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We are pleased to introduce the Weddingbee Hive Hostesses! These ladies help make Weddingbee the helpful, welcoming place it is.

August15Bride: West Coast Florida

Location: Venice, FL

Age and Occupation: 26, Attorney/Director of Student Life at my law school

Fiance's Age and Occupation: 26, Writer

Engagement Date: December 9, 2008

Wedding Date: August 15, 2009

Venue: Plantation Golf & Country Club

About Me: I am a Florida girl through and through. My fiance and I met when we were just 11 years old and we will get married in August in the church where we first met. My fiance and I both love sports, although him much more than me. He is borderline obsessive. We are planning an elegant affair for August. I love the wedding planning, but I am really just crazy excited about marrying the love of my life!

BeachBrideT: Reception & Miami/South Florida

Bio coming soon!

Bellenga (Belle in Ga): Encore & Atlanta Metro Area

Location: Just slightly North of Atlanta

Age and Occupation: 39, Nuclear Medicine Technologist

Belle's Beau: 43, Executive Consultant/V.P.

Wedding Date: Unofficially engaged but marrying in 2010

Venue: Destination Wedding or at Members' Clubhouse overlooking the golf course in the subdivision

About me: Happy to be the mom of the most incredible and adorable 10 year old boy and in love with the coolest encore guy ever, I'm Bellenga, a hostess and we both love the South and reside near each other in the North Atlanta 'burbs. My home is filled with fun and love and 3 dogs (one mastiff, one boston terrier, one havanese) and one bird (a blue and gold macaw). I work in Nuclear Medicine and away from work you might catch me at the gym taking a Latin dance class, at a sushi bar, walking at the greenbelt, snorkelling when on vacay, or hanging out at home. I really love design and party planning and, in an alternate universe, that might have actually been my job! Hopefully soon we'll be finalizing wedding plans and set the date as soon as one certain formality takes place! Most likely the venue will be a destination wedding or if close to home, held in the subdivision golf clubhouse.

Chelseamorning: Etiquette

Location: Washington, DC/Atlanta

Age and Occupation: 26, Editor

Husband's Age and Occupation: 30, Immigration Lawyer

Engagement Date: March 28, 2008

Wedding Date: November 1, 2008

Venue: Catholic church ceremony/historic house reception

About Me: I fix grammar by day, but by night my husband and I are avid swing dancers. When we're not traveling the country for dance events, we love exploring our adopted home, Washington, DC. We returned to my childhood home in Georgia for our wedding, which was intimate, traditional, and one of the best days of my life so far (future vow renewal, anyone?). I also love sleeping in, sunshine, psychology, singing, washing my windshield with the automatic wiper fluid, ice cream, and crossword puzzles.

Doctorgirl: Fitness

Location: Seattle/Tahoe

Age and Occupation: 37, Pediatrician

Fiance's Age and Occupation: 26 Software engineer

Engagement Date: May 30, 2008

Wedding Date: July 18, 2009

Venue: Shinneyboo Cabin Creek Resort

About Me: I'm your average tomboy doctor (if there is such a thing) who intended to defer everything for career... and then ended up finding the love of my life anyway! The best things really do happen when you are not looking for them. I love our Bernese Mountain Dog, learning to knit, yoga, cooking and eating gourmet food, and some serious snowboarding... but most of all, I am loving the whole process of creating a life together with my fiance!

DriftsLikeSmoke: Dress

photo coming soon!

Location: Atlanta

Age and Occupation: 25, Small Business Management (Yoga & Pilates Studio)

Fiance's Age and Occupation: 26, Management Training (for a major soda company)

Engagement Date: June 12, 2008

Wedding Date: January 2010

Venue: Cathedral of Christ the King Ceremony; undecided reception venue.

About Me: I'm a sentimental girl who adores etymology, feeling love, playing with my Westie, knitting, playing classic video games, and finding beauty in the small things. You'll often find me voraciously learning new things, enjoying a good book, finding every opportunity to feel fresh grass under my feet, practicing yoga, or enjoying a mug of hot tea in the morning when the air is still chilled from the night before. I can't imagine my life without my fiance and wonderful family, and I'm so excited to be planning a celebration of everything that we cherish as we start our lives together.

Erindesmar: Parties

Location: Boston/NH

Age and Occupation: 28, Attorney

Fiance's Age and Occupation: 28, Physician

Engagement Date: November 18, 2008

Wedding Date: October 2009

Venue: The Mountain View Grand Resort & Spa, Whitfield NH

About Me: I am a NH-grown girly gal who has lived in Boston for 8 of the last 11 years. My fiance and I grew up in the same home town and are two peas in a pod who love golfing, the Red Sox, political humor, skiing, eating, and fishing (and drinking beer) on our bass boat. We work crazy hours but spend as much time as we can with our families and outside in NH. After eight years, I am excited to finally make it official and marry the love of my life! When it comes to planning our "casual chic" fall wedding, I try to make my decisions as cost-effectively and time-efficiently as possible, but can't help becoming obsessed with every detail! Wedding DIY projects and crafting give me anxiety, but I am taking them on anyways.

Firefighter_Prazs_Girl: Honeymoons & Houston

Location: Angleton, Texas (South of Houston by the Gulf Coast)

Age and Occupation: 26, Paramedic

FPG's Beau: 29, Firefighter

Wedding Date: 05/01/2010

Venue: Surfside, Texas on the beach.

About me:I am a 1950 housewife wannabe in love with my career field. Mr. FF is a firefighter and he is super sexy in his gear and I pray for his safety everyday. Mr. FF and I are always on adventures outside or playing on the beach with our sons, Rocky (a Pit bull) and Buster (a Lab/German Mutt). We love cooking and we are always trying new and different things to cook. We love our careers and love working on the same ambulance when we get the chance. I love baking, crafting, photography and living on the Weddingbee site. I am slowly learning how to be more and more girly thanks to the bees. We are getting married on the beach with all our family and friends coming from out of town. We hope it will be a Fun in the Sun Wedding Weekend!

HumarockBride: Ceremony

Location: Boston, MA

Age and Occupation: 25, Human Resources Professional

Fiance's Age and Occupation: 26, Embedded Engineer

Engagement Date: May 10, 2008

Wedding Date: January 2, 2010

Venue: World Trade Center, Boston

About Me: My fiance and I are born and raised Bostonians and we wouldn't have it any other way. We grew up ten minutes apart from each other but didn't meet until halfway through college ... we love to imagine how many times our paths crossed before then! We are lucky to be both completely different and exceptionally complimentary to each other at the same time. I love writing lists, anything Google, trashy reality tv and our amazing family. Our twenty month engagement has allowed us to plan piece by piece so that we hopefully aren't stressed out the week before the big day!

Jessie516: Detroit and Beauty

Location: Ann Arbor, MI

Age and Occupation: 31, Student

Fiance’s Age and Occupation: 33, University planner

Engagement Date: April 25, 2008

Wedding Date: May 16, 2009

Venue: University of Michigan Union

About Me: I’m a girl who loves University of Michigan football (Go Blue!) as much as I do wedding planning! I recently quit my less-than-satisfying office job to pursue my dream of becoming an elementary school teacher. I love spinning, celebrity gossip, baking, manicures, TV, Starbucks, my two kitties and, of course, my fiancé! The support and advice of the amazing Weddingbee family has kept me sane during my wedding planning process.

KateMW: Shoes & Alabama

Location: Birmingham, AL

Age and Occupation: 30, Stay-at-home Mama

Fiance’s Age and Occupation: 37, Intellectual Property Litigation Attorney...or just attorney. :)

Engagement Date: Forever ago.

Wedding Date: August 30, 2003~vow renewal sometime in 2010.

Venue: Not sure yet! I can't decide on a date, much less a venue.

About Me: I'm a stay-at-home mother to the sweetest 5 year old girl around. My husband and I eloped the first time in Las Vegas. No Elvis though! Now we're planning a huge party for all our friends and family to celebrate all the help and love they've given us over the past 6 years. I am obsessed with letterpress and hope to own my own someday soon. I love to travel, shop, cook, read and spend time with my best girl and best guy.

LatteLove: Money

Location: Chicago suburbs

Age and Occupation: 20, Human Resources

Fiance's Age and Occupation: 23, Grad student

Engagement Date: October 17, 2008

Wedding Date: June 19, 2009

Venue: Presbyterian Church Ceremony, and Country Club Reception

About me: I am a midwest girl who loves to organize, read, budget, blog, and plan. You can find me regularly armed with a caramel latte, but any kind will do. I fell for my fiance long before our first date almost two years ago, and after the last year of long-distance, we can't wait to share our lives together in the same place! I'm planning a traditional wedding with a rustic, but whimsical woods vibe, and I am totally DIY illiterate. Weddingbee regularly provides me with great advice and inspiration, and I plan to borrow lots of creative genius and labor from family and friends to make my big day perfect and meaningful. I can't wait to move to Southern California, but am enjoying my last few seasons with family and friends here in Chicago!

Lillindy: Bridesmaids

Location: Santa Clara, CA

Age & Occupation: 25, Teacher & Hive Hostess

Husband’s Age & Occupation: 26, Firefighter

Engagement Date: 12.22.06

Wedding Date: 09.20.08

Venue: Ceremony at Five Wounds Portuguese National Church & Reception at The Corinthian Event Center

About Me: I live by Marilyn Monroe’s words, "I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together." I’ve grown up in the Bay Area and have no plans to ever leave. I’m a college graduate who is still trying to figure out what I want to do when I grow up. Kids are my heart and working with them is my passion. I’m a perfectionist who wishes my DIY and photoshop skills were as good as my baking skills . Oh, and did I mention I love drooling over the latest fashions, I wish I knew how to dress, but I hate shopping?

Littlebear: Destination

Location: Chicago, IL

Age & Occupation: 26, Law Publications and Communications

Husband’s Age & Occupation: 31, NFL Coach

Wedding Date: June 28, 2009

Venue: Beach ceremony, reception at a yacht club in North Carolina

About Me: I love living in our downtown Chicago condo with my new hubby and our dog Cody. I'm always laughing and am the epitome of extroverted and love a good party with my awesome friends. I cannot get enough of going to football games, running, yoga, wine, music, the beach, good food, the Cubs, LOST, karaoke, snowboarding and soccer. I have been to 21 countries and cannot wait to visit our "homeland" of Italy with my husband next year! Our intimate beach wedding weekend with 65 of our best friends and family was a picture perfect day followed by the best party that we could imagine!

LLauRRa: DIY and Dallas/Fort Worth

Location: Dallas, Texas

Age and Occupation: 22, Freelance Graphic Designer

Fiancée's Age and Occupation: 24, Architectural Draftsman

Engagement Date: November 30, 2008

Wedding Date: October 10, 2009

Venue: The Plano Centre

About Me: My name is Laura (surprise!!) and I am from Dallas, Texas. (Go Mavs and Cowboys!) I am an art creating, craft making, old school video game playing, nerdy blogging, picture taking, yummy food cooking, Martha loving, Etsy drooling, Russell (FI) kissing girl through and through. I'm a freelance graphic designer by day, wedding show watching, movie going, Weddingbee surfing, superheroine by night. I'm planning our wedding for under $10,000, and I am going to try my best to use local resources instead of big chains. Even though time is flying by, it still isn't fast enough for me. I can't wait to be his Mrs!

MightySapphire: Favors & Music

Location: Anywhere the ship takes me!

Age and Occupation: 26, Military Officer

Fiance's Age and Occupation: 33, Fashion Design Student

Engagement Date: April 15th, 2009

Wedding Date: July 2009

Venue: Garden of the Gods Club, Colorado

About Me: I grew up in Denver but after joining the military I find that I'm more of a nomad, visiting so many cities around the world I can hardly remember them all! I'm planning my wedding from Bogota Colombia, which means most of our decisions for our wedding have been made via websites, e-mail, and phone calls. Between my Fiance and I, we have over six cultures we intend to honor during our ceremony. Like our adopted animals, we truly are a couple of mutts!

Miss Burgundy: San Diego

Bio coming soon!

Naangel55: Food, Newlyweds

Location: Long Beach, CA

Age and Occupation: 25, Catering Sales Manager

Husband's Age and Occupation: 26, Financial Advisor

Engagement Date: March 29, 2008

Wedding Date: June 20, 2009

Venue: The Reef on the Water, Long Beach

About Me: I am a California girl, having lived in CA my entire life (and wouldnt want to live anywhere else). I love my job though I enjoy my time off just as much. In my free time I love going online, scrapbooking, watching TV (that is affectionately called "Sarah TV" by my husbands family), reading, cooking, eating and playing with our poodle, Roxy. My husband and I love going to Angels games and added alot of Angels elements into our beach/starfish themed wedding. Even though our wedding is over, I am helping with the 3 other weddings I am in this year and love reading about everyone elses wedding on Weddingbee.

Niki: Newlyweds

Location: Omaha

Age and Occupation: 28, Graduate Student (Public Health)

Husband's Age and Occupation: 27, Software Engineer

Engagement Date: December 25, 2007

Wedding Date: May 30, 2008

Venue: The Cornerstone Mansion

About Me: We were determined to keep our wedding intimate, with only our fifty nearest and dearest. It was quite a challenge to keep our wedding small, but we did it-in only six months! We chose to have a garden-themed wedding at a historical mansion, which perfectly fit our down-to-earth attitudes. Now that the wedding is over, I spend my free time studying, cooking with my new husband, and caring for my two chihuahuas.

Rosychicklet: Flowers

Location: Boston/Big Indian, NY

Age and Occupation: 29, Biomedical researcher

Husband's Age and Occupation: 30, Video Editor

Engagement Date: October 2, 2007

Wedding Date: September 27, 2008

Venue: The Full Moon Resort

About Me: My husband and I moved to Boston after I completed my doctorate in 2007 and became engaged a few months later. We planned a wedding weekend extravaganza (including Irish step dancers, a campfire, an after party, day after brunch, and open house) to bring together all our friends and family. My parents' cabin in the Catskill Mountains of Upstate NY is very special to us, so it made sense to share it with all our guests. Our splurge was our venue- a lodge where everyone could stay together. So, we saved money with a lot of DIY (flowers, programs, menus, table numbers, etc) and the help of family and friends (ceremony music, entertainment, etc). Now that we're happily married I spend just as much time on Weddingbee and we love exploring Boston, walking the dog, and weekends in the Catskills.

Suzanno: Invitations & Seattle

Bio coming soon!

Tessabella76: Gifts

Location: NE Ohio

Age and Occupation: 32, Domestic Goddess

Husband's Age and Occupation: 39, Sales/Engineering

Engagement Date: February 4, 2009

Wedding Date: September 12, 2009

Venue: Guilford Lake Pavilion (ceremony), Saxon Club (reception)

About Me: About Me: We are a small town girl and small town boy who met who were matched by his aunt and my SIL. I am an unemployed former banker looking for a job while trying to plan a wedding. Our wedding will be an intimate affair, with less than 100 family & friends attending. We are getting married beside the small lake we live on and plan to party it up with our friends all night long! We love the outdoors and animals and we're tossing around the idea of someday having our own farm. I'm at times a girly girl who loves shopping, manicures, jewelry, shoes, chick flicks, and the color pink. The rest of the time I'm a tomboy, who grew with 3 older brothers and I enjoy tent camping, hopping on the back of my fiances Harley, and don't mind getting dirty every now and then. Our immediate plans after the wedding include lots of home improvements and adding to our family-first a dog then some babies!