Weddingbee Blog

Like so many of you, I’m a two shower bride. I was showered in Providence in June, and now it’s time for our Chicago shower in just a few weeks!

In addition to the invite above, this cute card was also tucked in to the envelope that recently showed up in our mailbox.

I can’t wait to see what kind of advice we receive!

Next, check out the registry section of our wedding website. Why? Well, I kind of love looking at that sort of stuff (being oh-so-slightly nosy) and you’ll notice how well the shower invite ties in with our website theme - leaves, purples, and general prettiness.

At our Providence shower we were lucky enough to receive ALL 12 settings of our everyday china. Woo hoo! Even though Mr. Seashell suggested we save it to use until after we are married (silly man), I still wanted to go through and make sure everything looked good and was complete. Good thing I did…

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See our 12 dishes? They came with 12 mugs. They also came with 7 saucers, 2 bowls, one giant bowl. And, if you do the math two missing pieces. Refer to the stock photo above. Is something off? Yes, I think so.

I took my mismatched sets to my local Crate and Barrel here in Chicago and showed them what I had received. They were more than helpful in correcting what had incorrectly shipped and also pointed the finger at the Providence Place Mall for the incorrect sets. Bad, mall, bad. They were also kind enough to let me keep the oversized bowl since they had no idea where it fit in the mix. Perhaps I’ll serve some sort of side dish in it. I’m not sure.

Moral of the story? Check your shipments. Most definitely check them if you plan on putting your shower/wedding gifts in storage for any amount of time.

Have you received any registry “surprises”?