Saturday, January 10, 2009

Will You Be My Flower Girl?

A couple of days ago I sent out "Will You Be My Flower Girl?" cards to my two sweet flower girls, Cousin Cinnamon Roll and Future Niece Cinnamon Roll. I basically used the same method as my "Will You Be My Bridesmaid?" card. But since my crafting skills have developed ever so slightly since my first round of cards and I had a little more time on my hands for these, I did a few things differently.

First of all, envelopes! I found the right size at Michael's. The first time around I didn't have envelopes so I just tied the cards up in pretty ribbon.

The Front

The Back

Front of Card

Inside- Lower Half

Inside- Upper Half (Me and Cousin Cinnamon Roll)

Full Inside of Card (Doesn't Future Niece Cinnamon Roll Look Like Suri Cruise?)

Ideally, I wanted to send the cards out with a cookie bouquet full of flower cookies. Then I did some research and found out how much cookie bouquets cost. Really, cookie bouquet? $62 for seven cookies? Really? I mean, the cookies ARE delicious, but $62? And for a six year old who won't know the difference between these cookies and any other sugary substance she can get her hands on? I don't think so. I would rather put $62 towards the flower girl dress than spend that amount on cookies!

I still wanted to include something else in the package, so I bought some pretty flower shaped stickers and a "Barbie Island Princess" coloring book. The coloring book is all about dolphins and the beach so I thought it will get them excited about going to the the Cayman Islands for our wedding. Here's what it looked like all wrapped up and ready to go:

I know the parents of the flower girls are dying to see the dresses. I actually haven't picked them out yet, but I am close to making a decision! More on that later!

Did you do anything special for the little ones in your wedding?

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