a HUGE proponent of travel journals. I have been on a few significant trips in my life: Europe with my Dad and Tweets, Hawaii with an old boytoy, and most recently: my Sistamoon. On each, I kept a travel journal. At the end of every day, I took ten minutes to write down everything that happened that day. Vacations go by SO fast - it’s easy to forget all of the details… I am so happy to have those travel journals to look back on to remember all of the fun moments.

SO, of course this meant I had to prepare a travel journal for the Sistamoon. I promptly referred to my fave craft book… (This is seriously the best book ever!)

Trusty Esther had a travel journal tutorial… SCORE! Creating this journal was a lot of work, but I knew this was a special trip, so I wanted a special kind of journal - all the work was well worth it. Let’s get started!

You’ll need:
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When we last left off, Mr. Powder Puff and I had just gotten ourselves hitched, and we were basking in the newlywed glow. Which is fabulous. But in order to understand the proper placement in time of these photos, you need to take a little trip back with me to before the newlywed glow, and to more of an, “OMG! We’re about to get married!!!” panic.

What’s the best way to relax a panicking bride and groom? Take photos with your besties, of course!

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When I first became a bee, I told you guys that I was planning on creating favors by putting locally farmed honey into test tubes and corking them. I also told you that I had a project in mind for the test tubes that would be leftover after I finished the favors. Well, here it is! I decided to use the extra test tubes and corks to create a stylish and convenient place to store all of my spices. It’s a really simple project.

The supplies

To begin, you will need the following supplies:
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I woke up, the same as every other morning, next to Mr. G. Except the date was June 27, 2009, and something very important was about to go down. We were getting married.

For the most part, I was virtually useless on the morning of my wedding. I couldn’t be bothered with anything. I felt nervous, giddy, overwhelmed. Yet, I wasn’t feeling overly romantic, glowing, or bridal.

It was all good, though. I didn’t have to be the sharpest tool in the shed; especially when I had an entourage of awesome people helping me, and basically putting me together. Without further ado, I’ll let the pictures tell the story of my wedding morning.

Black and white photos are the best friends of this makeup-less girl.

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Today was a very exciting morning. I woke up, did pilates, had McDonald’s to cancel out calories lost during pilates, and discovered the amazingness of farm weddings.

Get ready for a visual overload. These dinners are done by a group named Outstanding in the Field. They tour around the world, working with chefs, setting up meals in natural settings, with their signature long white linen washed tables. They did one near Houston just outside of Brenham at Jolie Vue Farms. Unfortunately, Jolie Vue does not host weddings unless it’s for their own family members.

However, Outstanding in the Field does handle private events. At $180/head for their usual public events, I’d imagine private events are pretty pricey too. But if we have our wedding at a farm, perhaps the venue price would go down, and we can put that money towards good food.

Because of the the recent changes happening at the Wortham Center, we’re having second thoughts about where we should get married. Basically, they are heaping on a bunch of extra fees that we didn’t know about when we put our name down for the place. In addition, they totally changed what they said about the catering, which is frustrating, not to mention expensive. Thankfully, we didn’t need to put any money down to reserve the space. It’s still an option, and we may still have our wedding there. But as of right now, we are considering other places!

All images from Outstanding Field

Okay. Ready?

Jolie Vue Farm:
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The first look was the part of the day that I was most looking forward to, but in reality, it ended up just being a quick moment for the two of us to reconnect for the day.

I tried to stay calm.

But in reality I was trying not to burst at the seams:
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I got married this weekend!

The day was amazing! Mr Frenchie and I were surrounded by so much love! We are still on cloud nine. I couldn’t have asked for a better weekend.

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