I have two Sammie Sisters so I knew I would always have at least two bridesmaids. Of course I asked them immediately after getting engaged. This was before I discovered DIY wedding crafts and the hive. Now I have seen so many adorable and crafty ways to ask your ladies. I wish I could have a do-over.
I wanted to ask them in a cute way instead of just blurting it out over the phone but the cards I DIY’ed were atrocious. Thank god I don’t have any photographic evidence of the cards but even if I did I would be too embarrassed to show you. I sent them a card (lets just say it was on computer paper folded a couple of times and handwritten) and two different books on being a bridesmaids.
I wanted to ask them in a cute way instead of just blurting it out over the phone but the cards I DIY’ed were atrocious. Thank god I don’t have any photographic evidence of the cards but even if I did I would be too embarrassed to show you. I sent them a card (lets just say it was on computer paper folded a couple of times and handwritten) and two different books on being a bridesmaids.
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I restrained myself from highlighting different passages in the book that I liked or thought were important....barely.
I waited a while to ask my other three bridesmaids and thankfully my DIY projects went up a notch (a small notch). For my two best friends from college I sent them ‘will you be my bridesmaids?’ cookies from The Flour Pot in Ambler, PA. Super cute and I left the DIY to someone else!
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| Image via The Flour Pot |
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| Image via The Flour Pot |
Smart all around! They both loved the cookies and said yes.
For my final bridesmaid, I had to come up with something different because I plagiarized the bridesmaid cookie idea from her. I looked around etsy.com for ideas of cards or crafts. After looking at the prices it seemed a little crazy to spend that much on one card and shipping. Like many brides before me, I saw a cute card and thought to myself “I could do that.” I must have bridal brain because I don’t know any other time in my life when I have thought those words.
As luck would have it, I can do that! It wasn’t the most elaborate card that has ever existed but it the best card I have ever made (and only for that matter). The only thing I made sure to do first was to measure the envelope I had and then work from there. It was all on card stock and printed on my computer. I used card stock that I had around, glued it to the front of folded card stock and VOILA! It was good enough that she said yes!
Anyone else ask their girls in a cute way? How did your first DIY project turn out?
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