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The color scheme of our wedding is White and Apple.

My Wedding Dress:

http://www.davidsbridal.com/Product_Satin-A-line-Halter-with-Split-Front-T9218_Bridal-Gowns-Features-Personalize-Your-Look-Color-Accents

(Dress: In White, Ribbon: In Apple)

My Maid Of Honor is my best friend Kayla. (:
Her Dress:

http://www.davidsbridal.com/Product_Satin-Gown-with-Side-Drape-and-Brooch-8567_Bridal-Party-Bridesmaids-Shop-By-Length-Long-Bridesmaid-Dresses

(In Apple)

My Bridesmaids are my friends Taylor, Brooke, Kelly, and Jenna.
Their Dress:

http://www.davidsbridal.com/Product_Satin-Strapless-Ballgown-with-Sweetheart-Neckline-84066_Bridal-Party-Bridesmaids-Shop-By-Length-Long-Bridesmaid-Dresses

(In Apple)

My Junior Bridesmaid is my fiance’s little sister, she’s 12.
Her Dress:

http://www.davidsbridal.com/Product_Sleeveless-Crinkle-Chiffon-A-line-with-Beaded-Bust-and-Elastic-B_Bridal-Party-Bridesmaids-Junior-Bridesmaids

(In Apple)

Olivia will be our flower girl and someone will bring her down the isle.
We’re getting her a minature dress made from this style:

http://www.davidsbridal.com/Product_Tank-satin-bodice-with-T-length-organza-skirt.-NM006_Bridal-Party-Flower-Girls-Color-Accents

(Ribbon is in Apple)

My mother is the guest of honor at our wedding.
She’s wearing:

http://www.davidsbridal.com/Product_Lace-and-Charmeuse-Bolero-Jacket-Dress-46207D_Bridal-Party-Mothers-Special-Guests-Shop-by-Color

What do you think of my choice for dresses? I’m pretty set on these things, but I would just love to have a few second opinions. Thanks. (:

BQ: What do you think about this cake?

http://weddings.theknot.com/gallery/gallery_details.aspx?gallery=18&pageIndex=4&itemnumber=56

I have 3 bridesmaids in Fuschia & 2 in orange not sure what color shoes…I was thinking clear or silver…trying to find some that do not cost too much…

I’m on a tight budget for my wedding in July 2008. I have been looking for very cheap bridesmaid dresses, since I plan to spend more money on my gown and photographer. I was told by a few people that bridesmaids pay for their own dresses, however both I and my mother think that it would be rude to ask them to. I have found a great bridesmaid dress online for only that I would like all of them to wear.
Should I ask them to buy their own? And if so, how should I ask so I don’t sound rude?

I am the MOH for my friend and I am the one who has to throw the shower. I just don’t want to spend a lot of money. I don’t have a lot to spend. She on the other hand is having a K wedding!! I don’t know what to do. She was thinking about doing a co-ed shower and if so that would mean even more people to feed. I need help. What is appropriate? I want to do this for my friend, but between the dress, shoes and wrap that we have to buy not to mention my hair and her gift, that will be 0-250!! I don’t know how much I should spend? I mean I have to do both the bridal shower and the bachelorette party! Oh and the other bridesmaids don’t live in this state and the one that does is unemployed! I did talk to her and she said it doesn’t have to be a big deal but I think she may have just said that to be nice. What should I do? How much should I spend on the parties? Thank you!!
Thank you all very much for your help and comments!!

this includes gifts, throwing the parties, dress (alterications), shoes and just anything else..like hotel or something

this is sooo expensive:

dress–185
aletrications–50
shoes–20
engagement gift–50
wedding gift–150
bridal shower–40 to throw it and 100 for a gift
bachelerotte party–130 (includes enteriament, hotel, decorations, and dinner)

total of 725! this is sick! i will NEVER do this again. way too much money.

how much did it cost you?
brides: it’s YOUR wedding and what YOU want, so what does that have to w/ the bridesmaid. so now we have to pay for YOUR wedding?
wow mis nik..VEGAS! that must’ve been a lot of money.
i can always tell who the bride is! lord. no need to cap lock honor. i still think it’s crazy and i think it’s bridezillaish to ask a bridesmaid to pay for all of that. and i will def. not do this again, no matter how close i am w/ the person. it’s too much money and i can afford it. never again.
i had NO idea it would cost this much. none at all.
ashley: 450 for a dress! that’s crazy! i never heard of that. you must really love that bride.
sandy sandals: that’s pretty much how i feel and i’m not even the MOH. i’m glad i did it for her, but i will not accept this honor again. it’s just too much money. it’s been an experience working w/ all the bridesmaids! lol
i havent told my friend about all of this nor will it. but i had unplanned pregnancy and had my son 6 months ago. i did try to decline but she made me feel guilty, even after i told her i barely had money for my son, and i’m weak and caved in. i wish she would’ve accepted my answer. but no, i havent said anything to her.
J: oh so defensive. umm..sounds like something’s going on. getting complaints from the bridesmaids???

i need sum color ideas for my wedding.the grooms men have to wear baby blue suits though.my dress has silver in it.im confused bout wat my bridesmaids shud wear.wud gold look nice 4 them.please giv me suggestions.thank you to those who reply:)

My cousin wants me to ask around for advice about her wedding program, any suggestions would be appreciated.

We need some help. I am designing Kara’s wedding programs and have come to a problem. Their only attendants are children…no adults. Ty is the ring bearer. Maddie is the flower girl and is wearing a white dress.

Emily is wearing a beautiful red gown. Here’s the problem…what is she called? We have not been able to find anything on the internet about this. Being that she is only 9, we don’t think Maid of Honor suits her. She isn’t really a Jr. Bridesmaid because there aren’t any adult bridesmaids. I know girls ages 9 – 14 are typically called Jr. Bridesmaids, but without other ones and no maid of honor, it just doesn’t seem appropriate.

So what should we call her??? We thought about Maiden of Honor, Lady-in-waiting, Honor attendant. We just don’t know what to call her. I suggested Little Princess!!! LOL

So, what are your all’s thoughts?

Thank you!!!

Its my brothers wedding but im not in the wedding party. im just in charge of the guest book i can pretty much wear whatever i want except brown b/c thats what the bridesmaids are wearing. any comments would be appreciated thanx!

My bridesmaids are taking care of the bridal shower but I don’t know the exact date of the shower. I only know it’s a month before my wedding. Is it ok for guests to recieve the wedding invite before they recieve the bridal shower or is that the way it’s suppose to be?

I have a serious dilemma I need some help with! I am getting married and I don’t know who to pick for my bridal party and what positions I could give to my two younger sisters and those couple friends who won’t be my bridesmaids.
I have 7 REALLY close friends that I have always hung out with (since High School and I am in college right now) but 7 bridesmaids (including the MOH) seems like A LOT. Also, my fiance can’t think of 7 groomsman to match. I really only want 5, but I want to give the other 2 girls a role in the wedding. Maybe a female usher? I’m not sure of what they do besides seat people.

Also, I really want my 2 sisters to take part in my wedding in a special way, they are ages 16 & 18. I thought of maybe they could read a special verse or two from the bible? I don’t want to give them a role like ‘guest book watcher’ or ‘gift taker’.. I want them to feel included. No junior bridesmaids though.
PLEASE HELP, ANY AND ALL ADVICE WILL BE APPRECIATED!
Added info: they are my stepsisters, we aren’t REALLY close but we are close like sisters would be I guess..

My wedding is going to be June 20 2009
And I need your help with planning

My colors are going to be Truffle Brown with Pink (havent decided on what color of pink)
The Bridesmaids is wearing a long truffle brown dress and my maid of honor will wear the same color of dress, but fancier,
The grooms mens are wearing a black tux with truffle brown vest and tie
The bouquets of the BM will be pink and white with a brown ribbon
My bouquet will be Lily’s (still deciding)
My centerpieces Im making and they will be a floating candle. Gem rocks at the bottom with a flower and then the candle on top and most likely a ribbon around the vase.
The reception is at my future mother in law house. We’re renting tents,tables and chairs.
The wedding is at a church, but havent picked on out just yet. Have a few in mind.
I figured the floating candles will be the wedding favors.
Im having 3 flowergirls, My daughter and 2 future nieces and my ring bearer will either be my nephew if he can make it, if not then my other future niece.

I think I will make my own invitations by going to Michaels or Target. Somewhere to buy the invitaitions and either print them out or take them to Kinkcos and have they print for me.

I might be making all the bouquets also.

DOES EVERYTHING SOUND OKAY THUS FAR? WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE OR ADD?

IS IT TOO EARLY TO START PLANNING FOR THE WEDDING AND BUYING AND PREPARING FOR IT NOW?

Thanks

**ALSO**
WOULD YOU HAVE PERSONALIZED WEDDING NAPKINS WITH YOUR NAMES AND DATE OR WOULD YOU JUST BUY NAPKINS AND NOT WASTE MONEY ON PERSONLIZING THEM?

My fiance dont want to wear a pink vest and neither does the groom mens. We just went to a tux rental store and I was second guessing the brown with the black tux, but with the style that I picked matched great. I might have the ladies wear pink dresses instead of brown.

All of you guys are right. Im not going to bother with personalizing the napkins. I will just buy pink and brown ones.

As for the bouquets….I dont think Im buying real flowers. I think I will be making all the of bouquets.

Thanks ladies for your answers!! =]

Before you answer, I completely understand that bridal showers are part of the whole tradition, and almost everyone has them.

But on a personal level, I can’t help but think they are kind of rude. It’s a party just for the bride in which the ONLY purpose is to give presents. It’s not a special occassion like a birthday, baby, or x-mas… and presents are usually anticipated at the wedding anyway… it just sounds like you’re asking for more stuff. I just read the a recent question in here about how you are supposed to give two gifts – one at the shower and one at the wedding, because they are two separate events. I don’t want my guests to feel obligated to give me two sets of gifts… therefore, I don’t really want one for myself at all.

Does anybody else feel this way?

[[No rude answers please. You can speak your thoughts and disagree without being snarky.]]
I have no problem going to a bridal shower and giving a gift. That doesn’t bother me.

I was just thinking of requesting that my bridesmaids do NOT throw me a shower…

I’m the matron of honor in a friends wedding at the end of the month. While I’m not exactly styling impaired, I have no idea what to do for my makeup…. =[

This is my dress: http://www.davidsbridal.com/Product_Strapless-Chiffon-A-Line-Dress-with-Draped-Skirt-F13723_Bridal-Party-Bridesmaids-Shop-By-Length-Long-Bridesmaid-Dresses In the color cornflower.

And this will probably be my hair: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://hairstylesimages.com/wp-content/images/2010/04/wedding-updos-loose.jpg&imgrefurl=http://hairstylesimages.com/tag/formal-hairstyles&h=400&w=342&sz=47&tbnid=JbW9toYODrgRtM:&tbnh=243&tbnw=208&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dloose%2Bupdos&hl=en&usg=__rfb3yGyUi61nZduFN9ADgBLvzuc=&sa=X&ei=MnlVTLZGg_jwBvekrY8E&ved=0CBYQ9QEwAA

I don’t know what to do for my makeup. I know there are rules about using certain make up colors in certain months and ways of doing it. It’s like using a white purse after Labor Day…unspoken rules or something similar. lol…

Video blogs, pictures, step-by-steps are gratefully welcomed!! Thanks gals!

I’m a bit confused on the wording of my wedding programs. We’re not having any bridesmaids or groomsmen, just a flowergirl and a ring bearer… My stepgrandmother, mother, and my fiances sister will be walking down the aisle to the same song as me. My grandmother will be there, but isnt walking for personal reasons… Should I list her anyways? And for my stepgrandmother, should it say stepgrandmother or just grandmother? Do I list there names or just their relation to me? Also, I’m not having ushers, each of their husbands are walking them down the aisle. Except for my mother who will be walked down by my grandmother. Do I need to list the men also?

I know this is a lot, but I’m so confused! Please help! Thanks & Merry Christmas!!

If the bridesmaids have sashes should the bride?

If the bride dress is bling out, should the bridesmaids?

My best friend is getting married. She’s lived in the area her entire life so she has tons of friends and relatives in the area. Thus, the guest list she gave me for her bridal shower is 70 people. I’m kind of freaking out. My wedding only had 50 guests. Her’s is going to have 300. My bridal shower that she threw for me five years ago had about 10 guests.

We already established than 70 people will not fit in my 1 bedroom apartment, so the shower will be at the mother of the bride’s house. But, as the maid of honor, I’m still in charge of planning (and paying for) the shower. The other bridesmaids either don’t live in town or I don’t know them, so I don’t really have any help. I also don’t know most of the guests so I can’t really ask them to do much.

Estimates I’ve found online average a "cheap" bridal shower at costing per guest. Needless to say, I can’t drop 0 on a bridal shower, even if she is my best friend. I was planning to spend 0, but I also assumed the shower would be 20-30 people…. Even looking at bridal shower invitations at Target is overwhelming me. Yes, it’s only for a 10-pack, but x 7 = . And then postage will be another . just for invitations?!?! I also need paper plates, napkins, cups, forks, flowers and food…. Forget favors… Also games are out of the question, even though she said she wanted to do games. With 70 people it’ll take 3 hours just to open the gifts!! And then I still need to get her a gift!

And then she also asked me to throw her a lingerie shower. But I made her PROMISE that it won’t be more than 10-15 people and we will definitely have it at my apartment. For that one I can bake a cake, brew a pot of coffee and put a vase of flowers on the table. No big deal…. But even that will cost me something. I’ll have to buy paper plates, forks and cups because I don’t own dishes and silverware for 10!

I’m just very overwhelmed. I tried to talk her into breaking in down into 2 smaller showers but she said no because she’s already having another shower thrown by her church so we’ve got 3 showers already and she doesn’t want to be at a shower every weekend this summer.

So…. help! Any advice is appreciated. I know she’s not trying to be a bridezilla, she just really isn’t thinking at all about how much of a strain this is on me. I want to throw her a nice party but I just can’t afford it. I also work full time so I don’t have time to hand-make 70 invitations. I’m also supposed to be hand-addressing the envelopes for her 300 wedding invitations…. ACK!!!

We have purchased gifts for our wedding party (bridesmaids, groomsmen, flower girls, ushers, guest book and program attendant, parents of the bride, and mother of the groom). However, we do not know what to buy the groom’s father…?

I am having an English Garden wedding, but am not being strict with the old-world theme, and am including fun/unexpected touches along with traditional/heritage-based touches. My colors are kiwi, pale pink, white, and silver. The wedding flower is kiwi-center pale pink gerberas, the bridesmaids will have crystal accents in their floral bouqet, while I will have a crystal bouqet. I hadn’t intended to wear a veil, but while hunting for a photographer, I came across this wedding album:

http://noelhadley.com/nhp/index.html (Under the ‘Unions’ section, choose ‘Sam and Nina’). In photos 8, 9, 10, 11, and
13 you get an idea of the veil and how it looks. Is that too 20s for my theme, or would it work? If so, how would be the best way to make it (I see the basics, but need steps and measurments, etc), or where could I find on like it?

I have a feeling it’s too 20s…

Here’s some of my wedding things to give you a feel for it:

http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=1555601

i have been to weddings where the bridesmaids all wore the same dress in the same color with the same hairdo and ive also been to a few where the bridesmaids were told they can choose whatever style they wanted as long as it was a certain color and hair/makeup was up to them as well. whats ur thoughts on it?

those married or engaged: would/did u let the bridal party wear any style they wanted as far as dress and hairstyle are concerned or did u pick everything out for them and have it all the same?

i personally think there pro’s and cons to both…if u let the bridesmaids where any dress then u may have one wanting to wear a floor length ball gown and another wanting to wear a mini dress. having them all wear the same dress gives a streamlined look but if they all have different body shapes then it may be hard to find sometihng that looks elegant on all body types

I am maid of honor for my best friend’s wedding, and I am working with the bridesmaids on ideas and planning for her bridal shower.
We are thinking of doing an Alice in Wonderland tea-party type thing… with a really cool cake and stuff.
But as far as other ideas we are a little lost.
We are an untraditional group, but would like to know what the traditions really are so we can pick and choose what we like.

Specific questions…. what type of gifts are usually given?
Anything in particular that the maid of honor and bridesmaids give or do that I need to know?
When is the shower supposed to be in relation to the wedding? As in week before, week of, etc?
Anything at all you have to tell me would be helpful!
Thanks in advance!!!

I’ve been to a few weddings and I’ve seen from just a couple shots of the bride and groom to the bride posing with her bridesmaids, her with the maid of honor, her with the best man, her with all the groomsmen, same for the groom. Not to mention dozens of shots of them with family members.
How long will it be. How much movement is it going to take. What kind of shots they are looking for.

My friend is getting married this Saturday, and hasn’t chosen all her aisle music. She has chosen for her wedding march "Across the Universe" by the Beatles…but hasn’t decided what she wants for us bridesmaids to walk to! She wants something contemporary, and similar to the Beatles. Any suggestions??

Your help is much appreciated!

Our wedding is a very simply 15 minute walk down the aisle type thing. Very low key ect. Everyone except the 2 flwr girls and the 2 ringbrs have either been in/or had a wedding. The day of the wedding we are doing pictures prior to the ceremony (recpetion/ceremony/bridal suit all at one location). So after we are done pictures, the coordinator is going to do a brief run through so everyone is 100% as to what to do. Because the location is about 1hr from us, some people (ourselves) will be staying at families homes/hotels near the location. Other bridesmaid/relatvies/guests will be staying where we all basically live an hr away. So the Saturday/sunday prior my MIL is going to have everyone over and get some pizza ect. To me that isn’t really the atmosphere that I want to give my bridesmaids their gifts in. Tomorrow is my shower, and I was wondering if at anytime during; or after it is acceptable for me to give them their gifts. I got the 3 maids necklaces from Juicy, and the MOH a juicy handbag. The necklaces aren’t necessarliy ones that I want them to/or expect them to wear in the wedding. THey are all different and remind me a bit of that person. And obviously my MOH can’t wear for it. I was thinking DURING the end of the shower when I’m thanking them for all their work ect. sort of toasting (without an actual toast) for all their hardowkr. But some people told me the shwoer is only for me and to wait until after when it’s more private. So that is the other option. Qhat do you think is better?
fizzy…well i get that the general idea is not to hurt anyone because they didnt get a gift. However I think in todays society people understand that the bride/groom give gifts to the bridal party. And in general there are no hurt feelings. That really isnt a huge concern of mine. And I love them…but we went $$$ over budget and a lunch date really isnt something I can do at the moment. Especailly considering how much thier gifts cost.

Im getting plain black dresses for the bridesmaids but my MOH already has a black dress but is different and she wont be able to afford getting a whole new dress…all the dresses will be the same color but hers will be halter and the bridesmaids will be strapless? What do you guys think?

Can anyone help me find a good hair/makeup artist for my bridesmaids in the Phoenix/Scottsdale area? I have five bridesmaids, and I am looking for hair & makeup for them all. I was looking to spend about 500 for all of them..
How can I go about finding a good hair/makeup artist that would be in my price range? I have looked on theknot.com, and brides.com but with so many bridesmaids I haven’t been able to find one that fits in my budget.