Weddingbee Blog

photo by Laura Kicey!

I’m officially a Mrs.!!! Despite there being many moments of drama (for instance, me breaking out in a crazy rash just as I was about to go down the aisle), the wedding was still perfect in my book. I can’t wait to start recapping and sharing stories with you, like how Mr. Candy Corn was left waiting at the altar for several minutes while wondering if I had suddenly changed my mind (story to come, I promise I wasn’t getting cold feet!).

It feels so wonderful to finally get to say Mr. CC is my husband. I’m pretty sure I’m the luckiest candy-coated wifey alive.

I can’t believe our wedding day is nearly here.  I’ve been nothing but excited for it for months and months, but now that it’s here, it’s all a surreal whirl of emotions that I can’t even begin to express.  I think the thing that baffles me most is all of the attention and love that is being thrown at us.  I’m running on two hours of sleep (there is construction across from our hotel, which has been less than ideal to wake up to), and I haven’t eaten anything but goldfish crackers since yesterday, so I’ve been reaching the I-need-to-breakdown-in-the-bathroom-because-I’m-overwhelmed-and-don’t-handle-being-the-center-of-attention-well point.

I have about a half hour until our rehearsal dinner and was considering taking a speedy nap, but instead I logged onto Weddingbee and immediately felt a sense of calm and was reminded that not everything has to be perfect and that at the end of the day, the only thing that matters is that I found someone who loves me enough to be there for me through the good times and bad.

I’m tearing up right now, so you might find some grammatical errors here and there due to the blurriness, but I just wanted to thank the community of amazing friends I’ve met on here for their constant support.  Logging onto Weddingbee makes me feel absolutely ecstatic again and all of the overwhelmed emotions have flown right out the door.  I absolutely adore my fellow bees and can’t wait to join the married posse!

Thanks again for everything, you guys are the best (just don’t tell Mr. Candy Corn I said that!).

xoxo,
Miss Candy Corn

In addition to designing and making our invites, the lovely Cindi from BrassPaperClip whipped together our programs in a matter of days! She is the sweetest Etsy seller I’ve ever had the pleasure of working with, and I would highly recommend her to anyone who is in need of custom creations! Our program design was heavily borrowed from Mrs. Lily (whose hubby designed their ultra fab programs), while remaining true to our theme and aesthetic.
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Here’s a little project I threw together last minute to reserve the front row seats at the ceremony for our immediate family.
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Mr. Candy Corn’s stepfather is from France (Mr. CC lived there for quite some time and is fluent in French as well), which has resulted in us having nearly a dozen French guests who will be attending our wedding. Some know a great deal of English, some don’t speak any, so I wanted them to feel included by inserting some French-lovin’ here and there. The above is one of the cake signs I made, with an illustration I did of an Ann Wood cake topper, since our cake topper is handmade by Ann.
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On Saturday, Mr. Candy Corn and I met up with our wedding photographers & friends, Laura & Michael to scout locations within the Penn Museum for our wedding photos. The beautiful on-site gardens were obvious contenders for group shots, so we were on a mission to find indoor locations that would make for some great portraits. Michael & I were both sick with a dizzy/sore throat thing, but we managed to survive, despite the looming threat of being attacked by mummies. All photos © Laura Kicey.
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As I mentioned before, we decided to use MOO cards for our escort cards. I printed 70 or so name cards on sticker paper, cut them out, and stuck each of them on the back of the coordinating MOO card. Here’s a look at the cards from the front in our silver cake holders:

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After much procrastinating, I wrapped up our bird table numbers project last week! One short Bridezillas marathon was all it took for me to finish up the last four birdies (a super sweet Mr. CC ordered the WE channel for me after I mentioned my not-so-secret addiction!).

Long-tailed Tit (best bird name evah)
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We did it, folks! We got our marriage license from the fabulous courthouse in Norristown, PA.

Mr. Candy Corn is one step closer to having to wake up to me sticking my tongue out at him for the rest of our lives!

It was an incredibly speedy process, and only left us $45 poorer. The highlight of the ten-minute adventure was when the cynical security guard gave us advice that will certainly inspire fortune cookie messages around the world:
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I’d like to apologize for my absence around the hive lately.  I was thrown into an Editor-in-Chief position at my new job (same co-workers, new company). Despite the fact that I’m able to work from home (woot, no more gas money going to waste!), I’m even busier than I was when I worked in an office and haven’t had much time to myself.  Although I’ve been quiet around here, I’ve gotten a lot of wedding-related stuff checked off my “to-do” list, which is good since the wedding is only a month away.  A month!  So exciting. 

*Despite my lack of posts, I am still a hardcore Weddingbee nut and will prance around the grocery store with a candy corn horse thingamajig to prove it!!
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When I get nervous, I tend to stick out my tongue and make extremely unflattering faces. Despite the fact that our photographers are also our friends, I just couldn’t help but turn into a fidgety spazamatazz when the lens was pointed at me.

Proof:

© Michael Alan Goldberg

Instead of having a nice, romantic walk through a field, I was a total goof and pranced around while singing a “The Sound of Music” medley that would’ve certainly cracked glass. In this shot, I am pathetically attempting to kick Mr. CC in the bum as we walked. Graceful ballerina I am not.
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Here’s our second batch of engagement photos by Laura Kicey (all photos © Laura Kicey). It was an absolutely beautiful day out, but it was hotter than a red-assed bee, so please forgive my humid-tastic hair and lack of piggyback riding.

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Today is Mr. CC & my 6th anniversary, so it may seem a bit strange that we waited until this past weekend to have our engagement photos taken (since we’ve been engaged for four years now), but that’s just how we roll! I had planned on bringing my point & shoot digital camera and a tripod to the Valley Forge National Historical Park and taking our photos myself, but our photographers and good friends, Laura Kicey and Michael Alan Goldberg offered to take our photos for free (way too nice!)!

Ok, enough rambling. I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves.

© laura kicey
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As the wedding date gets closer and closer, most couples have fun watching their countdowns tick down to the double, then single digits.

Some people use countdowns on sites like Facebook:

Me? I have a unique approach to counting down the days…
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If you’re like me, you probably hadn’t heard of boudoir photography until the beginning of your wedding planning process. I remembered immediately shuddering when I first heard about it, as I imagined myself trying to be sexy in front of a photographer. I saw myself striking a George Costanza-like pose on a chaise, in my socks and underwear. The idea of wearing lingerie in front of a stranger, or even a friend, gave me the heebie jeebies.

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