Weddingbee Blog

I got this email from Kleinfeld Bridal today:

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When I saw ads for ABC’s new reality series Here Come the Newlyweds, I wasn’t sure if I’d love it or be annoyed by it. However, Mr. Cupcake and I did always find ourselves giggling at the one commercial where a woman asks “how many times per week is the right amount of times to be having sex?” and a couple responds at the same time:

Her: “Two.”
Him: “FIFTY!”

Giggle, giggle. Snicker, snicker.

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My Destination Wedding with the Knot premieres tonight at 9 pm on the Style Network.  The show follows a couple planning their destination wedding in the beautiful Cayman Islands, and my friend Rebecca was one of the key people in putting it all together.  If you’re home tonight, be sure to check it out!

Mrs. Corn forwarded me this announcement for a wedding themed Martha Stewart show!

Calling All Engaged Couples…

Be one of 164 engaged couples to join us at The Martha Stewart Show to celebrate a very special weddings show, featuring Martha Stewart Weddings editorial director Darcy Miller, on January 15 at 2 p.m. Join us in the live studio audience. Be sure to tell us all about you and your wedding plans in your ticket request. You will be contacted at least three weeks before the show date with an invitation if tickets are available.

Request your tickets here!

DreamWorks Television along with Mark Burnett Productions is currently casting for a new reality wedding show on a major cable network.  They’re looking for deserving couples with remarkable stories so they can make their wedding dreams come true!

Some examples include:

* Soon-to-be Blended Family
* Hero is getting married
* Community leader is tying the knot
* Soldier finally gets home from war to wed his sweetheart
* Woman who is always the bridesmaid finally has her day!
* Couple renewing vows to celebrate an occasion
* Inter-racial or Inter-religion marriage
* Unique and special wedding planned (skydiving, etc.)

If you’re interested, email your full story and include recent photos in .jpg format, along with daytime and evening contact info to:

Charisse Simonian
Casting Director
csimonian@markburnettprod.com 

The deadline is January 1st 2008! 

I hope a wedding reader gets selected!

We’ll be broadcasting all day today, so click on over to the Bee TV tab.  See ya there!

PS - Isn’t the tv icon adorable?!  Thanks Irene!

A producer over at Whose Wedding Is It Anyway? contacted us to let us know they’re looking for brides!  It’d be so exciting if a weddingbee reader got selected! 

Here are the details:

Are you planning your wedding day, but the neverending tasks keep getting in the way? Are you and your fiancé fun and fabulous, but drowning in details? Then let us hook you up with a top-notch wedding planner, to help organize the wedding of your dreams and take you down the aisle in style.

The Style Network is currently casting for the seventh season of Whose Wedding Is It Anyway? Looking for couples with or without a planner, who want to share their wedding-preparation adventures with the hit prime-time wedding series!

All participants must be 21 years of age or older and have a wedding date set from November 20, 2007 - March 1, 2008.  Please send your info and wedding story to dwcasting@trueentertainment.net

If you’re gonna be home tonight like I am, you may want to catch the premiere of TLC’s new show Say Yes To The Dress which follows Kleinfeld specialists helping brides find the perfect wedding dress. It’s a new twist on wedding shows already out there, so it may be a lot of fun!

As we’ve mentioned previously, The Today Show is teaming up with Martha Stewart for the first time in their annual Today Show Throws a Wedding event.  You can read each of the four couple’s stories and vote for your favorite one right now.  We’ll be following along on all the fun so stay tuned!

The Style Network is currently casting couples for their second season of Married Away.  Here are the deets - if your wedding gets featured, let us know!

MARRIED AWAY SEASON 2 CASTING:
True Entertainment is currently casting for the Style Network’s prime time series Married Away. The hit television show is in its second season, going global and planning destination weddings in unique and exotic locations around the world. We’re looking for couples who are presently planning a destination wedding for this summer.

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Get Married, a new wedding planning television program featuring interviews with top industry insiders and celebrities, planning tips, honeymoon advice and more debuted this morning at 9:30 am on the WE network. But don’t worry if you missed it - you can catch the entire program on their website!

I’m watching it right now… let us know what you think!

Today’s Oprah features master floral designer Colin Cowie’s fantasy weddings and party planning ideas. Check it out on ABC @ 4:00pm.

What Not to Wear is planning another wedding special show, geared at brides who are having trouble finding the perfect gown. They’re looking for brides whose weddings are from April 16-May 29, 2007–coming up real soon! If you don’t have your wedding gown yet and want Stacy and Clinton’s help, fill out an application here (midway down the page).

I’d love to hear if any readers actually apply for this!

Instyle Celebrity Weddings… tonight (Feb. 5) at 10/9 CST on ABC. I’m sure it will cover mostly the same things we’ve all seen in magazines, but I still love these wedding shows regardless!

In Style has a special wedding program airing next Monday, February 5th at 10 pm on abc. The show will feature the celebrity weddings of Marcia Cross and Tom Mahoney, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, Avril Lavigne and Deryck Whibley, Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott and more.

Two viewers will also win a one week stay at the St. Regis Bora Bora, complete with business class flights. I hope a weddingbee reader wins!