WEDDING PARTY IDEAS

Just ask.

I agree, just ask. Save that money for your wedding.

I sent out inexpensive cards that I made myself at home from my computer. This is an example:

We would like to request your presence as a _______ on our very special day.

Beth and Josh
02/26/05

Very inexpensive and private....Hope this helps.

That`s a little TOO private I think. I wouldn`t ask everyone at a restaurant together, but I wouldn`t send out generic cards to each one either. That`s just way too impersonal. A generic invitation to be your bridesmaid sent in the mail? Nahh... Just ask each one individually in person (or make a phone call if they live too far).

For my bridemaids, I was thinking of making them a card/frame with a picture of myself and that friend I was asking. I will be putting a lot of creative work into making the card/picture frame and also placing a poem about friends/bridemaids. I was also thinking it would be fun to get T-shirts printed with a picture of the friend and myself with the printed words Be My Bridesmaid and then having them wear the shirt at the bachelorette. (That`s more of a cheesy fun way to ask) Last idea, my brother`s fiance sent me a small bouquet of flowers with a card asking me to be a bridesmaid. I thought that was really nice and felt special.

Hope these ideas help.

Again, alot of this just depends on your personality. What works for the goose may not work for the gander. While I myself might die from embarassment if I were to implement some of these suggestions, they just might work for you. Personally, I think the honor of asking someone to be in your wedding is special all by itself and doesn`t need external factors to make it so. Ask yourself if you would feel more or less honored if someone brought you a dozen roses when they asked you, or a shirt with the two of your faces on it, or whatever else. I contend that you would feel special just by being asked, and maybe not so embarassed.

Just for clarification: All of my b/m`s are very close friends, and I had already asked them to be apart of my wedding. Sending the cards was my formal way of inviting my attendants.

I`m with the side that says "just ask". No dinners, cards, flowers or weird t shirts. Just ask.

I found these great "Will You Be My Bridesmaid" cookies by one of the vendors here at Party Pop - www.graciousbridal.com. My maid of honor actually cried when she opened it up! They look delicious but no one has eaten them because they are so beautiful. I was impressed with the customer service when I called because they offered to customize a cookie for my flower girl & ring bearer. I have been in 4 weddings in the last 18 months so I know how expensive it is to accept being a bridesmaid. I wanted to make the invitation very special, and do something that I hadn`t seen any of my friends do. I couldn`t have been more pleased.