My turn to ask

When I got engaged I knew exactly who I was going to ask to be in my bridal party. It was a no brainer, I've known for years. What I really needed to figure out was how I was going to ask them.

First thing to do, check out Etsy. I love shopping on Etsy because I can always find the perfect unique gift. So I searched "Bridesmaids Proposal" on Etsy and found some really cute stuff. I decided I wanted to go with a personalized card and group shirts.

I went through a lot, but finally decided on what I believe is the perfect card from CambridgeCityLimits - "Help me keep my shit together?" I was able to personalize the hairstyles and robes. There were 24 different hairstyles and 3 skin tones to chose from. I decided to put the girls' roles in the wedding on the back of each robe. The cards were blank inside so I was able to write a personalized note to each girl asking them to be in my wedding. (You can find the card I purchased from CambridgeCityLimits here.)

Picture taken from Etsy as I didn't have a picture of the shirts together. 

For the shirts, I found something that simple and so me! My Bridesmaids' shirts say "The Party" and my shirt says "Wife of The Party." All of my friends know that I love to dance and have a good time. I'm always the first person on the dance floor and forcing my friends to join me (but I will dance by myself if I have to.....). I wound up going with the same color shirts that were pictured on Etsy - Maroon for me and Grey for my Bridesmaids. I know I could have gone with the color scheme of my wedding, but at the time I wasn't completely positive what that was going to be and I really liked the combination when I saw them online. (You can find the shirts I purchased from jCUBEDk here.)

I knew I wanted to get my bridesmaids more than a shirt, but I wasn't sure what else to get them. I wanted to give them something they would actually use and actually like. While deciding which bath bomb to use one day, I decided that I wanted to get one for my bridesmaids. I'm a huge lush junkie - I love my bath bombs and giving others bath bombs brings me lots of joy (so I don't know why I didn't think of it sooner). Pretty much every time I go to the mall, I wind up in lush purchasing a new one (or two or three, lets keep that between us though and not my fiance). I decided that I wanted to get them the Goddess bath bomb, because all of my bridesmaids are Goddesses. (Check it out here!)

As a last little gift, I got each girl a mini bottle of champagne. I thought it added a cute little touch. Now I needed to figure out what to put them in. I didn't want to go with a bag; I wanted to give them something useful. I decided that a box similar to the one I store my bath bombs in, would be a good idea. So I headed to AC Moore. I was able to find some really cute boxes, but there weren't five of them in the same style. I was upset that they weren't all going to match at first, but I got over it. In the end think they turned out perfectly. I just hope all my bridesmaids liked them as much as I did.

I was pretty positive that all my bridesmaids would say yes when I asked them, but it was definitely a relief that they actually all did.




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