Weddingbee Blog

I smile whenever I see articles like this.

I’m not going to do a round-up of trends... this blogger already did. But I will give you a little bit of my own $0.02 about it.

A small wedding isn’t for everyone, I definitely know that.

I’m going to be in a wedding in May, and this is the dress we maids will be wearing.

[I’m not either of the bodies in the picture above; no one gets to see my dress on me until I have it altered to fit my, um, extreme height difference and smaller bust.]

… It’s more like, “smell ya later.”

Hi, remember me? *waves*

I got married about four months ago, finished my recaps, and have been blogging pretty erratically since then. It’ll be another 4-6 months before Mr. Mary Jane and I think taking about our belated honeymoon, and I’m pretty much out of stuff to say, wedding-wise.

But I’m here to Not Say Goodbye.

I do still have a few…

Mr. Mary Jane and I wanted to give our parents and grandparents something special to remember our wedding by. Aside from the obvious framed photo, I decided to make some photo books for them. There are a lot of options out there at various price-points. I chose Shutterfly for a few reasons:

1. I’m generally happy with stuff I get printed there.
2. I have ordered a Shutterfly photo…

Several months back, I told my newly-engaged friend that I wanted to throw her a bridal shower. The wedding date was set for March. Then they moved it to December.

December and late November are — to make a gross understatement — very busy times for us. Aside from the usual holiday rushes, we have the end of the semester and finals upon us. It’s a…

You’ve seen our announcements, but what about our Thank You cards?

We decided to use photos for those too, but this time, I opted to order them from Shutterfly.

I chose the blank photo note cards. They come in boxes of 12 and are blank (duh) inside. Because of this, I used Photoshop to just write our sentiment on the pictures themselves. The cost was about $40…

Remember the announcements I was going to send a few weeks after the wedding? Yeah… well… It was more like 7 weeks. I have an excuse for 4 of the weeks: I was waiting for pro-photos. But the other three weeks? I was just procrastinating.

Anyway, I finally got around to it. Since I’m suffering from the post-wedding lethargy (which makes us put everything wedding-related on…

Our wedding took place on September 9, 2009 in Hillsboro, North Dakota at the Traill County Courthouse. There were seven guests: our four parents, two siblings, and one mutual friend. Our original budget, set back in March almost on a whim, was $1000.

This post will break down the costs of each element of the wedding. Then I’ll tell you how close we came to our…

A good while back, I presented you all with this inspiration board.

Mr. Mary Jane and I hadn’t planned on having a reception. But Mr. Mary Jane’s parents offered us a picnic! I created save-the-dates and invitations for the picnic, and they were sent to much of the Mary Jane family, a few of our friends, and friends of Mr. Mary Jane’s parents.

The picnic was to start at 6, and Mr. Mary Jane and I arrived at…

Well folks, that was it for my pro photos (aside from the family-shots, but did you really want to see those? Yeah, didn’t think so. You don’t know those people anyway). Shawna and Kory did an excellent job capturing our wedding, and Mr. Mary Jane and I were so glad to have them there. They took basically the entire afternoon out of their day to…

After the vows were said, the papers signed, and the hugs administered, it was time for more portraits!

We sent our families on their way back up to Grand Forks, and spent a little time touring Hillsboro (or the area directly around the courthouse, at least) with Shawna and Kory. They’d arrived in Hillsboro early and had already scouted out a bunch of fun backdrops for…

While taking pre-wedding portraits, our two families had arrived at the courthouse. Mr. Mary Jane’s parents and mine had never before met, so this was kind of a tense moment (for me, at least). Would they like each other? Would they get along? When you’ve got such a small guest list, you really have to hope that no one will offend each other or anything…

[All photos in this post are credited to Shawna Noel Photography.]

After slipping on my beautiful new ring, we headed inside to snap some portraits. Shawna and Kory had arrived at the courthouse early and scouted out a bunch of great photo opportunities. We laughed, joked, posed, and followed their lead, trying to take full advantage of the amazing turn-of-the-century architecture and style found throughout the…

[All photos in this post are credited to Shawna Noel Photography unless otherwise noted. I’ll take credit for randomly cropping some of ’em. Hehe.]

When I left off, Mr. Mary Jane and I had finished dressing and primping at home and were ready to head out the door.

The wedding was at 4:30, and we were going to meet our photographer at 3:30 to take some photos…