My lovely Bridesmaids

 Well now that I have officially asked all of my lovely ladies I can write this post. So the groom, I feel, has it easy when it comes to his groomsman. A simple text message, phone call, punch to the shoulder, "Wanna be in the wedding?". Maybe they high five and its done. Measurements must be in 1 month before the wedding. Thats the extent of a groomsmans duties. But now a bridesmaid, thats a whole other story. There is a lot a of thought and planning that goes into a being a bridesmaid. Mostly they are there for moral support. The appointments, late night brainstorming sessions, cake tastings. Well normally a lot of these are done with the groom but since Allen cannot be here to help with those (which I secretly think he is thankful for) I am relying on my girls.
  Now since I put a lot of thought into who I would have by my side I did not want to just ask them in any boring way. My craftiness and ocd kicked in and I made these lovely gifts for the girls.

I bought plain wooden cigar boxes from the craft store and painted them in our wedding colors. Each one was decorated a little different than the other and I personalized with each of their names.

When they opened it up this is what it said. But I did not just give them an empty box...

On the inside I placed different little trinkets. I included a little poem asking them to be a maid. A ring pop that said "my turn to pop the question". Tissues for the "tears of joy". A notepad. I also put together a swatch of our wedding colors using scrap book paper.  There was also a note explaining our venue, theme, and what I ask from them as a bridesmaid. Mostly that I understand life, family, and money may get in the way sometimes but what is most important is that I have them next to me on our special day. I need them more for moral support than anything else.
  So thank you girls for being there for me and Allen as we take this next step. It really means a lot to me that you are willing able to help.
Happy Wedding Planning :)