Time has definitely flown since I got engaged, I am a month in and we brain stormed about so much already! After announcing our engagement I have been a bit hush hush on a few things, especially my bridal party selection. I have so many close friends and it took some time for me to figure who to select. After making my selections, I then thought to myself how do I want to ask these individuals.
I put on my create thinking 'cap' and did few searches on the highly addictive Pinterest website. I typically get a lot of inspiration from Pinterest (I absolutely love that website!). After several searches I came across a pin from the Weddings Chicks blog. (Side note: The Wedding Chicks blog is a great resource for DIY projects and wedding inspiration.) The Wedding Chicks featured a cute creative DIY project that a bride used to ask her friends to be in her bridal party. Being that I love DIY projects, I knew this was the perfect way for me to ask my girls to apart of my special day. Though I found the idea to be perfect for my girls, I wanted to add my own personal touches to the concept.
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| My Project Inspiration |
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For a direct link to the blog posting please click here.
For this project the bride used cigar boxes and painted the inside of the boxes with her wedding colors. Within each box she included cards that gave details about the wedding. Each of these boxes were then shipped to the ladies in her bridal party.
Here is what I did...
1. Instead of cigar boxes, I used jewelry boxes from Micheal's Arts and Craft. I painted the inside of the box with the colors of our wedding. My fiance and I went to our local home depot and picked up some sample paint. My fiance helped me with painting the inside of the boxes.
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| Paint Samples |
2. After the boxes were painted, I wanted to incorporate the theme of our wedding into the box. We have a two-part theme for our wedding. First part of theme is "Live, Laugh, Love" which is my favorite phrase. The second part of our theme is "butterflies" which signifies new beginnings. So we placed the phrase "Live, Laugh, Love" on the inside corners of our box. As well as placed "butterflies" on the inside of the top lid. Inside each of the butterflies I wrote a question to the girls. The question was "By my......?" (Maid of Honor, Bridesmaid, or Usher).
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| Inside of box |
3. Inside the box I also included tear sheets that gave details about our big day. I typed up the different cards utilizing a flash card template through Microsoft Office. I printed out the different cards and placed them on card stock of our selected colors. The tear sheets included:
- Wedding day details
- Dress Information
- Roles
- My promise to the bridal party (I'm sure they will all be keeping this card handy!)
- Etc.
4. In addition to the tear sheets, I included color swatches of our colors. We used sample paint cards from Home Depot. This gave the bridal party an idea of where we are going in regards to our colors.
5. I also wanted to add a personal touch to each box. I was able to do so by creating a collage of each girl and a fun moment we had, and placing the collage in the box. I also framed each picture with a picture frame from Micheal's Arts and Crafts.
6. I then placed each box into a separate gift bag, so that I could give them to the girls.
I really hope the ladies like the jewelry boxes! I wanted to show each and everyone one of them that I appreciate them, and it's a blessing that they are in my life. As well as letting them know how much it means to me that they take part in my special day. Stayed tuned for my next posting and I will let you know how everything went!
Do you want to create a similar project such as mine? Here is what you will need:
- Jewelry boxes - You can pick these up from your local craft store. (I went to Micheal's Arts & Craft and placed a special order, so I was able to get a bulk discount)
- Sample paint - You can find these at your local Home Depot or Loews store.
- Paint cards - You can find these at your local Home Depot or Loews store.
- Card stock - You can get this from your local craft store.
- Glue stick - For the tear sheet cards.
- Butterfly hole punch - I purchased mine from the local craft store.
This was a fun little DIY project to let your bridal party know how special they are to you. It does take a little time to complete, but it is well worth it once you see the smiles on their faces when the recipients face.
Enjoy!
L.B
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