Bridesmaid Requests!

So my fiance, Brett, and I recently got engaged on May 11, in San Francisco! It was a perfect post-graduation trip that culminated with his proposal the night before we flew home!

As soon as I got home I couldn't wait to start planning our wedding. First up was to ask some of the people who mean the most to me to join us on our special day.

I got the inspiration from Pinterest here (I'm new to blogging so hopefully that links back correctly; although the pin itself didn't actually go to a webpage).  On another page, I saw the text "Some Assembly Required" (sorry, can't find the pin now that I'm looking for it) and those two ideas gave me the inspiration on creating a personalized puzzle for each of my bridesmaids.

Here are 4 of the 5 puzzles!

I was my middle sister's maid of honor at her wedding, so I felt it only right that she serve as my Matron of Honor.

Naturally, my oldest sister would also be included in my bridal party as well. Each of the girls got the same instructions as shown in the picture below.

My future-sister-in-law, Beth, has been so welcoming into my future family and has become such a good friend and so I definitely wanted to ask her to be a part of the festivities as well!

I've known my best friend, Ashley, for nearly 17 years. I'm a bridesmaid in her wedding  in August and felt that she belonged as a part of my wedding!

Last, but certainly not least, came the puzzle for Jodi, another of my best friends. She is getting married in October and I am her maid of honor and I was so excited to ask her to be one of my bridesmaids!

To add to the unexpectedness of it, I mailed out everyone's puzzles (except Jodi since I saw her the day after I finished them!) I got really excited responses from everyone, except my sister Suzi (who has a 6 month old) and chastised me for wasting her time by making her put a puzzle together :)

I really enjoyed making these puzzles, especially writing the poems that were unique to each person. It means so much to me that they are going to be there for me on my big day and these puzzles was just one small way to show each of them how much they mean to me.

Until next time :)