Beehive
Feature Launched: Aug 31, 2006
About: A forum for readers to post questions and get feedback from the hive, aka the weddingbee community.
November 26th, 2010 @ 7:01 am by Beehive
Tis the season for holiday shopping and great sales! Right now we are simply buzzing over the brand new invites and personalized wedding napkins in our invitations shop. Here’s a little peek at the latest:
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Mrs. Locket, Ithaca, NY
Age and Occupation: 25, Research Technician
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 28, former Banker hoping to become an Officer of the Law
Engagement Date: June 15, 2009
Wedding Date: September 2010
Venue: Heron Hill Winery
About Me: I am a little bit of everything all rolled into one: A girly gal with rough edges---I love to get dolled up just as much as I enjoy throwing on some sneaks to toss a ball with Mr. Locket. My love for crafting and creating is quite apparent and I've been referred to as a Wonder Woman/Martha Stewart/Stepford Wife hybrid (yup, I'll take that as a compliment). I adore sewing, photography, sculpture, good eats (mmm tapas), baking, snugging and oh, pretty much everything in between (there's not much I dislike). I am super excited to be planning our vineyard wedding and couldn't be happier to be marrying Mr. Locket. We are a quirky, fun-loving couple residing in our college town with our two pups Maple and Molly. We love to go on hikes, visit our local dog park and to bask in the beauty of many of the local falls and gorges. We are an indecisive pair, but together we somehow manage to make up our minds (it's the easy stuff that's tricky).
I have always been one of those girls who drooled over hair accessories and was guilty of having an unnecessary collection of headbands, jeweled barrettes, and dolled-up hair clips. In recent years I have tamed my collection and have held back from purchasing cute hair accessories that I may or may not one day wear. But, in recent months I have relapsed and fallen into a fit of ” I want that” syndrome.
Blame it on the hours spent scouring endless wedding blogs or blame it on my pre-existing addiction… I can’t help it that every time I see a hair flower I want it and I want it now! The unfortunate part is that the price tag on some of these beauties can get pretty steep. Fortunately, I have never been one to become deterred and I am fairly confident in my ability to recreate the flowers I so longingly lust after.
Here are some flowers that caught my eye:
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DIY
Feature Launched: October 8, 2008
About: The best DIY projects from Bees and brides around the web.
May 28th, 2010 @ 4:16 pm by DIY
Check out these great projects hive members have uploaded to Weddingbee’s DIY section! Click on the title of each project for tutorials!
Ruffled burlap table runners by VagabondGurl
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Mrs. Pinot Noir, New York/Napa Valley
Age and Occupation: 24, Health Educator
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 31, Market Researcher
Engagement Date: November 10, 2007
Wedding Date: October, 2008
Blogging Since: June 25, 2008
Venue: Auberge du Soleil
About Me: I am a Minnesota raised, NYC transplant planning a destination wedding in Napa. I'm balancing my love for the environment and my hubby-to-be's love for tradition to create our "green wedding in disguise." Our wedding will include local food and wine, antique touches and lots of love and laughter. When wedding planning isn't taking up my free time (and money) I love to read, cook, workout, watch baseball and travel! Follow along in my adventure as I attempt to plan an eco-friendly and socially responsible wedding (with eco-oblivious Mr. Pinot Noir).
After we finished with the
family pictures, we moved on to the wedding party. Making the list of photos for this group was hard too! It would have been nice to have a photo of us taken alone with each member of the wedding party, but I was worried it would take too much time and I figured we would get these at some point. Well, I have a photo of
MOH and I, but other than that we don’t have any photos of us and the other adult members of the wedding party. So the lesson is if there is a photo you want, you should put it on your list. Otherwise it might not happen.
All photos by Jim Forneris Photography.
Wedding Party
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Bride with bridesmaids
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Bride with flower girls
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Groom with all guys (Groomsman, Usher and Ring Bearer)
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Groom with groomsmen
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Groom with usher
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Groom with ring bearer
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Entire Wedding party (Bridesmaids, Groomsman, Usher, Ring Bearer, Flower Girls)
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Featured on Weddingbee
“Make an elegant invitation statement without the fuss. Stylish invitation sets with matching envelopes, reception and response cards included.”
Featured Product: Laura Ashley Delicate Damask Invitation
Mrs. Caramel, Los Angeles
Age and Occupation: 24, Art Gallery/Museums
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 24, Engineer
Engagement Date: January 8, 2007
Wedding Date: October 6, 2007
Venue: a beautiful church and hotel reception
About Me: I love dancing, singing, eating out, eating in, surfing on the net, and brainstorming fantastic ideas. I also love cats, coffee, and know every quote written on Sex & the City. I'm known to laugh really loud and have really crazy hand gestures while I talk. My fiance writes songs and I take pictures. What else? We're just a crazy young couple in love, trying to make a fabulous wedding!
I’ve never been a consistent “scrapbooker” mainly because it’s so time consuming and easily takes over my life. What starts out as a free afternoon turns into a 3AM mess of glue, cute paper and tiny scissors with no food, water or bathroom breaks. (Who’s with me on this?!)
I tried to finish our wedding scrapbook before our 1 year mark…. but I just couldn’t do it. I’m about to start it all up again, so I thought I’d share the few pages that I was able to finish.
Our cover:
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Mrs. Orange, New York
Age and Occupation in 06: 29, Librarian
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Academic
Engagement Date: January 25, 2006
Wedding Date: March 2007
Venue: Nassau County, Long Island
About Me: Mr. Orange and I met thanks to my college friend and Mr. Orange's dad in Feb. 05. I love to eat, cook, watch Dog the Bounty Hunter, Without a Trace, L&O, and MTV Hits as well as chill with my cat Illie, work on little DIY projects for the wedding, do extensive wedding related searches on Google using my "skills." Ha-ha. We are having a 150+ ppl wedding incorporating his Jewish background and my Japanese heritage.
It’s a crane made out of origami paper (Pearl Paint) glued onto a placecard (PaperSource). My grandmother is making all 120+ of them. I won’t start this project until the calligraphy is done first, but thought I’d share the idea.
The Martha Stewart Weddings Fall ‘06 issue also had an example of origami used in a wedding - an origami guestbook display.
For origami supplies, check out Kim’s Crane and Pearl River.
Create the honeymoon of your dreams.
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About: Do you have a great idea to share with the Weddingbee community? Please email us at stories@weddingbee.com and we'll post the best emails to the site!
Thought some folks would be interested in the new partnership between Martha and Kodak EasyShare (formerly Ofoto)…great photo cards. I think they’d be adorable for holiday-timed STD cards, or for holiday cards featuring wedding pics of the happy new couple!
Jordan
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Mrs. Bird of Paradise, New Orleans
Age and Occupation in '06: 26, Graphic Designer
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 24, Operations Manager
Engagement Date: November 28, 2005
Wedding Date: November 18, 2006
About Me: The wedding is around the corner and planning has been a blast! I've enjoyed nearly every detail obsessed minute of it and I can't imagine what I did with my time before all of this! I can't wait for our wonderful day and the rest of my life with Mr. Soon-to-be Bird of Paradise.
Here are little thank you cards.
On our tear off RSVP cards in our invitations, we used the French phrase “Repondez S’il Vous Plait.” I live in a very French area and have a French heritage so I thought it’d be nice to continue with the French theme for our thank you cards. On these I used “Merci Beaucoup.” And if we have time to do programs, I’ll use another French phrase for the cover. 
Paper - Teton, Tiara White, 80# cover
Mrs. Bird of Paradise, New Orleans
Age and Occupation in '06: 26, Graphic Designer
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 24, Operations Manager
Engagement Date: November 28, 2005
Wedding Date: November 18, 2006
About Me: The wedding is around the corner and planning has been a blast! I've enjoyed nearly every detail obsessed minute of it and I can't imagine what I did with my time before all of this! I can't wait for our wonderful day and the rest of my life with Mr. Soon-to-be Bird of Paradise.
We were going to include a little “This day in history” list in our wedding programs. Now, I’m not so sure we’ll have room. Here’s the link - just type in your date at the top in the grey bar. You can even select what category you’d like. The list will appear on the left side.
Here’s a sample of what happened on our day.
1820
Captain Nathaniel Palmer discovered Antarctica.
1883
Railroads create the first Standard time began in the United States. (Railroads create the first time zones)
1928
Mickey Mouse made his debut in Steamboat Willie.
1976
Spain’s parliament approved a bill to establish a democracy after 37 years of dictatorship.
Mrs. Bee, New York
Age and Occupation: 29, Weddingbee Publisher
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 33, Internet
Engagement Date: May 7, 2004
Wedding Date: March 5, 2005
Venue: Westside Loft, New York
About Me: Yes, my name really is Bee! I love my blogging, wikis, and tabasco sauce!
October 12th, 2006 @ 6:34 pm by Mrs. Bee
After she was stressing out about them, they turned out beautifully.
The RSVP enveloped tucked into the back of the invitation.
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Mrs. Bird of Paradise, New Orleans
Age and Occupation in '06: 26, Graphic Designer
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 24, Operations Manager
Engagement Date: November 28, 2005
Wedding Date: November 18, 2006
About Me: The wedding is around the corner and planning has been a blast! I've enjoyed nearly every detail obsessed minute of it and I can't imagine what I did with my time before all of this! I can't wait for our wonderful day and the rest of my life with Mr. Soon-to-be Bird of Paradise.
When I was first letterpressing my invitations, I asked them to quote me a price to have my thank you cards letterpressed as well. The price was nearly $500. Although I knew they’d be stunning, I thought this would be a place to save a bit of money. I decided that I was going to have the offset printed locally. A print shop, who I’ve worked with professionally before, initally quoted about $75 for the thank you cards. Perfect, I thought.
Well, the printer just dropped off our printed little thank you cards. I started to pull out my checkbook to pay for the 200 cards- and he utters “No Charge.” Um, wha?! I thought I heard him wrong! Nope! Not only did he not charge me for them, but he also included - oh it must be at least - 100 extras! Wow! I’m shocked, though very grateful!
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Mrs. Orange, New York
Age and Occupation in 06: 29, Librarian
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Academic
Engagement Date: January 25, 2006
Wedding Date: March 2007
Venue: Nassau County, Long Island
About Me: Mr. Orange and I met thanks to my college friend and Mr. Orange's dad in Feb. 05. I love to eat, cook, watch Dog the Bounty Hunter, Without a Trace, L&O, and MTV Hits as well as chill with my cat Illie, work on little DIY projects for the wedding, do extensive wedding related searches on Google using my "skills." Ha-ha. We are having a 150+ ppl wedding incorporating his Jewish background and my Japanese heritage.
Yes, I’ve finally caught the bug — calligraphy bug that is. It’s my healthy obsession numero dos.
Here is my list of hand calligraphy vendors so far:
- Beautiful Calligraphy and Custom Art
- Wedding Tulle-Calligraphy
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Sales
About: Links to special deals
October 12th, 2006 @ 2:39 pm by Sales
thanks, cindy!
Mrs. Orange, New York
Age and Occupation in 06: 29, Librarian
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Academic
Engagement Date: January 25, 2006
Wedding Date: March 2007
Venue: Nassau County, Long Island
About Me: Mr. Orange and I met thanks to my college friend and Mr. Orange's dad in Feb. 05. I love to eat, cook, watch Dog the Bounty Hunter, Without a Trace, L&O, and MTV Hits as well as chill with my cat Illie, work on little DIY projects for the wedding, do extensive wedding related searches on Google using my "skills." Ha-ha. We are having a 150+ ppl wedding incorporating his Jewish background and my Japanese heritage.
I have a number of obsessions. One is stationery, paper products and an assortment of paper-related goods. So I developed a healthy obsession over invitations and more specifically, letterpress printing.
A few months into our engagement, we went to Invitations and Beyond in Oceanside, Long Island. The drill was to go in the store and browse through volumes after volumes of wedding invitations. They were all very nice invitations, but I never found THE ONE. A few months later, I went to Kate’s Paperie on Broadway. Went through the drill again only to find that the ones I love are all letterpress and are not feasible within my budget. Lastly, I visited Lion in the Sun (in Park Slope, Brooklyn; there is another store in Long Island). Same drill same result.
It was clear to me that I love letterpress. I love the feel of thick paper, the indentation that is created by the letterpress and the artsy feel to it all. But, the price tag did not like me, and vice versa. Lion in the Sun actually offered to flat print an originally letterpress invitation (see William Arthur invite below). But that wasn’t just right for me.
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Mrs. Bee, New York
Age and Occupation: 29, Weddingbee Publisher
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 33, Internet
Engagement Date: May 7, 2004
Wedding Date: March 5, 2005
Venue: Westside Loft, New York
About Me: Yes, my name really is Bee! I love my blogging, wikis, and tabasco sauce!
October 11th, 2006 @ 7:03 pm by Mrs. Bee
Our friend KenzieKate is unveiling two gorgeous new invitation designs, and needs help naming them so let’s give her a hand!
The first one is my take on a beach wedding invite, the second used Mexican silver jewelry as an inspiration, but is pretty enough that it could work in so many other colors as well…. I like to name all my invites after cities. I usually choose cities that sort of embody the spirit of the invite in my mind.
All-Inclusion Invitation Suites
