Sis was chief bridesmaid, cousin normal bridesmaid.
They are both lots of fun, you can see we're enjoying ourselves on a lot of the photos the family took!
They were both happy to spend a few hours looking for dresses - they picked the pattern and agreed to wear dark green and have a single white rose as a flower. I picked the material, the dressmaker did a great job and Mum organised stoles and shoes to match. I'm glad she did: the day was windy enough that a stole made a difference to a halterneck dress!
Cousin bought me a special wedding memories box - it contains an order of service, an invitation, the dried buttonholes, placenames, some cards, the champagne corks from all the bottles we drank that month, and a letter I wrote to DH just after the wedding. LMAO - he has NO idea because he NEVER looks in that box. It will be found at some point. It was going to be for our first anniversary but we'd just moved house and it was still in a box but maybe he'll find it one day.
I do wish... Sis had organised a hen night for me. The girl who did the reading at the service did that for me. But she didn't know any family so it was just a few of my friends that she did know. It was a great night but it could have been different.
That someone had pointed out part of my hair had kinked and smoothed it down for me.
That Sis hadn't crashed Mum's car the day we drove up (2 days prior) so the day before the wedding was "poor Sis, she's so hurt, I hope she'll be OK for the wedding." The day before should have been about ME!
Although Sis did help make the favours and she made all the place names, which looked FANTASTIC.
Thanks so much for your replies ladies and keep them coming.
We have already been looking for dresses and she is going to make a decision at the end of this month to make sure it gets here in time.
My sister is so relax that she doesn't have any idea what she wants me to do really hence I am here. Some really good suggestions, I was planning bringing out the champers early so we might have a glass and put it away, it has been known to be 42 degrees here in feb
See LZ these are great things to be aware, just cause I am such a dunce, any idea on how to smooth a kink? might have to write that down and ask the hairdresser
My sister was MOH and I had 2 friends as Bridesmaids.
My sister and BM1 were fabulous. THey came wedding shopping with me at the drop of a hat, organised my hens night, helped with invitations and kept me calm. I appreciated everything they ddi for me during the lead up to the wedding.
Probably the best thing they did for me on the day, although I didn't appreciate it at the time, was not allow me to drink Not even 1!
emergency kit:
eye drops (red eyes from crying = not a good look in photos!)
tampons (jic!)
bobby pins/safety pins
tissues
lipstick/gloss
lollies (sugar!)
my maids were great - they had to take me to the toilet to hold my dress and were very gracious!
they made sure my dress was always looking fab, I always had fresh lipstick on and they made me eat/drink
I knew if I cried I'd ruin my makeup, so just didn't cry. If I knew Sis had make up remover, mascara and lipstick on her I'd have looked awful during the speeches. So that depends on the bride. As for my hair - I know how to fix it. You just need to put the offending bit back in place and whack a clip/grip over it if it's being stubborn. But someone should have just told me!
Awesome things - went out to a day spa and gave me hand and foot massages while there (she's on the dole and couldn't afford to pay for them!) Also, the reason I got her to do it (she's my sis) was because she has always been really good at calming me down in a panic, like when my friends locked me out of our room on the day. By accident, lol!
Things I wish she did : #1 turn up to the rehearsal!!! But that was a family issue, my mum was so hung up on seeing my dad again (they hadn't spoken for 18 months) that she screwed up a few things.
Some other friends organised a big girly sleepover the night before, including a bloody mary at breakfast the next day (which I love) I wish my sis had sorted that out.
MIL and SIL organised my hens do - sis lived too far away. It was an absolutely killer night - hilarious and had the best time. That was a lovely thing to do.
And of course dress shopping. I made my own dress, but still managed to go dress shopping 5 times!
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