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Miss Avocado, Seattle Age and Occupation: 23, Student Fiance's Age and Occupation: 26, Consultant Engagement Date: July 27, 2008 Wedding Date: October, 2008 Blogging Since: June 30, 2008 Venue: LDS Seattle Temple & Hotel 1000 About Me: Somehow this little farm girl found herself a genuine Pole to fall in love and eventually move away to Poland with. I am an LDS bride attempting to plan a private religious ceremony, ring ceremony, seated reception for 100, and an open house while coordinating for guests flying in from across the United States and as far away as Poland. I try to avoid fads, excess waste, and saturated fat. I strongly endorse photography, DDR, calorie counting, rss feeds, cooking, and utilizing your resources.
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The 3 Guest List Bride

August 26th, 2008 @ 1:58 pm by Miss Avocado

Some brides have 2 dresses. Some brides have 2 veils. Some brides even find a way to work 2 or 3 pairs of shoes into the wedding event timeline.I have 3 guest lists.

Best movie ever. I pulled my tshirts off my shoulders and danced around just like Belle as a child.
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Event 1: The Temple sealing at 12:00 pm. As I explained previously, this is a private ceremony. The room we reserved seats 35, and we can fit 45 with people standing. The preliminary list from my mother was 67 people. I have had to fight tooth and nail to narrow that list down to an acceptable number. It’s been a process filled with tears, and I am very happy that the list has now been finalized.

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Mr. Mango, Los Angeles Age and Occupation: 27, Stem Cell/Nanotechnology Researcher Fiance's Age and Occupation: 21, Political Scientist Engagement Date: June 12, 2008 Wedding Date: December 2008 Blogging Since: August 4, 2008 Venue: Picking between 2 About Me: It's not who I am underneath, but what I do, that defines me (cheesy Batman reference). I'm a Pakistani-American who lives his life as a nerdy scientist by day, and a nerdy artist by night. According to many, I'm as "metro" as they come, and that's probably why I'm so interested in all this wedding business. Honestly, I've become a bit of a "groomzilla". I'm here to prove that we, as grooms, actually can work a Gocco, plan a wedding meal, create breathtaking centerpieces, and rock a dress, just as good as my female counterparts (well maybe not the last one).
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One More Please!

August 14th, 2008 @ 6:12 pm by Mr. Mango


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Grrr. I just got off the phone with a friend who said that his wife’s nephew is showing up 3 days before our event. Needless to say, he asked whether he could bring him, and my doofus butt said, “Sure, we’d love to have him over!”.

I lied. I got off the phone and felt like crap as I added one more to our ever-growing list.

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Miss Sweet Tea, San Diego/New Orleans Age and Occupation: 26, Graduate Student Fiance's Age and Occupation: 29, Web Monkey Engagement Date: December 1, 2007 Wedding Date: December, 2008 Blogging Since: July 14, 2008 Venue: Small church ceremony, museum reception About Me: I'm an East Coaster living on the West Coast, planning a wedding in the South. I teach, study and write about pop culture, race, and sexuality for a living- now if only my dream job paid! After Mr. Sweet Tea, my other loves are scuba diving, traveling, being a semi-pretentious foodie, and fighting for social justice. I can't wait to have our best friends and family together in our favorite city to celebrate with us!
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Making the Cut

August 4th, 2008 @ 3:39 pm by Miss Sweet Tea

So one of the things that’s been a small big headache is figuring out the guest list. If we were made of money, it would be no issue. Shoot, even the family pets would be invited (you know how I love those animals). Alas, there is this pesky thing called a budget that we’ve got to stick to, so there’s got to be a cap on the list.

Wedding planning in general makes me simultaneously feel super loved and very lonely. On the one hand, all these people come out of the woodwork to congratulate you, send their good wishes, etc. But when all that happens, it just reminds me how out of touch I’ve been with people, how I’m not close to a lot of old friends any more, how I would never think to call half of them just to say hello. And vice versa. It’s the ebb and flow of relationships, and it’s perfectly natural. But it doesn’t make putting together a guest list any easier.

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Mrs. Cream Puff, San Francisco Bay Area Age and Occupation: 25, Illustrator Fiance's Age and Occupation: 31, Merchandise Planner Engagement Date: May 27, 2007 Wedding Date: August, 2008 Blogging Since: February 7, 2008 Venue: Ceremony at Crissy Field and Reception at the Green Room About Me: I never dreamed about my wedding as a little girl because I was too busy playing in the mud or pretending to be Martha Stewart–but now that it's here, I'm having a fabulous time DIYing everything in sight! We’re planning a very fun multicultural wedding (I'm Jewish and Mr. Cream Puff is Chinese), filled with as many personal details as I can muster.
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Guest List JOY

April 10th, 2008 @ 5:04 pm by Mrs. Cream Puff

Yes, you read that right: Guest list JOY. At any other point in the wedding planning process, I would have told you that the guest list could bring nothing but total and utter pain. Last night, however, I decided to re-do our guest list. For awhile, I was using the knot’s guest list manager. I found the whole thing to be slow and not user-friendly. So I tried to switch to the one from Bed Bath and Beyond, which looked like it could be better. Unfortunately, their flash interface was incredibly slow and made me want to claw my own eyeballs out.

So yesterday I received my license key for a program called Perfect Table Plan. This super cool company some of the bees complimentary license keys so we could play around with the program (and of course, we weren’t obligated to write about it–more on the program later. I figured out that you can actually download a trial yourself, so check it out!). I imported all my guest info from the knot’s exported file, then deleted the guests we decided to cut out.

I. was. thrilled.
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Mrs. Daffodil, San Francisco/Los Angeles Age and Occupation: 26, Nonprofit Strategy Consultant Fiance's Age and Occupation: 26, Resident Physician Engagement Date: December 29, 2006 Wedding Date: May, 2008 Blogging Since: August, 2007 Venue: Church w/ floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the Valley; Westin in downtown LA About Me: I moved around a lot growing up, but consider myself a Southerner at heart. I love scrapbooking, dancing, doggies, and diet coke. I am all about personalizing everything and hence, I'm a DIY bride who is just loving the entire wedding planning process! Mr. Daffodil and I met in our college fellowship group and were "just friends" for three years before we started dating. We've been together for four years now and can't wait to get married in sunny SoCal, Mr. Daffodil's hometown.
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Seriously?

April 9th, 2008 @ 2:08 pm by Mrs. Daffodil

I must say, if there is one thing that puzzles and amuses me, it is what possesses guests to add additional people without checking with the couple. Or even at least our parents. I mean this in the most objective way possible.

One of the most time consuming aspects of creating our invitations was customizing our RSVP cards. Due to our capacity constraints (the room physically cannot hold more than a certain number of people), we followed our parents’ suggestion in trying to be as specific as possible. I spent hours printing numerous RSVP cards for two people, for one person, for families of three, four, and five. So imagine my amusement to receive this in the mail the other day…

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Mrs. Penguin, Sacramento Age and Occupation: 26, Video & TV Producer/Director/Editor Fiance's Age and Occupation: 29, Doctor of Physical Therapy Engagement Date: January 29, 2007 Wedding Date: June 7, 2008 Blogging Since: September 14, 2007 Venue: Winery in the Gold Country About Me: I'm a silly mess of a girl who, above all else in this world, LOVES the Spice Girls. I eat sushi at least 3 times a week, and feel guilty about how much it costs the other 4 days a week. I love designer jeans and cheap accessories. I don't like sweets, but I love the UCLA Bruins!
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Splitting The List

April 8th, 2008 @ 10:33 am by Mrs. Penguin

Solidifying the guest list seems to be in everyone’s top five most nervewracking parts of planning a wedding.  I’ll admit to shedding a few tears over our list.  I remember when we booked our venue about a year ago and they noted that the maximum capacity was 120 people.  120!  Psh!  I can’t even think of 20 people I know right off the top of my head.

Boy, was I wrong, and then some. Mr. Penguin and I sat down to make our “Preliminary List” noting everyone that, in a perfect world, would be invited to the wedding. We came up in the high 300s. In the end, it came down to our immediate family, all our aunts and uncles, and a handful of our close friends. 120 sure adds up quickly.

One thing that I initially thought would save my sanity was to immediately divide up how many people Mr. Penguin would get to invite and how many I would. We split it right down the middle: 60/60. I thought my worries would be over on his side. If he failed to invite people he should have, it wasn’t my problem, and vice versa.
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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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The Flamingo Ties…

February 11th, 2008 @ 6:21 pm by Mrs. Flamingo

As I was reading my previous posts, I realized that I haven’t really given a background on my complicated Flamingo family. I attempted to explain a bit during my January broadcast, but let’s just say that didn’t work out very well.

I need to draw all of you a picture. (’cuz I need visuals… and believe me you will need them too)

To give you an idea: My sisters aren’t my sisters, My grandpa isn’t my grandpa and my stepmother is best friends with my mom. For a more detailed explanation look here.

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Mrs. Toucan, Boston Age and Occupation: 25, Full-time Research Assistant, Part-time Graduate Student Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Actuary Engagement Date: February 18, 2007 Wedding Date: June 7, 2008 Blogging Since: November 07, 2007 Venue: St. Catherine of Genoa, Jin Asian Cuisine Restaurant About Me: I’m a Gemini to the extreme. On one side, I’m a girly girl. I read countless bridal and fashion magazines, and have an obsession with keeping up with the latest Hollywood gossip. On the other side, I’m a sports fanatic. Despite being a full-time bride-to be, full-time research assistant, and part-time student, I’m also a full-time Red Sox fan from spring training to October, and a full-time Patriots fan from mini-camp to February. I devote almost as much time researching my for fantasy football team as researching for our wedding!
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Getting The Guest List Is Like Pulling Teeth

February 11th, 2008 @ 12:51 pm by Mrs. Toucan

While I don’t really rely on the Knot checklist, I do check it from time to time. After all, it’s fun to check off things! However, there is one thing that has been on the top of the list for MONTHS that I’ve been trying to check off, but haven’t been able to.

The guest list. Getting the guest list together has been more complicated than I imagined. Since our wedding is mostly family, I had a general idea of who was on the guest list, so the fact that I hadn’t received a list from my parents was fine - until now. I’m getting ready to send out invitations, so as you might imagine, I actually need to know who I am inviting!

Finally, I asked my dad about the list again, and out spilled another complication. First, I got the usual, “Why do you need to know right now?” Then, the rest of the exchange:

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Mrs. Plum, Dallas Age and Occupation in 06: 22, Accountant by day/Floral and Event Designer by night and weekends Fiance's Age and Occupation: 24, Security Admin Engagement Date: December 31, 2004 Wedding Date: June 29, 2007 Venue: Marie Gabrielle Restaurant and Gardens About Me: I have been engaged for about two years now - yes, a long engagement, because my fiance and I wanted to wait until I graduated college, which I did this past summer! He proposed after dating just two months - crazy, I know, but 2 years later, here we are, still crazy in love :-). We are having not one, but TWO weddings and TWO receptions in one weekend - American-style and Vietnamese-style - in Dallas, Texas, where I was born and raised!
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Just When You Thought It Was Safe…

May 12th, 2007 @ 1:48 pm by Mrs. Plum

Your previously passive, go-with-the-flow, laid-back FIL decides to go on an “invite-spree”. Of course it would happen. With less than 6 weeks to go until the wedding - AND the invites have already been mailed.

What’s an “invite-spree” you say?

Well, it’s when someone who isn’t the bride or groom (aka someone unauthorized) invites a bunch of people that the bride and groom don’t know to their own wedding - yep - when the bride and groom are picking up the tab.

He’s trying to invite people with titles like “his boss’s wife’s brother-in-law twice-removed.” Seriously??! Seriously?!?! SERIOUSLY?!?! angry.gif

My FI is very against this and already told him no - but he’s still pushing it.

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Mrs. Plum, Dallas Age and Occupation in 06: 22, Accountant by day/Floral and Event Designer by night and weekends Fiance's Age and Occupation: 24, Security Admin Engagement Date: December 31, 2004 Wedding Date: June 29, 2007 Venue: Marie Gabrielle Restaurant and Gardens About Me: I have been engaged for about two years now - yes, a long engagement, because my fiance and I wanted to wait until I graduated college, which I did this past summer! He proposed after dating just two months - crazy, I know, but 2 years later, here we are, still crazy in love :-). We are having not one, but TWO weddings and TWO receptions in one weekend - American-style and Vietnamese-style - in Dallas, Texas, where I was born and raised!
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How To “Nicely” Let Someone Down

May 9th, 2007 @ 12:28 pm by Mrs. Plum

Thanks for all the advice on my post yesterday ya’ll (gotta throw in some of my southern charm here winky07)

It’s just difficult knowing how to act / what to do because we were friends for so long and our friends are sort of friends with him - AND he’s been talking about “how fun” our wedding is going to be for over a year or so, assuming that he was invited already!!

He moved to another part of the state around 2 years ago, and we rarely hang out or even talk online anymore unless he needs something and/or is bored.

How do you break the news to someone that they’re not invited, when they already thought they were coming?? :(