Creative Proposals

Creative Proposals

September 10th, 2009 @ 3:36 pm by Mrs. Ramen
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Creative Proposals : wedding diy Nail Bi

Yes. It’s the truth. Somewhere on Weddingbee, many many moons ago, I saw a DIY craft that one of the bees did to ask her friends to be her bridesmaids (I forget who). I thought it was a GRRREAT idea. So I did it, too. With my own little spin, of course. I bought the accordion book kits (~$5) from Paper Source (AKA, a girl’s best friend, AKA my mothership), and some pretty paper from the Paper Studio in Tempe, and got to work!

I pretty much followed the directions from PS, but you can do this on your own, too - you just need your accordion folded paper, and 2 cardboard/chipboard covers that are slightly larger than the folded paper. You cut out the pretty paper a bit larger than the cover boards, and then use special paper paste to glue them to the covers, taking care to fold the corners well (like wrapping a gift - the directions are really confusing on this part), and get all the air bubbles out.

My supplies… (this is the journal kit from PS, using the same technique)

I highly recommend using a bone folder to get really nice, flat creases and tight corners

I then attached a ribbon to the back panel, and then used the same paste to affix the covers to the pages. I chose a different ribbon for each girl, depending on her favorite colors.

Next, I set to work putting pictures and little decorations onto each page, outlining my relationship with each girl and our friendship adventures. On the last 1-2 pages, I wrote a little note telling them how much I valued their friendship and support in my life and relationship, and asked them to be my ladies! (Of course, I had excitedly asked them over the phone/in person much earlier - yup, that’s me, always jumping the gun.) I then personalized the covers with their names…

Ta-da! My finished products (please excuse my craft-desk-chaos…)

I felt a HUUUGE sense of accomplishment once these were done. The hardest part was filling the books. You could probably knock out at least 3 books on a Saturday.

Did you ask your bridemaids in a creative way? Share your stories and pictures with the hive!

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23 Responses to “Creative Proposals”

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jingle96 (message) 2,842 posts, Sugar bee

I love it!! Now I’m thinking I should do something more formal, like you did! This looks like a fun project and I’m a huge scrapper too!

9/10/09 @ 3:48 pm (reply)

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alohababy28 (message) 466 posts, Helper bee

Oooh those are pretty! My ladies are all the “we assume we’re bridesmaids, no need to ask because you don’t have a choice” type, but since I am big into papercrafting I made them all home made cards “officially” asking (and giving their titles- matron of honor, maid of honor, bridesmaid). I also made them all “bridesmaid” tee shirts.

9/10/09 @ 4:10 pm (reply)

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Miss Stiletto (message) 918 posts, Busy bee

These are adorable!

9/10/09 @ 4:17 pm (reply)

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futurejet (message) 108 posts, Blushing bee

Such a great keepsake for your girls. They look fab!

9/10/09 @ 4:20 pm (reply)

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ilee (message) 64 posts, Worker bee

I believe Mrs. Cherry Blossom did the scrapbook thing for her BMs. It was before she became Miss Cherry Blossom. Here’s the link:

http://www.weddingbee.com/2007/03/27/blog-roundup-jaymonkeees-wedding-party-cards/

9/10/09 @ 4:31 pm (reply)

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laurenmsb7 (message) 30 posts, Newbee

i sent each of my BMs a bouquet of flowers and a sweet little card retelling my favorite memories of me and her.

9/10/09 @ 4:43 pm (reply)

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kmattso2 (message) 1,046 posts, Bumble bee

Those are very cute!! I remember seeing the original post awhile ago too and loved it then as well.
I was like you and jumped the gun asking them right away….so I figured it would be a little silly to ask them “formally” too.

But I have been thinking about doing this as part of their gifts as a thank you.

9/10/09 @ 4:54 pm (reply)

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tea (message) 7,263 posts, Bee Keeper

soo cute! i love that patterned paper!

9/10/09 @ 5:25 pm (reply)

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pvaulter718 (message) 2,116 posts, Buzzing bee

I did little cards to ask my girls, but I was thinking about doing a similar book as a little “after wedding thank-you” with photos from my showers, bachelorette party, and wedding. Silly idea or worth the time?

9/10/09 @ 5:33 pm (reply)

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alvina (message) 807 posts, Busy bee

wow so elaborate! that would’ve been very cool! I just went with some cute “Will you be my BM” cards

9/10/09 @ 6:05 pm (reply)

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MissGuinness (message) 64 posts, Worker bee

Fabulous!

9/10/09 @ 6:18 pm (reply)

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lauralou852 (message) 516 posts, Busy bee

So cute! I made scrapbooks for my ladies and blogged about them here: http://soontobemrsf.blogspot.com/2009/06/pretty-please-asking-my-bridesmaids.html

9/10/09 @ 7:27 pm (reply)

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Kat

Great job!

9/10/09 @ 9:14 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Espresso (message) 1,310 posts, Bumble bee

These are so cute!

9/10/09 @ 10:28 pm (reply)

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Miss Poodle (message) 3,387 posts, Sugar bee

I’m sure your maids will love those!!

9/10/09 @ 10:39 pm (reply)

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Miss Scissors (message) 7,343 posts, Bee Keeper

Those are so adorable! I love them.

9/11/09 @ 12:13 am (reply)

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Miss Moonbeam (message) 1,732 posts, Bumble bee

I didn’t know people did these cute things until after I asked my maids. I’ll just have to give them supercute gifts. Those are great, btw.

9/11/09 @ 1:47 am (reply)

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DC Anna (message) 514 posts, Busy bee

Oh wow Ramen, those turned out beautifully!

9/11/09 @ 8:15 am (reply)

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Newport Nuptials (message) 1,230 posts, Bumble bee

I love them! I made scrapbooks for my bridesmaids, but wish I knew of papersource and their accordian books before making them. They loved them. I made a couple pages with pictures of us in the past, then a page saying what they mean to me and why I want them to be my bms and then asked them, then I made a list of top ten reasons to be my bridesmaid and made it unique for each girl, then I added a page with photos from our engagement party and left blank pages to fill in for all of the upcoming wedding events.

I’m actually using the accordian books for soemthign else, so this post was super helpful on covering the chip boards.

9/11/09 @ 10:35 am (reply)

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