Your Bridesmaids

 A bridesmaid has a strong supportive role that has to be played during your engagement and wedding experience. Although your Maid of Honour will be there for you, your friends will also  be there for your comfort and to listen to your opinions too.

Being chosen to be a bridesmaid is one of the most honorable duties any woman can fulfill for an important girlfriend in her life.  The bridesmaids do have responsibilities and, they can really help the couple through this amazing time of their lives.  Being there to witness the signing of the marriage license is a tribute to your friendship.

 

Bridesmaids are there to offer general support to you, the bride;  to plan and help with the bridal shower under the direction of the Maid of Honour  and to assist the guests at the ceremony and reception. It is, of course understood that they will also offer help to the bride with pre-wedding duties such as addressing invitations, (if requested) and helping to assemble the wedding favours.

Other duties include helping with wedding organization and going with you to choose a wedding gown; attending the rehearsal dinner,  helping register for wedding gifts if the groom is not available and being there prior to the wedding festivities. The most important role  is to provide moral support and be a good listener to the bride throughout the engagement, since it is a wonderful but challenging time for the bride who is faced with much decision making.

The topic of bridesmaid dresses can get a little difficult.  Thankfully, the days of ugly tulle and taffeta gowns are long gone. Today’s dresses are chic, stylish and very 21st century. No longer do you have to recoil at the thought of deciding on that important purchase. Some brides are choosing the colour palette and leaving the style of the dress to her bridesmaids. That way, everyone is comfortable and the bonus is that the dress can be worn again at another time and won’t be delegated to the back of her closet.

Many bridesmaids have asked what are their obligations to pay for things during the pre- wedding and wedding process. Below  are the traditional bridesmaid responsibilities to help you prepare for how much the wedding process will be. Again, these are only traditional expenses, as some are covered by the bride and her family if they have the money and wants to chip in:
Bridesmaid Dress
Bridesmaid shoe.
Jewellery to accent the dress
Bridesmaid Hair for the wedding day
Wedding shower gift
The bachelorette party planning (invitations, venue, airfare, food and drink for you)
The bachelorette party supplies and entertainment
Gift for bride and groom on wedding day
If traveling, any and all travel expenses including gas, parking fees, airfare and accommodations
June 21st, 2011

Language of Flowers: Expressions of Friendship & Love

A gift of flowers has always been a favoured expression of friendship and love. Here is a sampling of the special messages you can send by selecting flowers with meanings all their own.

On your wedding eve, give your fiancé a mixture of red and white roses (happy love and unity), or a bouquet of Ranunculus (you are radiant with charm).

When meeting your future in-laws for the first time, bring a bouquet of heather (admiration), daffodils (regard, not love) or bouquets of morning glories (affection).

At your bridal shower, choose centrepieces of acacia (friendship) and yellow lily (gaiety).

Tell the groom’s friends to decorate him with ivy (fidelity) or give him a sprig to wear at the bachelor party.

Thank your bridesmaids for their support with small bouquets of sultan (felicity, happiness), and give them as tokens at your bridesmaid’s luncheon.

For the wedding, decorate the church, chapel garden or ceremony site with ivy (fidelity, marriage), and lilies (purity
of heart). Your bouquet will express unspoken emotions when you include: blue violet (faithfulness) orchids (beauty and love), myrtle (joy) or iris (promise in love).

Flowers always create a festive and romantic mood,  now they can express special sentiments as well.

March 3rd, 2011

Gifting the Attendants: Savvy Bridal Blogger from The Wedding Guide Windsor/Essex County

With all the planning of the actual wedding day, I realized that my maid of honour and bridesmaids have been extremely patient with all my requests and ideas. They are the best and since each one of them was hand-picked for their loyalty and love for me.

I have started to think about what I want to gift them. We will be having a bridesmaids’ lunch closer to the wedding date and it will be the perfect place to honour them.

 

I have looked at beautiful jewellery pieces that are unique and interesting. They have grabbed my attention but I also have considered a day at the spa for everyone. What a great chance to have everyone together relaxed and having fun. We can all get buffed and relax while enjoying one another’s company.

I’m about ready to toss a coin become of my indecisiveness. If you are getting married what are you doing for your gifting?  What do you think the ladies would love to receive???? Would it be a memory or an actual gift?

I’ll hope that other brides will respond below in the comments area to help me out. Other ideas would be welcomed.

I’m off to look at limousine services. Wish me luck. This should be an easy decision.

 

 

 

 

June 29th, 2010