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Mrs. Roadster is selling a brand-new YUDU. She’s including the secondary ink package, extra emulsion sheets as well as black and gold ink. Make her an offer.

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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We’re quickly approaching the equinox, which for us means that it’s getting harder and harder to get out of bed and go for a surf in the chilly mornings, but for those of you on the other side of the world, it means spring is coming! Which means, I really need to start thinking about what kind of flowers I want. Pronto.

We still have 5 months until the wedding, so why so early? Because we are hoping that our talented friends and family will be able to grow us all of the flowers we need for the wedding, which means said flowers need to be planted. This also means that this veggie farmer needs to start thinking blooms.

Looking back I see that I went about this process in the complete wrong order. You see, I scoped out ideas, fell in love with certain flowers, and then figured out what they were called and when they were in season. This whole process involved some mild heartbreak when I found out that peonies and ranunculus (two of my faves) will definitely not be in bloom in the Eastern U.S. in August. I probably should’ve found a list of what is in bloom, then picked some off of that that I loved. Oh well… live and learn.

Here were the inspiration for my flower choices: (You knew I’d have an inspiration board or two for you.)
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How about another Gator-iffic entry?

One of my very first posts ever was featuring our cute Knight and Gator cake toppers custom made by Bunnywithatoolbelt. Since being featured here on Weddingbee she has been asked several times to make college-themed cake toppers. Here is her latest creation for a FSU Seminole Groom and UF Gator Bride.

The Groom made these little renderings for Hilary of Bunnywithatoolbelt. These are really cute renderings, minus the last one. The Gator should really be chomping the Seminole considering how awesome our football team is… just throwing that out there. The Groom must be in denial.

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I hate to exercise. I really wish I liked it, but I just don’t, and never, ever have. I am not naturally athletic at all—in fact, you might go so far as to say “super-clumsy and awkward”—and if I had the choice between exercising and sprawling on the couch with a blanket and a book or a movie, I would pick lounging every single time.

But I do exercise. I often struggle to keep it up regularly, but I do it. I exercise because I recognize that my body does feel a lot better when I’m staying active, and because it’s apparently not just an urban legend that regular exercise helps you manage your weight and stay toned. And now, with the wedding approaching, I’m trying really hard to exercise several times a week, so that I look and feel great when the day rolls around. So for all you grudging and reluctant exercisers, maybe it will help to see some of the things I, your kindred spirit, do to keep myself motivated, active, and fit.

Fitness Classes
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Well, maybe not do it myself, but have a family member do it HERself?

So, early on, Mr. Lace and I visited a nearby florist that came recommended by a friend. We brought photos of what we wanted and researched names of flowers we liked. However, once we got a quote of what we were hoping to have, we literally had to scrape our jaws off the floor. We weren’t ready to shell out over $2500 for flowers. They’re already stinking dead!! When the florist adjusted the centerpieces, bouquets and bouts for our budget, we didn’t like what he’d proposed for us.

We walked out of the shop pretty distraught. What were we going to do? To pay for a compromise of what we wanted and what we could afford, we’d have to cut back somewhere else in our budget. We decided to sit on it for awhile and revisit after we’d researched a few more florists.

Christmas rolled around and we hadn’t really had a chance to begin Yelping florists. Enter Mr. Lace’s aunt and uncle.
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Though I am a sucker for all things chronological (am I? I don’t know, but it seemed like the right thing to say), I’m going to start at the end—with our honeymoon! I can’t wait to tell you all of the exciting wedding stories (and show you the beautiful pictures! I have seen the online gallery, and lo, it was good!), but while we Spaniels wait for the full disc, I thought I would regale you with the harrowing and heroic tale of…

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Mr. Seashell and I talked about the future frequently—big picture things like goals, ambitions, things we hoped for in a family, and smaller details like things we liked and disliked about weddings, and travel preferences (window vs. aisle, carry-on vs. check-in). We were often on the same page, and shared a mutual excitement for what was to come. We always talked openly about our future, and we always said “when”, not “if”.

When he asked me one morning last May, “So, what’s next? A ring or a condo?” I tried to stay level-headed. With the first time homebuyer tax incentives, and the state of the housing market, I knew it was good timing to get serious about finding our first home. So I said, “Of course I want to say a ring, but I know the timing to buy a home is too good to pass up. If I choose ’condo’ will we still be on track for a wedding next fall?” Mr. Seashell said “yes,” and the condo search was on.

We purchased our condo on August 3, 2009. It was move-in ready, but we took on a number of home improvement projects. Night after night of work on our new home, Mr. Seashell suggested that we get dressed and go out on a “date”. To be honest, I thought it may be a “decoy date” to throw me off for a proposal at a later time. (Kind of like, “See? We go out and do nice things all the time! This isn’t suspicious…) Plus, I figured with all the money we’d spent on the condo, renovating, and buying new furniture, there was no way a ring was coming just yet.
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We’re married!!!

Our wedding was the most fun we’ve ever had in one day! It was incredible. We still can’t believe how beautiful and joyous it was!

I wanted to give a big “Thank You” hug to the hive! Thanks for everything. Your positivity, your amazing ideas, and your words of encouragement have meant so much to me. I’ve loved sharing our wedding planning process with you and can’t wait to share the amazing results!

And, of course, I couldn’t fly off to our honeymoon without giving you a sneaky peek:
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I didn’t really understand what all the hoopla was about with these little cookies. Mrs Perfume, Miss Turtle, and Miss Rainbow all discuss their loveliness. But wedding sites keep posting pictures and describing their yumminess. So, I started craving them. Crazy, right? In all my life, I think I’ve probably eaten one macaron at a Vegas buffet or some place like that. How do you crave something you haven’t really ever had? All those descriptions… hard outer, chewy on the inside, creamy center. I could taste it. And I had no idea what they tasted like.

I had had enough of this drooling and dreaming BS. It was time to get me some of these damn macarons.
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Guess what I just received in my inbox?

Remember that FMIL Pudding is making our wedding cake? Well, it turns out that having your cake baker live with you has some advantages. Every Sunday night for the last couple of months, FMIL P has whipped up a different flavor of cake for us to try. The problem? Each cake is better than the last, and we simply cannot make up our minds on the flavor.

The solution?
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I just got back from my trip home for my bridal shower and while I don’t have pictures yet, I do want to share one really clever thing!

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A long time ago, we decided we wanted to take dance lessons before the wedding so that we wouldn’t look like 7th graders awkwardly swaying at their first dance.

Awk-WARD.

Now, it’s less than 5 months to the wedding and I’m realizing we really need to get on this if it’s going to happen. The problem is that Mr. Jelly’s deploying at some point before the wedding, so if we start now, we will have a 2.5 month period where we won’t be able to practice together and we might forget a lot of what we learned. But starting the lessons when Mr. Jelly gets back seems cutting it too close. I guess this is just one of those times where I’m feeling sorry for myself for Mr. Jelly being gone so much.
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This weekend, Mr. Hot Dog and I visited our venue, the ranch. I was really excited before, just picturing the landscape. But now that I’ve seen it again and heard all of my FFIL’s plans for the place, I can barely contain my glee!!! And of course, I took some pics for you all. I’m going to give you all a little “walk through” of the place so you can get a feel for it.

WARNING: Photo overload!

The view from the road! Picture everything greener

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When choosing our florist, I tried not to be super specific about every type of flower we use. I know it can help to be a little flexible, especially when you are on a budget.

I did my research and I learned that hydrangeas are in season in October, which is perfect because they are one of my favorite flowers. I also like the classic feel of roses, which happen to be in season, too. Other than the two main flowers, I didn’t want to be too picky with the types of flowers. Instead, I took the advice of Nancy Liu Chin of Nancy Liu Chin Designs. She recommends describing characteristics of what you want the flowers to look like. I told the final two florists we were deciding between that I like white, soft, romantic, and classic flowers. I then created a checklist of the flowers we need. We aren’t doing floral centerpieces, so this trimmed the list a bit.
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