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Hive, at this point at time, my skin is the color of paper. I seriously look like I’ve been painting closets for the past six months. In fact, if I shaved my head and stood against a white wall naked, no one would be able to find me.
Some of you may be shocked by this statement, but if this is my coloring on my wedding day, I’d be totally cool with it.
However, in a few months, I’ll probably get a few shades darker by walking my dog and walking to and from class. Believe it or not, I tan ridiculously easily, despite SPF. I don’t turn golden brown overnight, but by the end of the summer my foundation goes up quite a few shades inadvertently.
I’m writing this post because as I was looking through my venue’s “perks” for booking a wedding, I saw that they give one month of unlimited tanning booth sessions for the bride.
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Okay.
Let’s get to it already: the (veggie) meat, the grit, the heart of the day. Yes, I’m talking about our ceremony. It was my favorite part of the day and by far the most magical outpouring of love I’ve ever felt. They (who?!) say a picture is worth a thousand words, and I certainly hope so, because I have trouble coming up with any that accurately capture, contain, or recreate the magic. But I’ll do my best.
Our first few guests to arrive caught us off guard, and it was just a little awkward—you know, *shy wave, yup, this is me in my bride clothes, okay, I’m just gonna mosey on over to the “bridal chamber” and hide from you guys now type of awkward. And exciting. Our guests were showing up for our wedding which was mere moments away from really happening. It was totally surreal.
We stayed sequestered in the bridal chamber (really, the storage room for our excessive decor) with Team Awesome and family. We indiscriminately slapped bow ties on a whole bunch of people. We realized our pink flamingos hadn’t been used, and my nephews went on a last minute mission to find them a home (thanks guys!). We nervously called for beer, but I’ll be honest, a shot would have been just about perfect.
And then it was time to go (get married!):
Back in October I was browsing Etsy, and I fell in love with milk glass. Specifically this milk-glass cake plate.
Image via havenvintage on Etsy
Less than one month away from the wedding, I’ve been getting the same two questions over and over from friends and family.
Question #1: Are you ready?
Answer: Not yet, but I’m pretty confident we will be.
Question #2: Are you excited?
Answer: Yes. I am excited for it to be over.
That’s right. The closer we get to the wedding, the more I can’t wait for the whole deal to be over and done with. I can’t wait till the day AFTER the wedding. After spending eighteen months and many thousands of dollars on wedding planning, I am totally over it.
Image via I Can Haz Cheezburger
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One of my favorite parts of any wedding reception is the father-daughter dance. I am undoubtedly a huge sap, but there truly is something so revealing and special about this tradition. I love watching the interaction between the bride and her father while dissecting the lyrics of the song they’ve chosen—I weep. Every. Time.
So, when it came to figuring out how I’d approach the father-daughter dance at my own wedding, I wanted to make sure we chose something special and meaningful. I can be quite the ham, but I don’t want to make people laugh with a choreographed father-daughter jig—I want big salty tears, people!
I’m sadistic, I know.
Image via Simpsons Wiki
Okay, okay he probably doesn’t read WB, but I think I’ll spend the rest of my life pretending Mr. Knitting was his inspiration!
As someone who is super excited about the royal wedding I was very excited to read that just like Mr. Knitting, Prince William will not wear a wedding ring. Apparently, Prince William “doesn’t wear jewellery” and therefore does not want to wear a wedding ring.
Copier:
Image via The Official Website of the British Monarchy
I also wanted to give a bit of an update about how I feel about Mr. Knitting and his lack of a wedding ring.
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My Sue Sylvester-inspired wedding band is in!
Like Ms. Pain-au-Chocolat—who has a somewhat similar engagement ring—I went with a “complementary” wedding band. It was custom-designed to suit my solitaire OR to be worn alone, and I love it.
I want to tell you why I got this ring, when I originally intended to get a 2mm, unadorned band. When we were in high school, Pdog bought me some gorgeous diamond and sapphire earrings. (I’m cursing myself for not having a picture to show you.) I loved them, but they definitely weren’t “everyday” earrings. So I wore them to prom and later to a gala, but honestly, they didn’t get much wear because of their fanciness.
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It was time to talk to a real bride that had real success with a florist. So I asked my one married friend for the name of the florist she used 7 years earlier. In the week between Christmas and New Years, Martha at Ashland-Addison squeezed me in for an hour long appointment at their main space in Chicago’s warehouse district. The place was buzzing with last minute orders for New Year’s parties, but Martha acted like there was nothing more important to her than meeting with me and my tiny budget. Again, I sat down with my floral inspiration boards and walked her through our vision of whimsical personal flowers and big red balloons lining the outer aisle of the ceremony.
She didn’t just stop at asking questions about flowers, instead she wanted to know about the whole wedding - What did my dress look like? What about the guys’ tuxes? How old was the flower girl? Is our family full of huggers? If so, the Baconator would need a heartier flower to withstand all those embraces.
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| Ranunculus and Fiddlehead Fern BoutonniereImage via Calie Rose / Flowers by Calie Rose / Photo by Heather Bliss |
Knowing that after graduation we would never again have glorious week-long breaks from school/life to do whatever we desired, Mr. Pony and I decided to make the most of our final spring break from school. (I’m really going to miss you, spring break.) At first I resisted this idea. We didn’t have jobs lined up and spending money on vacation seemed frivolous and irresponsible. But, Mr. Pony insisted that we should go somewhere and enjoy our last spring break. Eventually, I agreed.
Normally when I think of spring break, I think of this scene from Arrested Development:
Image credit: Fox via Daicy Not Daisy
Even though our wedding still feels pretty far away, we are beginning to kick our planning into high gear. Part of this is because wedding planning is more fun than gardening, paying bills, grocery shopping, or working. And part of this is because my job situation is gonna get a little crazy in about six months to a year, with budget cuts and mergers and all kinds of potentially stressful things happening. My big plan is to get the majority of our vendors locked down now, so I can worry about other silly things like employment and finances when I need to. Good plan, huh?
Recently, I picked myself up, dusted my jeans off, and got back on the horse. And by that I mean, I psyched myself up to look into some more caterers. Remember that time I freaked out? Yeah. I buried my head in the sand for awhile but now I have pulled it out of the sand, I’m back in the saddle again, and I am riding into the sunset on my trusty steed. Yippie ki yi yay!
Gene Autry’s Back in the Saddle Again
Sufficiently cowgirled up with spurs on my boots and my sharp shooter at the ready, I contacted the General Store Cafe located in Pittsboro, North Carolina.
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Hi Hive!
New York Magazine Online asked Weddingbee to guest edit their featured Shop-A-Matic section on wedding dresses this week! Choosing a handful of my favorite dresses from the runway was like picking a favorite child, but I managed to pick a number of my favorite dresses featuring the latest trends from the bridal runway including tiered, peplum and sheer gowns, and of course, our favorite flirty minidresses. My favorite part? Pricing is included on each dress’ image, so there’s something for every budget!
Check out New York Magazine Online’s Shopping section for a whole host of curated fashion and shopping guides! From bridesmaids’ dresses to nail polishes, there’s a Shop-A-Matic section any fashion must-have. And stay tuned for a mini-interview on New York Magazine Online’s fashion blog, The Cut, with us this week, which will include our top two favorite dresses from this season’s runway! 
Yes, this is an almost-3 foot high Helvetica ampersand.
Yes, I am really tempted to order it.
No, I don’t know what we’d do with it.
MrsMosses added a brooch to her Vineyard Maeve wedding dress
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Trying to find the perfect tie for one’s wedding—not just for the groom but the groomsmen too—is hard!
You have a specific colour you want. You don’t want the ties to be ugly. And, if you are like the Gazelles, you want the groom to have a different tie from his groomsmen so he stands out, but one that complements the other ties. Oh, and you don’t like plain ties.
So you have all of these criteria in mind for ties..and you are shopping without the groom!
Why on earth would I be shopping for ties without Mr. Gazelle? Well, I was down in Orlando with my parents for the Disney Marathon, and Mr. Gazelle was back home in Calgary. We were hoping to find some great-quality ties at a low price thanks to the outlet malls down here.
We stopped by Orlando Premium Outlets, and my dad and I were on a mission. If a store sold ties we were in it! At first it was looking pretty dismal. The ties weren’t the right purple or they were really ugly. Finally we walked into Zegna, and it was like the sky parted and angels were singing.
Okay, by “we”, I mean “me”…but anyways! Do you guys remember when I told you that I had to have cake flags? Despite the fact I knew they’re totally unnecessary, I made them anyway?
Yup, this is another one of those kinds of projects, except it’s so much more!
See, let’s go back in time about two years. That’s right folks, two whole years. Despite the fact that everyone and their mothers (okay, well, my mother) told me not to waste time on a project like this when I had other more important things to do with my time (like uhhh get a marriage license), I did it anyway.
See, two years ago, I saw this unique little idea on the Martha Stewart Weddings website, and then I book marked it, committed it to memory, and promised myself that this would indeed be the ice breaker to end all ice breakers and people would worship Miss Giraffe for being so cool and creative, but only if they don’t know Martha and check her website first. Soooo right, after all those promises of people worshipping me, I had to make it happen.
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