Weddingbee Blog

One of the upsides to having a sister get married the year before you is learning lessons through her experiences and some of your own. I learned some things that will be helpful when dealing with my own bridal shower, wedding, and some things that will help if I’m asked to be in another bridal party.

1. People do appreciate details. Especially the bride. Make sure you put thought into her shower and make it special. She will appreciate it.

2. Shower lesson: It’s important to have a designated person to take photos. You don’t need to hire a photographer like Sister Starfish did for her shower, but your bridesmaids are probably too busy to take photos and will most likely miss key moments. Designate someone who doesn’t have any other responsibilities on the day of the shower. I typically take 100 photos on a regular Saturday night out, but as my Sister Starfish’s MOH at her shower I had pretty much took zero. I was so busy with everything else, I literally forgot to take photos until the last 10 minutes, when I got a few in.

3. People like speedy present opening. (At least my family does, as there’s more time to enjoy with the bride), but make sure you have someone who can take great notes! Sister Starfish was so speedy, I missed a gift or two.

4. If you really want to get china or other specific items on your registry, it’s best to register at a big name department store with multiple locations. Make things as convenient as possible for guests and you’ll be more likely to get what you asked for.

5. People like shower games, even if you don’t. They also like it if they aren’t too complicated. Don’t choose something like wedding trivia with pop culture if the shower guest list consists of mostly older women. Go for a traditional game or something that will be appealing to the bulk of the crowd.

6. Make sure you are extremely organized if you are a bridesmaid. It’s easy to forget things like paper plates for ribbon bouquets. Have another bridesmaid check over your to do list to make sure you haven’t forgotten anything.

7. Proofread everything. That’s a no brainer, but I forgot to do this on one of the shower games and had a shower answer listed for the wrong question.

8. Delegate, delegate, delegate. Don’t take on more than you can handle, especially if you are lucky enough to have other bridesmaids offering to help.

9. Have fun. This is one of the few times in life where most of the important people in a girl’s life get together to celebrate!

If you’ve been a bridesmaid before, what did you learn that you’ll be applying to your own wedding?