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Squidoo (a super cool site made up of “experts” that create mini sites or “lenses” on all sorts of great topics) is having their Best Lens of The Year contest right now, and guess who’s up? Yep, little ole me and my Wedding Planning For Cool Chicks Lens.

If you want to vote for me, Click here and vote away! I think you might need to login, but its worth it–we need to represent, brides!

For those of you who have tried it…well, then you know what I’m talking about. For those of you in LA and NY who haven’t, get thee to a pinkberry at once! Pinkberry has written about and pined over endlessly over the past year or so, but for those of you who have missed the buzz, it’s a new frozen yogurt place that was started in LA and has now made its way to NYC. I finally had a chance to try pinkberry recently and after one bite, I was hopelessly addicted. Truth be told, I ordered another small yogurt after finishing my first medium yogurt–it was that good.

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I must confess, I did get sucked into the knitting craze pretty hard a few years ago. And, to show for it, I now have a rainbow of endless skeins of gorgeous, expensive yarn that is quickly collecting dust in our second bedroom. But long before I was knitting one and purling two, I was a secret needlepointer.

My grandma taught me how to needlepoint when I was 13 or so, and I’ve been enjoying it on and off ever since. So, I was quite smitten when I discovered the lovely and clever needlepoint kits from AMH Design. Each kit contains everything you’ll need to make either a chic journal or photo album (canvas, instructions, needle, threads..even folding scissors!). These kits were definitely designed with the novice in mind…you really don’t need any experience to just jump in and start needlepointing. Best of all, the projects are fast and easy so you get that crafty instant gratification high.

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“Green” weddings seem to be all the rage right now. Not literally green, of course, but environmentally green.

The New York Times recently published a story that discusses all of the “green” options for couples out there. It seems many brides and grooms are really embracing the idea of getting hitched responsibly. In fact, they highlighted a wedding planning website called Portovert for eco-conscious brides and grooms that offers all sorts of tips and resources for going green in style.

Have you considered going “green” at your wedding?

I’m addicted to beautiful wrapping papers. On occasion, I’ve actually spent more money on the wrapping paper than I have on the gift (yep, kinda crazy…I know). I especially love these “Wrap Collections” from Heidi.

The collections come in a variety of chic patterns, colors and shapes and best of all, they come with coordinating ribbons and notecards. These would be so pretty for a group of bridesmaids gifts. I would pick a few complimentary colors and order different wrap for different girls. This gift wrap is a bit pricey, but it’s just so darn pretty!

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Looks like Elizabeth Hurley got hitched over the weekend in a dress designed by Versace (funny photo courtesy of Perez Hilton).

The Prince William/Kate Middleton rumors are also picking up again.

David E. Kelly’s new show Wedding Bells premieres tonight on Fox after Idol, but so far, its not getting such great reviews.

Will you be tuning in (yep, I’ve got my Tivo set)??

While you are working out every important detail of your big day (Tall centerpieces or short? Write our own vows or use the traditional ones? Band or DJ? yada, yada, yada…), I don’t want you to overlook a very important detail: what do you plan on doing with all of those checks/cash gifts you get after you say “I do”?

I don’t mean are you investing in a Money Market account or buying a 6 month CD, I’m talking about something much more immediate: who’s going to take care of depositing your checks if you’re leaving right away for your honeymoon?

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Though I never really gave it much thought before, the cake topper industry has not exactly gone out on a limb to represent the mixed ethnicity couples of today. Thankfully, a company called Renellie has stepped up to the plate.

To best represent your unique situation, you may choose between eight interchangeable figurines. You can pair a White Groom, Black Groom, Latino Groom or Asian Groom with a White Bride, Black Bride, Latino Bride or Asian Bride. This would also work great for gay couples as you can choose to match brides with brides or grooms with grooms. As you get to choose the two figurines for your own cake topper, you can ensure that it best represents you and your partner as a couple.

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After some rest and relaxation on the Amalfi Coast, we headed over to Florence. If it were possible to marry a city, Florence and I would be husband and wife. I absolutely love everything about this city from the architecture, to the people, to the food and somehow everytime I go, I feel so at “home.” We stayed in the Hotel Degli Orafi which was perfectly located right on the Ponte Vecchio and is allegedly where they shot some scenes from the movie “A Room With A View.”

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I’ll try to keep my exclamation point use to a minimum and not overuse “dreamy” “to die for” or “magical,” too much, but man was our 2 week honeymoon in Italy the dreamiest, most magical to die for trip of my life!

We flew from LA to Paris (didn’t stay over, just a quick stop) and Paris to Rome. We stayed in Rome overnight to catch up on some sleep and headed out first thing the next morning to Italy’s Amalfi Coast where we would be staying in Positano.

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Despite a closet full of clunky suitcases, frayed cosmetic cases and a wrinkled plastic bag I always seem to use as a “laundry” bag, I fantasize about being an ultra chic traveler.

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I hope this doesn’t make you love me any less, but I must confess that I’ve never actually had a “skin regime.” I normally stick to the “gift bag skincare” plan. Simply, this basically means that I use different bottles and samples of moisturizer, soaps and the like from gift bags I collect from various events I go to (there’s always an event to got to here in New York). Once in a great while I’ll find I product I love and actually go out and buy some more of it, but more times than not, I’m pretty lame when it comes to skincare. Read more…

If you’re looking for some more scoop on my wedding planning mayhem, check out my recent podcast on The Wedding Podcast Network.

When talk began, for Mr. Beetle and I after we were engaged, over cakes, locations and the like, I wasn’t exactly sure how I felt about hiring a videographer. In truth, I had never actually seen a wedding video that I really liked. While I loved reliving the moments of freind’s wedding, I wasn’t a fan of cheesy fade-outs, fuzzy borders and the practice of passing the microphone around while one of your pals is trying to finish up their salads and not be blinded by the glaring light in their face. Though I wasn’t really sure why, I also never liked the “look” of video. So, while I certainly loved the idea of having a record of our day, I wasn’t sure how to justify spending thousands of bucks on something I felt so “eh” about.

Of course my need to obsessively research everything until my brain begins to hurt won over, and I set out to find a unique, out of the box videographer. That’s when I discovered Super 8.

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As I mentioned in my recent wedding recaps (part 1, part 2, part 3), one of my favorite things that we did on our big day was our Polaroid Guest Books.

We used two Adesso Albums and two Polaroid One600 Ultra Instant cameras. We also ordered two personalized gold nameplates which we stuck on the front of the albums (Adesso does this as well).

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