Today was a fun day in the wedding planning process. I crafted, put together, and shipped out my "Be My Maid?" boxes {shoutout to Pinterest for the oh-so-adorable idea!}. I think that this way of asking someone to be your maid/matron of honor and bridesmaid is not only crafty, but very personal. You have the ability to design these boxes in whichever way you wish and fill them with whatever you desire. Below I will explain how I did my bridesmaids boxes and I hope that it gives you inspiration for yours!
Shopping list:
- Small wooden crates with handles (Michael's)
- White, coral, and peach paint (Hobby Lobby)
- Mint tissue paper (Hobby Lobby)
- Rolls of burlap and lace (Hobby Lobby)
- Gold sunflowers, stems removed (Hobby Lobby)
- Jute Twine(Hobby Lobby)
- Burlap banner cut-outs (Hobby Lobby)
- Beige name tags with hole punch (Hobby Lobby)
- Mini wooden clothespins (Hobby Lobby)
- Blush Pink and Gold tulle (Hobby Lobby)
- Mint cardstock (Hobby Lobby)
- Mini pearl stick-ons (Hobby Lobby)
- Mason jars (collect spaghetti jars)
- Mini Sutter Home's White Zinfandel wine bottles (Wal-Mart)
- Gold paint marker (Wal-Mart)
- Ferrero Rocher chocolates (Wal-Mart)
- Paint chips of wedding color palette (Lowe's)
I started buying materials and designing these boxes last week- before I even knew I was going to start this blog. Therefore, I didn't get to take pictures of each step. Sorry! But I will do the best I can in explaining everything with little to no confusion!
Before you even start designing your bridesmaids' boxes or buying materials for them, make sure you have the colors of your wedding picked out first. I also have a themed wedding- we are going for a rustic country chic look. So that really helped in making my decisions for materials.
My weddings colors are mint, blush rose, and golds with a touch of neutral tones & peach. Accents are burlap, lace, and pearls.
You can represent your wedding colors in different ways- cloth pieces, nail polishes, and so forth. I chose to do paint chips because they are just as effective in representing the colors and, even better, they're free!!! This really helped since I had to make 7 of these boxes…!
The only thing I had to do with the paint chips is layer them, as shown above, and tape the back of them to each other so they stay in place. I added a touch of jute twine, just to add some cuteness! This part is done. Easy, peasy.
Before you even start designing your bridesmaids' boxes or buying materials for them, make sure you have the colors of your wedding picked out first. I also have a themed wedding- we are going for a rustic country chic look. So that really helped in making my decisions for materials.
My weddings colors are mint, blush rose, and golds with a touch of neutral tones & peach. Accents are burlap, lace, and pearls.
You can represent your wedding colors in different ways- cloth pieces, nail polishes, and so forth. I chose to do paint chips because they are just as effective in representing the colors and, even better, they're free!!! This really helped since I had to make 7 of these boxes…!
The only thing I had to do with the paint chips is layer them, as shown above, and tape the back of them to each other so they stay in place. I added a touch of jute twine, just to add some cuteness! This part is done. Easy, peasy.
Now, remember how I said that my wedding theme is on the rustic country chic side? In order to determine how I was going to put together this box, I started to think of items that i would incorporate in my reception to use for this bridesmaid box. Mason jars, burlap, lace, pearls…
I bought mini White Zinfandel bottles to represent the pinks that will be a part of the wedding. PLus, what girl doesn't like wine?! The sunflower was a nice touch since the center of it is gold and it's a good flower to represent the time of year we are getting married- the summer time! I also bought Ferrero Rocher chocolates- to represent the gold- and filled them inside the mason jar. I cut square pieces of burlap and pink tulle, laid it over the open mason jar, then recapped the jar with its original lid. Simple & cost-effective.
I bought mini White Zinfandel bottles to represent the pinks that will be a part of the wedding. PLus, what girl doesn't like wine?! The sunflower was a nice touch since the center of it is gold and it's a good flower to represent the time of year we are getting married- the summer time! I also bought Ferrero Rocher chocolates- to represent the gold- and filled them inside the mason jar. I cut square pieces of burlap and pink tulle, laid it over the open mason jar, then recapped the jar with its original lid. Simple & cost-effective.
This part was my personal favorite!
As you can see, I made four different notes for the bridesmaids. Each had a particular set of information that is important for the bridesmaid.
Note #1:"I'm Getting' Hitched!" announces the engagement of me and my fiancé.
Note #2: "Your Special Part" is personalized for each bridesmaid. I wrote about how their friendship is special to me, what it means to me to have them in my life, some favorite memories- things like that. Then I asked if they would be there for my big day.
Note #3: "Your Yes to the Dress" describes the dress that they will be wearing on the big day- color, type, pricing, etc.
Note #4: "Let's All Be Friends!" is a note that has a list of all the bridesmaids, their emails, and phone numbers. This will come in handy when they need to touch base with each other for planning, events, and so forth. I thought this was a great idea so they feel like they can talk to each other as easily as I can talk to each one of them.
As you can see, I made four different notes for the bridesmaids. Each had a particular set of information that is important for the bridesmaid.
Note #1:"I'm Getting' Hitched!" announces the engagement of me and my fiancé.
Note #2: "Your Special Part" is personalized for each bridesmaid. I wrote about how their friendship is special to me, what it means to me to have them in my life, some favorite memories- things like that. Then I asked if they would be there for my big day.
Note #3: "Your Yes to the Dress" describes the dress that they will be wearing on the big day- color, type, pricing, etc.
Note #4: "Let's All Be Friends!" is a note that has a list of all the bridesmaids, their emails, and phone numbers. This will come in handy when they need to touch base with each other for planning, events, and so forth. I thought this was a great idea so they feel like they can talk to each other as easily as I can talk to each one of them.
After I personalized the notes for each of the ladies, I printed everything out and went scissor happy. Mounting on the mint paper helped incorporate that color of the wedding. For a little special touch, I added sticker pearls at the corners of each note. They are 3D pearls and stick very well- I got a pack of 100 for $2.00! To complete this, I wrapped all four notes together with a lace ribbon. Country sophistication at its finest!
It's finally time to start putting all the little pieces together into a final product! Sticking with the country theme, I was on a mission to find crates as my box. Thankfully, Michael's had the perfect size crate for my little trinkets. The crates were natural wood and, although they were pretty when I bought them, I personally decided to paint each crate one coat of white. Just for a little "color" on them. After painting each crate, I painted each mini clothespin a coral color. This turned out to really pop against the white crate. On each pre-cut burlap banner, I used the gold paint marker to write "Be my Maid?". I know it doesn't look like it in the picture, but I promise it's a really pretty gold! Once all of those individual items dried, I clipped the burlap banner and hot glued the pins onto the crate. Stuffed each crate with mint tissue paper, the candy mason jar, mini wine bottle, sunflower, paint chip colors, the notes, and voila!
You can stop here, but since I had to mail some of my bridesmaids crates, here's what I did...
So this next step is not really necessary, but it was for me since I had to mail all these crates out. The cutest way I could think of doing this was using tulle. I took half a yard of gold tulle and half a yard of pink tulle. I layered them on top of each other on the table, then placed the crate in the middle of it.
I pulled the tulle up from all sides up to the top, making sure that it was tight as possible against the crate. This will hopefully prevent things from getting out of the crate when it's in the safety of the postal service man's hands! I tied off the tulle with lace ribbon that has pearls on it. There was a little extra tulle on the top, so I just snipped the top as much as I wanted. Finally, I took a piece of twine, wrote the bridesmaid's name on a name tag, and tied it next to the lace bow.
Cute. Affordable. Unforgettable.
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