Beautiful Bridesmaids!

This weekend I successfully finished asking my closest "sisters" to be my bridesmaids! It took a little longer than I had planned due to schedules and stomach pains that delayed some of the planning, but I wanted to do it in person if I could. I'm so happy to at last have my squad!

Given our Beauty and the Beast theme, I could see no other way to ask someone to be a bridesmaid than with a single red rose. As a pretty and personal touch, I also included a monogrammed necklace with their initials on each pendant (gold in color to match our wedding color too)!

Unlike, The Bachelor, everyone received a rose--except for one bridesmaid who was not able to travel. Instead, I mailed rose petals for her daughters to practice with (flower girls in training)!

The best part of asking was seeing the reactions of my friends. It reminded me of their reactions when I first told them the news that I was engaged. These are just some of my favorites from that announcement back in June:

The next step in the wedding preparation process is to create a Facebook group of bridesmaids for everyone to communicate with each other, and so I can easily send out important information. Like the bridesmaid dresses! Which I sort of almost have finalized. More on that soon!

Right now I'm just grateful to have six beautiful ladies who have agreed to join me on this exciting journey and wild ride! As I've told them before, I don't have any blood sisters (only brothers), but these girls are still sisters to me.

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