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Just Like That, the Journey is Over
The journey to find a dress, that is! That is right, hive! I have found my wedding dress. Let the cheers and confetti ensue! Woo hoo! Are you excited? I know I am absolutely ecstatic! Before I can get...
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The-Word-That-Must-Not-Be-Named
If you know what the title is referencing as far as its format, give yourselves a pat on the back. If you don’t, I’ll give you a hint: wizards, HP, owls, and wands. Got it? Another hint: Image via...
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DIY Makeup, Without the DIY
Now that I have found my dress, I have begun the search for the finishing touches on my wedding day look. While I am most likely getting my hair done professionally that day, I will most definitely be...
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Creating a Reception, One Inspiration at a Time
It’s one thing to have colors, it’s another to have a theme to accompany it. At least, this is what I have been telling myself for the past four or five months. With our wedding growing ever nearer...
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The Finishing Touches
Now that I have chosen my dress, it’s time for me to really start pulling together my total wedding look. We all know that I already have my shoes picked out (which I still pull out occasionally to...
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A Bee’s Life: Doily Edition
How did I find Weddingbee? I actually found Weddingbee back in 2007 when I was engaged to Mr. D the first time around. I was googling something wedding related when Google sent me to a post by the...
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Dressing the Most Handsome Little Man Ever
Meet the little man in our wedding party. I’m going to call him Spidey after his favorite hero: Personal Photo Now, I’m not exactly what his formal title is right now. I can’t decide if I want him to...
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The Loss of a Loved One
Quite simply, this is the most difficult post I have ever had to write in my life. I don’t even know where to begin, or what to say. My entire world has changed, and I’m still unsure of how to deal...
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And the Events Begin”¦
I first want to thank this beautiful, beautiful community for being so kind, understanding, and supportive in the days after my father’s death. Words cannot even begin to express how thankful I am to...
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Losing Track of What is Important
I like to think that I have always played it straight with you, hive. So I’m going to come right out and say it, and I’m going to say it bluntly: I’ve been kind of a bitch lately to Mr. D. Why, you...
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Getting Ready for Marriage
Mr. D and I have really started to gear up for the wedding. Starting next month, our wedding events begin. My fantastic mad hatter tea party bridal shower is next month, my bachelorette weekend is in...
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A Charitable Favor
Favors pretty much always look the same around my neck of the woods. It’s some type of candy wrapped up in some kind of fabric. It’s a great choice, but it’s just not us. So I started to do some...
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Bridesmaids Gifts: Part I
Let’s take care of some business first, shall we? Now that I am done with school for the semester, I have four weeks in which to really cram in my projects before the next one begins and I’m juggling...
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The Part Where It Starts to Get Real
Hello hive!! Happy New Year (granted I’m like two weeks late”¦oops!)! I’m so excited to be back and writing again, and I’m super excited for all of the stuff I have coming up! I have actually finished...
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A Very Merry Bridal Shower
Guess what! I’m back from a wonderful three day weekend, and it was my shower, to boot!! If you don’t remember my post on my shower invites, I was really excited to get them because they were an Alice...
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Loving Someone Who Doesn’t Always Love Herself
Dear, dear hive, I am finally back from my unplanned hiatus. After I got back from my bridal shower, school hit me pretty hard, and then when I was finally ready to crank out some major posts, I...
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We These Rings We Thee Wed
Mr. D and I just made one of our biggest wedding purchases recently. Care to guess what they are? Here are some hints: they are round, they symbolize the whole reason for this planning, some are...
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Bridesmaid Gifts: Part Deux
Once again, we have to take care of a little business. Those Doily BMs can be so nosy: Remember that I already made my ladies these awesome hair pieces to wear day of, but it just simply wasn’t enough...
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Here Comes the Paper: Our Invites!
Yay! Our RSVP date came and passed yesterday (with about 20% of our RSVPs missing!), so I figured it was finally time to share my labor of love with you all! Our invites are partial DIY. I bought the...
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Our Tablescapes Are Starting to Come to Life!
Yay! I have more or less (there are still some things to finish) done with the things that are going on our tables at the reception. I have to say, I am so fricking excited for everything to be pulled...
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A Night In: A Doily Bachelorette Weekend Pt. 1
I just got back from one of the most exhilarating, wild, amazing weekends ever! My MOH and bridesmaids seriously threw me the best bachelorette party that a girl could ask for. Want to know what this...
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A Night Out: A Doily Bachelorette Pt. II
DISCLAIMER: There may be pictures that are not completely kosher for work. Just a heads up! After our relatively low-key slumber party, MOH A had it set up so her parents came over with some delicious...
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Guess Who’s Coming to the Wedding”¦
This is also the blog post known better as the RSVP breakdown. Now that our deadline has passed (about four weeks ago) and we have finally tracked down those last couple of pesky missing RSVPs, I’m...
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Miss Doily Becomes a Bride
This weekend was probably my busiest wedding related weekend yet! I got so many things checked off my list and they are finally ready to share with y’all! Whooo hoo! The first thing from this weekend...
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Miss Doily is Gettin’ Hitched!
88 (almost 89) months of dating. 85 months of knowing that Mr. D was the love of my life and worth every single moment of triumphs and failures. That he was worth waiting for. 19 months of being...
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Mrs. Doily Reporting for Duty!
Hello hive!!! I don’t have much to say at this moment other than to say that I had the most magical and unbelievable weekend of my life. There were many tears, and even more laughter. It was the most...
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Who Is This Woman?
Hi! Remember me? I’m that bee that got married almost three months ago and has since disappeared. Unfortunately, I’m not here to start my recaps quite yet, either. Boo. I am here, though, to give you...
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Iowanna Marry You: The Day Before the Big Day, Part 1
Yay! It’s finally time to kick of the Doily recaps!! On Monday, Mr. D and I celebrated our six-month anniversary with Harry Potter Lego, wine, and stuffed peppers. I also happened to finish our recaps...
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Iowanna Marry You: The Day Before the Big Day, Part 2
During this time, Mr. D was spending time with guests as they were heading in and making sure that our out-of-town guests were getting appropriate rides and directions. He was also keeping his...
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Iowanna Marry You: Getting Bridally Pretty
Howdy folks!! Sorry to keep you waiting for these next recaps. Mr. D and I just moved into our first post-wedding place and are still unpacking and trying to figure out where the heck everything is!!...
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Iowanna Marry You: Pinning Together the Final Pieces
Now that I was in full bride form, there was some very important business to get down to. Do you remember me saying how Mr. D and I were going to write letters for each other? If not, Mr. D and I...
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Iowanna Marry You: When a Groom Sees His Bride
In the case of Mr. D seeing Miss Doily for first time”¦there were some tears. However, Mr. D is a manly man, and they weren’t from him, they were totally alllll mine. However, I’m getting ahead of...
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Iowanna Marry You: A Formal Quickie
Mr. D and I didn’t want a whole lot of formals. We did want some so that we could get some framed for our families, but aside from those we wanted to focus on the more spontaneous pictures of the day....
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Iowanna Marry You: Goofing off
Side note: I’m back!! Sorry about the break. I finally took my Dad’s ashes to California along with my siblings, and we let him go in the Pacific Ocean. Then on my way back to Iowa, I got a cold, and...
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Iowanna Marry You: The Ceremony Begins
I only sat by myself for a moment or two to collect myself before joining the rest of the wedding party. Our prelude music had been playing sweetly when I left the sanctuary, and by the time I had...
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Iowanna Marry You: Miss Doily Takes Her Walk
I have always loved me some Coldplay. For years I have wanted to walk down the aisle to “Yellow,” so when I found out that our beloved Vitamin String Quartet had an instrumental of that fantastic...
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Iowanna Marry You: The Doilies Do
Mr. D and I put a ton of thought into our ceremony. It was very important to us that it was short, sweet and simple. Don’t get me wrong, I have been to quite a few full Catholic wedding masses, and...
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Iowanna Marry You: Strike A Pose
Now that we were husband and wife (hip-hip-HOORAY!), it was time for us take the fun pictures we had been looking forward to. First, there was one quick order of business: I wanted to make sure that my...
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Iowanna Marry You: Snapshots of Friends
Mr. D and I really wanted to make sure that we got individual pictures with each of our bridesmaids and groomsmen. These people are our nearest and dearest, and the fact that they were there for us on...
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Iowanna Marry You: We Begin To Party
Once pictures were finished and done, we all loaded up and headed over to A Touch Of Class for the reception. By the time we had arrived, the reception had been going on for about a half an hour. Both...
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Iowanna Marry You: Hearts Begin to Palpitate (We Dance)
Once we were done with our dinner, toasts, and cupcake eating, it was time for Mr. D and I to do our first dance. If you recall, choosing our first song was quite an ordeal, but we chose it and it was...
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Iowanna Marry You: The Doilies Take a Quick Break
There was a slight lull in the reception: right after the first dances while there was some generic dance music on, our photographer Jenn whisked us away for 15 minutes for a quick mini-session. I...
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Iowanna Marry You: The Dollar Dance
There has been many a debate about whether or not couples want to include a dollar dance in their reception. It wasn’t a debate for us, though, as it’s a very traditional thing to do in the Midwest,...
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Iowanna Marry You: It’s Always a Good Time!
Now that the dollar dance was over, it was time to really let loose and get down. Our DJ cranked the music and played all of our favorites to get the guests up on the floor. From this point on, the...
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Iowanna Marry You: After the Party Is the After Party
Almost all of our wedding guests and all of our wedding party were all staying at the same hotel. This just happened to have a bar attached to it. Naturally, an after party was going to happen. And...
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Iowanna Marry You: The Doilies Do Details
I’m so freaking excited for this particular post! This has always been one of my favorite recap posts of other bees, so I’m so ecstatic to finally be sharing mine! So let’s start with the ceremony...
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Iowanna Marry You: The Doily Budget Breakdown
Mr. D and I knew that we were going to pay for the wedding ourselves. So when we set an initial budget, we were shooting for $10k. So how close did we get? Well, let’s find out! Attire: Mrs. Doily:...
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Mrs. Doily Is Leaving the Building.
It was over 17 months ago that I was introduced as Miss Doily in my first ever post “Miss Doily Is in the House.” During that time I flip-flopped over many wedding decisions, grew as a writer, and got...
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One Down, Forever to Go
Hello, hive! I just thought I would pop in and say hello! Today is Mr. D’s and my first anniversary. It’s really weird for us because we haven’t celebrated a first anniversary in almost eight years!...
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After the Wedding: How the Doilies Are Living Up to Their Vows
Hello, hive!!! It’s been such a long time since my mug has graced these parts. I’m so excited to be a part of this new series and to give you a glimpse of our relationship since we got married almost...
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