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Miss Cherry Pie, Seattle/Polebridge, Montana Age and Occupation: 25, Marketing Communications Specialist Fiance's Age and Occupation: 28, Nurse Practitioner Engagement Date: August 26, 2006 Wedding Date: September 2008 Blogging Since: April 1, 2008 Venue: A tiny town just outside of Glacier National Park About Me: I think of life as a journey and I love the places it's taking me! I went to school to study Magazine Journalism, ended up with a second major in Japanese language, and now work at a company that makes software for libraries. I love writing, computers, photography, and the great outdoors. I spend most of my time playing Guitar Hero and Rock Band or geeking out online with Mr. Cherry Pie. I'm happiest when I'm on the road, especially traveling abroad, or just nesting quietly at home with my sweetie, who is a fabulous cook and bakes a delicious rendition of a certain cherry-filled dessert!
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Inviting The Wedding Party

April 14th, 2008 @ 1:42 pm by Mrs. Cherry Pie

A few weeks before Christmas, I sent out invitations to our wedding party. They were printed on vellum and backed by a slightly larger-cut piece of handmade art paper. The designs and paper differed for the groom’s side and the bride’s side (we each invited 5 people to stand with us).

I let Mr. Cherry Pie pick the paper and envelopes for the groomsmen. He selected a dark brown fibrous paper with swatches of tan grasses cutting through it. This is what I designed for his groomsmens’ vellum overlay (click for larger):

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Mrs. Flamingo, Montreal, Canada Age and Occupation: 25, Graphic Designer Fiance's Age and Occupation: 30, Nursing Student Engagement Date: December 2004 Wedding Date: June 21, 2008 Venue: Imperia Hotel (modern chic hotel) About Me: I am a passionate designer who loves anything pretty. I heart all paper products (eco-friendly of course). My passion revolves around anything considered glamour; vintage and modern. In my free time, I love reading Martha mags, designing jewelry and making a pit-stop at Starbucks for a chai latte. I'm also a chocoholic at heart and my family drools over my homemade truffles.
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Almost Perfect

February 12th, 2008 @ 2:36 pm by Mrs. Flamingo

Since I’ve written about my complicated family tree, I thought I’d continue on with my not so symmetrical bridal party. When Mr. Flamingo and I decided on who would take part in our special day… it wasn’t that complicated. Thanks to the great feature from David’s Bridal called Dress your wedding, I am happy to present you our almost perfect Bridal Party.

No kidding, I love the fact that it is not equal. Adds a little kick to the whole thing.

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Mrs. Shortcake, Vancouver Age and Occupation: 24, Marketing Manager/Children's Lit Writer Fiance's Age and Occupation: 24, Master's Student/Personal Trainer Engagement Date: August 7, 2007 Wedding Date: October 2008 Blogging Since: Venue: Ceremony in a historic church, tented lawn reception at a golf and country club About Me: 1950's housewife sent to the future, reborn as crafting-obsessed, jill of all trades. I enjoy decorating, writing, baking sweet things, singing show tunes/dancing in public, wearing pearls, and knitting sweaters for my furbaby, Harvey, to chew upon. I heart pink, and believe that sparkles are the new black.
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It was pretty easy to choose my bridesmaids. *coughladiesinwaitingcough*

I based my decisions on their looks (joking), personalities, proximity to the wedding location, and willingness to do my bidding. (muahahahahahaha) Family was an obvious first pick - that took care of three bridesmaids. Then came my dear friend (who was terrified when I emailed her a web guide for bridesmaids the day after I got engaged… hehehe… oops), whom I chose not only as a fantastic friend, but a BM who would be the calm, patient one when I invariably lose it on my wedding morning… :)

And then I had to pick my maid of honour.

I had two options:

My beautiful, beautiful best friend of ten years?
(picture from when she went away to work in an AIDS orphanage in Africa)

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Miss Onion, NYC/Burlington, VT Age and Occupation: 26, PR & Marketing and Jazz Singer Fiance's Age and Occupation: 27, Data Analyst Engagement Date: April 2, 2006 Wedding Date: September 2007 Blogging Since: July 11, 2007 Venue: Restaurant in Burlington About Me: I didn't think I'd be "that girl," but I am having so much fun planning our wedding (mostly by myself). I'm a PR and Marketing Director for a major jazz festival and camp by day, and by night, a romantic jazz singer and bride-to-be! I hope all my research can help other brides in their planning.
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Siblings And Wedding Parties

January 16th, 2008 @ 3:30 pm by Mrs. Onion

Who to have in your wedding party can be a difficult decision. Many brides have their sisters and best friends and I’ve seen many grooms include their brothers, fathers and best friends (huh, I’ve never seen the bride’s mother in the weeding party… have you)? But when it comes to including the bride’s brother and the groom’s sister, things can get big quickly.


Mrs. Snow Pea’s large and lovely wedding party. Photo by Henry Chan

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Mrs. Lovebug, Tucson Age and Occupation in 06: 31, Writer Fiance's Age and Occupation: 27, Professional Game Show Contestant Engagement Date: February 18, 2007 Wedding Date: April 19, 2008 Venue: Historic Inn About Me: Likes: blogging, wikis, semi-colons, cuddling, fragrant flowers, syntax, and spooning. Dislikes: typos, dangling modifiers, flypaper, citronella candles, and run-ons. If I had my druthers, I'd exchange simple vows in a candlelit library. But I lost my druthers long ago...anyone seen them?
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We Love You, But You’re All Fired

January 7th, 2008 @ 9:31 am by Mrs. Lovebug

The decision to fire our wedding party wasn’t one we made lightly. But once we’d made it, I felt such weight drop from my shoulders that honestly, I felt like a bride reborn.

It began when my maid of honor and I had a falling out. It was actually a long time coming: she and I had somehow dysfunctionally evolved into a pair of “frenemies” with a lot of weird vibes between us. Oddly enough, I didn’t actually ever ask her to fill the role. But she used to joke that I’d better crown her MOH upon my engagement “or else.” When it happened, there wasn’t any discussion or anything. She just was.

When it became clear that our rift was permanent, bridesmaid #2, being closer to MOH than to me, jumped ship out of solidarity. Her actual words, before she hung up on me, were “Well, I’m J-’s friend first, so I guess just good luck and have a nice wedding, and a nice life.”

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Mrs. Hummingbird, Toronto Age and Occupation: 25, Publishing Coordinator Fiance's Age and Occupation: 24, Videogame Designer/Cartoonist Engagement Date: May 4, 2007 Wedding Date: June 28, 2008 Blogging Since: September 18, 2007 Venue: A garden wedding followed by a tented reception on Mr. Hummingbird's father's property. About Me: I’m a pop culture loving, vintage obsessed foodie living in Canada’s biggest city with my fantastic fiancé and our lovable fluffy cat Bettie. I’m stoked to marry my best friend and to throw what I hope will be the most fun and colourful party of our lives.
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Stand By Me

November 28th, 2007 @ 12:18 pm by Mrs. Hummingbird

Though I’ve mentioned them in passing before, Mr. Hummingbird and I are having a nontraditional wedding party. We both have male and female friends so it seemed important to honour those relationships on our big day instead of trying to force ourselves to fit some sort of wedding party mode. Also, having people of different sexes on each side of the bridal party worked out kind of nicely in that there was no need to rank anyone (MOH over Bridesmaid) and everyone got his or her own special title. (For our rehearsal dinner, I’ve been joking about making them all name tags laden with ribbon and glitter . . . you know to boost the special.)

Anyway enough about craft supplies, on to who we picked!

On my side of things, standing up for me I have my Matron of Honour Erin (Hi Erin!) and my Man of Honour Greg.
Erin is my sister in law and an absolute sweetheart. She’s always been supportive of my relationship with Mr. Hummingbird and was a great help when we first started planning by helping me with my silly floundering bride questions and giving me planning advice. Plus, as an only child, it’s kind of cool to get to be going through this phase with a “sister,” even if it’s one through marriage.

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Mrs. Canary, New York Age and Occupation: 24, Marketing Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Journalist/Editor Engagement Date: February 16, 2007 Wedding Date: July, 2008 Blogging Since: October 19, 2007 Venue: Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers About Me: I'm a born and raised New Yorker who loves all things crafty and artsy, food (cheese and dessert!), magazines, and shoes. I'm a power shopper always on the lookout for good deals or great quality-- sometimes I'm lucky and I find both! I love to dance and "shake what my momma gave me" but can also really enjoy a quiet night in with Mr. Canary and a good episode of Seinfeld or curl up with a good book.
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Partners In Crime

October 9th, 2007 @ 6:12 pm by Mrs. Canary

Selecting bridesmaids and groomsmen wasn’t as easy as we thought it’d be. I’m very close to my family and have many cousins as well as many friends I would consider for bridesmaids. Mr. C has a huge crew of high school and college friends that he’s very close to as well. I have two younger brothers and Mr. C has a younger sister. We decided not to include siblings in the wedding party because:

- They’re already in the wedding and participating in a huge way just because they’re family
- It’s a lot of pressure. One of my brothers and Mr. C’s sister is the same age and they both just graduated college and started their first year of work. It’s too much for them right now.
- I don’t think Mr. C wants my bros at his bachelor party. JK! He said that they are welcome to attend and would even encourage it. We’ll see…

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