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In the scheme of things, our invitations were a piece of cake. You wouldn’t know that to talk to me, however. I stressed out so much that I would do something wrong, that they wouldn’t get to the people, that our guests would think I did a crappy job lining the envelopes and making the ribbons… any number of things that really don’t matter.
It was when talking to a friend one night about a different topic (to be specific, DIY flowers), that I heard myself saying, “If you’re going DIY, fine. But you shouldn’t expect yourself to be able to produce the same quality as a professional unless you’re suuuuuper crafty - and you have to be OK with that!”
Why I don’t listen to myself, I just don’t know.
So, in no particular order, here are the four things I fretted about on our invitations that I finally just let go. I added little doodles to distract you.
Now that I had decided on doing my own version of Figgie Shoes (which you can see here), I had to find the right shoe to do it with. I immediately crossed satin shoes off my list. The problem with satin is that any ink would immediately bleed. I would have to buy specialty silk paint and paint the shoes, causing me a lot more headaches. I then began the search for white patent leather shoes. I learned something very quick. When you type “white patent leather heels” into Google, you get a lot of hits like this:
Image via SinfulShoes.com
Apparently exotic dancers have a special affection for white patent leather heels. Now, I walk very well in heels, but spending my wedding day in 7 inch heels was just not appealing to me. Then the white patent leather shoes continued to disappoint.
Top designers also like to use patent leather for their shoes. Like these from Cole Haan :
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screen shot from Dick Tracy clip via TCM
Or more importantly what are we eating? I’d like to think our guests will be just as excited about the food as we are and with a super yummy menu, boring signs just wouldn’t do.
I wanted consistency throughout all our printed materials so my identification cards use the same pattern and font as our invitations. I tiled the design in illustrator and was able to fit 8 to a page. Each was slightly bigger than a standard business card.
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Congratulations to our winners Ms.SoDak, OzToCaBride, BenJerrysBride, myp, and jenny beale!
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This month’s Fodor’s giveaway is all about African safaris! Today we’re giving away five copies of Fodor’s The Complete African Safari Planner. Perfect for anyone planning an adventurous honeymoon that’s a little off the beaten path.
To enter the the contest to win a copy of The Complete African Safari Planner, simply comment below before Wednesday, August 10 at midnight PST. Good luck!
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Once we cut into the cake it was time to pass out the champagne for MOH Navy and Groomsman Runner to make their toasts.
MOH Navy made a joke about how I made her wait 755 days to give her speech.
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Create the honeymoon of your dreams.
Walk down the aisle in front of me, wear a matching dress with up to 10 other girls, put up with a potential crazy bride brain, host my hens’ night, stand around in the potential cold taking a thousand pictures whilst pretending to laugh at a nonexistent joke, and spend a night sitting with us instead of your partner at our wedding?
Image via Wedding Guide
Before submitting an application to blog for Weddingbee, I pored over every single one of the posts in this series. A ton of them have awesome tips about applying and being a bee. So, if you are ever thinking about applying to blog (and you should!) I highly recommend this wonderful series.
1) How did I find Weddingbee?
I used to be very involved in the Weight Watchers online community a few years ago. I was even Facebook friends with a lot of the girls that I had “met” online there. One day, one of them tagged me in an Operation Beautiful photo, and there I found the creator of Operation Beautiful’s person blog, Healthy Tipping Point. One day she linked to That Wife (the former Mrs. Avocado around these parts). I started reading That Wife, who linked to The OMG Mom blog (a.k.a. Mrs. Dumpling). After reading both of their blogs for awhile, I decided to read about their wedding planning experience on Weddingbee.
Since I had such an affinity for the Weight Watcher message boards, I started poking around a bit on the Weddingbee boards. Then I found a section for the “waiting” ladies which was perfect for me since I wasn’t engaged yet. I lurked around there for awhile before finally creating an account and started posting on the Waiting boards. A few months later we were engaged, and the rest, as they say, is history!
2) My Application Story
Blogging for Weddingbee was a major life goal of mine as soon as I realized that I was a potential candidate—i.e. an engaged gal planning our wedding.
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We are all too familiar with the mile-long to-do list that we as engaged ladies face. My checklist on The Knot is 150 items overdue; needless to say, I don’t use this tool like I should. I get overwhelmed easily with the amount of tasks a wedding requires, so I tend to avoid the lists like the plague. This is more my style:
songs that, no matter what, conjure up images of a bride and the aisle. But I love hearing the alternative songs that are chosen for a bride to make her trek down the aisle. Now I anticipate this moment at weddings. The most recent wedding we attended, the bride chose to walk down to “Sweet Pea” by Amos Lee, and now that song gives me chills thinking about her walk down the aisle.
Since this aspect of the wedding was not given much thought prior to being engaged, it’s funny that choosing the song to walk down the aisle to occurred within the first couple of months of being engaged. I had never heard the song prior to my ah-ha moment; it popped up on Pandora one day and that was it—I had found my processional song: “Everybody” by Ingrid Michaelson. Go ahead and push play; I’ll wait while you listen and envision this Honey in full bridal attire.
Video via You Tube
The lighthearted chords and soft tone of Ingrid’s voice just make my heart pitter patter. I love the lyrics—they encompass such a peaceful thought of love. The beat is slow enough to hopefully prevent me from charging down the aisle, but has enough of a tempo to not be boring. The song makes me smile and I love that. It makes me want to walk down the aisle, like, yesterday.
What does Ingrid’s song have to do with motivation? I envision myself walking down the aisle to this song so strongly that when I’m far from motivated in the wedding-planning department, I push play on this song and it reminds me that all of the hard work done now will put me at the top of the aisle, walking to become a wife. *chills*
Do you have a song that helps motivate you when you are feeling unmotivated? Did anyone else find their processional song in an unexpected and random time?
ogreprincessinpink wore stunning fuchsia shoes on her wedding day
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Hi hive! We’re kicking off a guest series this week with an extra special guest blogger, Margaret Wong from Enrout! You may know Margaret as the co-founder of Project Wedding. Since then, she and her husband Joe have gone off to launch their new site Enrout, a revolutionary website where you can discover charming lodging selections and fabulous new places off the beaten path. Enrout covers everything from charming Parisian apartments with huge windows overlooking the Eiffel Tower, to San Francisco Victorian homes complete with hardwood floors, fresh produce, and a cozy armchair for reading Hemingway at night. You can read more about Margaret at the bottom of this post!
Margaret has reached out to our unmarried blogging bees that haven’t quite decided on their honeymoon yet. They’ve set a budget and a few destination parameters, and have set her off to plan their dream honeymoon based on their personalities (Margaret’s an avid Weddingbee reader!) and budget.
We present to you, the Snapdragon honeymoon in Hawaii!
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The honeymoon takes place during the first days of marriage, days that are going to be remembered forever as some of the happiest days of your life. So when I was asked to design a honeymoon to Maui and Kauai for our beloved Snapdragons, I knew it had to be special.
Miss Snapdragon is a professional and a city gal, and loves a mixture of relaxation and adventure. Since their wedding venue theme is “Food and Booze,” there has to be some amazing food planned for this unforgettable trip. She also blogged about having a mix of guided tours and exploring on your own so you have a balance between relaxing during activities and doing exactly what you want.. With a ten-day honeymoon in Hawaii (5 days in Maui and 5 days in Kauai) and a $6,000 budget, the Snapdragons are in for a special treat. Here we go!
Maui - What To Do
The first five days of the honeymoon will be in the drop-dead-gorgeous island of Maui. When Miss Snapdragon went on her Sistamoon, one of her tips was to wake up early to watch the sunrise over the coastline, so this bike tour to watch the sun rise over at the summit of Mount Haleakala seems absolutely perfect…
Since the Snapdragons are adventurous, a zipline tour of Maui or a hike through the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park would be a red-hot way to spend the day…
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I feel so blessed by Sister Parasol in so many ways, and I am very lucky that she will be throwing me one heck of a bridal shower next month. She’s keeping most of the details under wraps (which I am totally fine with—it’s one less thing to worry about!), but she did make some pretty amazing bridal-shower invitations. Aren’t they lovely?
Personal photo
Alternative title: A Ploy to Post Tons of Pictures of my Furbaby
Mr. Cucumber Sammie and I love our furbaby (most days). However, she is a complete menace and is not invited to the wedding. This makes Mr. CS sad. But we have been searching for ways to include her in the wedding.
There are so many cute options for including furbabies. Some brides have done doggie cake toppers.
Image via Etsy Seller BitterSweetz
Man, was I excited to finally get these stupid things in the mail. Honestly, what started as a labor of love grew into a labor of annoyance. Honestly, it wasn’t that bad, but I was behind schedule with them and that always frustrates me. Plus, we kept adding more people, and overall, it was driving me crazy. But I’m happy with them. They’re cute and simple. I think Rainbow Brite would be proud of my use of color, but they don’t look completely childish. I think I achieved a nice balance.
So, here’s the outside. I did a completely simple wrap-around since the invitation is designed to be pretty simple. I didn’t put a stamp on this because I’m obviously not really mailing this to Awesome, YA, but we used the dolphin stamp:
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I apologize off the bat, as this is one of those wordy posts with no pictures.
Mr. Seal and I have been engaged for over a year and half, and before he proposed, we were together for only a year. So, if you’ve done the math, you’d notice that more than half of our relationship has been spent engaged (and thus, wedding planning). That’s a whole lot of engagement and wedding talk, folks.
As I’ve previously discussed, it was much to my surprise that I embraced wedding planning so whole-heartedly. The appeal in getting married to the Sealman when he proposed was truly in marrying the love of my life and beginning our life together, not so much in arranging the big party and wearing the pretty ring (though I considered both to be perks). It is with much sadness and disappointment that I admit that I’ve really managed to lose sight of what’s important over the last couple of months.
Obviously things pick up the nearer the wedding approaches (more vendor meetings, bridal showers, DIY projects), but I don’t think there is any excuse for ever making my future husband feel emotionally “neglected.”
Yes, hive, those were his words.
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