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Mrs. French Toast nominates Mrs. Hot Wings’ ceremony timeline post. Mrs. French Toast says, “I loved Hot Wings’ ceremony posts (because I literally copied… er… almost everything. I esp. loved the part where they turned to face the guests and acknowledge their presence, as well as the wine box + letter ceremony).”
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*guest photo*
After the love letter and wine box ceremony, we moved onto the heart of the civil ceremony.
Recall that we had written the first draft of our vows as gifts for our last dating anniversary a couple months before our wedding. Again, here’s the script for you with my thoughts and notes in parentheses.
Now, Mr and Miss Hot Wings will exchange the vows that they have written to one another.
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Originally published on May 4, 2010
Mrs. Skunk nominated Mrs. Seashell’s secret to flawless bridal skin! Mrs. Skunk says, “With this post, I went out and bought the same face wash, and lo and behold the stuff worked. I’ve never had terrible skin, but a couple breakouts here and there. My skin has been breakout-free since I read this post!”
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I’m going to brag a teeny tiny bit-I have great skin. I know-I’m lucky. I know this because it hasn’t always been that way. About 8 years ago I had what I call the “facial that changed my life”. No joke.
The aesthetician informed me that I had very sensitive skin. I had no idea! I would get an ever-so-slight red blemish and go nuts picking at my face and rubbing it down with harsh products full of chemicals and exfoliants.
During the facial I was advised to try a simple, natural, facial cleanser.
Originally published on January 31, 2011
Not all marriages are steeped in post-honeymoon bliss, but we rarely hear about the hard times. Mrs. Frozen Yogurt nominated Mrs. Trail Mix’s post on how rough her first year of marriage was at times. Mrs Fro Yo says, “It came at a time when things were really tough for Mr. Fro Yo and me, so I really appreciated it. And I know it probably wasn’t easy to write.”
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I have these doubting thoughts sometime about my marriage. It’s so hard to admit. Isn’t the first year of marriage supposed to be blissful? Aren’t we supposed to be so caught up in our own little world that we float through our lives on a cloud of cotton candy? (Mmmmmm. Cotton candy.)
Sometimes, all I can think is, “What did I get myself into?”
I guess I never realized that marriage is hard. Not hard like “Errrghh, my Saturday morning strength and conditioning class was so hard (and it’s led by a woman who is seriously 95 years old—What gives?)” but hard like, “Holy sh*t, I-can’t-believe-this-is-the-rest-of-my-life-what-have-I-done?” kind of hard. At least, for me. And I’m willing to bet for a decent amount of you guys out there. If you’re not in that camp, color me green with envy and mad props to you for whatever you’re doing to manage your relationship.
But I think the real question here is, why? Why is marriage so hard?
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Originally published on April 1, 2010
Ms. Seahorse nominated Mrs. Sprinkle’s creative take on favors and ended up doing similar, multiple favors at her own wedding!
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I know most people don’t care about favors. Or, to clarify, most wedding guests don’t care about favors. Honestly, only brides and wedding bloggers give a crap about favors, and you don’t need to make any. (Do as I say, not as I do!) But I really cared about favors. I got totally into our favors and loved them and spent hours creating/perfecting/packaging them!
Am I crazy enough to have three different favors?
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Originally published on May 9, 2011
Miss Dalmatian nominated Mrs. Magic’s inspirational post on ways to incorporate buttons into your wedding decor!
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There are some aspects of wedding planning I am not that into. Like, the hard parts. I don’t really feel like picking out a florist and the honeymoon, while fun to think about, seems really daunting (and freakin’ expensive!) to plan, so I’d rather just ignore that right now.
Instead, I am using my tried and true method of making myself feel productive even when I am not getting anything meaningful accomplished. Like, you know, on days when you have to do laundry, and clean out your really extraordinarily messy car, and go exercise, and weed the garden, but you don’t really feel motivated at all, so you put things like Take a Shower and Starbucks on your to do list, just so you can feel like you completed a task or two?
Wait, you don’t do that? And your car’s not extraordinarily messy??? It’s just me? Oh.
Well, anyways, from my last post you may have predicted that my latest obsession is buttons. They are really freakin’ easy to make, plus I have a ton of fabric to continue making them. I already made buttons for the napkin rings, so I needed to find other projects that involved buttons. Here is a sampling for your viewing pleasure!
Button Boutonnieres
This kinda kills two birds with one stone, now doesn’t it? If I make button bouts, that eliminates the need for boutonnières from the florist, thereby decreasing the florist bill, which is the reason I am avoiding the florist in the first place! I am sooooooooooo smart.
Image via Martha Stewart Weddings
Originally published on October 21, 2008
Miss Dalmatian nominates Ms. Fondue’s tutorial on embossing invitations. Miss D says, “There have been a few excellent embossing tutorials. The one that I bookmarked was this one from Ms Fondue—I plan to use it when embossing our invites!”
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Don’t worry; I won’t keep you guys in suspense!
You’ve previously seen the damask stamp I ordered from Impress Rubber Stamps on projects like our coasters. However, I originally purchased it when I was working on our invitation design last spring.
I showed you all the original designs we considered. But as I was designing all of those, as I mentioned, I decided I wanted something with a little more texture. Now it’s time to reveal the real thing.
Note: If you are invited to our wedding, please do not proceed beyond this point!
Our invitations were created in four stages:
For the first stage, I simply created a Microsoft Word document using the dimensions of my white card stock and printed them all on my home printer.
The second stage was the longest, and so I bring the tutorial I promised in my coasters post! (Would you believe I took these step-by-step photos back in April, just in case I was ever blogging for Weddingbee one day? Ha!)
Supplies:
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Create the honeymoon of your dreams.
Originally published June 21, 2010
Mrs. Hot Wings nominates Mrs. Hot Cocoa’s post on ways she involved her family and friends in their wedding. Mrs. HW appreciated the perspective the post offered!
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Even though I’m a decrepit old bee, every once in a while a kind reader indulges me by pm-ing me a question. Recently, someone asked me how I went about “honoring relatives” at our wedding. Relatedly, a current post on the Judaism board asks for ways to involve more people in the ceremony. I’m sure many brides and grooms have this question, so I thought it’d be fun to invite the whole Weddingbee community, even those who aren’t Jewish, to share their suggestions.
I’ll kick it off by sharing what we did to involve our friends and family in our crazy Chewish wedding:
Originally published on August 7, 2008
Mrs. Ribbons nominates Mrs. Daffodil’s comprehensive and detailed wedding timeline packet, available for download! Mrs. Ribbons says, “It had a schedule and then a detailed breakdown of what happened when. The doc was intended to be given to vendors/bridal party/etc, and it was a really wonderful template. I used it but never blogged about it.”
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Edit: Thanks for the enthusiastic response! As promised, here is a sample of our wedding weekend packet, tailored just for the hive!
Daffodil’s Wedding Weekend Packet Template
I wanted to add that after my original post, several people who had helped out with our wedding called me to let me know that, indeed, the packet had been extremely helpful and was really key to our uber smooth wedding day…which made me super happy to hear of course! And above is a pic to prove it! 
So hopefully, this (or something similar) will come in handy on your wedding day too!
Thanks for your patience as I made all the edits. Happy planning!
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Originally published on May 14, 2010
Mrs. Bunting nominates Mrs. Cola’s quick and easy post on writing your vows and used this template to write the vows for her own wedding.
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Our vows are something that took Mr. Cola and me a while to decide on.
On one hand, I didn’t really want to do the more traditional vows, where we would just repeat the same thing our officiant said. I wanted something a little more personal and meaningful for us, especially since we pieced together the ceremony wording ourselves.
But on the other hand, Mr. Cola thought that writing our own vows would be a lot of work. And I couldn’t argue with that, because I agreed it would be. And then I read Miss Sewing’s post about vows, and she brought up the very good point that when a bride and groom both write their own vows, and don’t see them in advance, there’s a good chance they could end up being vastly different in length and/or tone.
So Mr. Cola and I came up with a compromise: Vow Libs!
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Originally published on July 14, 2009
Mrs. Lamb nominates Mrs. Beagle’s post on making her own veil, and referred to it when making her own.
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When I started looking for veil inspiration, I wasn’t sure what I really wanted. I had tried on a few veils while dress shopping, but nothing really caught my eye (and at $$$, I wasn’t really into buying a veil, anyways). While I was shopping at Jo-Ann’s one afternoon, I decided to stop by the pattern section to look for veils. It turned out that the patterns were on sale for $1.99, and I ended up finding one that I thought looked okay.
“F” is the pattern I decided to use, minus the bow. I also decided I wanted a two-tiered veil instead of just one-tier, and that I wanted to add lace trim. Before I go into the details of sewing a veil, this is a list of supplies I bought (from Jo-Ann’s, all on sale):
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Originally published on January 23, 2010
Mrs. Prairie Dog nominates Mrs. Rainbow’s amazing makeup tutorials for the Weddingbee Helpful Series. Mrs. PD says, “I nominate Mrs. Rainbow’s makeup tutorials, particularly since my skin and I are not BFF. Though I didn’t do my own makeup for my wedding, I’ve used the tips for everyday wear. And yes, I tried the chafing gel on my face, and it is awesome. Love ya, Rainbow. Thanks for making my check-out process at CVS cheaper AND more awkward.
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Miss Rainbow here, reporting for duty.
It’s tutorial time, yet again! We’ve talked lashes, we’ve talked brows, and now it’s all about the face. I’m not going to go on and on about how important a smooth canvas is, but suffice it to say—it is, so take care of your skin. Now, back to the makeup! I’m going to teach you a few insider tips and tricks so you’ll have the most fabulous face in all the land. Enough chit chat; let’s get started.
First and foremost, start with a clean face (please excuse my no makeup face). After I wash my face, I always use toner. Biore Triple Action something or other. It’s inexpensive and works amazingly. It always gets off whatever make-up/dirt/oil that washing may have left behind.
Originally published on August 23, 2007
Mrs. Spaniel nominates Mrs. Emerald’s helpful post on creating her ceremony program booklets. Mrs. Spaniel says, “I didn’t end up doing anything like Mrs. Emerald’s programs, but I was really inspired by her post on them. I thought the vellum pages and photographs was such an amazing idea, and I definitely would have done something like that if I weren’t already DIYed out.”
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Because blood, sweat and tears went into this baby (yes, there was a teensy bit of blood from a needle prick or 2!). I present to you, my programs!
The cover: The programs are 4.25″ x 5.5″ (an 8.5″ x 11″ cut down in half, and folded) printed on Pearl White metallic card stock from Paperandmore, and rounded corners (that was Mr.E’s job!) Each cover is hand embossed in gold with our monogram. I ordered a custom stamp with our monogram from Impress, and the quality and detailing is fab!! I was very insistent on designing this particular size program because I wanted something small that would fit into a ladies purse, hence, they better take these with them, hehe!!
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Originally published on February 10, 2010
As you’ll probably be photographed a lot this holiday season, this helpful post comes at a great time! Mrs. Socks nominates Ms. Hot Wings’ post on how to look flattering in pictures by making triangles.
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Now, let’s talk about adding visual interest to a picture. I learned this trick in my high school photography class. When in doubt, make triangles. Yes, triangles. You’ll hear Tyra Banks say to create shapes with your body. Yes, this is true. Shapes are good. But the best shape of them all for photography is the triangle. All types of triangles… oblong, obtuse, equilateral, right triangle. In these images, they’re basically all created equal in my humble opinion. Again, I’m no expert. Did you notice I referenced my high school photography class? Yup… that’s all, folks. But here are some visually interesting pictures where triangles stand out. Can you count the number of triangles in each?
Left: Do you see the triangles created in the photo? Right: Check out her arms and her leg.
I love this photo. Her body is creating all sorts of triangles here. How many triangles can you count in this picture?
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Originally published on August 25, 2011
Miss Dalmatian nominates Mrs. Pretzel’s post for creative drinking glasses!
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What do you get when you mash up these two inspiration photos?
Originally published on October 27, 2008
Mrs. Teacup nominates Mrs. Deviled Egg’s post on how to make pocketfolds. It inspired her DIY spirit and helped her create 175 of her own!
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Pocketfold invitations are all the rage, but buying them can be costly if you need to purchase a large quantity. Making them yourself is a great option if you are on a budget and have a few months before it’s time to mail the invites. So, I thought I’d show you how I made one from some old card stock. This pocketfold is made from one sheet of 12″x12″ scrapbooking card stock and cost me less than 20¢ thanks to paper purchased during an open stock paper sale at Jo-Ann’s.
1. Start with your sheet of 12″x12″ card stock and use a paper trimmer to cut it down to 7″x12″. Keep the remaining piece for making the pocket.
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