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Congratulations Westvillebride, bRooklynRocks, lmoss78, BrooklynBride10, jenandchris! See you on Monday!
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Hi hive! A few of the NYC blogging bees and I will be attending an exclusive screening of Edward Burns’ latest film Newlyweds at the Tribeca Cinemas and we’d love for you to join us!
The event is being hosted by the new GORGEOUS wedding inspiration search engine, Lover.ly (which is so amazing and I can’t wait to tell you more about!) and a whole slew of fun people will be in attendance including cast members from the movie, NYC bees (of course!), wedding industry faves from Martha Stewart Weddings, BRIDES Magazine, Brooklyn Bride, Shawn Rabideau, Diamond in the Rough, Gilt Groupe, FourSquare and more. We’re so excited to be in attendance and we want YOU to come along with us!
The screening will be this coming Monday night and will be followed immediately by cocktails and mingling at the Varick Room at Tribeca Cinemas.
We’re giving away 5 tickets to the event right here! You must be in NYC on Monday to attend the event.
All you have to do is head to Lover.ly, sign up for an account, and then come back here and comment on this post with your Lover.ly username you’ve chosen. That’s it! We’ll pick 5 winners on Friday at noon EST to join us on Monday.
Psst: Diamond in the Rough is also giving away some tickets…head to their Facebook page to enter there as well to increase your chances of winning! 
Hope to see you in NYC on Monday!
Hi Hive! A heads up from your friendly neighborhood Penguin!
We will be performing routine maintenance on the boards tomorrow, Thursday February 9th, around 10AM PST. We expect for the boards portion of the site to be down for about 1 hour. Feel free to join us right here on the blog during the outage!
Let me know if you have any questions, or if you want to commiserate about boards withdrawal symptoms you may be experiencing during the downtime, you can let us know in the comments. We feel you.
It’s your last day to enter to win an iTunes gift card from Scratch Weddings to help us build our Valentine’s day love song mix! All you have to do is head to their Facebook page and tell us your favorite love song to enter.
We can’t wait to share what you all come up with, and Happy Valentine’s Day from Scratch Weddings and Weddingbee!
Hi, hive! Scratch Weddings have something SUPER sweet for the hive this Valentine’s Day, and we’re so excited! In honor of V-day, they’re building a custom music mix for Weddingbee and the hive, and guess who will be suggesting the songs? You! Scratch Weddings will pick 10 winners who get their songs included in the mix, as well as a $15 iTunes gift card. And we ALL get the Valentine’s Day mix to get us in the moooood for love.
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The last icon in the Woodland Creatures generation has been snagged! I’m excited to hear all about what a Glazier is…I could clearly Google it, but I REFUSE! ;) We’re so excited to welcome our newest bee to the hive…say hello to Miss Woodpecker!
Miss Woodpecker, Branford, CT
Age & Occupation: 27, Graduate Student/School Psych Intern
Fiance’s Age & Occupation: 29, Glazier
Engagement Date: Christmas Eve 2010
Wedding Date: September 2012
Venue: Owenego Beach Club
About Me: I’m a Connecticut native planning a coastal beach wedding in our hometown. My loves in life include: food, family and the fiance. I’m a planner/organization fiend, by nature and by addiction, and am obsessed with all things wedding and design. We’re trying to put personal touches on everything we can in our wedding, to really make it personal to us, our family, and friends. In the middle of wedding planning, I’m also finishing up grad school, and will be starting a brand new career within weeks of our wedding. It’s going to be an adventure!
We were putting some assets together for a campaign, and someone asked me what the Weddingbee font was.
I knew I could ask Mrs. Bee via email, but I know she’s busy being a mom of two (!!!) and blogging away over at Hellobee lately, so I thought I’d take a stab at finding it myself.
I searched a few font libraries, in “comic” and “curly” sections to no avail. Then, I stumbled across Fonts.com’s identify fonts by sight.
Read more…
Create the honeymoon of your dreams.
Happy Friday hive! This week positively zoomed by! The Weddingbee applications committee has been furiously reviewing applications that have come in this month (we’re positively thrilled that so many of you want to join the ranks of the bees!) and we’re excited to introduce our newest bee blogger: Miss Scone! Join me in giving her a warm welcome!
Miss Scone, Napa/Kansas City
Age & Occupation: 31, Recruiter
Fiancee’s Age & Occupation: 33, Motorcycle Mechanic
Engagement Date: April 15, 2010
Wedding Date: July 2012
Venue: Boulevard Brewery
About Me: I am a West Coast girl that fell for a Midwestern girl. I can’t get enough of baking, projecting, family and our fluffy dog child Darby. I bake by smell, haven’t used a timer in years and years. Having a major project on the horizon and a busy schedule keep me sane. I love beer even though I live in Napa (but I like wine too, just not as much as beer). We are planning a family friendly convivial affair in Kansas City and can’t wait to share the adventures.
Hi Hive!
Bzz bzz! It’s been a long time coming, but we’ve finally got all our ducks in a row and are going to begin sending out Weddingbee Newsletters and Offers next month! We know you’re a busy bride, and many of you have been asking for highlights and “best of the best” from Weddingbee via a newsletter.
In the newsletter, you can expect a run down of the hottest Weddingbee posts for the past couple weeks, some of the most discussed and helpful boards threads, as well as tips and advice from real hive members (that’s you!).
The newsletter is opt-in—you likely opted in or out of it when you registered for an account. To check to see whether you’ve opted in to the newsletter, view your profile (accessible in the top right-hand corner of the site), then navigate to “Profile” > “Edit.”
We’ll start off by sending newsletters every other week, and then depending on response, will consider going weekly…if you want it!
We’re so excited to continue to inspire your wedding planning with real posts and tips from REAL BRIDES like you.
We’ll see you in your inbox!
COLOURlovers is one of our favorite color communities online, where you can create and share colors, palettes, patterns and color trends, so we were thrilled when Allison of COLOURlovers reached out to ask us what we think are some hot and unusual color trends and combinations we’ll be seeing this year!
Check out our predictions for colors and trends that will be big this year, colors we don’t see a lot (but should!), where we get inspired, and the best design advice we’ve ever received over on the COLOURlovers blog today!
I’ve thrown out my predictions…what color combo do you think is going to be hot this year? If you’re getting married in 2012, what’s your color palette/combo?
The hive is alive and back in full swing with our second bee introduction this week! What a way to kick off 2012! Join me in giving a warm welcome and friendly howl to Miss Coyote!
Miss Coyote, Westchester, NY
Age & Occupation: 26, Administrative Assistant
Fiance’s Age & Occupation: 30, Computer Programmer
Engagement Date: August 2010
Wedding Date: June 2012
Venue: Franklin Plaza
About Me: I am an overly-caffeinated, sports-obsessed history nerd who loves a good book and hates bananas. Originally from a small town in Upstate NY, I made the move to Westchester County and never looked back! My loves include NBC Thursdays, red wine, fleece pajamas, and my amazing fiancé. Together we are planning a formal evening affair for 175 guests with a mix of new and old traditions and plenty of personal touches.
Our newest bee comes to us from gorgeous Puerto Rico! We can’t wait to follow her journey! Please join us in welcoming Miss Boa Constrictor to the hive!
Miss Boa Constrictor, Isabela, Puerto Rico
Age & Occupation: 22, Undergraduate Student
Fiance’s Age & Occupation: 23, Soon-to-be Civil Engineer
Engagement Date: May 19, 2011
Wedding Date: May 2012
Venue: El Faro Convention Center
About Me: I’m a Caribbean gal, born and bred on the beautiful island of Puerto Rico, finishing her last year as an undergrad. I describe myself as a “closet nerd” as I secretly enjoy reading research papers, playing video games, and geeking out on Lord of the Rings movie marathons. I will marry my college sweetheart, a soon-to-be civil engineer, who loves Legos and old-school Puerto Rican cooking. This is sure to be a fast-paced year with our wedding, honeymoon, college graduation, new jobs, and a cross-country move all within less than 30 days of each other!
Three years have come and gone, and it’s always fun to have an excuse to look back on our wedding pictures! Here are 10 images from our wedding, selected by a random number generator. I’m no stranger around the hive, so it’s hardly appropriate to update you all on what I’ve been up to since our wedding…you can find me here at Weddingbee every day, editing it up!
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This photo came from our first look. The first look concept wasn’t explained in detail to Mr. Penguin so he thought the whole thing was goofy (plus, we had already seen each other arriving at the winery about an hour before). This photo reminds me how much hair was growing out of my head at the time of our wedding. I’ve since gone through two rounds of significant hair loss (stress! Going off birth control! Getting old!) but I do miss having a full head of hair that can sustain a longer haircut!
This is the final installment of our bee blogger ornament exchange! It was so fun to see the incredibly creative ornaments the bees came up with this year!
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The bee ornament exchange continues! Check out these cuties!
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- I tracked down two dozen unicycle charms, hung them from a ring at different lengths with sparkly embroidery floss, and suspended them inside a glass ornament
Hi hive! Hope you had a fabulous Christmas! We’re back with Part 3 of our bee ornament exchange!
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- As I made the ornament, I tested fruit recognizability by making Mr. GP guess what each piece was after I made it.
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Mrs. Penguin, Northern California Age and Occupation: 27, Weddingbee Editor in Chief Fiance's Age and Occupation: 30, Doctor of Physical Therapy Engagement Date: January 29, 2007 Wedding Date: June 7, 2008 Blogging Since: September 14, 2007 Venue: Winery in the Gold Country About Me: I love the Spice Girls, dogs with underbites, bean burritos, making messes, high fives, avoiding showers, crossword puzzles, blogs, weddings, and blogs about weddings!
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