{"id":1031,"date":"2015-11-20T23:50:23","date_gmt":"2015-11-20T23:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nextstopadventure.com\/?p=1031"},"modified":"2016-12-18T22:58:14","modified_gmt":"2016-12-18T22:58:14","slug":"my-proposal-to-the-bridesmaids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextstopadventure.com\/index.php\/2015\/11\/20\/my-proposal-to-the-bridesmaids\/","title":{"rendered":"My Proposal to the Bridesmaids"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Proposing<\/a><\/p>\n

Almost as soon as I got engaged, I started planning the wedding. I was just so excited! I wanted to be able to start planning with my bridesmaids.<\/p>\n

But who were my bridesmaids?! I started with a number that I was aiming for, and planned from there. Looking at other brides’ photos from their wedding with their bridesmaids, I decided I wanted an even number so in photos it’d be even. Even numbers in this situation are acceptable \ud83d\ude42 4 girls was too few for the friends I wanted to include, and 8 seemed like overkill. I settled on 6 bridesmaids.<\/p>\n

Then… Who was I choosing? I chose long-time close\u00a0friends and a couple close friends I made in college and actively kept up with.<\/p>\n

First, my Maid of Honor…. Katie! My older sister. Despite our age difference, Katie is my best friend and only sister. She is there when I need her– through blood, sweat, and tears. See what I did there?<\/p>\n

\"Katie<\/a><\/p>\n

The remaining five bridesmaids are all my close friends from either St. Pete High years or University of Florida classes or RecSports.<\/p>\n

In no particular order:<\/p>\n

\"Demi\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Demi<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Erica<\/a><\/p>\n

Erica<\/p>\n

\"Wannee\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Wannee<\/p>\n

\"Courtney\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Courtney<\/p>\n

\"Elizabeth<\/a><\/p>\n

Elizabeth<\/p>\n

Now, the fun part! I wanted to “propose” to them. I found quite a few ideas on Pinterest. I also had to consider that I was mailing all of the proposals. I am also not the craftiest person. Between the ideas I found on the internet, and my own abilities this is what I came up with:<\/p>\n

I got a bunch of paint chips at the hardware store. I decided each girl was going to have a different color family. This is Katie’s in progress:<\/p>\n

\"IMG_2179\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Then I poked holes in all of them at the top, and used twine to string them all together.<\/p>\n

These are all 6 next to each other. Excuse the crappy photo quality!<\/p>\n

\"IMG_2181\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Once the garland was done. I attached them to pretty scrapbook paper so that they could open it like a card. I decorated their cards with little scrapbooking stickers. They were all a little different. I also wrapped the whole package\u00a0with tissue paper.<\/p>\n

Then I added a chocolate rose (it was around Valentine’s Day), a small gift card to Starbucks, and a Ring pop. Something small, but appreciated. I am very excited to have them all standing up by my side on the big day!<\/p>\n

This is what the cards looked like. (I have removed\u00a0their last names for their privacy.)<\/p>\n

\"courtney<\/a> \"elizabeth<\/a> \"Katie<\/a><\/p>\n

Then, all of them together!<\/p>\n

\"all\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I was pretty proud of my little cards when I was done.<\/p>\n

Guess what… They all said yes! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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