Asking your friends to be your bridesmaids in a creative way
There are many ways you can ask your friends to be your bridesmaids. As they are special to you, instead of simply asking them in a matter-of fact-fashion during a routine occasion you can make the moment memorable and more delightful by being creative.
Telegrams are rare these days, and although they don’t look beautiful, as they are simply type written, they have a sense of nostalgia and romance about them. There’s something special about being sent an urgent message which is hand delivered.
Most women love shoes, and your bridesmaids are bound to need new ones for your wedding day. If you are pretty sure your friends are going to answer in the affirmative when you ask them, buy pretty matching satin shoes and place a note inside asking them if they will wear them on your wedding day when they are your bridesmaids. End the note with a question mark so it’s clear you aren’t making an outright assumption that they’ll agree, even although you are. Keep receipts just in case they can’t oblige.
Ask your friends to meet you in a restaurant where you’ve pre-ordered desserts for them as a treat. Get the waiter to place a small note asking them to be your bridesmaids on a cocktail stick stuck in each dessert. Be mindful to carefully select individual desserts you know are your friend’s favorites.
Buy each friend a silver pendant in the form of atriple spiral. This Celtic symbol represents feminine power, and especially that which is gained via transition and growth. Present the pendants in gift boxes which contain your request.
Select a photograph picturing you and each friend on a happy occasion. Place them in frames and stick your request on a piece of paper on the back. Instead of giving them to your friends secretly place them in their homes where they will discover them later.
projector. Make popcorn for the interval, and during the second half of the show make sure you slip a rogue slide into the projector showing the message, ‘please will you be my bridesmaids?’
Asking your friends to be your bridesmaids in a creative manner will make the invitation more memorable and fun. By thinking outside the box and presenting the question in an unusual fashion you can make doing so special.
