Two Veil Bride
May 20th, 2008 @ 8:27 am by Miss Cookie
According to my veil designer Sara Gabriel, the bridal trend currently is to have a veil for the ceremony and one for the reception. I really wanted a more classic veil for the ceremony, but I love the look of French netting. So, I decided to buy a French netting piece for the reception.
I love it. It reminds me of old, Hollywood with the flower in the middle combined with British Ascot in the feathers. (I secretly long to be British!)
Weddingbee & Bridal Guide
May 19th, 2008 @ 6:58 pm by Mrs. Bee
Over the next couple of weeks, we’re going to be guest blogging over at Bridal Guide, one of the leading national bridal magazines, and Bridal Guide editors will also be guest blogging on weddingbee!
First guest blogger up over at Bridal Guide, Mrs. Dahlia! Though she got married this past weekend, she was a busy little bee and wrote this guest post on Honeymoon Destinations before she took off. Be sure to click over and check it out! 
The ‘Bird Flu
May 19th, 2008 @ 6:25 pm by Miss Hummingbird
Picture courtesy of www.wired.com
It is a long weekend here in Canada (Victoria Day) and it’s a good thing too, because this little Hummingbird has come down with the bird flu. 
Engaged the Show: Quick Tips!
May 19th, 2008 @ 6:00 pm by Mrs. Peppermint
As some of you may remember, Mr. Peppermint & I have been busy working on a webseries (”Engaged the Show“–I wonder where we got that idea from??). Along with the episodes, we taped some segments called “Quick Tips”. These are basically snippets of (bad) advice from Chrissie & Keith–who are always willing to dish it out! For those of you who aren’t familiar with it, he show is a mockumentary featuring the trials & tribulations of a newly engaged couple. We’re shooting the next batch of episodes at the end of the month & will have some more quick tips/interviews to come.
Photobooth!
May 19th, 2008 @ 5:35 pm by Miss Cream Puff
I must be evolving. Over the weekend, I managed to delegate three things. I delegated two of them to my wonderful mother. First, I asked her to deal with the tent-for-the-ceremony-musicians issue (which she has already taken care of!). Second, I asked her to ask her rabbi (as I do not have a relationship with one where I live) to help me figure out some inter-faith wording for our ketubah. I then asked Mr. Cream Puff to get us a basket of disguises for the photobooth. I cannot believe it did not even OCCUR to me to ask Mr. Cream Puff to deal with the photobooth rental. He totally would have done it, and it didn’t even occur to me. I’m a weirdo.
Anyway, the photobooth situation is completely taken care of, deposit down and everything. Apparently they were very busy for a couple of weeks, and that was why I couldn’t get through to them. We are going with Party Booths–their booths look great and they were the only option I could find for under $1000. We decided to have it for our entire reception, which will be 5 hours…so we’ll be paying $1045 for the whole thing. It’s still a ton of money, but I think it will be worth it.
Photo courtesy of Party Booths
Sending Out the Monster
May 19th, 2008 @ 5:10 pm by Mrs. Kiwi
Hello hive, long time no blog! It’s been six and a half months since our wedding, and as the various bits and pieces of the “party” are given away or boxed up, one thing remains (other than a happy marriage): my dress. As some of you may remember, I was not too fond of my dress. Looking back, I do see myself in pictures a little differently, and I’m wondering if I should take the monster out of its plasticy coffin (aka, the garment bag that is taking up 1/4 of our closet space), and send it away to be laundered and boxed up.
A lot of the bees have sent their dress to be cleaned and packed, but these bees also loved their dresses beyond belief, and I am totally envious. Mrs. Bluebell advised me that it would be good to have it taken care of, should I grow to love it, and want to pass it down to my children. I had always assumed I’d just sell it, since I really didn’t want to see it again, but I’m thinking it’d be a hard sell. Still, sell it or keep it, it would have to be cleaned, so perhaps I should just take the leap and send it out.
Are you planning on having your dress cleaned and boxed? If not, what are you planning to do with your dress after your wedding?
Centerpiece Trial
May 19th, 2008 @ 4:37 pm by Miss Penguin
My supersweet florist Karen of Huckleberry Karen Designs reigned me in this Sunday for a centerpiece trial. Since I was pretty adamant about DIY’ing our centerpieces, she insisted I come in to her studio for a trial, so she could give me pointers on how to set everything up, and to share tips and tricks about how to make the flowers last through the June heat.
I wanted a pretty minimal centerpiece, and my mom wanted orchids. Well, orchids, they aren’t the cheapest flowers around, so Mrs. Lemon stalked down some pretty awesome inspiration for me:
Image from Tropical Colours: The Art of Living with Tropical Flowers
Pieces by Floral Designers: Sakul Intakul & Devehastin na Ayudhya
Photography by Luca Invernizzi Tettoni
Featured on: http://gaileguevara.blogspot.com/
Bachelorette Surprise!
May 19th, 2008 @ 4:10 pm by Miss Toucan
On Saturday, the girls threw me a fabulous surprise bachelorette party! They had planned out a full day, and all I knew was what day, and what time we started! I’m not gonna lie - I was a little nervous about what they had in store for me!
The party started off nice and tame when the girls took me out for a little pampering at Nami Spa.
Life is Sweeter and Completer in a Chevrolet Deluxe!
May 19th, 2008 @ 3:45 pm by Miss Shortcake
Thanks, everyone for all your kind suggestions on how to lighten my finish-your-wedding-plans-in-a-month-load! The suggestions to delegate were especially useful - I just didn’t expect that people would delegate tasks upon themselves!
Exhibit A:
The lovely and uber-helpful Miss Gingerbread found a sweet ad in the Vancouver Craiglist, contacted the poster, and sent me the information she received.
Now, Mr. Shortcake and I will have this SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET 1952 black Chevrolet deluxe as our chariot-of-choice!
Introducing Miss Coconut!
May 19th, 2008 @ 3:19 pm by Mrs. Bee
Please welcome the latest tropical fruit to the hive, Miss Coconut!
Miss Coconut, Tallahassee
Age & Occupation: 27, Soon-to-be Lawyer (once I pass the bar!)
Fiance’s Age & Occupation: 24, PhD Computer Science
Engagement Date: March 2007
Wedding Date: November 2008
Venue: 1930s Historic Building, Lakeland, Florida
About Me: I never thought about weddings until I got engaged. Now, I can’t stop thinking about them! Planning the wedding has really opened the floodgates to my DIY side. If there’s anything I can do to avoid hiring someone else, I will do it! Mr. Coconut is my financial advisor, and he tries to keep me budget-conscious! We’ve tried to make wedding planning a team effort!
