

Okay, so our programs don’t actually contain the program for our Ceremony, but whatever. Our ceremony is going to be pretty short, and since there are no readings or hymns, I found it hard to write a ceremony program that was more than a couple lines long, so I just left it out altogether. But I still wanted to recognize our bridal party, let guests know about how our Thai Water Ceremony was going to work, and to also thank those that deserved thanking, so I created “programs” anyway.
Here’s the step by step:
First, I created all the files in MS Word, and printed them out on cardstock, and cut them out. I was originally going to sew our programs, but then I got really scared of sewing all of the sudden and changed my mind, however I had already purchased the thread that I was going to use, so not wanting to waste it, I wrapped it around a folded card to give the outside of the program a tiny bit of color.
Now that we’re past the gushy stuff (*blush*) let’s jump head first into the planning process, shall we?! Since, Mr. Coconut and I have been engaged for more than a year now I have had plenty of time and thus much to share with ya’ll!
Once reality set in after the engagement, everyone kept asking me major questions, “When is the wedding, where is it?” Whoa, whoa slow down people! I took a few months and basked in my engagementdom (it’s a new word I’m trying out) and then began some big picture thinking. Being the Florida girl I am, I originally saw us renting a huge beach house for our immediate family and hosting the reception there. However, that grew tedious and expensive in a hurry, so we quickly scrapped that idea and started looking for venues.
We have many married friends who gave us valuable advice and being the analytical law student I am, I researched and researched. When I thought I was done, I researched some more. After all that, I came up with three requirements. First, that there be a place to have both the ceremony and reception for ease and convenience. Second, that there be no burgundy carpet with gold scroll or any satin drapes killing all of the natural light. Lastly, that we could BYOB. The first two are more a measure of opinion, but the last requirement was necessary in saving our wallets. (Remember, Mr. Coconut aka “Debt Killer.”)

Guess what Mr. Lovebird just got his hands on??? Wii Fit!
Here in the province of Quebec, we have something we like to call Quebec Television. Unlike other provinces, we not only have American channels but also our own independent primetime French language soap operas and TV dramas. Let’s say we have our mini Quebec Hollywood thing going on.
Now you must be wondering why I’m writing about this… please bear with me. We have one local channel called Canal Vie (basically it’s sort of like a French version of TLC) that has a wedding show called La Bosse des Noces (translation - The Wedding Boss), where a team of people help you with your wedding planning and problems you might come across along the way.
As mentioned before, I am a Baha’i. Mr. T leans Unitarian but doesn’t actively practice. And our ceremony was officiated by my father, who’s ordained in the Community of Christ. As with most “mixed” marriages, this raised questions about how to structure our wedding ceremony to meet everyone’s needs.
(The 9-pointed-star lantern from my previous post, in action at the reception)
Back in November, after I bought the bridesmaids dresses from Ann Taylor with my FSIL and FMIL, we decided to do an impromptu make-up trial at MAC. At the time I was riding the fence about whether to hire a make-up artist or DIY, and going to the MAC counter helped. Here are some photos of the trial:
Me without any make-up
A quick note: Over the weekend, I played assistant to my friend Karen (of Huckleberry Karen Designs) and helped her set up centerpieces for a wedding. While we were there, the groomsmen needed help putting on their boutonnieres. As I was looking at them all standing there (looking very sharp, I might add), I suddenly got REALLY excited. In just two and a half months, that will be the Cream Puff groomsmen needing help with their boutonnieres and taking pro photos and looking really dashing. I AM SO EXCITED!!!
Today we’re giving away a pair of luxury wedding shoes from L’ezu Atelier! One lucky bride will have her choice of shoes from the elegant and comfortable Grazia Collection!

To enter, please comment below and tell us: If you could have a shoe specially made for you, what details, colors, style, heel height, etc. would you want on it?
PS - You can still enter yesterday’s Lanolip giveaway!
Yesterday, Weddingbee reader Amysue commented that she wanted a way to filter out local posts when reading the boards. You can actually do that already, by clicking on the beehive board. But that link was a little hard to find, so BIL Bee added an easy way to click “all”, “beehive” and “nwr” buttons above each board page. These options were actually there all along, but now they’re a lot more prominent and easy to click!

If you click “all” you’ll see all the posts. If you click “beehive” you’ll see beehive posts. And if you click “nwr” you’ll see Not Wedding Related posts. Soon we’ll be adding a button for cultural weddings as well. Hopefully this makes navigating the Weddingbee Boards a little easier! Please let us know what you think! ![]()