Weddingbee Blog

You know those photo-sharing cards that all the Bees made for their wedding guests? Well, maybe not every Bee but Lemon, Cream Puff, Cherry Blossom, Penguin, Flamingo, aaaaaannnnd *pant, pant* probably at least five more that I have forgotten.

Well, I made some too! Not to be a copy-cat, but because they’re such a neat idea and many bees have reported great success with them:

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Cherry Pie here, with another quick and easy project for you!

This time, the idea is to make life a little easier for your wedding party. They’ll probably be carrying around big bouquets of live flowers for most of the day and will want to set them down somewhere. Why not give them a special place to put their bouquets aside?

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After our Seattle Weddingbee meet up in July, I stopped by the Paper Source in Bellevue to brainstorm programs. We had in mind that we wanted to just print two long rectangular pages on cover stock, round the corners, punch holes in them, and secure them with ribbon. That would have been simple enough, but Paper Source tempted me with pre-punched khaki-colored backings (available in packs of 25 for $10) that would save me the hassle of buying a corner-rounder and the time of rounding 200 corners. Yes!

I got a couple packs of the khaki backings, some 8.5″ x 11″ paper in Luxe Cream, chocolate brown ribbon, and a tiny hole punch. I was all set to go.
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Holla, hive!

It’s pre-wedding madness here at chez Cherry Pie, especially as we are leaving for Glacier National Park THIS FRIDAY and will be AWOI (Absent W/O Internet) until the wedding. Or at least mostly… I will schedule some posts to reach you and check in from the wi-fi friendly Montana Coffee Traders in Columbia Falls.

I’ve been working on a slew of DIY projects, most of which I’ve already blogged about (can lanterns,raffia-hanging jars, and favor tags, to name a few). But I’m not done yet! Today’s project is brought to you by this photo inspiration, which I have had forever on my hard drive:

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For those of you following the saga of my dress, you’ll remember that what was lost was found, and we questioned to V or not to V?

Well, all the drama has passed like clouds on a summer’s day. My dress is done, complete, finis! I went in for my third and final fitting (more of an approval than a fitting) on Monday and returned home with a car full of silky goodness…

Some of you asked me how to make the raffia’d jars we’re using in combination with our shepherd’s hooks for hanging candles and flowers. Well, here’s a little DIY instructional!

Step One
First, you choose your weapons. In this case raffia and jars… any size jar will work, really, as long as you have sufficient strength in your shepherd’s hooks and use enough raffia. In this case, I am using a 12-oz Ball jar from Wal-Mart.
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Here’s an update on a few projects I delegated to our lovely friend, officiant, and artist, Cathy Weber. If you remember, Cathy has a wood shop and some funky tools. So she gladly helped us check a few things off our list…

One wood slice ring holder (to be adorned with white and/or burgundy ribbon)… Check!

Three hand-routed wedding signs… Check!
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[Bird Shipping Tags with Twine]

I love shipping tags!

I first saw shipping tags used as price tags on some of my early antique purchases for wedding decor. They immediately struck me as pretty, shabby-chic and insanely appropriate for wedding ambiance. I decided to use them somehow.

My first idea was making tags into place/escort cards for everyone. In my vision, they were either laid out on a table in rows, or tied to wine glasses to help guests keep their glass as well as find their seat.

But the place card idea was quickly shoved under the rug for the amount of work that went into it as a last-minute project:
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Getting married in a tiny Montana town with only a saloon and mercantile has kept me on the lookout for subtle ways to introduce elements of the West/Old West into our wedding. So far I’ve got my boots and my cowboy hat, but I haven’t found many other Western accessories that aren’t complete overkill.

These garter flask holders by Juliette, however, are perfect…

I’m not sure where I first saw Juliette garters, but I lusted after them for some time before anteing up and buying one a few weeks ago. Mine will be my “something blue”:
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Do you have a metric ton of tin cans in your recycle bin? Well holy smokes, so do I! At least, I did until I decided to use them for our wedding, and then we had a metric ton of tin cans in our freezer.

Allow me to explain. A while ago, I received a can lantern for my birthday. This funky bit of recycled goodness was a gift from my sister, purchased for next to nothing at Portland’s infamous Saturday market. It looked a little something like this:

Seriously, how cool is that? And if one thing pairs well with mason jar vases to complement a rustic vibe, it’s tin can lanterns.

But the type of lantern above requires either a dremel or a torch, neither of which I own. So, I decided to undertake my own variety, using the tools I had on hand.
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This Tuesday, I had my second dress fitting at La Belle Elaine’s in downtown Seattle. Due to a hectic work day and stupid scheduling on my part, I was forced to ride my bike to the fitting in 90 degree heat. The trip was only 2.2 miles, which is nothing, but it was still a stupid idea. The salespeople looked at me like I was insane (I don’t think they’ve ever seen a bike commuter bride before) and I had to spend a good 5 minutes toweling off before I felt safe putting on my dress. EUGH.

It was still wicked hot in the fitting room, which at least gave me an idea of what it would be like wearing my dress in some serious heat. The outcome? Very sticky, sweaty inner thighs. YUCK. Good thing I (probably) won’t have to worry about heat like that on my wedding day!

OK, enough jibba jabba. Let’s get on to the pics, which means NO PEEKING PAST THIS POINT, MR. CHERRY PIE!
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Hot on the heels of Mr. Cherry Pie’s post about his groomsmen gifts, I present my gifts for my bridesmaids!

That means no peeking, ladies!

Not unless you want to ruin the surprise. Err, surpriSES. Unlike Mr. Cherry Pie, I have several things in store for my bridesmaids. Some are more traditional and others are definitely different.
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If you’re one of Mr. Cherry Pie’s groomsmen you probably should stop reading. That means you: Jason, Karl, Tom, Mark and Micah.

Right. Like there’s any chance they’re reading this right now… nevertheless! I (Mr. Cherry Pie, that is) got started on finding gifts for my groomsmen relatively late in the game. By late, I mean that Miss Cherry Pie had several projects in the works at least a month or more before I even considered what to get my groomsmen.

I suppose I could have just gotten them ties, but I think that matching ties would be a pretty mild “Thank You” in exchange for driving out to Montana and buying suits on my behalf, don’t you?
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We sent out our invitations dangerously close to the July 30 RSVP date, so we’re giving our guests—and the Postal Service—a little extra time to respond. Over the last week we’ve been watching our RSVPs roll in (or not, in the case of some pesky procrastinators), a few at a time, day by day, and we’ve noticed a disappointing trend.

I knew that when we started planning a destination wedding in Montana, we would forfeit the attendance of some much-loved guests. Many of the East Coast relatives on Mr. Cherry Pie’s dad’s side of the family have a history with Glacier and money to spare, so we expect to see most of them there. However, Polebridge seems like the end of the world to most of my Michigan relatives, which makes it just as remote as the dark side of the moon.

As a result, we’ve so far received about 24 “yes” responses from Mr. CP’s dad’s side (including 6 relatives neither of us have ever met), 8 “yes” responses from Mr. CP’s mom’s side… and only six total “yes” responses from both sides of my family.

This six includes my mom, dad, three sisters, and one aunt.

Ouch.
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After deliberating about the results of my May makeup trial in Montana, I decided that I would just DIY my face on the day-of. Honestly, I feel relieved. I’m confident about doing my own makeup and the money I’ll save on the day-of application (including hourly fee and transportation for the makeup artist to the hotel) will more than cover the cost of new makeup colors that I can use for months to come.

I want to share what products and colors I’m using. That way, any of you considering doing your own makeup can see that it doesn’t all have to be matchy-matchy high-end products… you can spend in some areas and save in others.

But first, let me explain the look I’m going for.
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