First thing you should do is bond with all the other bridesmaids, if you know them all, perfect. But if you don’t then make an effort to get everyone’s numbers or email addresses and share ideas for the bride’s hen party so everyone has input and everyone feels involved.
Organise the best hen party you can, check with the bride who she wants to invite, and what she sees you all doing, it is her hen party after all! But check back here next week for our blog on how to organise the best hen party.
Try to keep the Bride stress free, she’s guaranteed to be stressed out but have a few champers on the morning of the wedding to take the edge off, but not too many so that she’s too stress free..
I might be blunt but give her what she wants, this is her day to remember, if she wants something done make sure it happens.
Deal with the dress. If you’re made to wear a hideous dress that you would never choose to wear, and think you look an absolute train wreck, just grin and bear it. You only have to wear it for one day so just make her happy and do it!
If she cries, which she probably will, she’s a bride after all, be on hand with a makeup bag and some eyelash glue, no one needs panda eyes and an eyelash on their cheek before the photos!
Getting her in to the dress will be a tricky one if it’s a corset back dress, make sure you know what you’re doing before you start.
Advocate for the bride, this means while guests are throwing questions at the bride on her special day, step in and try to answer any questions they have without stressing the bride out!
Help organise people for the photos, as bridesmaid you need to be on hand to sort people out as it’s a stressful time getting everyone into position. Make sure she lets the ushers and other bridesmaids know what’s happening during the day and what photo’s they want doing so they can help herd people into the right position.
At the end of the night, if you can, make sure you collect all the Bride and Groom’s personal belongings while they go off on their honeymoon. So if they’ve left their engraved champagne flutes at the table make sure they get back to the Bride! If it helps, tell the bride to make you a list of things you need to collect at the end of the night.
Think of it as an honour, I know in the run up to the wedding, if the bride turns out to be a bridezilla then it might be difficult to remember that it is an honour. I’m sure a lot of girls would have liked to have been chosen, but you made the cut so enjoy it!
Oh and just be on hand in case anything does go wrong.
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