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In today’s hive:
- maricris is looking for a hair stylist/makeup artist in the NY/NJ area and wants to know the cost for a typical trial and for the actual day travel expenses?
- Virginia is looking for a white lace bolero but hasn’t had any luck.
- honey is looking for a high-end salon to get a new hair style.
- Yvette wants to know if anyone knows how to create the fruit/veggie candle holders we featured last week. It looks easy but she needs your creative input.
- Tea got really bad service at David’s Bridal when she went to buy bridesmaid dresses. She wants to send a complaint letter to that branch, but should she also send one to corporate? And should she wait until after their dresses come in?
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In today’s hive:
- my is looking for a good dj/mc in New York. She’s having a hard time finding good references.
- CBeth’s reception will be in a tent at a municipal garden. She’s having a casual lunch buffet and needs ideas for fun, inexpensive centerpieces. The wedding is going to have a shabby chic/vintage, informal feel with birds as their motif.
- mimi is looking for bird motif letterpress invites like the ones here because they’re booked til 2008. Has anyone seen anything similar?
- Glo is looking for an affordable photographer in NYC.
- Miss Blue Bear wants to know what combination of instruments (cello, flute, violin, harp, classical guitar, vocalist, piano) sounds best for for classical music during the ceremony and Broadway tunes for the cocktail hour.
- isabella wants to know which bridal expos to attend in the LI/NY area. She’s on a budget but doesn’t want to go to a crappy one.
- twelvetigers is having a destination wedding in Florida and a local reception. She’s not sure how to word the invitation so they know it’s a reception only. She also wants to encourage people to wear island clothing. Should she put this in the invites or spread it via word of mouth?
- felicity wants to know about your experience wearing dyeable shoes because the ones she tried on felt flimsy. What were your experiences?
- Yvette wants to know if there is a way to directly look up a knot bio.
- glass wants to know where she can find these embellishments, and whether anyone knows what they’re called.
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In today’s hive:
- michelle wants to know who needs to be invited to the rehearsal dinner because she has a huge family but doesn’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings either.
- glass wants to use words as table numbers. She needs 20 and has come up with 10 so far - love, affection, hope, trust, etc. Do you have more suggestions?
- Jen is going to have round Chinese paper lanterns in various sizes (16¢¢â€š¬³-24¢¢â€š¬³ most likely) over the dance floor. Any suggestions/tips on how many to order for a 16×16 area?
- Emmie is looking for an extra wide (more than 36″ width) aisle runner that’s about 100 feet long and affordable.
- rain is looking for a day of coordinator in the NYC area, and ideas on how to decorate Chinese Banquets.
- hf wants to know the appropriate use of “Miss” and “Ms.” on wedding invitations.
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In today’s hive:
- CB wants to know if anyone has regretted hiring a wedding planner. She has had to micromanage the one she hired because she’s been missing meetings and doesn’t seem on top of things.
- BS is taking engagement pictures in New York. Do you have suggestions for bold colors/buildings/walls/door backdrops etc.?
- mango is getting married in a drab church and is wondering if anyone had pictures of nice church weddings or suggestions on how to decorate the aisles and front.
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In today’s hive:
- flobster is on a tight budget and wants to have a beach wedding on the New Jersey shore instead of a typical Chinese banquet. After calling caterers, she found that even a basic package came to over $100 pp. She’s getting discouraged she might not be able to have her dream wedding. What was your budget and did you meet your goals?
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In today’s beehive:
- glass wants to know how many days you took off before the wedding.
- DK wants to know what lipstick she should wear so that it doesn’t smear or come off her fiance during the big kiss.
- d wants to know how much you’re paying your religious officiant. She wants to know if hers is overpriced or not.
- Di’s SIL is having a wedding this Saturday and doesn’t want to spend money on any table decorations. Do you know of any places to buy cheap vases or even candleholders? She’s thinking about putting ornaments inside them.
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In today’s beehive:
- Tristan wants to know how she can find out the style name of her Maggie Sottero dress. She tried contacted the site with no luck, and thinks it’s a Zoe.
- ct wants to know how you get upgrades on your honeymoon (hotel, etc.) without announcing that you’re on your honeymoon everywhere you go.
- Jen wants to know the cheapest place to buy Chinese lanterns. She doesn’t need the bulbs - only the lantern itself.
- JS is having an engagement party and wants to have guests write their addresses to make the invitation process easier. She was thinking about using a rolodex - do you have any other ideas?
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In today’s hive:
- Miss Apple is looking for places to buy a brooch for her dress’ sash.
- VivalaMonkee wants to know if Insolia shoe inserts or other inserts work. She’s wearing 3″ heels and needs an alternative shoe post ceremony.
- Liz’ bridesmaid dresses are in periwinkle and she can’t think of a complementary color. She also needs unique favor suggestions that cost under $2 for her 300 person wedding.
- kp wants to know if there is an online church directory for in the Long Island area. She’s looking for a Protestant church near the banquet hall mile or Jericho Turnpike.
- Jen is looking for plain, tall, silver, affordable table number holders.
- Pencils is looking for a place that will do custom sizing for jr. bridesmaids. She has 4 jr. bms of all different ages/sizes and most of the dresses she’s found look flowergirlish. Maybe she can mix and match - suggestions?
- CBeth wants to know the best table set up to accomodate as many people as possible: a few very long vertical rows of tables, multiple smaller rows of horizontal tables, or serpentine tables? If they can’t fit everyone, would it be weird to just have grouped seating and a few tables for the older folks? It’s a casual lunch buffet…
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In today’s beehive:
- CBeth is having her reception at a small restaurant and they have an open floor plan. Which configuration do you think will work best - a few very long tables, serpentine tables, or rows of shorter tables (I I I I)?
- Shortiejo is helping her friend design “Will You Be my Bridesmaid Cards” but doesn’t know what to write inside. Any suggestions?
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In today’s hive:
- karen is choosing a photographer and wants to know how much you spent, # of pictures they took, how long, and whether proofs/albums were included.
- miss s is looking for Manhattan bridal stores that have a great selection but don’t require an appointment as she is visiting this weekend.
- TXGirlie06 is looking for a tailor who can make a Kwa set and is willing to travel to NYC as her local and San Francisco sources did not work out.
- Kathy wants to know what type of invitation print you are using:
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Feature Launched: Aug 31, 2006
About: A forum for readers to post questions and get feedback from the hive, aka the weddingbee community.
