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I really love the whimsical feel of the mismatched-dresses trend that seems to be spreading like fashion-forward wildfire, but when it came time to choose attire for my girls, the traditional side of me was resisting jumping on this bandwagon (as were the traditional sides of my mom and Mr. Dalmatian).
Despite it not being the right look for our wedding, let’s take a quick moment to appreciate how fun mismatched dresses can be:
Image via Etsy / Vintage inspired tea dresses by sohomade
Even though they were going to match, I did still want something unique. Why I feel the constant need to challenge myself by wanting something simultaneously traditional and unique for every aspect of my wedding, I do not know! I quickly convinced myself that having all of the girls in the same dress but having the dresses be a print would be the perfect solution. And so began my obsessively extensive search for a patterned bridesmaids’ dress. Here’s a general idea of what I had in mind:
Hive, it’s done! We’ve finally completed our wedding registries. It only took six people five months to do it, but it got done. I feel like we managed to register for exactly what we needed and wanted. There are all these suggestions of what we should be registering for. In fact, I printed off a three page list with suggestions, But I tossed those suggestions right out the window.
Well, I didn’t throw it out the window, but I did get rid of the list. I thought about Mr. Kettle and the life we plan to have in the next 10 years or so.
We definitely needed some classic wedding registry stuff (such as wedding china), but we also needed some non-classic stuff (such as bicycles). Our registry planning got off to a slow start…a real slow start. To illustrate, I’ve done a cartoon. I had to edit it so you could actually read it this time:
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Image via iAppFind / Icon for PlayBoard XTi Football App
Or in our case, the playbooks look a little more like this:
What’s that? You don’t remember who I am, let alone Part I of this saga? Well, let’s start with a bit of a refresher.
I’m Mrs. French Fries. I’m a Milwaukee blogger who got engaged in September of 2008, and was married in June of 2010 in a whirlwind day that included torrential rain and awesome photos, jars of candy as our centerpieces and homemade wedding napkins for DIY decor, and the color pink. Lots and lots of pink.
For those of you who don’t want to go back and read the original post, here’s a quick refresher for you:
So, that’s the story of the napkins. But when I say I “just kind of stopped,” I’m leaving a little bit out. Okay, a pretty big bit out—this past summer, two days after our first wedding anniversary, I found out I was pregnant!
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After we got engaged, a lot of people excitedly asked, “Did you know that he was going to propose?!?” My answer to that question is always, unequivocally, yes. I absolutely did. This answer tends to really surprise some people, for whatever reason. Those people tend to follow up by asking about the specific hints that I saw beforehand. In my case, though, I’m not sure if they were hints as much as glaring signs.
Hint #1: We picked out the ring setting the month before. Until March or so, I was 100% sure that I wanted the etoile setting from Tiffany. I loved the clean, modern look of the ring and the low profile of the stone.
What a beauty! / Image via Pricescope / Posted by Upgradable
Jeff secretly—or, not so secretly, since his Chrome browser left the Tiffany website visible on the home page—went to the store after a snowboarding trip with a friend. If you are wondering, yes, he still was in full snowboarding gear. I can only imagine what the salesperson thought of his chances for a sale that day. Anyway, Mr. Mole instantly knew that the setting I liked from pictures online was not something that I would love in person. He didn’t come home empty-handed, though. He presented me with two things: a beautiful rose gold bangle and the suggestion that we go ring shopping together.
JBing and her fiance headed to the railroad tracks for their engagement shoot
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I would like to give a fair warning out to brides nearing their wedding day. It’s easy to put things off and plan to do them later. I think some of us assume that if it comes down to it and we run out of time, we can always throw money at the problem and let someone else do things for us.
I am here to tell you that I recently learned a difficult lesson…
Attempting to throw money at a problem does not always work!
I had originally planned to design guest book pages myself, then print them out and leave them on a table with place cards for people to fill out. However, I have been unable to replicate the awesomeness that others have created. After enough failed attempts, I started avoiding guest books in general.
Image via Weddingbee / Posted by michellybelly124
Honestly, I think I avoided working on a guest book for so long that I actually just forgot about it…
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I know I always spend every year giving Romona Keveza a little extra love here in the hive…excuse my bias, but she is just one of my all-time favorite designers, not because her lines exude elegance and a fresh take on timeless designs, but because Romona Keveza really listens to her brides.
Romona tells us that every year, she interacts with her brides via Facebook and email to shape her Legends line. Brides tell her what they want, and Romona Keveza delivers. She explains more about how she interacts with real brides during her showing.
I’m excited to share with you an intimate afternoon with Romona. Join me and experience the Legends by Romona Keveza show!
First in our final series of pre-wedding appointments was our florist. I knew that I was going to be beyond happy that we’d gone with a professional, and the particular florist we did. I’d heard nothing but great reviews, and could handle the price point. They have been nothing but sweethearts to work with, and have clearly understood my vision. I am completely comfortable letting them do whatever they want within a certain constraint.
That being said, I couldn’t have prepared for how excited the final floral consultation went. I met our designer, Stephanie, and administrative assistant, Collette, at their newly opened studio a few blocks from where I work, and brought them my collection of bottles, jars and vases. They were super stoked, which was a big relief because in the back of my mind, I was worried there weren’t enough, they wouldn’t be able to work with them, whatever. Not the case!
Much of what we’d originally agreed upon was the same, with the addition of some elements. And I can’t even describe how exciting it was to see and hear the FINAL FLOWER order and know that everything would be so beautiful the day of!
Yay! It’s finally here! The first ever Texas Hill County Weddingbee meet-up is tomorrow!
Where: We will be meeting at Gruene River Grill in Gruene, TX (half way between Austin and San Antonio)
When: 11AM - This is a time change from the original post.
Who: All Texas Hill Country Weddingbee community!
Can’t wait to see y’all there!
Here is a link to the board post so you can RSVP if you haven’t yet. 
As of early September, we still didn’t have an officiant. I know I should have gotten on this sooner, but with all the time I’ve had to plan, I got so used to putting things on the back burner wedding-wise that I just kind of…let it go.
A little back story first.
Both of my parents and my paternal grandfather are Lutheran pastors. One of the many questions I frequently get asked regarding the wedding is if I’m going to have my mom and/or dad officiate our wedding ceremony. From the get-go, my answer has always been a resounding HECK NO.
First off, the parentals are divorced and asking both of them do it would be dumb. Second, the parentals are divorced and asking just one of them to do it would be dumb. Third, and most importantly, I want my parents to actually enjoy the wedding, not work during it!
Let’s be real for a moment here. Family drama exists, and more often than not it rears its ugly head around family functions…like a wedding. A wedding you may just have happened to spend the last 11+ months planning. A wedding you may or may not have just spent thousands of dollars on. A wedding you possibly want to be one of the happiest days of your life and the last thing on EARTH you want to deal with is FAMILY DRAMA!
My own personal little ball of family drama decided to drop yesterday afternoon. A certain someone was recently…indisposed, but found themselves released from prior constraints yesterday and has announced they will be attending our wedding…yay? Now, in the interest of full disclosure, I did in fact send this person an invitation (ONLY at the vehement request of my dearly beloved aunt). However, when I sent this invitation there was NO question in my mind as to this person actually attending. As far as I was concerned, unicorns would be making a flight to Pluto, the once epic planet, and CNN would be airing the live coverage prior to this person actually coming to the wedding.
Well Unicorns… your big day is here!
Horrible Paint Art by Miss Ticket
I recently had a phone date with one of my really good friends who I grew up with. She now lives in Washington so we don’t see each other often, which means we try to keep our phone dates fairly regular. Over the past year our conversations have turned to wedding discussions because we are both getting married one month apart.
{I know you are wondering if we finished that sundae…heck yes we did!}
We started the conversation with the normal exciting wedding jibber jabber. The vendors we had booked, the registry, dress, and so on. The conversation took a slight turn when things started to get real. Basically we had fun talking about all the pretty fun stuff, but then we started to dig deep into the side most people don’t talk about as far as weddings go. The stuff that is not exactly fun to talk about with the general population because they just don’t understand. However, I feel many brides go through this and it is something we all can relate to.
Neither of us had our heart set on a location. In a way this was good, but it created what seemed like endless options to explore!
Mr. Raccoon is living in Nashville and has been attending St. Anne’s.
Image via Nashville Daily Photo
We went to school together in Evansville, and the campus chapel is always available for weddings.
I have heard of cotton balls. I have heard of cotton dresses. I have heard of cotton candy. I have heard of Mrs. Cotton Candy. But cotton bouquets? This was something that took me by surprise!
What a pleasant surprise it was! I was instantly enamored with how soft and natural they look, and I love how they are so unique yet still carry the shape of a classic bouquet. Don’t you just want to rub it against your cheek? Nope, just me?
Here are a couple more cheek-rubbing-worthy bouquets:
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