Tips on Keeping Your Bridesmaids Informed About Wedding Plans

If you are planning your wedding, please make sure that you are keeping your bridesmaids as up-to-date as possible. I beg you. For my wedding, I made sure that my girls always knew what was going on. After all, there is nothing worse than spending hundreds of dollars to share in someone's big day, and they don't even let you know what is happening.

My best friend got married two months after me, and I had the privilege of being her matron of honor. Apparently, keeping her nine girls updated on her wedding plans was not important. She refused to accept any input on bridesmaids dresses, and she waited until the last possible minute to inform us of her dress choice for us. So, we had one week to go to an out of the way bridal shop to order our dresses. And because of the late order date, we had three weeks to get our dresses altered! I thank my lucky stars that the woman who did the dresses for my wedding was able to squeeze me in. One month before the wedding, after much prodding, she finally said her bridesmaids were responsible for getting their own hair done. I will admit this was quite a surprise, after she had spent months insinuating that we would all go to her salon and get our hair done together. Imagine the mad rush to find a stylist that was not booked that day! She never sent out invitations for her rehearsal dinner. I had to beg her to at least send out an email to let her wedding party know times and locations.

And these are just a few examples! I didn't even know what her cake, flowers and centerpieces were going to look like! And I was the maid of honor! So, I'm sure you can imagine how the rest of the girls felt. It was so said to see how angry these girls were, especially when it all could have been avoided by doing a little extra work. I want to share some tips that helped make my girls really feel like they were appreciated and respected throughout the wedding planning.