Flower Bouquet Decorations
June 16th, 2008 @ 9:25 am by Mrs. Flamingo
I thank everyone for your suggestions regarding my bridal bouquet. I will indeed remove the bear grass loops - I agree. it takes away from the beauty of the bouquet. Even though the greenery adds fullness, I’d rather not have any. Hopefully my flowers will be in full bloom and greenery won’t be necessary to fill out the bouquet.
How To Tie A Bow
April 15th, 2008 @ 12:46 pm by Mrs. Lovebird
A few readers were inquiring about how to tie a proper bow in my Gocco Invites Part II post.
Quillin’ Like A Villain
February 7th, 2008 @ 12:07 pm by Mrs. Penguin
Awesome title, yeah? No? Okay. I tried 
Fueled by the quilling high I got from making my Valentines, I decided to get cracking on my table numbers! I mentioned earlier that I wanted to incorporate a Minnesota theme for the table numbers, and while I generally despise “themes” of any sort, I thought it would be a fun way to showcase Mr. Penguin’s hometown at our wedding.
I found these neato old drawn maps of various cities in Minnesota from the Library of Congress’ Zazzle site, so I ordered 20 cities on cards to turn into table numbers. Here’s a few, they are so pretty I hated cutting them out!
DIY Here Comes The Bride Banner
February 6th, 2008 @ 3:30 pm by Mrs. Radish
I wanted to have a “Here Comes the Bride” banner for my baby brother and my nephew to carry so that I could include them in the wedding somehow. They were a little too old to be ring bearers, plus we wanted to include Mr. Radish’s nephews as ring bearers, so we needed to find another “job” for my boys. I originally planned to get a banner from Here Comes Your Bride, but they stopped taking new orders in July. I heard that they have since closed up shop but I’m not sure if that’s true or not.
Anyway, I realized that it’d be easy and cheaper to just make one myself. Naturally, I waited until the week before the wedding to actually do it, though. It wouldn’t be fun if it wasn’t stressful, right? Luckily, my mom and my aunt decided to take over this project since I was so busy with other stuff.
(note my WeddingBee shirt… represent!)
Bead-DAZZLING!
February 6th, 2008 @ 2:20 pm by Miss Shortcake
Because there is seriously nothing to do in Winnipeg in the winter (FYI I’m out here till 2009 for Mr. Shortcake’s masters degree), I have taken to crafting. A LOT. I’ve always been addicted to my glue-gun, but now that I have a wedding to plan for, it’s becoming necessary to branch out into new creative fields.
For example, the last time I went to Oahu, I bought my bridesmaids each these lovely freshwater pearl necklaces, to go with whatever dress I eventually picked out.
Lino Block - The Gocco Alternative
February 5th, 2008 @ 2:03 pm by Mrs. Hummingbird
During my broadcast last night, my friend Kim was talking about the joys of linoblocking. Since I did some of it in high school myself, I figured I would put together a little post explaining what it is and how you can do it for those of you who might want to give it a shot.
Just a little start up info – Lino is essentially a little block of a linoleum substance. Usually when you buy it, it’s around an eighth of an inch thick and has kind of a gum eraser texture to it. Though it’s got a rougher aesthetic then a gocco does for printing, it is significantly less expensive and you can still produce some pretty cool prints for things like invitations, favour boxes, programs, and out of town bags. Plus, artists like Picasso and Matisse worked with it, so it does have a time tested quality to it.
Anyway, let’s jump into the supplies you need (I’m including pictures of the supplies you might not be able to identify if you’ve never done this before):
1. A piece of lino that will fit the design you want to produce.
More Last Minute DIY: Flower Girl Baskets
January 31st, 2008 @ 4:18 pm by Mrs. Radish
I’ll get back to posting my wedding pictures soon, but first I’m going to tell you about my flower girl baskets. Just like with deciding on ring pillows, I had an equally hard time picking out baskets and I waited until the last possible minute to come up with something. At least after making my DIY ring pillows it was easier to figure out what to do since I just made them in the same style.
I found some baskets on clearance at the craft store that looked similar to the grapevine wreaths used in the ring pillows. I already had left over fabric, reindeer moss and ribbon, and that’s pretty much all I needed. We took the fabric and lined the basket with it, holding it in place with some tacs and hot glue.
Creating A Wedding Website With iWeb
January 31st, 2008 @ 2:09 pm by Miss Cupcake
Although I am a graphic designer, I focused on print design in college and never took any classes in web design. I missed the boat when it comes to html, Flash, Dreamweaver, etc. I’ve been wanting to learn, but haven’t exactly gotten around to it.
When it came to creating a wedding website, I knew that this was something I wanted Mr. Cupcake and I to have, but I didn’t know where to begin. I wanted something more than what The Knot has to offer, but I wasn’t thrilled with all of the template options out there. Either the designs weren’t customizable enough or representative of my taste, or the prices were ridiculous. The main purpose of having a wedding website was to be a source of information for our guests, but was it too much to ask to have it look cute without putting a dent in my bank account? I knew I could put something together on my own, I just had to figure out how.
Enter iWeb. (Insert the sound of angels singing.) This handy Mac program was included with my MacBook Pro, and it is as fool-proof as they come. It took me a few evenings of tinkering with the features and pre-made templates to figure out how to create my own design template, but once I did it was super simple. Below is the step-by-step of how I did it, and hopefully it will help some of you create your own fabulous wedding website!
Gocco Invites Part I: The Players
January 29th, 2008 @ 12:53 pm by Mrs. Lovebird
This post is long overdue, but I wanted to make sure all my guest received their invitations before writing about them. Before weddingbee, I never thought in a million years that I would “gocco” my invites. I remember emailing my bridesmaids this gocco post when it came out last February, which got them all excited. Then, my super-talented bridesmaid, Michelle graciously offered to design and help make my invitations! Without her, none of this would have been possible.
My first task: get a gocco! In August, I had bid for and won one off ebay as a pure impulse buy.
Wedding Procrastinator Extraordinaire
January 29th, 2008 @ 9:29 am by Miss Chickadee
Hi, my name’s Miss Chickadee and I’m a wedding procrastinator.
I’m proud to announce that it’s been almost an entire week and a half since my first (and hopefully last) major wedding breakdown, which was followed almost immediately by a wedding intervention courtesy of Big Sis & Mama Chickadee. Needless to say, it was an intervention worthy of Dr. Phil himself, complete with motivational speeches, list-making, and more than a few tears.
The good news is, I am a reformed Chickadee and the proud possessor of 100 COMPLETELY FINISHED Save the Dates. I also managed to check many many other things off my to-do list… including a few toughies like choosing a veil, shoes, and bridesmaid dresses!
Today though, is going to be completely devoted to my Save the Dates. I know what you may be thinking, though, “didn’t we already get a post about this?” Um, yes. Good memory. You’re right, I did already write about them… but they’ve changed. What can I say, it’s a woman’s prerogative to change her mind.
