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!
This year’s Badgley Mischka Bride collection is romantic, and the dresses featured tons of texture! Check out the dazzling duo’s offerings for spring 2011!
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Ms. Cheetah, Los Angeles/Palm Springs
Age and Occupation: 31, Artist, Educator
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 32, TV Finance
Engagement Date: April 2010
Wedding Date: March 2011
Venue: The Viceroy
About Me: I’m a silly, sassy lady with a compulsion to create. I love to sing and dance, despite the fact that I lack any talent doing either. I somehow manage to be messy and organized at the same time. I like to spend my days road tripping, watching '80s movies, reading true crime books, buying things on sale, sending postcards, playing board games, dining at food trucks, snuggling, and drinking ginger ale. I have a weak spot for all things sweet, especially Mr. Cheetah! I’m a Chicago girl and he’s a Nor Cal boy but we love living in the City of Angels. After 10 years as a couple we are planning a fun-filled semi-destination wedding in Palm Springs. Hope you enjoy the ride!
Check out these insanely awesome shoes I just got in the mail!
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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!
Watters never ceases to impress with their beautiful bridal designs and their incredibly affordable price points! We love checking out their collection, as there is always something for every bride and budget!
Watters showed not only bridal dresses, but bridesmaid’s dresses and mother of the bride dresses, so watch out, this is a huge post!
Check out their latest collection for 2011!
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Mrs. Husky, Denver
Age and Occupation: 26, Systems Administrator
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 32, Mechanical Engineer, recently laid off
Engagement Date: August 14, 2009
Wedding Date: October 2010
Venue: Rancho San Carlos
About Me: I am planning a quirky-crafty wedding with my recently out-of-work fiancé for a (fingers crossed!) warm October afternoon. We are two self-professed nerds with an affinity for all things outdoors---be it rain, snow or shine. Recently relocated from the drizzly Northwest, we're enjoying the many sun-soaked days in the mile high city. Our day will be filled with both of our large families and friends, a self-served Cajun feast, and a Zydeco-style jazz band rocking beneath the beams of a historic red barn.
On a perfectly crisp and sunny October afternoon, Mr. Husky and I wed beneath his hand-built arbor on the edge of a cliff, with a beautiful mountain backdrop. It was an amazing day that lasted well into the night, and, if I’m honest, well into the next morning.
I’m so sorry for leaving for so long. I can come up with a million and one excuses, like how the three days before the wedding were spent chopping, boiling, shredding, poaching and other catering-related tasks. Or the fact that there was zero cell or internet service at the wedding site. Or how the work-week between the wedding and the honeymoon was one of the busiest I’ve had. Or how I was away on the honeymoon, and Mr. Husky and I swore up and down to one another that we wouldn’t be computer-zombies the entire week. But I know all of you don’t care about excuses. So I will leave you with assurances that I will soon be back to my regular posting schedule, and a tiny little teaser of our wonderful warm October afternoon:
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Mrs. Ostrich, San Francisco/Hawaii
Age and Occupation: 30, Fashion Buyer
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 38, Copywriter
Engagement Date: October 4, 2009
Wedding Date: April 2011
Venue: Sweet ceremony by the sea and sunset celebration on the North Shore of Hawaii
About Me: Born in the city of angels and residing in the city by the bay, I’m a fearless fashion buyer by day, a passionate blog author by night and a dreamy bride-to-be in between. I thank my lucky stars to live in such a stunning city that gives me gifts like organic honey lavender ice cream, movie nights in the park, tucked away beaches, legendary record stores, '80s dance parties, awesome sports teams, stellar flea markets, and vintage bookshops. Oh, and I love to dance! We always find every excuse to escape to the beach, and decided a little seaside wedding in Hawaii is our idea of bliss. Full of our favorite people, music, food and sparkly lights, this is one sunset celebration we will always remember.
“Beauty, to me, is about being comfortable in your own skin. That, or a kick-ass red lipstick.” - Gwyneth Paltrow
{J Mendel via source}
This past weekend I was gathering inspiration for my wedding makeup. And for a girl who lives on lip gloss and a little blush, I’m aiming for something a little more special for our big day. 
So, the first step? The makeup item I love most, of course…lipstick!
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Mrs. Pashmina, NYC/Catalina Island, CA
Age and Occupation: 28, Arts Education
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 34, IT Administrator
Engagement Date: April 26th, 2009
Wedding Date: July 2010
Venue: Catalina Country Club, Catalina Island, California
About Me: I'm a laid-back Cali girl who moved to NYC for school, and ended up staying for love. My fiance is a quick-witted Jersey boy, a self-proclaimed Foodie and the funniest man I've ever met. Together we love exploring the city streets embarking on our next misadventure---and yes, this often involves eating off food carts and trying "the next big thing". I'm the girl in the sundress, snapping photos and collecting trinkets of memorabilia along the way. As a girly girl at heart, I am excited about our romantic natural island wedding incorporating our American & Filipino traditions.
After all of this, I haven’t even introduced you to our venue! Let me bring you up to speed.
Image from Arcadia Weekly
After deciding on Catalina Island instead of a hometown wedding, we eagerly searched for a location. This took me months and months! Where…without visiting the island in person? I searched feverishly on the web. Googling, Flickring, and aimlessly searching photographers’ sites that contained images of other weddings on Catalina Island. Yep, I pretty much stalked Catalina Island trying to find out what locations were out there and what I would like best.
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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!
Hola hive! Sorry for the small hiatus in Bridal Market recaps—I had to fly home!—but I’m back on the train! Let’s kick it off with a bang. And who makes a bigger bang than Pnina Tornai? Mrs. Pug and I were on hand to attend the runway show at Kleinfeld, and I was smitten by the “I love New York” theme. Pnina is from Israel, and says that she has two lovers: her husband, and New York City. This latest collection was dedicated to her city-lover.
One thing is for sure—more is more with Pnina Tornai!
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Mrs. Cola, Mountain View, CA
Age and Occupation: 27, Product Communications and Promotions
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 28, Managing Partner and Senior Designer
Engagement Date: March 5, 2009
Wedding Date: June 2010
Venue: The Mountain Terrace, Woodside, CA
About Me: I’m a Washington State native, enjoying life in Silicon Valley California with my fiancé, our three kitties and one leopard gecko. I like reading wedding blogs, Photoshopping wedding design mock ups, making lists, and planning, planning, planning! I’m a bit of an anomaly, on one side I’m a very girlie girl, I collect shoes, I lay out my outfits 4-6 weeks in advance, and I’d never leave the house without my hair curled and makeup on. But on the other side, I’m a total tomboy, I love to go camping and hiking, play drinking games (hey, I’m Irish!) and most of my closest friends are guys. My fiancé and I are planning a DIY-focused wedding with a balance between easygoing (what he wants) and chic and stylish (what I want), and are tying it all together with elements in lavender, sage, butter cream and chocolate.
OK, no more dwelling on my bad PWC, it’s time to get back to the recaps!
To let everyone know that cocktail hour was over, one of our groomsmen (who had volunteered to MC) announced that everyone should find their seats, and that salad was going to be served.
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Mrs. Octopus, Boston, MA/Pittsburgh, PA
Age and Occupation: 25, Grad Student
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 26, Graphics Operator for TV News
Engagement Date: May 6th, 2009
Wedding Date: September 2010
Venue: Heinz Chapel Ceremony, Museum Reception
About Me: When my best friend dragged me to a toga party in our freshmen year of college, I was not expecting to meet my future husband; but seven years later, here we are. I'm a crazy-organized planner at heart, and I am a great lover of random trivia, books, chocolate, blogs, new and exciting adventures, mockumentary-style television, and anything heavily flavored with bright orange fake cheese powder. We're planning a festive and fun mini-destination wedding in the place where we met: fabulous Pittsburgh, PA! I can't wait to marry the man I love!
I am a feminist—unabashedly, passionately so—and I had always planned on taking Mr. Octo’s name when we got married. Here’s why: I like the clear “family unit” connotation that having the same last name as your spouse offers, I like Mr. Octo’s last name specifically, and I want to have the same last name as our future children. Additionally, our last names sound super dumb when hyphenated (they have the same final syllable, so they sound oddly similar and rhymey). Mr. Octo was not at all interested in taking a combined name or changing his own name, but repeatedly expressed that he didn’t care what my choice was, and wanted me to do whatever felt right to me. So, I decided that I’d be changing my name.
Then we got married, and immediately, nearly everyone started referring to me as Mrs. HisName. Often, it was meant in a cute, pointed, “you’re married now!” way, but sometimes it seemed to just be an assumed fact of life (e.g., receiving cards or mail addressed to Mr. and Mrs. HisName, from people I am certain I never told whether or not I actually wanted to be addressed as such). And, surprisingly, although changing my name to HisName had always been my plan, I found that I did not like the way it felt. At all.
I guess what rubbed me the wrong way was that it felt very sudden, and it felt like I had very little agency in the matter.
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Ms. Sloth, Philadelphia
Age and Occupation: 35, Account Manager and Fashion Blogger
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 30, Design Admin
Engagement Date: December 25, 2009
Wedding Date: May 2011
Venue: Bartram's Garden
About Me: I'm an internet junkie and music snob with a good eye for a bargain. I couldn't live without thrift store shopping, cheeseburgers, sushi, Coke Zero, websites devoted to silly photos of baby animals, Photoshop, and Mr. Sloth. Speaking of which, he and I are a pair of goofball homebody nerds who love our beagle (the most ridiculously adorable dog EVER) to an embarrassing degree. We're planning a low-key and intimate yet festive and quirky outdoor wedding with DIY details and deeply personal touches, and it's all taking place in the city where we fell in love and call home: Philadelphia.
When I was 18 (which, for reference, was almost 17 years ago), I got a really really really really really really really really really really really really REALLY stupid tattoo on my upper arm/shoulder area. Why? Because I was young and stupid. I wanted something different than the tribal armbands that were so big in the early/mid ’90s and ended up with something that I loved for a month, liked for a year, tolerated for another year, and regretted ever since.
I’m too embarrassed to even post a photo of it.
Since none of the cap-sleeve dresses that I tried on looked good on me, I’m going to have a strapless dress and the stupid tattoo is going to show. Now I have a few options I’ve been considering.
Option #1: Get the tattoo covered up with a better tattoo. I have a friend who is a tattoo artist and he’ll cut me a deal. I’ll probably get it covered up with some pretty flowers like these (the photos below are for artistic inspiration only, not placement):
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Mrs. Poodle, Santiago, Chile/San Bernardino, CA
Age and Occupation: 27, Industrial & Web Designer
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 24, Firefighter & Mountain Patrol
Engagement Date: February 25, 2009
Wedding Date: January 2010
Venue: Mr. P's Grandparents’ Ranch
About Me: I’m a Chilean girl who's crazy about nature and swimming. I enjoy carving, drawing, reading and sewing; I drool over computers, fabric, pretty paper, purple and patterns. To me, chocolate should be one of the seven wonders, right next to lemon pie. I never thought an exchange work experience program was going to change my life forever, but while working in California, I met Mr. Poodle, and ever since my days are better and brighter. We are two goofy souls that, after finding each other, couldn’t help but want to be together forever. It has being a long and sometimes hard road, since we have to deal with such a long distance between us, but we are now facing the last stage of our Fiancé Visa, and soon we will be together. You know the best part? We will be married! So I’ll be blogging from Chile until just a few months before our “green and purple” wedding.
All of the months of preparation, massive DIY, and late nights were finally paying off. It was the morning of our wedding day!
But before I go into getting ready, I just wanted to share some detail pictures:
All of my handmade work hanging at the ranch house
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Ms. Stripes, Los Angeles
Age and Occupation: 29, Costume Designer/Stylist
Fiancee's Age and Occupation: 29, Chef
Engagement Date: June 23, 2009
Wedding Date: September 2010
Venue: Heritage Square Museum
About Me: I’m a type A creative with a messy streak, a loud mouth, and an uncanny knack for combining clashing patterns. I can usually be found with my nose in a book, my feet (or at least my toes) on the ground, my head in the clouds, and my arm around the prettiest girl you ever saw- aka
Fiancee Stripes. Together we’re planning a FUN vintage/modern French carnival wedding extravaganza and rockin’ dance party on a dime. (Say that three times fast!) Good coffee, long lists, Uniball pens, and my iPhone keep me sane, and making art, making trouble, and making out keep me happy! I love urban adventures, bike rides that end with afternoon drinks, breakfast for dinner, beautiful light, photography, travel, my furry family, and of course, my beautiful fiancee! I’m super excited to be here and can’t wait to share all our adventures as we craft a joyful, budget-friendly, design-savvy and all-around AWESOME wedding!
This one’s for you Sloth. Thanks for the motivation!
My bouquet was unique, beautiful, and extremely heavy. Seriously heavy. If you’re planning on making one of these lovelies, I recommend you start doing push-ups, stat. Despite barely having the arm strength to pull it off, I LOVED carrying my bouquet, and am still loving it on a daily basis, as it now lives perched on a corner of our mantle.
I must confess though, that I’m jumping the gun a little here in sharing my bouquet with you guys. I was trying to wait for our pro-pics, but I’m *cough* too impatient and I feel like I’ve seen a few howthehelldoyoumakethosebroochbouquet type quandaries around the blogosphere lately. And it’s so simple (albeit a bit tedious) that I feel bad holding out on you guys! It’s really no big deal right? It just means you might have to endure yet ANOTHER bouquet post once we actually do have our pro-pics back. That wouldn’t be so bad, would it?
So here’s the deal: today I show you the goods, and tomorrow I show you how to make your own bouquet/WMD.
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Mrs. Socks, Southern NJ/Philadelphia, PA
Age and Occupation: 23, Web Developer/Marketing Specialist
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 26, Systems Engineer
Engagement Date: September 7, 2009
Wedding Date: October 2010
Venue: Ladder 15 Restaurant
About Me: I am originally from the Midwest, but I love being an East Coast transplant! Mr. Socks and I are foodies and winos to the core---give us a hunk of cheese, some charcuterie and a glass of wine and we could die happy. We have two mischievous Wire Fox Terriers with completely opposite personalities but with a shared love of uprooting anything in our garden. Our backyard garden includes everything from tomatoes and peppers to a fig tree, blueberries, blackberries and raspberries! I love cooking, indie music, and spending time in our wedding city of choice---Philly!
Hi Hive. I’m back from my honeymoon, but unfortunately, I have some hard news to share with you…
My wedding was intentionally sabotaged by Mr. Socks’ mother, father, sister, and one of his cousins.
I haven’t really been very honest about my whole process of planning this wedding. I’ve been blogging with Weddingbee for about 5 months, and I never once wrote a post about the difficulties I faced with my in-laws. I have been hiding a situation that has been much more dire than your typical tensions when two families join together.
Mr. Socks and I have been bullied, threatened, belittled and manipulated by his parents and sister throughout much of our relationship and engagement. I won’t sit here and psychoanalyze the how’s and the why’s of what they do, but I will tell you that it has been extraordinarily difficult on us. I also won’t sit here and tell you that I’ve been perfect throughout the whole process of dealing with their behavior-I didn’t always bite my tongue and rise above the situation, as it is usually my nature to fight fire with fire (though I am trying to overcome that quality).
Regardless of what happened in the past, I was looking forward to being cordial and pleasant with Mr. Socks’ family, and expected the same amount of respect in return.
Unfortunately, that is not what happened.
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Ms. Cheetah, Los Angeles/Palm Springs
Age and Occupation: 31, Artist, Educator
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 32, TV Finance
Engagement Date: April 2010
Wedding Date: March 2011
Venue: The Viceroy
About Me: I’m a silly, sassy lady with a compulsion to create. I love to sing and dance, despite the fact that I lack any talent doing either. I somehow manage to be messy and organized at the same time. I like to spend my days road tripping, watching '80s movies, reading true crime books, buying things on sale, sending postcards, playing board games, dining at food trucks, snuggling, and drinking ginger ale. I have a weak spot for all things sweet, especially Mr. Cheetah! I’m a Chicago girl and he’s a Nor Cal boy but we love living in the City of Angels. After 10 years as a couple we are planning a fun-filled semi-destination wedding in Palm Springs. Hope you enjoy the ride!
Sorry about the title, but hey, I like cheesy puns. Mmm, cheesy puns…
At the end of the summer, Mr. Cheetah and I spent a couple days in Palm Springs so we could meet with potential wedding vendors. It was a packed couple of days; we met with four florists, two DOCs, and a DJ, scoped out three potential rehearsal dinner spots, looked for photo locations, and taste-tested some cupcakes (one of the best parts of wedding planning, no doubt). We stayed at the Viceroy—for the first time—and it was awesome-pants! We fell in love with our venue all over again, and we got extra super duper excited for our wedding there! The staff took great care of us, and the two managers we’re working with even sent up free champagne and chocolate strawberries (which lasted all of two minutes before I put them all in my belly, where they belong).
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