Blast From the Past: Asking My Bridesmaids

Choosing my bridesmaids never took very much time. I always knew that my sisters would be there with me and my childhood best friends and my best friends from my college years. Realizing that I couldn't have 15 bridesmaids was made it even harder...

And then came the task of figuring out how to ask them all. I had been keeping it a secret from a few select friends, making it sound like I was only having my 4 sisters (Lauren, Lindsay, Jozee, and Baylee) but I thought it was best to keep it a surprise. I wanted to be able to tell them all in person so I needed to come up with something fast. My trip home for Christmas was going to be the perfect time to present my bridesmaids with a little something.

So I searched and searched, read blogs, and scoured websites for a cute idea for asking my bridesmaids. I wanted it to be personal...unlike my soon-to-be-husband's way of asking his groomsmen. "Hey man, I think that you're going to have to be in my wedding," were the exact words I heard come out of his mouth when asking a friend one day in the car. I was shocked but none of them seemed to bat an eye...I guess it's a guy thing.

Throughout my quest, I came upon ideas of homemade cards, decorated cookies, and even custom labels for wine bottles but none of those were my style...so I put on my thinking cap and this is what I came up with:

Each of the BMs were given a brown box tied with green ribbon (the start to my lovely color palette). Inside the box was a Ring Pop and the following poem (penned by yours truly!) on a white card:

Notice the question mark in the dress hanger? This was an inexpensive project that I think gave a little more personalization to my asking...instead of the "I guess you're going to have to be in my wedding" way.

And the final product came out just how I had imagined it...(photos to come!)