Calling All Short Dress Brides

UPDATE: It has been so much fun getting your emails, stories and short dress photos! Keep them coming. I'd like to have all submissions by Wednesday, February 4th. And don't forget to include your weddingbee name (or how you'd like to be acknowledged), the dress maker and where you got it to help other brides. If you're worried about surprises being ruined I can crop your head out of the photos (does that sound creepy?) so no one will know it's you!

The Ring Shots series has gotten so popular I thought I'd put out a call for photos of something I love -- short wedding dresses. Until recently I was the only short dress "bee" and always wished I could see images of bee readers in their short wedding dresses.



Are you planning to wear a short wedding dress? Were you already a short dress bride? If so, I'd LOVE to see photos of you in your dress to share with the hive in a future post. They can be from your fitting, a bridal session or from your wedding. (If there is a lot of interest this could be a few posts). Email them to onion@weddingbee.com. Please including where you got your dress (designer/store) to help other brides search for their perfect dress.

Here are a few photos of my gown, a Romona Keveza from her legends collection that I bought at Mark Ingram's Bridal Atelier in NYC:










Photo by Daria Bishop Photographer.

The Women Who Came Before Us....

Do you ever stop and think "Wow, I really can do whatever I set my mind to," and thank the countless women who came before us to make that possible? Seventy-one years ago Miss Ford applied to Walt Disney Productions as an artist. She received the letter below and it just blew me away. She is told that women don't do any of the creative work for Disney Cartoons but she could apply to be an "inker" or "painter" and fill in the drawings...but those places were limited and lots of "girls" apply.



Today there isn't a single job that we couldn't do if we wanted. We can choose to work, choose to be a stay at home mom, choose to work from home...but they are all our choices. We aren't expected to stay home with our children or expected to work, we can simply decide what works for us. We make choices for ourselves and together with our significant others.

So I'd like to raise a proverbial glass to the women who paved the way and women today and all that we are capable of in 2009 and beyond! Look at the path our daughters will have to lead...it brings me great joy.

Bride Wars and Vera Wang Contest

THE BRIDE WARS CONTEST



Vera Wang is holding a "Bride Wars Contest" -- enter to win Vera goodies for your bridesmaids and yourself! Good luck to all you future brides :) My fingers are crossed for you. Details below:

Tell us in 100 words or fewer why you chose your maid of honor.

First Prize: Eight (8) Vera Wang Bridesmaids Dresses
Second Prize: Ten 5-piece place settings of Vera Wang Wedgwood china, ten crystal wine glasses and ten 5-piece flatware place settings. (Retail Value approximately $2500)
Third Prize: A Vera Wang Linens Package - The Sophisticated Scallops Collection.(Retail Value $1500)

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Ends 1/19/09 at 11:59:59 pm EST. See details and enter on Vera Wang's website here.