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Miss Aardvark, Beaver Dam, WI Age and Occupation: 23, Assistant Product Manager Fiance's Age and Occupation: 31, Business Analyst Engagement Date: May 28th, 2011 Wedding Date: April 2012 Venue: St. Philip Catholic Church/Arcadia Brewing Co. About Me: I am a resourceful lady who love surprises and adventure. At the same time, I value traditions, family and friends. I like to make crafty messes, sometimes, clean them up, and do pretty much anything outdoors. The Mister and I are pretty avid cyclists---we have nine bikes in our home right now...and one motorcycle! We both enjoy eating food we can't pronounce (language doesn't really matter) and going places we've never been. We currently reside in rural Wisconsin, enjoying the cheese and beer it has to offer, and getting outside whenever we can!
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As I explained in an earlier post, my ladies are spread out all over the Midwest. Sadly, this made asking them all in person nearly impossible.* I wanted to do something more than just a phone call. However, I am not very patient and did not want to wait for them to get something in the mail. The solution was easy: I would make cards and call them. The best of both worlds, right? Right!

I went about collecting pictures of myself with each of the bridesmaids. I also tore out the most obnoxious pictures I could find in bridal magazines. I do not have any pictures of this process because I was not blogging at the time. So sorry.

I then cut out my own and the bridesmaids’ faces and affixed them to the overly-foofy-dress-wearing bridal-magazine bodies. (As a side note, if you are into foofy dresses more power to you! They look like a lot of fun to wear!) I then stuck these wedding-ed-up versions of my friends and me to a card, wrote a nice note, wrapped the whole thing in silver rick-rack I had lying around, stuffed ’em in an envelope, and popped them in the mail. Easy. Peasy. Would you like to see?

Pretty Maids All in a Row: How I Asked :  wedding beaver dam bridesmaid Bmcard BM+Card

Bridesmaid OT was kind enough to send me a picture.

Of course before doing all of this I called each one and asked over the phone. It was not overly classy or sophisticated, but it was fun/sweet/simple. Perfect for my girls and me!

How did you ask your bridesmaids?

*I was able to ask BM Sis and BM OT in person.

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5 Responses to “Pretty Maids All in a Row: How I Asked”

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Mrs. Pony (message)  4,176 posts, Honey bee

Your cards are too funny! I wish I would have done something like this for my bms!

 
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PeacocksAndCandy (message)  158 posts, Blushing bee

I guess I never really asked mine. Which I regret because I am a “paper-lover” so I would have loved to have sent cards. My sisters knew ahead of time that they would be bridesmaids and so did my best friend. The only thing I had to do was ask my MOH’s to be my MOH’s. Looking back at it, I do with I would have done things differently. I chose 4 of my 6 sisters to be bridesmaids, and I wish i would have chosen all six. At the time it seemed like the right thing to do since my fiance didn’t have 7 guys he could choose, but at the end of the day I bet we could have found 2 extra guys for him.

 
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Mrs. Parasol (message)  2,142 posts, Buzzing bee

Love this idea! So fun!

 
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Miss Ladyfingers (message)  1,119 posts, Bumble bee

This is hilarious! I so wish I’d done something creative. I just awkardly asked my girls. I asked two of them on the phone. Whatevs :)

 
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Miss Kettle (message)  909 posts, Busy bee

I actually asked them all before I was engaged. Like 4 months before I was engaged. Before Mr. Kettle and I were even officially an item… Crazy, I know.
But after we were engaged, we sent our entire wedding party printed cards asking them to be a part of it all.
I’m loving the pics of your heads!

 

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Miss Aardvark, Beaver Dam, WI Age and Occupation: 23, Assistant Product Manager Fiance's Age and Occupation: 31, Business Analyst Engagement Date: May 28th, 2011 Wedding Date: April 2012 Venue: St. Philip Catholic Church/Arcadia Brewing Co. About Me: I am a resourceful lady who love surprises and adventure. At the same time, I value traditions, family and friends. I like to make crafty messes, sometimes, clean them up, and do pretty much anything outdoors. The Mister and I are pretty avid cyclists---we have nine bikes in our home right now...and one motorcycle! We both enjoy eating food we can't pronounce (language doesn't really matter) and going places we've never been. We currently reside in rural Wisconsin, enjoying the cheese and beer it has to offer, and getting outside whenever we can!

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