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Check out this ebay auction for a wedding invitation and candle from Britney Spears’ surprise September 18, 2004 wedding to Kevin Federline. The starting price is $999.99 - but no bids yet. Close-ups of the invite are available on the listing.

(Thanks daisy028 and kanipark!)

I read about master cocktail mixologist Dale Degroff in the most recent issue of Modern Bride magazine. Actually I’m pretty sure I’ve seen him on an episode of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy where he taught a straight guy some romantic cocktail recipes. Anyway Dale is one of the foremost authorities when it comes to recreating classic cocktails and developing new ones. His website is a veritable treasure trove of cocktail recipes and resources.

I would definitely recommend having signature cocktails at your wedding because they can save you a lot of money. We had two to match our color scheme - red and celadon:

1. Love Potion - a strawberry flavored cocktail which we first tried at Lotus. (I think someone recently asked me for the recipe… I’ll try to look for it!)
2. Magic Mojito - a classic green cocktail.

We placed the drink recipes in picture frames on the bar and people drank them all night long. In the end, we saved almost $1000 on our liquor bill because the company we used bought back any unused liquor. They picked up the leftover alcohol from the venue the day after the wedding, then credited my credit card. It was awesome to come back from our honeymoon and see the $1000 credit in our account.

Have fun with your cocktails - choose a theme like “winter wonderland,” or “something old, new, borrowed, blue,” or match your color scheme. Trying out cocktail recipes is something your fiance will be more than happy to help out with.

A wedding joke for your Friday amusement. (Thanks daisy028!)

Jennifer’s wedding day was fast approaching. Nothing could dampen her excitement — not even her parents’ nasty divorce. Her mother had found the PERFECT dress to wear and would be the best dressed mother-of-the-bride ever!

A week later, Jennifer was horrified to learn that her father’s new young wife had bought the exact same dress as her mother! Jennifer asked her to exchange it, but she refused. “Absolutely not. I look like a million bucks in this dress, and I’m wearing it,” she replied.

Jennifer told her mother who graciously said, “Never mind sweetheart. I’ll get another dress. After all it’s your special day.” A few days later, they went shopping and did find another gorgeous dress. When they stopped for lunch, Jennifer asked her mother, “Aren’t you going to return the other dress? You really don’t have another occasion where you could wear it.” Her mother just smiled and replied, “Of course I do, dear. I’m wearing it to the rehearsal dinner the night before the wedding.”

These adorable books about flowergirls and ringbearers are perfect gifts for your youngest attendants.

Lilly’s Big Day
Lettice the Flower Girl
The Little Flower Girl
The Flower Girl
Flowergirl
Babar: Isabelle the Flower Girl
Junie B. Jones is Almost a Flower Girl
When I Was a Flower Girl

10 Neat Things About Being a Flower Girl
10 Cool Things About Being a Ringbearer
The Ringbearer
The Ringbearer (a different book)
The Ringbear (a book about remarrying)
The Ringbear (a different book)
The Ringbearer’s Big Day

(source: Modern Bride)

At the Ladies Who Launch meeting last night, someone asked if weddingbee would ever do editorials for vendors who pay us to do so. I’ve thought about this extensively but haven’t really had the issue come up, as we don’t host any ads… yet.

I think readers generally feel close to bloggers because they inject so much of their personal voices and experiences into their blogs. You really get to “know” and trust a blogger’s opinion. Here at weddingbee, our readers’ trust is of paramount importance — so we will never feature advertorial vendors or products in any of our posts.

I subscribed to our new email subscription feature, but I’ve only been getting a couple of each day’s posts in the emails. I don’t exactly know what’s wrong, but I’m looking into it. So sorry for any inconvenience!

We’re happy to announce two new additions to the weddingbee family!

Please welcome Miss Snail, a 26 year old make-up artist who just got engaged last week!

Please also welcome Miss Beetle who will be writing a weekly advice column for weddingbee. Miss Beetle is none other than Erica of Paperbride and Papermama. She’s also a bride-to-bee getting married later this year!