Pop The Question / Will You Be My Bridesmaid?

My boyfriend and I got engaged in September 2015 so we've been busy planning our wedding for June next year (it's going in much faster than I was expecting!).  When we started planning our wedding, one of the first things we wanted to do was ask our close friends and family to be a part of our day - this has without a doubt been one of the most exciting moments of wedding planning for me so far!  Below I've shared how I asked my maid of honour, bridesmaids and flower girl to be a part of our day and I thought it might give you brides-to-be some inspiration when asking your closest friends and family to be in your bridal party.

When I was planning to ask the girls to be a part of our day I wanted to surprise them all and I managed to get tears 4 out of 4 times so I think I pulled off the surprises..!

To start off, over the festive season we had a family day out in Edinburgh visiting the gorgeous Christmas tree in The Dome and the Christmas markets, and to make it extra special I decided to ask my younger sister, Cassie, to be my maid of honour.  I handed her a cardboard box and the photo below is what was inside!

The box was gorgeous when you opened it up - gold sparkles, bright colours and pretty fonts.
I filled the box with a personalised mug with 'Cassie, please will you be my Maid of Honour?' inside a teal love heart, a mini bottle of Cava with a pink striped straw (making it ready to drink straight away!) and an Essie nail polish in 'bachelorette bash' - definitely appropriate..!

Champagne to Celebrate with my Sis!

I also asked my friend Deborah, my cousin Stephanie and Graeme's sister Stella to be bridesmaids and I loved seeing their reactions.  I bought them all a silver necklace on a card with 'It's my turn to pop the question, will you be my bridesmaid?' along with a balloon or flowers, a personalised card and prosecco.  Although my friend Deborah has been obsessed with Blue WKD since she was about 17 so I got her a bottle of that instead..!  I loved the pop the question necklaces and thought they were such a cute idea!  

Last but not least we also asked our niece Lola to be our flower girl, and we did that with a personalised card, pale pink bracelet with a flower pendant and a big balloon (which she loved and played with for the rest of the afternoon)!

Do you have any great ideas for popping the question to your bridesmaids? 

Let me know how you did it!

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