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Mrs. Sprinkle, Los Angeles Age and Occupation: 26, Preschool Teacher Fiance's Age and Occupation: 30, Television Production/Writer Engagement Date: December 24, 2008 Wedding Date: September 2009 Venue: The Marvimon House About Me: I'm a Bay Area native trying to create a life for myself (and my fiance, and our three cats!) in the vast city of Los Angeles. I love vegan red velvet cupcakes, pilates ,and mid-century furniture. Mr. Sprinkle and I met when my band toured through his city (we bonded over cake and a mutual love of Morrissey) and we are getting married on the four year anniversary of our first date. When I am not teaching preschool (or blogging!) you can find me perfecting recipes, petting kittens, hiking in Griffith Park, and overusing exclamation points. We are planning a vegan, green-as-possible, DIY wedding, and I couldn't be more excited to share all of the details!
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Project: Invitations! (Pt.2)

August 17th, 2009 @ 2:40 pm by Mrs. Sprinkle

As promised, here are a few tips and tricks I picked up on our invitation making journey!

Supply and Cost Breakdown:

We made 75 invitations total. 60 were mailed out, 10 or so were misprinted (Goccoing is hard!) and we kept a few for photos and such!

All items are from PaperSource unless otherwise noted.

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Mrs. Cupcake, Philadelphia Age and Occupation: 27, Graphic Designer Fiance's Age and Occupation: 29, Construction Project Manager Engagement Date: February 10, 2007 Wedding Date: September, 2008 Blogging Since: December 7, 2007 Venue: The Desmond Hotel in Malvern, PA About Me: Mr. Cupcake and I hit it off at a Halloween party and immediately began a long-distance relationship. After two years, he moved to my neck of the woods, and a year and a half after that, he proposed at the “place we fell in love.” I am a true perfectionist who enjoys designing and creating more work for myself, so wedding planning is my perfect outlet. Mr. Cupcake and I are both old souls, and we hope to weave that aspect of our personalities into our wedding day.
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The Non-Negotiating Bride

August 14th, 2009 @ 4:06 pm by Mrs. Cupcake

Recently, Mr. Cupcake had a job interview (side note: please cross your fingers he gets this one!), and the recruiter who helped him get the interview prepped him with some questions beforehand. He told Mr. C to have a few examples in mind of times that he negotiated, in both his former job and his personal life, to get a lower price on a big-ticket…

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Mrs. Gloss, Boston/Maine Age and Occupation: 24, Designer/soon-to-be Architect Fiance's Age and Occupation: 26, Systems Engineer Engagement Date: May 23, 2008 Wedding Date: August 2009 Venue: SS Katahdin/Lakeside Tent About Me: I don't like nickels or the skin that forms on pudding when it's in the fridge for too long. I couldn't live without Pantone markers, fountain soda (3/4 diet, ¼ regular Coke), run-on sentences, or ridiculously oversized sunglasses. I will try to DIY almost anything and am just OCD enough to make most of it work. I am truly excited about having all my family and friends together, becoming Mrs. Gloss, and having amazing photos to prove it!
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A Whole New Threshold…

August 7th, 2009 @ 3:33 pm by Mrs. Gloss

I get it. I finally understand how wedding budgets spiral out of control. It’s the spending threshold. After you spend $180 on a pair of jeans (even if it was a special treat/just once kind-of-deal in your mind) $90 jeans just seem like a bargain. You’ve broken into another spending category and there is no turning back.

I mean what’s another $400 when you’ve already spent…

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The Bees’ Honeymoon Budgets

July 13th, 2009 @ 2:00 pm by Real Budgets

We hope you’ve enjoyed our Real Bee Budgets series! We’re wrapping it up today with, what else, but honeymoons! Be sure to check out all the posts in our Real Bee Budgets series!

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The Peep Toes’ Honeymoon

Location: Panama for 14 nights and 13 days
Flight: Air miles. First class the whole way on American Airlines

  • In country flights (three legs): $350.
  • Rental Car for 3 days: ~$200
  • Hotels: Between 150-220…
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The Bees’ Alcohol Budgets

July 12th, 2009 @ 12:40 pm by Real Budgets

Here is a little glimpse into how some of the bees ensured their guests didn’t go thirsty! Be sure to check out all the posts in our Real Bee Budgets series!

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Mrs. Cherry Pie’s Alcohol/Drinks

Total: I can’t correctly give a total or cost per head because we took lots of unconsumed bottles of wine and Coke home with us and only drank a third of the…

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Mrs. Gloss, Boston/Maine Age and Occupation: 24, Designer/soon-to-be Architect Fiance's Age and Occupation: 26, Systems Engineer Engagement Date: May 23, 2008 Wedding Date: August 2009 Venue: SS Katahdin/Lakeside Tent About Me: I don't like nickels or the skin that forms on pudding when it's in the fridge for too long. I couldn't live without Pantone markers, fountain soda (3/4 diet, ¼ regular Coke), run-on sentences, or ridiculously oversized sunglasses. I will try to DIY almost anything and am just OCD enough to make most of it work. I am truly excited about having all my family and friends together, becoming Mrs. Gloss, and having amazing photos to prove it!
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The Big ‘B’…

July 9th, 2009 @ 12:12 pm by Mrs. Gloss

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Yesterday, Mary Jane talked about the the Big ’D’- well I’m going to talk about my personal evil - the big ’B’… the budget.

Do I have one? Yes.
Do I follow it? Not really.
Will I put myself in debt? Nope.
Does that make it okay to spend, spend, spend? Jury’s still out on that one…

When Mr. Gloss and I first started discussing the wedding we said, it…

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The Bees’ Transportation Budgets

July 8th, 2009 @ 1:10 pm by Real Budgets

Here’s a peek into how some of the bees transported themselves and their guests to their weddings! Be sure to take a look at the rest of the posts in our Real Bee Budgets series!

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Mrs. Flamingo’s Transportation

Mode: Rental of one Vintage 1957 Bentley to transport Bride and Groom.
Price: $425

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The Bees’ Wedding Ring Budgets

July 6th, 2009 @ 6:25 pm by Real Budgets

Here are the bees’ budgets for wedding bands! Were you able to find the perfect rings for your budget? Be sure to check out the rest of the categories in our Real Bee Budget series!

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The Sushis’ wedding rings

Mrs. Sushi’s Ring
Engraved yellow gold over top of white gold, Hawaiian Jewelry
Vendor: NEX, HI
Price: $575

I knew I wanted to get Hawaiian jewelry as my wedding ring, so we…

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Here is a peek into how the bees budgeted for live entertainment for their weddings! Be sure to check out the rest of the posts in our Real Bee Budgets series!

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Mrs. Quiche’s Live Entertainment

Band: Steel Drum Band
Price: $400/hr x 2 hr = $800

Ceremony music (Calypso Trio (included for ceremony) & hired for an additional hour): $100
Speaker/Microphone/iPod hookup (for after) - $225

Our resort offered a number…

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The Bees’ Favor Budgets

July 2nd, 2009 @ 4:40 pm by Real Budgets

Today in our Real Bee Budgets series, check out the bees’ favors!

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Mrs. Flamingo’s Favors

Favors: Imported Italian Sparkling Water + Donation to Quebec Breast Cancer Association
# of Favors: 96
Total Price: $192
Price per favor: $2

When it came time to choose our favors, we decided to make a donation to the Quebec Breast Cancer Association. We felt as though our guests might like to leave the wedding…

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So many brides debate whether or not to hire a wedding planner/DOC. Hopefully, the bees’ experiences can help you with your decision!  Be sure to check out the rest of the Real Bee Budgets series!

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Miss Beagle’s DOC

DOC: Pam Donaldson w/ Celebrations Event Planning, Austin TX
Price: $795 for Day of Coordination (includes Rehearsal Dinner the night before); 2008 pricing

Prior To Wedding:

  • Helped in establishing day-of timeline
  • Helped with…
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The Bees’ Hair & Makeup Budgets

June 30th, 2009 @ 2:38 pm by Real Budgets

Today in our Real Bee Budgets series, the bees share their expenses for getting pretty-fied!

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Mrs. Canary’s Hair & Makeup

Hair: Stacy Pitt
Price: $1,300 (Includes: total of 10 heads)

Three styles:
Tea Ceremony: Down-do, finger curls, vintage look

Photos/Ceremony/Cocktail Hour/First Dance: Updo, veil placement for both birdcage and cathedral veil:

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The Bees’ Catering Budgets

June 29th, 2009 @ 3:25 pm by Real Budgets

Catering always eats up a huge portion of any wedding’s budget! See how the bees fed their guests within their budgets. Be sure to check out the rest of the posts in this Real Bee Budgets series!

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Mrs. Avocado’s Caterer

Caterer: Hotel 1000, Seattle WA, 2008
Cost: $86.70/person, 76 guests and 4 vendor meals, for a total of $6936 (including taxes and gratuities).

Included: Tray passed appetizers (average of…

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Jade and Ron: Let’s Plan!

June 29th, 2009 @ 9:25 am by Real Weddings

Planning! This was the most exciting part of the wedding for me. Before planning, we needed to: make sure we set a budget, got a rough idea of the wedding style we wanted, and sorted out what was most important to us. We didn’t want the budget to balloon out of control, so it was best to really try to plan out where the money…

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The Bees’ Rental Budgets

June 28th, 2009 @ 10:00 am by Real Budgets

Today in our Real Bee Budget series, the bees are sharing their rental costs. How do these rental costs stack up to rental pricing in your area?

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Miss Cherry Pie’s Rentals

Rentals: Celebrate Rentals
Total Cost: $4,400

Cost Breakdown:

  • 100 square dinner plates: $65
  • 100 square salad plates: $65
  • 180 square dessert plates: $117
  • 90 square mugs: $58
  • 90 white resin chairs: $450
  • Silverware: $158
  • 11 5′ round tables: $110
  • 1 4′ round cake table: $9
  • 5 6′…
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