Its finally come to this...

Today is the day.... today is my wedding day. All that hard work and planning for today. Its crazy when you think about it. I am writing to you before I go to the hairdresser... because I realized I never said bye (as a non-married gal) Bad flamingo!!!

First off, I would like to say a huge thank you to all you awesome readers and bees. Weddingbee has become a family to me and your support, suggestions and ideas have help me shape my wedding to what it will be today. I cannot say thank you enough!

I promise I will be back will lots of details. There will be loads to talk about so don't think that just because I'm going to have the married status you're gonna get rid of me that easy. Your stuck with me :) Ok here is a quick preview: I'm not nervous and shockingly surprised, I slept well though I wish I would of gone to be earlier and there doesn't seem to be a cloud in sight. Lets hope it stays like that all day ;) More to come... shortly

You have been so great to me and it has been awesome to share my wedding planning with you. I heart you all so much :)

Best,
Miss Flamingo (soon to be Mrs)

For a superhero

If Mr.Flamingo could fly and have all the superpowers like Superman... he would be the happiness man alive (ya - even happier than getting married to me - I'm serious :) ) His bond with superman is unbreakable... so I have to play Lois Lane once in a while. lol

Via Janvonholleben

Well, today is Mr.Flamingo's 30th birthday - HAPPY BIRTHDAY my sweetheart! Though he may feel old because hes no longer in the "twenties" he still young at heart. I thought for this special occasion I would share with you an image of him at his finest (hope he doesnt see this - hes going to kill me)

(Mr.Flamingo at only 6 months old - and already a superman fan)

Its certain that the wedding process could not go by without some superman element incorporated somewhere. Both him and his best man will have a pair of these official superman cuff links and I've never seen 2 grown up men this excited before. (doesn't take much - really)

via WB shop

I'm also planning on making him a superman garter (shhh don't say it too loud - its a surprise) and will most probably put the actual superman theme song when he goes to get it. It will be really funny and I'm pretty sure he will be happy.

Is your fiancé a superhero freak?
Will you be incorporating certain elements in your wedding.

Wedding website - makeover

When Mr.Flamingo and I decided that we were officially gonna set the date... my designer in me could not help but to design our wedding website. Though, I wasn't very fond of the idea of doing it from scratch... I opted for a basic template design from Weddingannouncer.com

Everyone in my family had never heard about a wedding website before so they thought I was the most organized and smart bride ever. (hahaha - I found that very funny) So of course when they saw the design of the website they were amazed - I being a designer couldn't help but feel a little ashamed. (On a side note- our wedsite needs to be perfectly bilingual so with wedding announcer there were certain things that I couldn't translate)

First attempt - using wedding announcer (click to enlarge)

Then I read Miss Lovebugs post about her blogger wedding website. It was official, I had needed to redo our website. Especially with all the resources out their on the oh-so fabulous web. I just had to. When I told Mr.Flamingo about it... he thought I was nuts!

When I decided on my invitation design it was easier to design the website for it to fit the whole theme and style. I used the back of the invitation as the background image and I created vintage looking buttons. I"m having issues with the header. Since I have various elements in my invitations, I don't know what I should use.

Please tell me which one you would go with. (Click to enlarge image)

option a: Chandelier



option b: Street with clock



option c: Decorative elements



option d: - None of the above.

(If you choose this option, please specify what you would do- as to not leave me hanging)

I want to show you all the elements when they are completely done. So tell me which header you prefer, so that I can add it. I got to get crackin' on the rest of the content of the website...

Since I have not completely finished the design of our website, I will have a part 2 to the makeover story... so stay tuned...

Warmest Wishes

Mr. Flamingo and I wanted to wish all you Bees and weddingbee readers Happy Holidays. Sending you the warmest wishes to you and your loved ones. I found this card and thought it was perfect for the occasion.

Image courtesy of: tropicalbreezeforher.com

I promise I will be back after the holidays with lots and lots of posts. (Lots of eye candy ;) too ) If you have any suggestions for posts... feel free to leave me a comment, and I will try my best to grant everyones post wishes. Until then....

A new bird in town.

Invitation design: Fine Stationery

Greetings to all you current bees, future bees, and not to forget you awesome readers. I am so excited to be part of the hive. Like many of yous, I've been reading weddingbee for some time now, and being part of this great 'family' is an honor I will try my best to maintain it. I will start off by explaining why I chose the Flamingo to represent both my FH and myself. Its actually a pretty funny story... just judge for yourself.

Cayo Guillermo, Cuba

In the summer after our official engagement, we decided to go to on our first trip together to Cayo Guillermo, Cuba. You can say that it was like a mutual gift. Both of us had never been down south before, so we were really excited about the whole thing. When we arrived, the weather was gorgeous, the beach was spectacular... better than what we imagined it to be. Around half-way through our trip we decided we wanted to go Flamingo searching. I had never seen one in real life before and I find them so cute (and sooo pink - my favorite color by the way)

We had heard some local mention something about a flamingo farm. But honestly, we couldn't really make out what he was saying - his English was extremely bad. So M. Flamingo had this 'great' idea of renting a car and literally going Flamingo hunting. I thought it would be fun to leave the hotel... so we went. We ended up in a little town called Moron, Cuba (which was a good 2 hours away from our hotel). We saw crocodiles, cows but no flamingos. I was sad at this point because I really wanted to see one. Just one. Was it really so much to ask?

Our rental was a 4x4 with a removable top. In which we had to take the top off (according to M.Flamingo) So of course when we came back to the hotel it was fair to say we were toast! With all the wind and the direct sun... we were burnt (and trust me we wore sunscreen) Look at us... see

This is us, look how burnt we are. Its actually pretty funny!!!

As we were returning our car to the car rental company, we were talking to the guy saying we were looking for flamingos but didn't even see one. He asked us which hotel we were from. I found it to be an odd question, but answered either way. Doesn't he tell us that there are flamingos at our hotel! WHAT!!! I couldn't believe it. So there we were again... flamingo hunting. After all this, renting a car, driving endless hours, getting a massive sunburn... there were some at our hotel. No one could of said something before going through all of this? We finally found them. I couldn't believe my eyes... there right in front of me... flamingos. So pretty.

The actual thing, real flamingos

So that the whole story behind the flamingos. Pretty funny isn't it???