Connecting the Bridal Party—My First DIY Wedding Project

Connecting the Bridal Party—My First DIY Wedding Project

August 26th, 2010 @ 3:13 pm by Mrs. Hippo
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As I mentioned here, I am having nine women in my bridal party—four bridesmaids and five in the house party. Eight of the nine women know each other very, very well. The ninth is my sister and the MOH. I figured that since my sister doesn’t really know the other women and they don’t really know her, it would be good to share everyone’s contact information so that they could be in touch with each other if they wanted or needed to. Of course, the easiest way to do this would be a simple e-mail, but oh no…that’s not DIY fun, now, is it??!

I designed this simple 5″ x 7″ card in Microsoft Publisher and printed it out on metallic card stock. It includes our wedding logo and a letter to the bridal party on the left, and the contact information for the bridesmaids and house party members on the right. Easy peasy!

I swear this looks so much better without all the stuff marked out!

Did you do anything special to get your bridal party connected?

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13 Responses to “Connecting the Bridal Party—My First DIY Wedding Project”

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jjilyeah (message) 275 posts, Helper bee

Lovely idea? What is a house party?

8/26/10 @ 3:16 pm (reply)

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mame (message) 19 posts, Newbee

Love it!! Great idea.. i just did the regular email chain.. but this is super cute!

8/26/10 @ 3:26 pm (reply)

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MissDonnaAnne (message) 280 posts, Helper bee

Um.. starting the DIY project NOW! Thanks for the fabulous idea!!

8/26/10 @ 3:36 pm (reply)

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aruka11 (message) 615 posts, Busy bee

So cute! My BMs (all 10 of them!) are all over the world and don’t know each other well, but I did design a Publisher newsletter to send out electronically.

8/26/10 @ 3:45 pm (reply)

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Miss Hippo (message) 1,009 posts, Bumble bee

@jjilyeah: Check out my post about it here: http://www.weddingbee.com/2010/08/21/wedding-house-party/

8/26/10 @ 4:07 pm (reply)

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jordynrose (message) 6,351 posts, Bee Keeper

Very cute! I did something similar for my BMs since they didn’t all know one another and all live in different states.

8/26/10 @ 4:27 pm (reply)

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amanda2011 (message) 82 posts, Worker bee

That is so cute! I hadn’t done anything, but might have to steal your idea!

8/26/10 @ 5:38 pm (reply)

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kokuu (message) 90 posts, Worker bee

Very cute idea! I didn’t do anything, but my bridesmaids decided to friend each other on facebook. Two of my bridesmaids already knew each other (my best friend from childhood and my little sister) but they both added my future SIL (my third bridesmaid). We have a private facebook group, and it’s made things really easy for posting dress ideas, accessories and things of that nature.

8/26/10 @ 5:46 pm (reply)

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icelara (message) 272 posts, Helper bee

I’m doing this for my BMs now!

8/26/10 @ 5:52 pm (reply)

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letta (message) 23 posts, Newbee

Nice idea! I did an email to introduce my 7 bridesmaids who are located in 5 different cities, most of whom do not really know each other. I included where each of them lives and what they do for a little background, and attached a picture of me with each maid, that way they could all start to put faces to names. I had previously mailed each bridesmaid the picture I attached of her and me in a frame with a card asking her to be my bridesmaid.

8/26/10 @ 7:07 pm (reply)

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heather5743 (message) 1,904 posts, Buzzing bee

This is a really cute idea! I need to remember it when I decide to ask my bridesmaids!

8/26/10 @ 10:46 pm (reply)

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BunnyBunz (message) 173 posts, Blushing bee

What a great idea, wish I had thought of this! Luckily all my BMs are on my Facebook so it does help with the communication and they can all see the other BMs.

8/27/10 @ 9:13 am (reply)

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8/27/10 @ 3:15 pm (reply)