Mrs. Teaspoon, Sydney, AustraliaAge and Occupation: 27, Medical ScientistFiance's Age and Occupation: 30, BankerEngagement Date: June 4, 2010Wedding Date: September 2011Venue: St Aloysius' College, Milson's PointAbout Me: I am a mad scientist who enjoys swimming at the beach in summer and skiing powder in winter. Our favourite times together are spent with the sand between our toes, cooking up a storm, re-watching and re-reading every Harry Potter ever made, and spending time with our dear friends and family! We have travelled the world together in our 6 years of dating, from Paris, to Thailand, to Las Vegas, and we are tackling the many challenges of planning our special day the best way we know how---together!
Mr. Teaspoon and I are starting to think about our wedding bands. Well, what this really means is that I have been thinking about what type of wedding bands I like since before we were engaged, and now I’m making Mr. Teaspoon think about his band.
Apart from obviously my brand spanking new husband, one of the few things that will be part of our daily life will be our wedding bands. Making this quite a big decision. Luckily for me, the design of my engagement band helps me to determine what type of ring I could have. My ring is antique and quite distinct in its own right. Also, I knew that I only wanted the one ring that I could wear without my engagement ring, so that ruled out the enhancer-style ring:
Today Margaret from the revolutionary new travel site Enrout shares Part II of Miss Snapdragon’s and Bossyboots’ potential Hawaiian honeymoon, including a budget breakdown! Check out Part I here! Margaret will continue to bring us great honeymoon suggestions in the coming weeks, so stay tuned!
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Kauai - What to Do
After five days of Maui bliss, the Snapdragons will take a short flight over to the island of Kauai. The couple can head over to Ha’ena State Park to Ke’e beach, a crystal blue cove filled with tropical fish and sea turtles, and tons of caves to explore…
Mrs. Hippo, New York City/Dallas, TXAge and Occupation: 34, Event Planner for a Non-Profit Fiance's Age and Occupation: 35, Finance ITEngagement Date: August 8, 2009Wedding Date: March 2011Venue: Samuel Lynne Galleries and Marc EventsAbout Me: I’m a thirty-something bride living in New York City and planning a modern-ish wedding in Dallas, Texas. I love trashy reality television (Jersey Shore, anyone?), online shopping, Sunday brunch, Central Park, and random celebrity spottings on the streets of Manhattan. While I love NYC, I miss good Tex-Mex, my college friends, central A/C, and being in close proximity to a Target. I’m thrilled to finally be planning an event that’s not work-related and to be marrying my best friend in what I hope will be a unique and personal ceremony followed by a reception with plenty of good food, good drinks, and dancing (regardless if it’s good or not).
With 45 minutes left of our reception, it was time for second dessert. I mean, who doesn’t love second dessert??!? I had been looking forward to second dessert for months, and our fresh, hot donuts from The Snack Box did not disappoint.
Mrs. Pony, Bloomington, ILAge and Occupation: 25, AttorneyFiance's Age and Occupation: 34, AttorneyEngagement Date: March 22, 2010Wedding Date: September 2011Venue: Mackinaw Valley Vineyard; Bloomington Center for the Performing ArtsAbout Me: I found my Southern counterpart in law school and since he popped the question last March, we have been busy graduating, job searching, bar taking, and wedding planning. My loves include must see TV, magnets, quotes, anything green, my car, fun socks, the Cubs, and my Mr. Together we love wine, playing outside, and exploring the world together. Stay tuned to see our Midwest wedding full of Southern charm, vintage flair, lots of DIY details, and a whole lot o’ wine.
A bachelorette’s attire is not complete without some sort of headgear. In the festivities I have been involved in, this almost always means some sort of veil. They’re fun and add an extra dab of bridal to the occasion, so I love to include them for my friends.
The easiest way to create a veil in my experience is to buy a cute tiara and hot glue some tulle on it.
The problem with this plan is that these tiaras are made for little girls and do not fit the head of a grown woman. They fit on your head for about .02 second before popping off.
So, for BM So and So’s bachelorette party last weekend, I knew I had to do something that would stay on her head while still being cute, fun, and personal. I started with these materials:
Miss Ticket, Riverside, CAAge and Occupation: 25, Executive AssistantFiance's Age and Occupation: 24, HVAC TechnicianEngagement Date: November 14, 2010Wedding Date: October 2011Venue: Crestmore ManorAbout Me: I'm a lifelong So Cal gal, a chocoholic, a closet gamer, and a television enthusiast (love me some Vampire Diaries!) who adores playing in the kitchen and lives in flip flops. Mr. Ticket and I are best known for singing and dancing in the car, our World of Warcraft addiction, adoring food, crane game playing, and our general homebody ways. Oh, and GO STEELERS!
It was 10:28 PM PST when I heard the little beep from my phone to alert me that I had a new email; I secretly hoped it was about my Weddingbee application. I don’t know why on earth I would think this since I receive dozens of emails a day from friends, family, wedding vendors, junk, etc. The odds of receiving the most coveted email of acceptance at this time of night seemed absolutely absurd. I checked my phone to see “Weddingbee Application” in the subject line…then held my breath as I opened the email to read, “We’ve reviewed your application and blog, and think you’d be a great addition to the Weddingbee team!” I paused the TV (Eureka could wait!) and reread the email. The smile on my face must have rivaled that of a five-year-old’s upon receiving a pony for their birthday.
Mrs. Cannon, Toledo, OHAge and Occupation: 27, Financial AnalystFiance's Age and Occupation: 28, AssemblerEngagement Date: February 28, 2011Wedding Date: September 2011Venue: Epworth UMC & Ward PavilionAbout Me: I'm the curious combination of being a go-with-the-flow, laid back, obsessive planner. I try desperately to stay as busy as possible at all times (and am succeeding big time right now!) My biggest loves in life are Law & Order: SVU, Community (the show, not the concept, although I like that, too), ice cream, white cheddar popcorn, beer, hiking, knitting, decorating, writing, being outside, spending time with friends and family and musical theater. Mr. Cannon is pretty sweet, too. We've had a lot of fun traveling and having adventures all over the country, but have finally moved back near our hometown to settle down. We're planning a low-key, colorful, fun wedding and an awesome-to-the-max reception.
So, I promised myself I would post every day this week because I didn’t post at all last week. However, I have a TON of homework to do (it’s my last week of class!) so I don’t have a lot of time. I have lots of things I want to write about, but I want to REALLY write. You know, articulate my thoughts clearly and re-read my post before I hit the publish button. Luckily, my photographer sent us our engagement picture book which we’ll be using as our guestbook and it arrived today. So, I present blogging without writing—aka pictures of our guestbook:
Ooooh, what’s in this fancy box? Oh, and Cannon, I love your lime green gingham table cloth! *blushing* Thanks! (Ok, I’m done complimenting myself.) Read more…
Mrs. Funnel Cake, Zürich, Switzerland/Columbus, OhioAge and Occupation: 24, Visual Communication DesignerFiance's Age and Occupation: 28, Application EngineerEngagement Date: May 30, 2010Wedding Date: October 2011Venue: Catholic church followed by a botanical conservatoryAbout Me: I'm an American designer who moved to Switzerland for love after a fairytale beginning at the top of the Eiffel Tower. I love travel, photography, museums, learning German so I can speak with my mother-in-law, cooking (eating), cuddling, and I'm not afraid to try something new even if it terrifies me. My Swiss/Brazilian man and I are both down to earth people planning a traditional Catholic wedding in my hometown with some quirky cultural exceptions to reflect our different backgrounds. We look forward to celebrating with friends and family from all over the world in a classic, sophisticated fusion of heritage and love.
I can’t tell you precisely which day I knew that Mr. Funnel Cake wanted to spend the rest of his life with me, but I can tell you that I do I remember the exact moment.
Mr. Funnel Cake has a cd of a band that plays classical crossovers of popular songs. That might sound horrible to some, but FC likes them.
One of the melodies of the songs sounded SO similar to the theme music from The Mask of Zorro soundtrack. I swear, every time I would hear this song I would wind up singing “I want to spend my lifetime looooving yooooou” like Tina Arena and Marc Anthony.
This kept going on where I would hear the song and start thinking about The Mask of Zorro. Well, Mr. Funnel Cake decided to download the soundtrack to the movie and one evening he played the very song I kept being reminded of.
Mrs. Parasol, San Ramon, CaliforniaAge and Occupation: 25, Non-profit writer, editor, and bloggerFiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Law school studentEngagement Date: December 19th, 2010Wedding Date: September 2011Venue: Bent Creek Winery (Livermore, California); Reception: Family Residence (San Ramon, California) About Me: I am a California girl at heart. I love the outdoors, sunny days at the beach, and hiking in the woods and mountains. I also love good books and am fresh from completing my Master's degree in English and Comparative Literature in New York City. Living in NYC was an amazing experience, and while I'm glad to be back on the West Coast, I'm also thankful that my two years back East gave me an opportunity to explore new places, make new friends, and indulge my passion for Broadway shows. Oh, and I received a pretty awesome proposal from Mr. Parasol in Central Park. Above all else, Mr. Parasol is my biggest cheerleader and my best friend. But even though I'm thrilled to be marrying him, I wasn't always totally on board with this whole wedding thing and at first, I wanted to run off and elope. I've finally been convinced to throw the wedding I never thought I wanted, and so now I'm busy planning an intimate September wedding filled with DIY details. Along the way, I'm slowly learning to appreciate, perhaps even love the wedding planning process.
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Ms. Ferris Wheel, San FranciscoAge and Occupation: 29, PsychologistFiance's Age and Occupation: 27, PsychologistEngagement Date: May 23 and 28, 2010 (one for each of us!)Wedding Date: November 2011Venue: Parc55 Hotel (city lights ceremony, ballroom reception)About Me: Born in the Southeast, educated in the Northeast, and over-educated on the West Coast, I finally earned my city-girl credentials and have put down roots in gorgeous San Francisco. I’m a raging perfectionist with a lightning quick wit and a terrible sense of both time and direction. Our wedding task list is endlessly growing because of my predilection to think that DIY projects I can make = DIY projects I should make (so not true!). I always go to bed wishing there were more hours in the day to enjoy all the things I adore, whether that be hobbies, friends, my career, our two dogs, or Mr. Ferris Wheel. Ours is a story of a non-traditional couple living an oddly traditional life planning a not-so-traditional wedding in this city we adore. Together we are bustin’ out all of our best skills (and some of our worst ones) to plan a laid-back-chic DIY-craftastic love-alicious affair!
My mom was kind enough to visit us recently to lend her wedding elf services. (Thanks, Mom!) Little did she know she’d be spending her time out here developing an intimate relationship with balls. We’re talking large balls, small balls, fragile balls, scattered balls, stacked balls, and everyone’s favorite—flaky balls. Oh yeah, we were ballin’ out of control, and I’m just dying to show you what we accomplished.
I’m so proud, and so relieved, to say that this box contains 136 small, black and white string balls. Tutorials for these things are all over the internet, but I’ll add my two cents as well. And if you want to see our mock-up of how we plan to use these beauties, just scroll straight to the bottom of this post. I won’t be upset. Read more…
Mrs. Teaspoon, Sydney, AustraliaAge and Occupation: 27, Medical ScientistFiance's Age and Occupation: 30, BankerEngagement Date: June 4, 2010Wedding Date: September 2011Venue: St Aloysius' College, Milson's PointAbout Me: I am a mad scientist who enjoys swimming at the beach in summer and skiing powder in winter. Our favourite times together are spent with the sand between our toes, cooking up a storm, re-watching and re-reading every Harry Potter ever made, and spending time with our dear friends and family! We have travelled the world together in our 6 years of dating, from Paris, to Thailand, to Las Vegas, and we are tackling the many challenges of planning our special day the best way we know how---together!
So like many a crazy-vain bride before me, I am already starting on my plan to ensure that I look more than picture perfect on our wedding day. I have taken a three-fold approach, which so far seems to be working!
Mrs. Prairie Dog, Cincinnati
Age and Occupation: 24, Program CoordinatorFiance's Age and Occupation: 25, PhD/Biomedical EngineerEngagement Date: December 18, 2009Wedding Date: May 2011Venue: Glendale LyceumAbout Me: I'm a pilgrim soul of a girl with a house full of books and a coffee addiction that could slay Juan Valdez. My life is a whirl of grammar correction, good music, glue-gunning, and two pets named Hazel and Winston Churchill. I'm marrying my high school boyfriend in a formal-ish spring affair, roughly themed: "Elizabeth Bennet crashes a party co-hosted by Jay Gatsby and Cath Kidston, and loves it."
This week marks nine years since my first date with PDog.
That first date lasted for 11 hours. It involved a gelato, and the swings of a local park, and a minor car accident, and that teenage feeling like you’re going to explode of happiness at the end of the night—the feeling that makes you dance around the taupe carpet in your bedroom and text all your girlfriends even though it’s late. I built my entire adult life around that feeling, and it has served me well.
So, in honor of our relationship’s birthday, I’m ducking out of recaps for a moment. Instead, I’ll be sharing our almost-ceremony readings because…I think the passages that we considered say a lot about where nine years has taken us. The passages I’m drawn to always reflect the quiet magic of a well-aged, worn-in love. There’s so much romance in the long-term, in what happens after those first-kiss fireworks and the can’t-sleep-after-that-date butterflies. What I mean is: I see more beauty in our everyday love than I do in the movie scenes we all swoon over.
It was really important to me that our readings be personal, that their words mean something to us already, outside of wedding planning. And, bibliophage that I am, there were a lot of options. These were the top contenders.
Mrs. Honey, Durango, COAge and Occupation: 28, Financial AssistantFiance's Age and Occupation: 24, Lab Tech/PhlebotomistEngagement Date: August 1, 2010Wedding Date: January 2012Venue: Vallecito LakeAbout Me: I am a Colorado girl through and through, marrying an adrenaline-fueled Alabama boy. We love the outdoors just about as much as we love spoiling our dog and three cats. On any given weekend you can find us being adventurous, doing anything from rafting to snowboarding, and everything in between. We live in an outdoor mecca and truly believe in "Work Hard, Play Harder." I'm an optimist to the core, a crafter wannabe, a Southern food cook-in-training and a big time believer in girls nights. We met, fell in love and got engaged in eight short months and are now knee-deep in planning what we hope to be a super-fun, very us wedding celebration. Join us as we plan a rustic meets whimsical, Colorado winter wedding with loads of personal touches and good food!
I’m not the biggest fan of my hair and have hair envy of girls with curlier hair and girls with straighter hair. I’m also pretty awful at styling my hair and my hair has no style of its own, which makes my lack of styling abilities even worse. I have weird cowlicks that cause my hair to grow funny. If I don’t style my hair, one side curls under while the other side flips out—I refer to it as my hair wave.
In high school I had long, straight hair…I would dye it occasionally but nothing too extreme. It wasn’t until college that I really started experimenting. I chopped it off bit by bit and tried darker colors and highlights until I finally found the style I loved. The structured bob, that sits just below my chin, colored a medium shade of brown…and sometimes reddish highlights.
Ms. Sloth, PhiladelphiaAge and Occupation: 35, Account Manager and Fashion BloggerFiance's Age and Occupation: 30, Design AdminEngagement Date: December 25, 2009Wedding Date: May 2011Venue: Bartram's GardenAbout 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.
Now that all of that serious stuff was out of the way, it was time to do a little partying! We’d originally planned on having our cocktail hour on the lawn, but the rain had spoiled that plan. Instead, they set up our cocktail hour inside the Bartram’s Garden Coach House, which was pretty cute and totally a decent alternative. Still, by the time the ceremony was over, the rain had stopped, so some of our guests took the opportunity to wander around the garden to check it out.
We didn’t have a receiving line, so we spent most of the cocktail hour mingling with our guests.
Mr. S hung out with his college friends.
I made crazy eyes at the camera while chatting with some friends who traveled to Philly for the wedding. The girl on the left was totally my wedding planning buddy—we were both engaged at the same time and spend HOURS emailing each other about the most mundane wedding crap. She was a lifesaver!
Mrs. Penguin, Northern CaliforniaAge and Occupation: 27, Weddingbee Editor in ChiefFiance's Age and Occupation: 30, Doctor of Physical TherapyEngagement Date: January 29, 2007Wedding Date: June 7, 2008Blogging Since: September 14, 2007Venue: Winery in the Gold CountryAbout 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!
Our newest bee comes to us from sunny Southern California! Say hello to Miss Ticket!
Miss Ticket, Riverside, CA
Age & Occupation: 25, Executive Assistant Fiance’s Age & Occupation: 24, HVAC Technician Engagement Date: November 14, 2010 Wedding Date: October 2011 Venue: Crestmore Manor About Me: I’m a lifelong So Cal gal, a chocoholic, a closet gamer, and a television enthusiast (love me some Vampire Diaries!) who adores playing in the kitchen and lives in flip flops. Mr. Ticket and I are best known for singing and dancing in the car, our World of Warcraft addiction, adoring food, crane game playing, and our general homebody ways. Oh, and GO STEELERS!
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