Like the many Bees who have gone before me (think Mrs. D’orsay and Mrs. Spring Roll), I have opted to make tissue paper pomanders to decorate our ceremony site! I had been searching high and l...

I don’t have a decent picture of them, but our pews have a 6″ wide side piece that extends above the backrest of the pew, which leaves them perfect for tying a ribbon around. So, I decide...

If you do a Google search for “Courthouse Wedding”, you’ll come up with links like this and this. The first one has statements like “More than 4 out of 5 marriages that start ...

Though I firmly believe that God is present everywhere, and I was quite happy with my thoughts on a small intimate wedding ceremony on the beach, planning our ceremony at our church has quickly become...

I posted a few weeks back about a dilemma I was facing in regards to our ceremony: how to honor the fact that our gay friends are not allowed to marry and make it clear that we have not forgotten them...

Early in our planning process, I took a survey from my wedding organizer called “Your Couple Style Questionnaire.” Of course, after I wrote down my answers, I had Mr. Parfait answer them, ...

When I added DIY to the front of Unity, all I could think of removing the n and t - DIY UIY. I’m pronouncing it Dooey Yooey in my head. Carry on. I’ve seen the tradition at most wedding...

source I know we are all too familiar with the cheesy “silence your phone” commercials during movie previews. Practically everyone owns a cell phone today, and while most people are used ...

I’ve finally found a wine to put in our love letter box! It took months of research but it’s finally on its way! The reason it was so hard to find a suitable wine was because I had so m...

We’ve picked our wine, are in the process of writing our love letters, and have finally narrowed down the bazillion quotes floating around on marriage to 5 we really like for our love letter bo...