Weddingbee

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!

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!

Unfortunately, we’re going to have to cancel our Weddingbee picnic in Central Park this Sunday.  Rain is forecasted through the entire weekend.

The weather has been so unpredictable the month of May, I thought we might go watch the Sex and the City movie together on Sunday, June 1st instead!  Are ya game?

There have been a bunch of popular board posts recently about local brides:

• Any Colorado Brides here?  - 65 comments
• CANADIAN BRIDES TO BE (preferably in the Toronto Area!!!) - 33 comments

So we took the hint, and BIL Bee added Local Boards to Weddingbee!  Now you can post into any one of roughly 30 metro areas in the US and Canada:

We added some cities last night, and a bunch more today.  A bunch of brides have already created posts in their own cities!  You can see a clickable version of the map above on the right side of the boards page.

If you don’t see your city or metro area on the list, please request a city here!

• http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/request-a-city

Please let us know what you think!

If you’d like to attend the Weddingbee Potluck Picnic in Central Park next Sunday @ 1:00pm, please comment below and I’ll forward you the evite!

The weather forecast says there’s a 30% chance of rain on Saturday and a 60% chance of rain on Monday, but Sunday is supposed to be sunny and clear.  But we should probably have a backup plan just in case…. do you have any suggestions?

PS - Happy Mother and MIL’s Day!

If you haven’t alreay, go on over to Minted to vote on your favorite save the date designs, specially created for 3 weddingbee readers.  There were so many great couples that entered, Minted selected three more weddingbee readers to receive holiday photo cards in another design challenge! 

Congrats to the following weddingbee readers for being selected.  You can find out a bit more about each couple as well as information on contributing a design here.  I can’t wait to see what everyone comes up with this time!

Kate and Kenneth

Joanna and Christopher

Laura and Ian

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Another day, another new bee.  Please welcome Miss Cookie to the hive!

Miss Cookie, Denver
Age & Occupation: 25, Nonprofit Fundraiser/Theatre Designer
Fiance’s Age & Occupation: 27, Financial Analyst
Engagement Date: September 2007
Wedding Date: September 2008
Venue: Ten Mile Station, Breckenridge, Colorado
About Me: With a degree in Theatre, I never realized that planning a wedding was a lot like Theatre Management until I started planning my own. I am a coffee addict, especially Starbuck’s Grande Mochas, yummy! I am also a nonprofit fundraiser by day, and moonlight as a Children’s Theatre Set Designer. When I’m not working or wedding planning, I love to cook (especially chocolate chip cookies for my honey), travel to exotic places, and be creative. As a couple, Mr. Cookie and I are extremely practical, down to earth, and children at heart. We live in a cozy abode with our adorable Pomeranian, and love to play board games and watch movies into the evening.

Hey guys - this is Mr. Bee with an update on the message boards.

Over the weekend, the boards started acting funny. After you submit a post or comment, you end up on a blank page. A lot of folks have been hitting backspace and hitting submit again… which causes a double post (or double comment).

We’ve been going through and deleting as many double posts/comments as we can. We’ve also tried a ton of different possible fixes (over 30!), but none of them have done the trick. If we can’t figure it out, we’ll have to upgrade our boards software to the latest version tonight.

Just wanted to give you guys a head’s up that we’re working on the issue! It’s a bit tricky because BIL Bee and I have day jobs, so we’re only able to work on on this in the evenings. Hopefully we can fix it in the next day or two.

Thanks for your patience guys…

Mr. Bee

Please welcome the latest bee to the hive, Miss Candy Corn!  

Miss Candy Corn, Philadelphia
Age & Occupation: 23, Senior Editor/Fine Arts Writer at Lifestyle Magazine and freelance illustrator
Fiance’s Age & Occupation: 24, Student
Engagement Date: September 1, 2004
Wedding Date: October, 2008
Venue: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
About Me: I enjoy people watching (especially in New Jersey malls), obsessive collecting, drooling over contemporary art, browsing flea markets for vintage finds and eating an absurd amount of cheese. In my Philadelphia abode, I create mixed media artwork and one-of-a-kind home accessories in the company of my farmer-tanned fiancé, our Westiepoo (Betty White), our three rabbits (Cadbury, Willie Nelson and Applesauce) and our two frisky chinchillas (Ethel Funk and Maude).

PS - We have a whole swarm of bees getting married in the next two months, so we have a lot of slots opening up.  Apply to be a bee today!

Hi everyone!

Spring weather has been a little finicky here in New York, but hopefully it’ll be a gorgeous day on Sunday, May 18th… because we’re planning on having a Weddingbee potluck picnic in Central Park that day!

(via centralparknyc)

If you’re interested in attending, please comment below or email me directly, and I’ll forward you an Evite with more details as we finalize plans.

Many of the New York bees will be there - we’ll have some food, play some games, and just enjoy the lovely spring weather together. Hope to see you there!