Weddingbee

1. Cake Design: the Hive Decides! by Miss Fondue
2. Dress My Dogs by Miss Spring Roll
3. Holiday Jeer by Mrs. Penguin
4. Mr. Fondue = Traditional? by Miss Fondue
5. Finding Love by Miss Snapdragon
6. Center of Attention by Miss Deviled Egg, The Secret Lives of Bees: Taffy Edition by Miss Taffy
7. Easy Breezy Hair How-To by Miss Sea Breeze
8. The Dress - To Sew or Not to Sew? by Miss Taffy, Decisions, Decisions by Miss Lemonade
9. Dumplings’ Nonexistent Gift Registry by Miss Dumpling
10. Dressed to Impress by Miss Powder Puff, Budgets, Videos, and Compromise by Miss Fondue

I’ll save the friendly banter for another post and just dive right in. Here is a simple step-by-step guide to help you with your Gocco. Dumpling is not that great at this whole thing, but the end result was pretty fantastic. If you aren’t a Gocco bride (or groom!), skip the rest of this post and just look at our reception cards!

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There are six lovely ladies in my bridal party: my sister, my FSIL, and four of my friends from graduate school and law school. Let me just say that Team Hot Cocoa is pretty hot. And if I were a jealous bride, I’d outfit them in these masterpieces from the Hong Kong wedding mall:

The gold number on the left is spectacular. I mean, nothing gives off mixed signals like an extra panel of frilliness in the crotch area. It’s like Scarlett O’Hara meets Eve in her fig-leaf days. And the silver lamé gown would be perfect for a jaunt down the yellow brick road with the Tin Man.
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I’m having a shoe dilemma,, which is actually kinda funny since it only took me 5 minutes to find a wedding dress I liked, but it’s been taking me MONTHS to find one pair of shoes. I wanted a pair of fun, funky, red shoes. Preferably peep toe. Here were some shoes that inspired me:

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Reader MsB is selling her Jennifer Behr Crystal Headband. It lies flat against the head. It currently retails for $188 but she is taking any reasonable offer.

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Have a wedding item for sale? Post it with pictures in the Weddingbee classifieds and you might see it featured on the blog!

Other great items for sale:
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My mother has impeccable taste. Ever since I was a little girl I have adored her chic style and absorbed her lessons on fashion. We believe in quality, well made goods that will last a lifetime. We tend to shy away from anything with logos but have a deep appreciation for iconic pieces and craftsmen. Anyhow, many many moons ago my mother and I were having her watch cleaned (a classic Tank with navy lizard strap, a fabulous gift from my father). To entertain myself I floated around the store peering into each glass case, falling in love with almost every piece. I remember that as I looked over the rings and wedding bands, my mother joined me and we dreamt together that one day when (if) I got married this would be the only acceptable ring for such an occasion (sans diamonds…she probably thinks the diamonds are gaudy… I love them):

It’s the Cartier Trinity rolling ring with a few little diamonds. I love it, always have. As you know I have a propensity towards unique and different jewelry. Herein lies the dilemma.
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I’m the ultimate procrastinator. I wouldn’t say time is running out quite yet to make parents albums for Christmas, but before you know it, it’ll be December 25th and that album you promised to design and make for your parents or grandparents is nonexistent. For me, the dilemma was different: I really wanted to make a Blurb or Mpix album, but I swore if I had to stare at a computer screen any more than the 12 hours a day I already do so, I was going to go insane.

After seeing Mrs. Cherry Pie assemble her b-pics album with a Kolo and photo corners, I thought about doing the same for my parents albums. After considering photo cornering and gluing the pictures into the albums, Mrs. Lemon turned me on to the Kolo “Riva” album.

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I’ve mentioned before that we don’t really have a formal budget for our wedding. Owing to the bazillion home improvement projects we’ve taken on (and have to complete before the wedding), we’re planning to spend as much (or as little) as we can afford as we go. Projects for our home will take precedent over wedding expenses. I know, I know, not the best budgeting strategy, but that’s our plan.

For giggles this morning, I plugged my guesstimates into a wedding budget spreadsheet (it’s this one).

*choke*
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… with our invitations.

I am pretty much completely obsessed with crafting. It’s my favorite thing to do. If I have a Friday night to myself, I get really excited to be able to craft in peace, without anyone to make fun of me. If I had room for a craft room in my apartment… oh, that would be AWESOME! I’m a nerd.

Anyway, invitations were one of the very first projects I fantasized about when this whole wedding-planning thing got started. Not the dress, not flowers… the invitations!

For weeks I have been playing around with colors, illustrations, watercolors… and now I think we’ve finally settled into a design. I attempted our first mock-up, and I am really excited about the results. Some of the paper choices will be different (cardstock vs. paper), but I think I am going to stick pretty closely to this look. Because blogs without pictures are boring… let me introduce to you a sneak peek of… Ms. Amelie Laureen!

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After all the toasting, Robert pulled us aside for quick mini side session. We had not had the opportunity to take pictures of just to the two of us, and after seeing these, I’m so glad we were able to squeeze it in!

The shot above is one of my favorites of the entire day—and who would have thought that it was taken in the bathroom hallway!
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