Will You Be My Bridesmaid?

Over Thanksgiving I (finally!) officially asked four special ladies if they will be my bridesmaids. Because we are having an small destination wedding, Mr. Cinnamon Roll and I opted for a small wedding party. All of our friends will be traveling to The Cayman Islands to attend our wedding (and dropping a substantial amount of dough along the way), so we didn't want to have 16 people adding bridal party expenses to their tabs. Because Mr. Cinnamon Roll and I have quite a few siblings between the two of us, and we are close to them and would have included them in the wedding party anyway, we decided to keep it all in the family.

Mr. Cinnamon Roll is having his two brothers and my brother as groomsmen. He called them a few weeks ago and asked them if they would do him the honor. They all said yes, and to Mr. Cinnamon Roll's delight, each expressed interest in buying a tan suit for the wedding, as opposed to renting a tux.

I am having my cousin, two sisters, and sister-in-law as my bridesmaids. The numbers will be uneven, but one of my sisters is twelve, so she is actually a "junior bridesmaid" (and very proud of that title, having graduated from her prolific career as a flower girl). When I was back home in Houston, I took my sisters, sister-in-law, and mom (Cousin Cinnamon Roll lives in North Carolina) to a "girl's lunch" where I gave them cards asking them to be my bridesmaids. I made the cards in a flurry of finals-induced crafting procrastination. Tomorrow I will post the details of my card making adventure. After our girl's lunch, we went to Sugarbaby's, a cute cupcake bakery in Houston for some treats.

Here is a peek at the card--a shot of the photo I included on the inside.

My wedding party--plus me, in white!