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This would be interesting! It seems most of the married bees post about wedding related things after the wedding still, so it would be great to see some posts on either newlywed life or a generation of newlywed bees.
I know it might be a bit much to have newlywed life, even baby planning involved amongst the wedding posts though. It's a lot to ask, but I would just really love to see a second blog section for married life/babies!
This is just personal opinion, but I don't think a blog about being a newlywed would be that interesting. A wedding is a special event that requires a lot of preparation, so blogs about that are filled with different experiences and ideas for all of the steps in the process -- the same goes for having a baby or remodeling a house.
But I don't think a blog that's just about a couple, who just happen to be newlyweds, going about their daily lives would be something I would read.
@Tswife4ever: There is, but this would be more like the blog, where the Bees (with capital B) blog, just dedicated to Newlyweds instead of wedding planning... Before we had a vendor's section and it was really awesome and completely done by vendors who applied. The newlywed section would be comparable to that I think.
To anyone interested, I put up a thread in the idea's section (upper left hand of your screen) please feel free to vote.
@Tswife4ever: I think @crebre is talking more about a blog section rather than a boards section.
@ChaiAnkh99: Definitely understand, but now that I am a newlywed I want to read about others in my own circumstances and how they handle things like cooking duties, cleaning organizing, etc things that are mostly newlywed type issues.
I think it would be pretty boring too, to tell you the truth. But I certainly wouldn't discourage others from blogging!
That could be interesting! Even if there was just a post series about how things changed (or didn't change) for the Bees after, say, the first year of marriage, I'd like to read it! That could bring more marriage to the wedding stuff. :)
@Minutiae: I completely agree and think it would be pretty fun.
I think it would be cool too. I rarely read the blog anymore because I just don't care about invitations or napkins! : ) I don't think it would necessarily be boring, just more like other general life blogs. And some people were not ready to blog when they were wedding planning.
It seems like maybe it would have to be a spinoff of the regular blog...like on a different page - so as not to take away from the specialness of being a "wedding bee." Maybe as the site gets larger they could spin off the Nesting section and have a whole new name - like birds instead of bees. Ooh that works on 2 levels...nesting (birds) and "the birds and the bees"! I want credit if WB goes with it, haha! : )
@Mrs Green Grass: Totally love the birds!! That rocks! Feel free to put your suggestions into the idea thread that I started as well as your vote. When we had a vendor board it was a different vein of the bee, same hive, but different page, background color, etc
Heck Yes we should! I'm always so sad that I never got to be a bee. I would totally apply (as many times as it takes) if they open it up to newlyweds.
At this stage in my life, I dont think I would really benefit from it (thats why I voted for "Hey haven't thought about it, I am trying to get through the wedding planning...") but maybe after our wedding, my opinion will change.
I went over to the idea board and rated it. I hope they take this into consideration!
@PrncssDva: you're a goober, and you already read my blog!!
I think this would be great! I get sad when I think of the day that WB will be out of my life!! What would I graduate to reading?!
If you think a blog on this topic can not work, check out apracticalwedding.com.
I think if the current Mrs. bees were encouraged to be more active, it might fill this void. There's no reason why they need to stop blogging once they finish their wedding recaps, as long as they've got interesting things to say about married life.
A newlywed blog would be good if it were less about craft projects and how-to and more about hard issues that people face in their relationships and lives.
Personally, I'm not in a place in my life where I'm interested in reading about babies and pregnancies, so I am less enthusiastic about adding new bloggers to the Bee just to talk about these issues, but I'm sure there is an audience for that. I'm just not it.
Maybe it would be nice if the newlywed blog were kind of separated from the other blog. I don't like the Knot, but they do have a good setup with the Nest and the Bump. It's good to separate these conversations I think, so that the girls just planning their wedding don't get scared away when they see posts on stretch marks and natural birth plans.
I don't think Weddingbee is the appropriate venue for newlywed blogs. The purpose of this space is for people to come read about people who are planning and executing their weddings. If Weddingbee were to introduce newlywed blogging - about home-buying, home decor, planning for kids, pets, etc - it would need to create an entirely new space, in the way that The Knot created The Nest. It's an entirely different interest niche from weddings. Not that it would be a bad thing, but it wouldn't fit in with the wedding-planning blog posts.
I think even if it was just a short-term series where newlyweds could apply to share some insights on newlywed life, I think that would be really interesting. Like one Newlywed Bee to write about home renovation, one to write about trying to conceive, one to write about blending your family if you were an encore... etc. I think it would be neat to have that as a resource, just like we used to have the vendor posts as resources, and the wikis are a resource, etc.
@LittlestBirds: You could argue, then, that any non-wedding-related topic (the pregnancy boards, pets, etc.) have no place on WB, either...
Oh my goodness, I've been thinking about this a lot lately. What am I going to do with my blog after recaps? I don't think my newlywed life is interesting at all! It would be interesting to read about what kind of newlywed issues crop up. I feel like this would be a whole different website (The Nest *cough*cough*) though, so I voted no.
Even though we are not TTC right now I enjoy mom blogs a lot (something to think about for the future!) so I think it would be really cool to have a pregnancy/mommy blog website in Weddingbee format!
Great pointers everyone!! I definitely think that it should be a different version of the Hive, I loved Mrs. Green Grass suggestion of the Birds. I think that it would be a differen site. I however love LOVE LOVE crafting!! So I am sure I would be reading more about the where to put the crafts fun head board type diys, how to update your kitchen on a budget etc.
@glasses: Hey girlie were you able to read the vendor's version of the Hive before it went away? It was another version of the Hive but it had links back here etc. It didn't have a message board but it had infinite amounts of wisdom, etc.
I think it would be awesome. How many newlywed brides are suffering from post wedding blues? How many are trying to adjust to new living arrangements? How is life different post wedding?
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I have never thought about this before and now that I am a newlywed bee for a month tomorrow, I was wondering if we had any place for newlywed bees? I know that our current Mrs. Bees can continue on but I wonder if we can have a new generation of bees devoted to us newlyweds, our experiences at parenting, home decor and what the bee does best: Kick Butt Crafting projects that inspire us all.
Would anyone be interested in this? If so I can add it to the idea section on the idea thread.