Weddingbee Blog

Let’s just say it: choosing a bridal party is equal parts sucky and joyful.

I’m more of a “small group of close friends” than a “big group of acquaintances” gal. I was thrilled to ask my closest friends to stand next to me…but I am still—STILL—feeling the sting of not being able to include everyone. I’m lucky, though, and every single person has been a gem about it.

I mostly just asked them on the phone, but I did send out three different versions of a card, which said on the inside, “Will you be a bridesmaid?”

All it took is half an hour, Microsoft Publisher, and an unparalleled sense of sophistication—voila! A bridal party.

(Can you believe they let me blog on this site? Other bees bust out heavy machinery and beautiful paper goods, and I give you THOSE monstrosities? Hey, DIY is DIY.)

So you met my matron of honor. My other four attendants are equally beloved and beautiful—two childhood friends and two college roomies. I also have a best man, who I asked in person instead of with a card.

He is also a former roommate, and someone who I knew I’d want to have in our bridal party. At first I figured he’d be a groomsman. His skills will be vital to our dance party formal reception.

But he’s my friend, so it made more sense for him to be on my side, and I’m glad he agreed. He could have said no. I would have understood if he decided he’d feel out of place as the sole dude.

He lives in New York these days. Three of my ladies are in Central Ohio, one in Pittsburgh, and one in St. Louis—all too far away from me!! But now I get to have these five gals and one guy next to me in May, and I couldn’t love them more.

How did it go for you, putting together a bridal party? Was there any drama?