asking my girls.

We all think about who will be our bridesmaids and stand up there with us from an early age, and a big deciding factor in our wedding was that M had a smaller number of guys that he wanted to stand up there with us. So we made the decision that I would have a few more girls than he had guys, but not so many more that it would look awkward.

My bridal party will include five of my best friends and family - the three best friends of my life from high school, my best friend from college and my cousin/pseudo sister. I am so stinkin excited to have these people who mean the world to me standing up there! Our flower girl will be another cousin's daughter and we will have two ring bearers, M's nephew and my cousin's son.

I decided I had wanted to do something special to ask my ladies so decided on a super money-saving DIY project. I purchased blank note cards and 3D wedding decals and printed up 'Will you be my bridesmaid' cards on my own printer. Inside the card was a sweet little poem telling them all what they meant to me and officially asking them. Granted, they all already knew I wanted them up there with me, but I wanted to make it official by asking in a special way I totally forgot to take pics of the cards before I mailed them all out though - boo - but I got the idea form something I had read online and they turned out to look very much like this card. :)