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When I first began planning, I didn’t want a color scheme. I read on a blog somewhere (and this is how most stories start when they inevitably end with me getting a reality check) that a bride just chose details she loved, and the colors just came together without any amount of effort. That sounded like exactly what I wanted to do—let the event come together organically. Because I’m that laid back. (Somewhere in the distance, Mr. Crepe is laughing hysterically.)
So I started designing the invitations and decorations without any specific colors in mind. I realize now that this particular bride must have been some kind of sorceress. For me, designing an event that looks cohesive took serious work!
As things started to come together, I figured out that what I actually wanted was something multicolored and festive, like this:
Join the Pittsburgh bees for a meet up tomorrow, February 19th (Saturday) at Bocktown Beer and Grill!
They have quite a few beers on draft, but they have more to offer than just booze—check out their website for a full menu.
Bocktown is located at 690 Chauvet Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15275, out near IKEA and across the parking lot from Target. We’ll be there on Saturday, February 19th, at 1:30PM. When you get there, just ask for the Weddingbee meet up, or look lost and I’m sure someone will wave you over to our table.
Hopefully we’ll see you tomorrow!
Last week while figuring out my options for the birth certificate fiasco of 2011, I decided to get a jump start on all things name change. My friends have been through it before and have warned me that it is a big huge giant pain in the ass. You may also want to cheat like Spiffy did and use Miss now Mrs, a fee for service website that simplifies the process—slightly. My friends also warned me that I will feel like Lisa Vanderpump at the L.A. DMV occasionally. I did a bit of research and I’m going to share the fruits of that labor. I’m no expert, so I suggest you not yell at me if we’re both stuck at the DMV because we’ve forgotten something important. MMMMkay?
These are written in the order you must complete them in. You aren’t getting a new license without an updated Social Security card, FYI.
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I love Fashion Week almost as much as I love award season, so I was crazy-excited to see how many gorgeous gowns from the 2011 collections are perfect for a wedding. These dresses may be out of budget for many of us, but these photos make for great inspiration.
Let’s check them out, shall we?
(All photos from Style.com)
This Alice + Olivia would make any bride feel like a fairy princess (side note: I predict that Taylor Swift will wear this sometime in the next few months. This is right up her alley):
This Badgley Mischka would be a showstopper at any wedding:
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All-Inclusion Invitation Suites
“Make an elegant invitation statement without the fuss. Stylish invitation sets with matching envelopes, reception and response cards included.”
Miss Kid is selling a Vera Wang gown. She’s asking $3500 for the size-10 dress.
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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(In the voice of Stefan from SNL) You know…it’s that thing where, like, you basically invented it and then everyone else does it, so you hate it…?
abandonwagon
-verb
Whereby one abandons an item or idea because the bandwagon is so full that you would all would totally die of starvation in a game of Oregon Trail.
There are a couple wedding things that I seriously thought I came up with myself. Maybe I’m naive, maybe I have way fewer original thoughts than I suspect, I don’t know. What I do know is when I see them on any number of wedding blogs, I’m like NO, I HATE IT NOW. Or at the very least, NO IT’S MINE. (Like Panther’s thing with seeing her wedding dress on other brides.)
Well.
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Create the honeymoon of your dreams.
Most of you probably don’t recognize my name around these parts, but as a refresher, I’m the bee who got divorced. Don’t worry, the story has a happy ending, I promise! As you might recall, I met the boy of my dreams and we’ve been happily living together in our apartment with our five pets for over a year.
Recently we had quite the tragedy with our dog Betty White. To catch you guys up to speed, I adopted Betty White from the SPCA about four years ago. She has always had major separation anxiety, which causes her to bark non-stop when no one is home. We were going through dog training for months and considered giving her up for adoption to our dog trainer. We thought he could give her a better life since she would be able to spend her days with him at work and learn how to be a more confident pooch overall. This backfired when he called several days later to say that she escaped from his training center during a huge snowstorm.
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We had a few friendors, all of whom we tried to shower with love, thank-you nice dinner, and thank-you gift cards. Hairtique MeMe is one of my grrls. Print-goods genius Good on Paper, in addition to being a wonderful designer, is an old pal of my mister’s. Her husband was in our wedding, and Mr. T was in theirs. Our DJ is a friend first. Bridesmaid AM’s sister was our mega-organized day-of coordinator.
And, Bridesmaid JB and her man, both chefs, made and designed our cake/cupcakes setup. It’s about time for some shameless dessert porn, wouldn’t you say?
This was actually one of the few things Mr. Lox had a firm opinion on when we started our wedding planning. Our photographers asked about a first look, and Mr. Lox was all confused—he’d never heard of it before. Chad said we could get back to him, so I waited until we got home to explain the concept of a first look to Mr. Lox. After he understood, he put his brunchy foot down with a firm no. On the inside, I was a little disappointed. But because he had such a firm reaction, I didn’t try to sway him either way. I accepted his opinion and moved on. For what it’s worth, that was last July. And the concept of first looks has just now resurfaced.
I don’t know how it came up, but we were talking about our cocktail hour recently. (Wait, I do remember how. I was expressing my eternal love for scallops. But that is a story for another day. Back to the topic.) I pointed out we wouldn’t be getting the appetizers we’ve chosen for our cocktail hour because we’d likely be taking pictures for the majority if not all of that time. Mr. Lox seemed surprised. I told him that was the only time we’d have for it since we wouldn’t be seeing each other before the ceremony. He blinked. Then he said maybe we could see each other. I reminded him that the moment of me coming down the aisle was important to him. He told me he might be reconsidering that.
So when we got home, I offered to show him some first looks I’ve loved. Such as this one from Mrs. Poodle…
I love, love, love inspiration boards. I don’t know how people plan weddings without one. For me, it was indispensable. I’m pretty sure that without having a clear cut, readily accessible place to keep all my ideas, our wedding would have been one hot-ass mess. I even printed my board out when I went to find ribbon, flowers, etc.!
That said, obviously I’m big on having an overall vision. I like cohesion. I like to know where everything is going, if you will. Judging by my past here on the ’bee, I always have been.
That said, one of my most favorite post-wedding series are the “inspiration vs. reality” posts. I absolutely love seeing how brides pulled everything together to create a wedding based on their inspiration. Mrs. Peep Toe’s wedding was bright and festive, Mrs. Sand Dollar had a rustic affair, Mrs. Cheeseburger’s was classy and elegant, and Mrs. Flamingo’s wedding was pure vintage glamour. Oddly enough, I’m at a loss for words to exactly describe our wedding, so I’ll just show you!
Our wedding inspiration:
I am ashamed. For the last few weeks I have been doing the newlywed relaxation thing and our at home reception has snuck up on me. It is three months away…EEEPPP! How did this happen? It seems like we just got home from the wedding. I have not done a single thing. So now I have to double-time all the planning. I have exactly four weeks to design, print, assemble and mail 120 invitations. *gulp*
Hive, I could sure use your help with designing our invitations.
Our theme for the at home reception is simply “Our Story.” Very colorful, whimsical yet chic decor (ala Scissors) with signs and photos EVERYWHERE telling why the different things at the reception are important to us or why we love them. Everything at the reception, from the food to the favors, will have some kind of significance. More to come on this in a later post, I promise.
So, my idea for the invitations is to create a little “book” that tells our story. I would love to do something that looks like this on the outside, but with bakers twine instead of raffia:
Or like this:
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We’re having a traditional Cuban pig roast, called a caja china, for our rehearsal dinner. The decor of the restaurant is bright and tropical, mostly with shades of red and turquoise.
When we designed the invitations for our rehearsal dinner, we wanted to incorporate this tropical color scheme, but we also wanted it to go along with our invitation suite. It seemed like a stretch, but then we found one element that could carry over.
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Most of my conversations go like this:
Friend: Hey Miss Bacon, How are things going?
Me: Oh you, know, the usual. You?
Friend: I’m pretty good. So, tell me, how’s wedding planning coming along?
Enter a twenty minute discussion on the drama of picking long tables vs round
Is it just me or does it seem like 90% of conversations since you got engaged start like that?
Maybe it’s because I work in an industry that is built on relationships with sales representatives and clients so we do our best to know the business of the person that helps pay our bills, but it’s not just limited to work.
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Drama.
I’m sure that everyone out there has dealt with drama in one way or another during their planning process (and if you haven’t, be so thankful!). Mr. E and I have dealt with our fair share of drama, from the budget, to unresponsive vendors, to family issues. While I would have rather had a blissful, drama-free engagement (who wouldn’t want that?), I will admit that dealing with this drama together has truly strengthened our relationship and solidified how important communication is.
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