Weddingbee Blog

We have not one, but TWO adorable flower girls! E will be 5 and G will be 2 1/2 on our big day.

G is the daughter of one of my cousins, and both he and his wife also went to Penn State! E is the daughter of another one of my cousins, and I was a bridesmaid in her wedding a few years back. It means so much to be able to involve family in our day as much as possible, and we are truly honored to have these little ones be our flower girls!

Dressing them has proven to be really fun so far. After talking with their moms, we all agreed that flower girl dresses, like the bridesmaid dresses, were not something we wanted to break the bank on. We had originally decided to shop in person at some local department stores around the holidays, but then E’s mom found some gorgeous (and reasonable!) dresses online at Gymboree!

The dresses are ivory silk dupioni and straight up adorable. For G, there were two options - a shorter, sleeved version and a longer, sleeveless version. In E’s size, the longer, sleeveless version is available. We ordered the dresses (available online only) in their sizes to try on, and then E gave my family a lovely fashion show at a recent get together. Unfortunately I couldn’t be there, but I heard she was totally adorable, and that the dress has been totally “spinning approved”. Two thumbs up!

Check them out:

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G tried her options on as well, and it was decided that she too would wear the longer, sleeveless version. We also were able to get the girls ivory tights and hair accessories to match! I’ve also heard that they will be getting these incredibly adorable jackets, since it’s probably going to be pretty cold.

Even though the girls’ dresses come with ivory sashes, I ordered some satin sashes from Alfred Angelo in celadon (shown below on the pink dress), a color similar to the guys’ ties.

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Once the sashes come in, we will try them on with the dresses and make the final call.

As a colored-shoe bride, I don’t see why I should have all the fun! After perusing my usual shoe hot spots (Zappos, Endless and Amazon) and coming up short in the ’cheap and cute’ little girl shoe departments, I checked out Target. Why didn’t I just head there first and save myself some time? Who knows! There were TONS of options that were more than half off the prices of those other shoe sites. Take a look at some of my favorites:

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The sparkly pairs are just $12.99, and the last pair is only $14.99 - can you believe it!? I personally like the light pink glitter pair the best, but I think any of them will be great! We’re going to purchase these just after the holidays, to ensure they will fit our youngsters’ growing feet!

Where did you find your flower girl duds?