Weddingbee Blog

I have been vacillating over whether I should DIY my makeup or get a pro to do it for a while. Our wedding is at one in the afternoon (thank you Catholic scheduling!) and my hair dresser doesn’t do makeup. Just when I was about 99% ready to do my own makeup (and possibly have shiny face or no eyelash syndrome) one of my bridesmaids said she found someone in town who did airbrush makeup for $50. I looked up this salon and found out it was about 1.5 driving minutes away from my hairdresser. Serendipity, my friends.

I scheduled my trial for yesterday morning, and was incredibly excited for what was to come. People hype up airbrush makeup so much, that I was sure I was going to look amazing. I half expected to walk out looking like Jessica Alba.

Of course, when you set the bar that high, there’s going to be some disappointment because I’m no Jessica Alba.

Don’t get me wrong, I am extremely happy with my complexion and blush. I asked for a smoky eye though, and I probably should have specified a brown smoky eye because it turned out a little dark. So dark that when Mr. Biscuit came home he likened me to Elvira.

via AHollywood.info

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Recently, I’ve been a little worried about my wedding shoes. Remember the beauties? As much as I love them, I know I’m not going to make it past the ceremony in them no matter how many gel soles I put in them. I’m not exactly graceful when walking in heels. Unfortunately, my dress is currently hemmed for my 5″ shoes. So, if I switched to flats for the reception, I’d be tripping all over myself. A+.

So what’s the answer to this predicament? Easy: find cute shoes that are super comfortable and almost as high! And that I did, today while shopping.

via Must Have Shoes

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Yes y’all, I’m talking about what the groom/groomsmen are going to wear. I’ll be honest, at first, this was something I didn’t care about at all. Mr. Biscuit could wear tails, a tuxedo, a suit, boxers and a cowboy hat as far as I cared.

But then, I saw this really pretty wedding on Snippet & Ink and fell in love with the use of teacups and the adorable outfit of the groom:

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As soon as I found out the blogger bees were going to write about their Royal Wedding predictions, I jumped at the chance to join in! And then I realized that I know nothing about flowers, designer gowns, and really anything royal wedding related. It’s OK though, I’ve been watching all the TLC specials, and I feel like I may have some semi-coherent predictions.

1) The dress

Many have speculated that Kate will wear a more form fitting gown. I disagree. While I can’t imagine Kate in a ruffly ball gown, I also can’t see her in a trumpet sheath. She will have to have a decent train. It takes about four minutes to walk down the aisle, and she will be photographed from the ceiling. There needs to be some sort of wow factor. She also needs to stand out amidst the thousands upon thousands of people who are there.

For some reason I have this idea in my head that her dress will look a bit like Princess Mia’s in The Princess Diaries 2, except it will be poofier with a longer train. I also think that she’ll stay on trend and have a separate dress for her after party. I think she’ll keep it long but still form fitting. Her veil for the ceremony will probably cathedral length, and I think it will drag around three feet in front of her. As for the designer, I think she’ll stay classic with McQueen, with Issa doing her reception dress.

via Order of Splendor/Disney Pictures

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Hey there hive. I’ve been slacking in the blogging realm lately. It’s because I’m stuck in major DIY hell complete with fire, brimstone, and vats of various craft adhesives. My current issue has been our invitation design. To most people, this is a mundane task; however, I have somehow escalated it into a ridiculously complicated endeavor that has taken weeks to resolve itself. You see, my original design didn’t have a proper resolution, and ever since I’ve found that out, any attempt to design something new spiraled out of control. During this process, I went through the normal stages of DIY grief. What? You’ve never heard of such a thing? Well, consider yourself lucky. For those fortuitous DIY queens who have never had a blunder I’ll illustrate these stages.

Stage 1: Denial
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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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You know when you start nearing the 100 day mark and you’re supposed to stop looking at inspiration and start actually doing things for your wedding? Well, I didn’t get that memo. I was perusing my throngs of wedding websites over the weekend, and I saw something that was pretty cute:

via HELLO, my name is Heather

This got the wheels turning…hmmmm, maybe we could have some cute pinwheels for the kids to play with.

After further investigation, my dreams got loftier and were escalated to also giving some as props to the groomsmen and bridesmaids.
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Since I went to an engineering school for undergrad, I became quite deft in the ways of the engineer shuffle. You know, that super cool dance all the engineers know. What, you haven’t heard of it before? Well, let me illustrate it for you.

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Hive, I’ve been having some trouble finding vintage china tea cups and milk glass in my town. We have a few thrift stores in the area, each of which have pretty slim pickings.

So, I was pretty excited when I took my monthly swing by one of the thrift stores and saw a woman holding a beautiful gold rimmed, floral tea cup. I thought about my options for a moment, then I realized that I had no common decency so I went right up to her and asked her where she found it, and if she had any more.

She told me where she found the gorgeous cup, but then let me know it was the only one they had. My face fell and I proceeded to tell her that it was a shame as I was collecting cups for my wedding and was having issues finding them. She just kind of shrugged and I went on my way.

I won’t lie to you. I may have thought some not so nice things about this person. I mean, I had a legitimate reason for these cups and I overheard her telling her friend earlier that she didn’t even know if she wanted said cup. I also may have been acting like a brat. At least I was only acting like one in my head though.

I sulked for a while by the other china that didn’t hold a candle to aforementioned cup, but I eventually decided to let it go and started to leave as I saw the woman checking out.
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One of the downsides to having a ginormous wedding is the limited venue choices. I’ve talked about it previously, but as our countdown nears the 100 day mark, I get a little bit sad face when I think about our venue.

You see, if I were positive our wedding would have fewer than 250, I would have been able to be in the other hotel ballroom. The one with actual windows. And a view of the slightly brown and silty gorgeous lake.

image via Lakeviewresort.com

Instead, we have the ballroom with no windows. And big fire doors. There are no dramatic vaulted ceilings nor eye catching chandeliers. I’d show you a picture, but I have none of my own and it would be rude to post someone’s wedding photo under this circumstance, not to mention creepy.
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Fair warning: I’m truly ecstatic about my upcoming nuptials, despite what you read in this post. Also, I probably sound annoying and whiny. If so, I’m sorry.

Miss Zebra’s post earlier this week really got me thinking and opened up a can of worms regarding my reception emotions as of late. At some point in the wedding planning, wedding regrets always occur. A year ago, when I was freshly engaged, I dreamed of a hotel ballroom wedding. Growing up, I remember thinking that my venue was the height of opulence. I had Sunday brunch there every week and never believed I’d be able to have my wedding at such a beautiful place.

But of course, my tastes changed at a fast clip in the first few months of my engagement. After I found blogs such as SMP, Snippet and Ink, Green Wedding Shoes, and the plethora of others, I yearned for a wedding that was in a lush, outside environment. Unfortunately, such a venue doesn’t exist within 25 miles of my church that could accommodate our number of guests. I live in a state known for its outdoor beauty, yet we can’t have our wedding outside because there’s too darn many of us.
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With 132 days to go, I realized I have no idea what accessories I should wear on my big day.

Oh, and fair warning, Mr. Biscuit. This post shows my dress. You know what that means:

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I’ve been a pretty avid runner for years now. I may not look like it, but I often get crazy if I don’t get in my 6-8 miles per day.

When I’m really stressed out, I’ll up it to 10-13. Yeah, I’m that girl you make angry dagger eyes at while at the gym because I monopolize the treadmill or inclined elliptical. I only do that when the gym is empty though. I promise. Please stop stabbing me with your eyes.

I’m also not one of those cool, calm, and collected runners who find their solace running outside. For some reason, I hate it. I like to choose when I go up a hill, and I always have this underlying fear that a hobo on our Rails to Trails will cut out one of my kidneys or other vital organs.

Because I was already active and dare I say, in very good running shape, getting fit for the wedding seemed like a moot point. Except that, well, a few months ago, I kind of stopped.
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The DIY fails just keep on coming. This one was particularly hilarious, so I felt I needed to share it with the hive.

Remember how I wanted to make pretty tissue paper pom napkin rings? Well, my myriad of bulk paper came in finally and I decided to give it a whirl. I followed Martha’s instructions, but uh…something happened.

I looked at Mr. Biscuit and desperately said, “We can’t use these, can we?” Hoping he’d validate my project saying it wasn’t too bad.

He didn’t.

It looked pretty abysmal, and not even Mr. Biscuit (aka someone who cares 0 about our decor) could let those paper things sit at our tables.

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I wasn’t going to give up, though. Too many brides have made those poms for them to be a DIY nightmare. Then I realized what was going on. I folded the paper the wrong way. Yup, I have a degree in engineering and I can’t read directions. I’m awesome.
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In the beginning of wedding planning, videography was not in the forefront of my mind. I thought it was silly to spend money on a grainy, shaky home video that Uncle Bob could have taken for free.

But everything changed one day once I saw Mr. Biscuit’s cousin’s wedding video. I am not an emotional person, but this video brought me to tears. Seriously, I was sitting at my computer blubbering like an idiot.

How could a simple video cause such passionate pathos? Here, just check it out yourself:
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