DIY Bridesmaids Cards

i love this!!!! TOO CUTE!!!

so cute and totally unique!

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The paper dolls are too cute! I’d coordinate the hair color/style with the actual bridemaids

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This is absolutely adorable! It makes me want to get married all over again so that I could send this to my girls.

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This is so unique and wonderful!

I wish I had waited a little long to tell my bridesmaids now!

oh, my!!! this is the cutest thing ever.

Too cute! I wish we would have bridesmaid for my wedding so I can do this.

such a great idea!! so cute.

now that is so adorable! totally clever!

I am falling off my sofa right now in a huge le swoon. LOVE!!!

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Well, I was searching high and low for creative ways to ask my bridesmaids, and I think I’ve found it (as well as a weekend project!).

The challenge: I’m pretty sure I’m going to ask my best guy friend to stand up with me, too. It will be interesting to see if I can turn the last skirted lady into a pants-wearing man. :)

Thanks, Anna!

Wow. Who wouldn’t love to receive these in the mail?! For the person with lots of time, the personalization could go on and on… sunglasses, handbags, hats…! A lovely & thoughtful project idea.

This would be a great idea for a family party. You could do a little mini family for gatherings. LOVE IT!

My best friend (and Maid of Honor in my upcoming wedding) and I made these cards for MY wedding, and now she gets requests for them through her Etsy site — she customizes the colors based on the wedding colors:

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=27132982

THIS IS SO. STINKIN. CUTE.

Too bad I already asked my bridesmaids…

But it would be perfect to say ‘thank you’ after the wedding? =]

Hi! Lovely the idea. I love Once Wed.

This is such a great personal idea…and you also get to know the other bridesmaids are. Thats always awkward. Thanks Anna!

I love this project! Paper dolls are fun to make, cute and I think you could run with the idea and use it for other events besides weddings (showers? tea parties? clothing swap?). I am curious: is the script on the envelope and invitation your handwriting or a typeface? If it is a typeface—what is it called?

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Fantastic idea, so cute!

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absolutely adorable. note to self: must do this if ever getting married.

OMGoodness!
This is so so so super cute!
Can I borrow the idea? Will do the same?

Thanks a bunch!

LOOOOOOOOOVE IT!

adorable… finally a grown-ups use for paper dolls!!

great idea!! should’ve done it for my wedding..

The cutest idea I’ve seen by far – I’ve been trying to think of a creative way to ask my bridesmaids to be a part of my wedding – this is at the top of my list!

What a clever and fun idea! I loved it so much I wrote my own blog article on it!

This is the cutest thing I have ever seen!!!!!!

I love her work, she’s so talented.

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What a wonderful idea! I would love to receive one of these in the mail – or better yet, send some!

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I love your writing style. I’m looking for a similar font so I can try to come close to it for my invites.

these are so stinkin’ cute!

Oh my, I’m keeping this in my “future wedding” bookmarks that I hide from my boyfriend lol

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One day, when Husfriend decides he’s ready to FINALLY propose, this is going to be my favorite part.

Is it normal to be loving the hair on the paper dolls the most? Didn’t think so.

-Jess

Love this! I’m not having bridesmaids, but this is such a great idea! I’m linking/featuring this on my Friday dance!

i just did this a few weeks ago to ask my bridesmaids! but I made paper dolls. each girl was made with her underoo’s painted on and then i cut out little dresses with tabs so they could dress themselves!

I’m in love with everything you create

love love love

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So much fun!! I’ve no plan to marry any time soon, but I will definitely remember this when the time comes!!

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What would you do if your bridesmaids had different skin colors?

Once wed is a great resource for planning and getting ideas for weddings. Thanks!

This is such a simple and effective idea-, love it!
I have shared on my blog x

Love love love! Can anyone recommend a font that is similar to Anna’s handwriting?

So, so cute!!!!

These are so cute! They would be fun for little girls birthday party invitations too!

TO VANESSA: You could easily paint some of the girl’s skin individually once they’re cut out or cut out a body shape with different colored paper (just as the hair can be cut will all different colors and styles).

TO NICOLE: I’m not sure of a font that’s very similar to my handwriting here but I love this script font called Apricot. It has some similarities.

Hi!

Today I posted an entry on my blog with a link to this tutorial.

Would you let me know if that’s OK?

Thanks,

Nancy Ward
http://paperfriendly.blogspot.com

Omg that typeface is so cute, Is it her handwriting?

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i took this idea and ran! it was a huge hit. i even used yellow and orange for my bridemaid’s with blonde and red hair. it was totally adorable. they loved it! i put together a small vase of colored roses along with the card since i was giving it to them in person to make it extra special.

wish i knew someone planning a wedding. how cute is that. i will save the idea for my 21-y.o. daughter; she hasn’t met mr. right yet, tho!

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This is great! I´m so glad I found this… Sure to use it for my next girls-get-together invitations! Thanks a lot!

This is too cute! I formally asked my bridesmaids to be a part of my wedding with cards as well…this is just a great idea!

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I LOVE LOVE LOVE these!! Do you have a template for the card? If you are willing to share, I’d love to use it!

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ITs soooooooooooooo cute… i really like it =)

This is soooo cute…I’ve been planning on sending my girls some kind of note so they all know who else is in the ‘dream team’…i think this is perfect! I’m going to adapt the idea sightly and write a note about each girl, what they do, where they are based, their basic contact details: phone numbers/email addresses etc on the back and then let them get on with planning the hen!!!! Thanks ! x

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What does it say beneath “Will you be my Bridesmaid?” I’m guessing it announced the engagement, but what else was included?

That is just fabulous. I particularly like the different hair. You could have it all different colours if you had a mix of blonde, brunette and redhead bridesmaids.

Where did you get the paper for the bodies? what size do you need?

Do you have any templates for the hair, dress or the body very cute…i’m asking my bridesmaids this weekend does seem to hard to make.

LOVE this idea. I seriously swooned when I read this.

Love this idea. Very cute. Brings back lovely memories of playing paper dolls with friends.

Thanks so much for the great tutorial! I made ones for my bridesmaids and posted them on my blog with your link as well: http://laurenandco.wordpress.com/2010/06/21/be-my-bridesmaid/

I saw this tutorial when it was first posted last summer and loved it! I had just gotten engaged, but our wedding wasn’t for another 21 months, so I waited to ask my girls to be in my bridal party. Just last week I sent them my own version – http://heaskedisaidyes.blogspot.com/2010/06/drumroll-please.html. Thanks so much for the great inspiration!!

I love these they are adorable! Can’t wait to share with my readers {www.rivernorthlove.blogspot.com}

I have a ten-year-old sister whom I’m trying to include in my planning process as much as possible. I had her help me create a sample of this project for myself, and it turned out to be a great project to do together.
I can’t wait to finish a set and later send them out to my bridesmaids!

I just finished these the other night and all in one sitting. They turned out fantastic! They each would have gotten a phonecall if I hadn’t stumbled on these adorable invites. A word of advice, I only had 4 to make and it took me about 3 hours, so if you have 6+ you might need to set aside the weekend.

Hi Ladies, can someone tell me what type of paper they used to make the cut-out girls? I bought poster board and it was too thick to cut once stacked. Please help! I really want to make these!

Kelsey thanks for sharing info on the time you actually spent doing this. What type/size of paper did you use?? Thanks all!

What does it say on the invite? I’m looking for a sample, after all it’s not the wedding invitation. What should I include in mine?

Great idea! So different and unique!

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I love these, but I don’t have the time right now to make them myself. Is there someone who is selling these? I want something very similar to the pictures posted above, but in customized colors. Please contact me – I’d like to purchase five of them!

I agree with Angela above…I’d love to order these as the girls who did it warned it took a LONG time & lots of work! Anyone selling these customized?? Its so cute I may have to just try it otherwise… but I’d love to buy 5 of them to my colors etc.

adorable indeed :) but you got have some skills to do that..thanks for sharing

LOVE LOVE LOVE these! Our wedding was going to either have way too many bridesmaids/groomsmen, or very few. We opted to keep it small and just have a MOH and BM. I decided to send these to all my ‘wing girls’ who I would have asked to be in the wedding if we went the way of a large bridal party. I wanted them to know how important they all have been to me over the years. I thanked them for their friendship and love and asked them to be my ‘honary bridesmaids’…and just to continue supporting us, make sure I don’t have food in my teeth at the reception and help keep people on the dance floor all night! :) I am sending them out in the mail this week- I can’t wait to hear their responses! Thanks for the great tutorial Anna!

I love this so much that I took the idea to make my bridesmaids something very similar. Only I took it to another level! Check out my final product here:

http://funandfabulouslife.blogspot.com/2011/03/will-you-be-my-bridesmaid.html

Thank you so much for the inspiration! Fabulous idea! :)

My daughter and I just made these to ask her 7 bridesmaids and 3 flowers girls! They are adorable! I would recommend making a template for the dolls, dress, and hair styles. Being craft-challenged, I didn’t figure this out until the second set of dolls! SO much easier, and then they all matched!

Hey, love the project. But is there a pattern? I can’t find it.

Very cute idea! I wish I had thought of this when I asked my girls to be in our wedding. What a great tangible memory for the bridesmaids to have as a keepsake!

I made this for my girls and it was adorable. To make a pattern for the actual doll I used Microsoft Word and used the shapes to draw the doll. It worked really well, I am not good at free hand drawing. I used felt for the dresses and mixed it up with two different colors. I also used rhinestones to add embellishments to the dresses. I used letter stickers to add each one of their names to the bottoms of the dresses. They all loved their paperdoll chains! Here is my final product: http://universalwebsites.theknot.com.s3.amazonaws.com/UniversalWebsites/PageMainImage/7248307923203451/332352/4757501/med/DSC02472.JPG

I love to draw and cut to shape
nice

The only problem i’m running into is finding a piece of paper large enough! Apparently that Martha Stewart 18×18 paper is discontinued, and I’ve heard using poster board does not really have the same effect. Any advice? (I have 8 bridesmaids… don’t judge!)

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Love the cut out doll idea!! So super cute!!

I made these last week for my girls. Thank you so much for the adorable idea!!!

@Nicole – I have 8 as well. I use a 12×12 paper to make 6 and I had to glue 2 more dolls to make 8. I thought it would look funny but you can’t even tell.

Super unique touch- love it!

Even if i already asked them informally (over the phone) would it still be cute to send these out? Thoughts?

@AshinMT: I think no matter what, the ladies who are going to be your bridesmaids know it’s coming. They are the people that mean the most to you, that you called right away when you got engaged, that you have already consulted on the groom, the dress, the location, etc. So of course if you already called them a cute little invite would be nice. If nothing else it will be a keepsake for your friendship. All my ladies know something is coming because I had to ask for addresses…doh, but I am still really looking forward to making these and sending them out. Have fun with it while your energy and ambition for being a crafty bride are still in full force! Right?

Hi,

I am in love with this idea…but i am having a hard time coordinating the right colors to you can someone help??

The girls dress are long and navy blue..and for their bouquet red orange/yellow shades of flower (fall wedding).. and there will be ivory as well in the wedding as a whole…so, so far i have the blue paper for the dresses but i dont know which type of paper to use for the body and what color should the envelope be etc…any suggestion/thoughts would be appreciated! :)

thanks,
xoxo~

I know that it has been forever since this was posted, but I have saved this project for when I finally got engaged! I just tried these bridesmaids cards and sent them out to my bridesmaids. It’s quite time consuming, but very worth it in the end. I blogged about my experience, and there are some pictures in my post if you are interested: http://www.ilovepezzulli.com/2011/07/bridesmaids-cards-worth-it.html

I saw this website, and made them for my girls! Very time-intensive, but they turned out incredible! I love them and can’t wait to hear what my girls! :)

Wow! I love this!

This is what I made to ask my friends;

http://elizabethdoodah.blogspot.com/2012/01/will-you-be-my-bridesmaid.html