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Most brides are very excited to ask their friends to be bridesmaids in their weddings. Once you have done that, it is nice to find some fun ways to include them in your wedding along the way. Check out some of these fun ways to involve your bridesmaids in planning your wedding.
Since your bridesmaids should be the women who know you the best, they should be able to give you good advice. Use them as a resource to help you make choices for your wedding along the way. Here is one idea you might not find in the wedding planning books – set up a private website for your bridal party with polls. Narrow down things like the wedding color palette, your centerpieces, or your invitation design to three or four top choices, and then let your bridesmaids vote on their favorite one. As long as you would be equally happy with any of the options you list, this will be a lot of fun for everyone. Your bridesmaids will definitely feel like you value their opinions.
It may come as no surprise that what attendants care about the most is what they will wear and what their bridesmaid jewelry will look like. It can be a great bonding experience for all the girls to go out shopping together to pick their bridesmaid dresses. This works best if everyone has fairly similar taste, or if you are asking each attendant to choose her own dress within a certain color family. We’ve all read the warnings in the wedding planning books about too many chefs spoiling the soup when you try to take a whole gaggle of gals to choose one bridesmaid dress. If that is the look you want for your bridal party, it is better to shop with just your maid of honor to pick the dress style, and then let all the girls have a say in the bridesmaid jewelry.
Destination weddings are very popular, and can be a lot of fun. They have become such a popular way to tie the knot that there are even special destination and beach wedding planning books. Pulling together a wedding far from your hometown is a little different than organizing a party at the country club right down the road from your house. Get prepared with these important wedding planning tips for destination weddings.
You will have many factors to consider when it comes to finding the best place to get married. While the personal preferences of the bride and groom should certainly be high on the list of priorities, do not forget about your families. For instance, if you want to have a big family-friendly wedding with all of your nieces and nephews, a small island that has only a couples-only type resort would not be the best choice. If you know that you will be inviting relatives and friends with a range of financial circumstances, it would be nice to choose a wedding site which is near resorts in several different price ranges, rather than an area where all of the hotels cost a fortune. You will increase the chances that your loved ones will be able to attend your wedding if you make it easy for them.
With your wedding destination decided, you can start bridal gown shopping. Many destination weddings take place in tropical locales, and there are some wedding gown styles which are far better suited to beaches than others. You will be the most comfortable in a light and breezy wedding dress made from a summery fabric like organza or chiffon. There is something about a sparkly dress with a long train that just does not seem right for a destination wedding. Opt for a lovely soft bridal gown with beach motif bridal jewelry. Shoot for finding a wedding dress which will be easy to travel with. You want a dress that can fit into a garment bag to be carried onto a plane. Checking something as precious as your wedding gown with your airline is a recipe for disaster.