Weddingbee Blog

This past weekend Mr. Onion and I attended his cousin’s wedding at Wickham Park, a beautiful venue in Connecticut. You may remember them from their engagement photos or their fan-freakin’-tastic save-the-date.

This couple exemplifies what people mean when they say that a couple is “made for each other”!
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Hello, my name is Mrs. Onion. You may have forgotten me… I was married last September and I am JUST now finishing my re-cap. Forgive me (hangs head in shame).

I love Ben & Jerry’s ice cream and when I realized there was a Ben & Jerry’s scoop shop directly across from our reception restaurant, I knew I had to have an ice cream cone with Mr. Onion on our wedding day. I was so set on this idea that I had the smallest bite of our oh so delicious wedding cake (which killed me) so I could have room for ice cream.

Walking the few steps to the scoop shop.
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I love photography and my favorite photographs are of people. When I was in high school I took 3 years of photography classes, independent studies and spent extra time on Saturday after class in the dark room. It was with that passion that I decided on our own photographer, Daria Bishop, and it is with similar passion that Mr. Onion’s cousin and his sweet fiancee picked their photographer, Victoria Souza.

The bride and groom are getting married in Connecticut in August and I just had to share some of their engagement photos. Vickie captured their personalities so well and I’ve never seen an engagement session where there are so many sweet photos as well as seriously steamy photos. Read more…

First, let me say I’m sorry for taking so long to finish my wedding recap. Now that I think of it, I realize I never finished my honeymoon recap either. Still a few good posts in this old bee, but this is my busiest season at work and I’ve been swamped. So, now back to our regularly scheduled re-cap!

Mmm…three of my favorite things! After the toasts, the sun began to set and our guests enjoyed their meal.

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According to an article on CNNMoney.com, a growing body of research shows that married couples are astonishingly clueless about many aspects of their financial life together. In a recent poll, four out of five respondents revealed that they hide purchases from the one they love.

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Mrs. Penguin’s recent post “The Penguin Slideshow,” reminded me that I never posted about our slideshow.

I seem to have taken on the role of family historian since my 8th grade genealogy project. I carefully stored all my family’s historic photos, interviewed my father’s great aunts (who have all since passed away) and soaked up as much as I could. When Mr. Onion and I got engaged I started asking his mother questions about their family history and a few weeks before the wedding I asked her if I could go through her photo collection.

Naturally I wanted to share some of this history with our friends and family at the wedding where we would be starting our own chapter of our families’ histories.

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Okay, be honest. Do you notice the little details when you attend a wedding as a guest? Did you before you were engaged and planning your own wedding? I know I didn’t notice pre-engagement. However, that didn’t stop me from putting thought and energy into the little things that made our wedding day special. So, without further ado, bring on the details.

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After our first dance, we were served our first course and the toasts began. For a very small wedding we had a number of people speak. All three of our groomsmen (Mr. Onion’s brother, father and best friend) spoke as did two of my bridesmaids and my brother. But these are the things that make a celebration special. No one took too long and it was great for our guests to hear a little bit about us that they might not have known.

This is one of my favorite photos of the evening — we are both so happy and are toasting with my bridesmaid who gave two toasts — one quick and unplanned reading of our apache blessing that wasn’t able to be heard due to fire engine sirens, and then her real toast later in the evening.
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This Sunday morning, June 1st, Mrs. Bee, Miss Lovebird and I are going to see the much anticipated and long awaited movie — Sex and the City.

We’re sorry the picnic got rained out, but would still love to meet some of you. After the movie we’re planning on getting a cupcake (or in my case banana pudding) at Magnolia’s — YUM.

If any New York area readers would like to join us please email onion@weddingbee.com and I’ll let you know the time and place.

Such cute things on clearance at Pottery Barn. Mr. Onion and I bought a beautiful bench that should arrive tomorrow (sadly not on sale) that we’ll be using as a coffee table/extra seating for guests.

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After our cocktail hour was over we headed upstairs to the second floor of the restuarant where we hosted our reception.
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As Miss Gingerbread shared with us, same-sex couples now have the right to get married in California. I know that Mrs. Blueberry already shared the rumor that Ellen DeGeneres was getting married, but I wanted to share, if you haven’t heard already, that Ellen formally announced her engagement to long time girlfriend, Portia de Rossi.
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After our walk up the marketplace from the church to our reception, all our guests were greeted by Amaretto Sours. Our cocktail hour was held outside on the patio in front of the restaurant. Our guitarist, Brendan Burns, was there to set the mood playing wonderful jazz standards and people really began to enjoy the party.

Mr. Onion and I steal a quick kiss as we enjoy our drink.
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Sugar Lip Treatment by Fresh is one of my favorite skin care products. I was first introduced to Fresh from their perfume (which I wore on my wedding day). Some girls wear many different perfumes — I wear one every day, and that is Fresh Sugar.
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After we had a little time with our friends and family outside the church, we led a processional of all our guests up the Church Street Marketplace. Fun fact: downtown Burlington, VT was designed by the same people who designed downtown Boulder, CO (known as Pearl Street Mall).

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