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We’ve added cultural boards!  Please click over, introduce yourselves, and let us know what you think!

Yesterday, Weddingbee reader Amysue commented that she wanted a way to filter out local posts when reading the boards.  You can actually do that already, by clicking on the beehive board.  But that link was a little hard to find, so BIL Bee added an easy way to click “all”, “beehive” and “nwr” buttons above each board page. These options were actually there all along, but now they’re a lot more prominent and easy to click!

If you click “all” you’ll see all the posts. If you click “beehive” you’ll see beehive posts. And if you click “nwr” you’ll see Not Wedding Related posts. Soon we’ll be adding a button for cultural weddings as well. Hopefully this makes navigating the Weddingbee Boards a little easier! Please let us know what you think!

Now that we’ve added a ton of local boards, we’re working on our next project.  We want to create boards for ethnic and religious weddings, but we’re not sure what to call them.  Cultural Boards?  Do you have any better ideas?

Also, please let us know which ethnic/cultural/religious boards we should add!

Mr. & Mrs. Lily sharing wine under their chuppah

Local boards have been a big hit, and lots of people have requested local boards for their region.

We’ve added just about every board requested:

• Southwest Virginia
• Capital District of New York
• Western North Carolina
• Northern California (e.g. Sacramento)
• Vermont

We split a local board in Michigan into three local boards:

• Grand Rapids, Holland, Muskegon and Kalamazoo
• Lansing, Jackson and Ann Arbor
• Tri-Cities and Northeast Michigan

And we added four boards to Canada:

• Western Canada
• Central Canada
• East Coast
• Ottawa

Hope you guys feel the love!

Over the next couple of weeks, we’re going to be guest blogging over at Bridal Guide, one of the leading national bridal magazines, and Bridal Guide editors will also be guest blogging on weddingbee! 

First guest blogger up over at Bridal Guide, Mrs. Dahlia!  Though she got married this past weekend, she was a busy little bee and wrote this guest post on Honeymoon Destinations before she took off.  Be sure to click over and check it out!

Please welcome the latest tropical fruit to the hive, Miss Coconut!

Miss Coconut, Tallahassee
Age & Occupation: 27, Soon-to-be Lawyer (once I pass the bar!)
Fiance’s Age & Occupation:  24, PhD Computer Science
Engagement Date:  March 2007
Wedding Date: November 2008
Venue:  1930s Historic Building, Lakeland, Florida
About Me:  I never thought about weddings until I got engaged.  Now, I can’t stop thinking about them!  Planning the wedding has really opened the floodgates to my DIY side.  If there’s anything I can do to avoid hiring someone else, I will do it!  Mr. Coconut is my financial advisor, and he tries to keep me budget-conscious!  We’ve tried to make wedding planning a team effort!

Unfortunately, we’re going to have to cancel our Weddingbee picnic in Central Park this Sunday.  Rain is forecasted through the entire weekend.

The weather has been so unpredictable the month of May, I thought we might go watch the Sex and the City movie together on Sunday, June 1st instead!  Are ya game?

If you’d like to attend the Weddingbee Potluck Picnic in Central Park next Sunday @ 1:00pm, please comment below and I’ll forward you the evite!

The weather forecast says there’s a 30% chance of rain on Saturday and a 60% chance of rain on Monday, but Sunday is supposed to be sunny and clear.  But we should probably have a backup plan just in case…. do you have any suggestions?

PS - Happy Mother and MIL’s Day!

If you haven’t alreay, go on over to Minted to vote on your favorite save the date designs, specially created for 3 weddingbee readers.  There were so many great couples that entered, Minted selected three more weddingbee readers to receive holiday photo cards in another design challenge! 

Congrats to the following weddingbee readers for being selected.  You can find out a bit more about each couple as well as information on contributing a design here.  I can’t wait to see what everyone comes up with this time!

Kate and Kenneth

Joanna and Christopher

Laura and Ian

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Another day, another new bee.  Please welcome Miss Cookie to the hive!

Miss Cookie, Denver
Age & Occupation: 25, Nonprofit Fundraiser/Theatre Designer
Fiance’s Age & Occupation: 27, Financial Analyst
Engagement Date: September 2007
Wedding Date: September 2008
Venue: Ten Mile Station, Breckenridge, Colorado
About Me: With a degree in Theatre, I never realized that planning a wedding was a lot like Theatre Management until I started planning my own. I am a coffee addict, especially Starbuck’s Grande Mochas, yummy! I am also a nonprofit fundraiser by day, and moonlight as a Children’s Theatre Set Designer. When I’m not working or wedding planning, I love to cook (especially chocolate chip cookies for my honey), travel to exotic places, and be creative. As a couple, Mr. Cookie and I are extremely practical, down to earth, and children at heart. We live in a cozy abode with our adorable Pomeranian, and love to play board games and watch movies into the evening.