My Beautiful Bridesmaids

I have been friends with the same group of wonderful, fabulous, beautiful girls for what seems like a lifetime! I feel so lucky to have had the same solid group of friends from elementary school, middle school, and high school! My girlfriends know me better than I know myself sometimes. When Andy and I got engaged, I knew without a doubt that I wanted these girls standing up with me at the altar. I can not wait to celebrate with them throughout all the fun wedding and pre-wedding events!


Since my friends are so important to me and we are all so close, I wanted to formally ask them to be in my wedding in a special way. I scoured the internet for cute ideas. A lot of brides out there had been recommending a book called The Bridesmaid Guide by Kate Chenoweth. Since I am the first of our group to get married, most of my friends have no experience at being in a wedding party. I thought it would be cute to get each of my 5 bridesmaids a cute book of "to-do's" and a t-shirt for all our fun upcoming occasions! I found some really cute tank tops with rhinestone-studded bridesmaid written across the front. Each of my bridesmaids got a gift that included this:
For my maid of honor, I wanted to make sure and tailor her gift appropriately. So, I stuck with my theme and found a cute Maid of Honor book for her to reference and her own tank top with maid of honor written across the front. Here is what she received:
Here is a picture of all the girls' gift bags that I put together before asking them to be in our wedding party!

Last Friday, I met my roommate from college for drinks after work. She finally had the opportunity to see the ring in person and we got to gab about all things wedding :) I gave her a card that I had prepared and her gift bag, and she said yes! 1 bridesmaid was down... 4 bridesmaids and 1 maid of honor to go.

Following drinks, 3 of my best girlfriends came to meet me for dinner at Silverado, our favorite local restaurant. We have practically grown up at this restaurant so it was only fitting that this occasion be celebrated there! Upon their arrival, we ordered drinks and I presented them each with their gifts. They all said yes as well! 4 bridesmaids down, 1 more to go... plus my maid of honor! One of my other best friends came out to a local Hokie bar for the Virginia tech football game on Saturday, so I was able to ask her then. She said yes too! Boy was I glad to have all 5 of my bridesmaids agree to share in our big day :)