Weddingbee Blog

Clearly if I filled out this 1930s marital rating chart (wife edition), I’d fail miserably! I’d lose points on:
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When Mrs. Bee asked the question on the boards, “Why do you love Weddingbee?” it was natural and easy for me to name all the reasons why I love Weddingbee. Seeing it grow and evolve is such a reward.

Mrs. Cupcake said, “Weddingbee completely shaped my wedding.” That is exactly how I felt, so I added, “… thank you to all the bees before me. Your weddings shaped my wedding into something more that I could have imagined. I hope my planning has helped someone else in return… I hope I have paid it forward!”

Pay it forward… wedding style. I like that…

So I thought it would be neat to name three things that I gained from Weddingbee, and how I hoped to pay it forward with my blogging.
Here I go (these are just a few)…
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I don’t know about you, but I am a fan of wedding related movies. Actually, I have to admit that I’m a girly girl and love all chick flicks. Even though I haven’t seen Bride Wars (don’t worry, it’s on my to-do list), I can never get enough of wedding movies. I saw the trailer for the movie ’The Proposal’, and it looks hilarious. (I am a big fan of Ryan Reynolds - hotness alert!)

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When I was planning my own wedding, I loved seeing inspiration boards. I couldn’t get enough and I was making myself some as well. It really gave an overall feel of what type of wedding I was going for,  and it’s a great starting point to any party planning.

What I loved even more was seeing real wedding inspiration boards and comparing the original ideas with what the wedding actually turned out to look like. It’s fun to see if the theme/ideas stayed the same and also to see if the wedding turned out better than the inspiration board itself!

I made my own before and after boards. (click to enlarge):

Original Inspiration Board
(1940s, Vintage, Glamour Theme)

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Alright I can’t wait any longer and must share this with you. I know I’m not finished doing all my recap posts, but I am way too excited to wait until I am done the recaps. One thing I loved about our wedding was our videographer. We were so lucky to have Wes Jones of Film Jones come to Montreal to film our wedding in 8 mm, not to mention that he was also great to work with. His footage truly captured the whole theme of our Vintage Glam wedding, and I would hire him all over again in a heart beat.

At first Mr. Flamingo didn’t want a wedding video because he didn’t want to force our friends and family to watch a 1 hour video… and I completely understood. But I wanted to have a wedding movie-esque trailer, a short film with all the important moments of the wedding… packed with lots of emotion sort of like a movie. So I went ahead and edited our wedding footage into a really short wedding trailer - a total of 9 minutes. Yup that’s it!

Our Wedding Trailer.

My wedding movie trailer… from Kelly De Luca on Vimeo.
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I got THE call yesterday… my dress is clean and ready to be stored. So it hit me more that I thought it would. I realized that this was it - that I would probably never wear my dress again, and it really made me sad. If there is one thing in our whole wedding that I absolutely loved and would do again, my dress would be it. But at the same time, what’s the point of keeping a gorgeous dress in the closet when someone else could wear it?

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Hey everyone… in case you don’t remember me, it’s Mrs. Flamingo. I apologize for not being present these past couple of months. Let’s just say that there has been much movement in my life, and because of it I have been way too busy… it’s crazy. (It’s positive - don’t worry. I got a new Graphic Design job that I love.) I absolutely wanted to take part in this awesome Secret Life of Bees series. I loved reading everyone else’s secrets and thought it was time to share my own.

1. I enjoy eating something I call the Microwave Grilled Cheese. It’s pretty self explanatory: 2 slices of white bread with 1 slice of Kraft cheese, placed carefully on a plate with a paper towel (so that the bread doesn’t become soggy). Put in the microwave until the cheese is melted. I know, it doesn’t seem very appetizing, but it’s something my younger sister and I used to eat after coming home from school.

2. When I was smaller, I preferred playing with cars than with Barbie dolls. I loved using the toy car carpet my dad bought me when I was younger. I could play hours with that thing, to the point that my dad bought one for my future kids (and I’m not even pregnant). Daddy Flamingo is too cute.
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Having the opportunity to do a Day After Shoot is amazing. Now only do you have the chance to get dolled up again, but you can really take the time to pose for pictures since on the wedding day, time isn’t your best friend. On our wedding day, we got some great pictures, but not the kind of pictures I was hoping for.

I wanted something different and unique, and luckily my friend knew exactly what I wanted. So in a matter of an hour and a half we went from the gas station, to the corn field, to the railroad track and more. I am really really happy with the outcome of our pictures. (Plus, I got to wear my beautiful birdcage veil - that I had forgotten at home the day of the wedding).
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When we started planning the wedding, Mr. Flamingo and I decided not give each other gifts in order to save that money for something else. At first it seemed to be a good idea, until I found the perfect gift for Mr. F! I knew he would be extremely happy about the gift I chose for him and I honestly didn’t expect anything in return. I got him an original Superman script, signed by the cast of the first movie.

When I gave Mr. Flamingo his gift (ahead of time), he had a permanent smile on his face and it made me so happy. I was glad he liked the gift (especially since he is such a difficult person to buy gifts for), but then again, I couldn’t really go wrong with Superman, right?

On the day of the wedding, I got a wonderful surprise.
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Saying “I do” was magical. It was the moment we dreamed of and it felt like a fairytale that had come true! To add to the already amazing day, we were blessed to have my godmother and my sister-in-law do readings. They were stressed out and nervous about it, but they did a great job!

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Our wedding cake was so beautiful! It was literally a show stopper, or should I say a conversation starter. All our guests commented on how unique and glamorous it was, and it made me extremely happy to know that people actually paid attention. We wanted something unique, and thanks to all you readers, we finally had the perfect balance of brown, ivory and design.

For our cake topper, we used a vintage crystal glass that my step-mother had, and used the remaining arylic crystals that we used for our escort cards. I put a tealight candle in the glass so that way at night our cake would have its own mini chandelier.
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On our way to the church, it finally hit me. I was getting married today and the nerves kicked in majorly. I don’t know why I felt like this, but my stomach was in knots. Thank goodness my daddy was in the limo with me, so we had some time to talk and bond before he finally gave me away.

When we approached the church, I was even more nervous but so excited at the same time. Just before I was ready to walk in, my MOH was fixing my dress and I just stood there in my little bubble. I had to take a mintute to take in everything that was going on.
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When I woke up, the first thing I did was go immediately on the computer to blog for Weddingbee. Yes yes, who blogs on their wedding day… apparently me. With all the excitement of the last preparations, I had forgotten to write my last post as a Miss and it was a must on my to-do list. Then it was weather check time. It rained all week but for some miraculous reason, it did not rain one bit on our wedding day. I had the most perfect day ever!

Our day schedule was quite tight, but do-able. First stop, the hairdresser. It was extremely fun being at the hairdresser with my sisters (BM) and my cousin (MOH) and everyone was looking great. One thing though, I forgot my veil at home so my awesome cousin filled her duties as MOH. She went back to my place to grab my veil.

My wedding look - With my veil - thanks MOH!

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Previous Glamnuptial posts:

• Beauty Time Part 1
• The Guestbook
• Decor Elements

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I love detail shots and since I worked hard DIYing some elements of my attire, I wanted to make sure I had pictures to remember forever all the hard work and crazy hours I spent. When the photographer arrived, I asked him if he could take pictures of our details and he did just that.

I absolutely adore these pictures of my wedding dress - it’s simply stunning. How I wish I could wear it all day long. Seriously…

My beautiful wedding dress

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Being a designer, I need to work with Photoshop sometimes. I’m no pro, but I thought I could try my hand at color correcting pictures. When we hired our wedding photographer, I didn’t want him to do any color corrections because I figured I could do it myself (and save extra $$$ at the same time). Little did I know it isn’t as easy as it seems.

At the beginning of the week, Mrs. Lemon introduced me to Totally Rad Photoshop Actions. Actions are recorded steps you can use in Photoshop. You can use these actions to improve/color correct your photos. They are extremely easy to use, all you have to do is click the “play” button.

Here is a picture from our after wedding photo shoot that I absolutely love. I attempted to edit it, using one of their sample actions called “super fun happy”:

Before:

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