Wedding Project: Will You Be My Bridesmaid?
No rest for the weary in these parts. I am still waiting for some time off after my whirlwind month last month. Two more weeks. I can honestly say I have NO IDEA what I am going to do during that week off, but its going to involve cleaning, running, and planning I am sure.
As I told you, my wedding is going to be heavy DIY. I am trying to keep the costs down and I like to have my hands on as much as possible. My first project was my way of asking my friends to be in my wedding. I hinted around in a few places what they were, but could not reveal anything until they were sent.
For a long time I knew who would be in my wedding. It was when we got closer to planning when I realized I needed to cut a few people out. Not because I didnt want them in the wedding, but because more than 5 can be though. I wanted to keep it strictly family and my two VERY CLOSE friends. The other issue I was having was who should be what. After a LONG conversation (with myself), I decided on going with two maid of honors and three bridesmaids. My bff from childhood could very well be a matron of honor, but she is out of state and I dont want her to feel any stressful obligations to this.
Back to the project. What I did was send a homemade dress shaped cookie using the colors of my wedding in a matching box and little note asking the question.
I made a lemon sugar cookie and royal icing. Lemon for the color yellow because my wedding is yellow and navy.
Lemon Cookie from Martha Stewart:
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
- 1/4 cup vegetable shortening
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tablespoons freshly grated lemon zest ~you know I used more
Directions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line baking sheets with parchment paper; set aside. Whisk together flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl. Cream butter, shortening, and granulated sugar on medium- high speed in the bowl of a mixer with the paddle until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Mix in eggs and zest. Mix in flour mixture, scraping down sides of bowl as needed. Refrigerate dough 15 minutes. I placed mine in the freezer for added firmness
- Roll teaspoonfuls of dough into balls; roll in colored sugar. Place 2 inches apart on lined sheets. Bake until edges are set but centers are soft, 7 to 8 minutes. Cool on sheets 2 minutes; transfer to wire racks. I decorated mine instead
Royal Icing:
1 egg white
1 1/2 cup powdered sugar
Mix the ingredients together for desired thickness. Add food coloring if wanted.
I was surprised how CHEAPLY I could mail out the boxes.
The total cost of this project was $30, or $6 for each box. This included:
Mailing envelope
Shipping costs
Box
Cookie Cutter
materials for cards and box covering
ribbon
So far 4 of 5 recipients have responded with yes so far! I am so happy.
How did you ask your friends? How would you ask?
Any good runs? I miss running, but I still havent had a second.
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What a cute idea! I just called everyone…so lame!
SO CUTE!
I sent out little cards. I mailed three of the cards and then gave my local bridesmaid her card. I originally had 4 bridesmaids and then ended up asking my little cousin to be a junior bridesmaid since Eric had 5 on his side and my mom was really pushing for even numbers. Plus I think it meant a lot to her! It was a no-brainer for me who would be my MOH – my best friend since I was 5-years-old who is more like my sister. If I had an actual sister it might be a different story though!
That’s so cute! I would love to get that in the mail!
Those cookies are AWESOME looking- what a creative way to ask friends! Choosing my bridesmaids was pretty easy, my sister was my maid of honor, my best friend my matron, and then my best high school friend and college roommate were my others. I also had two cousins as kind of like junior bridesmaids. I made them small little photo books to ask and picture frames for my cousins.