DIY Bride in Bloom.: Will you be my...

BRIDESMAID! : ) .
   I really never thought of how I was going to ask someone to be my Bridesmaid. I thought you can just assume and talk about it with them. Lol. Well, I have learned that this is not the best way! Why not give them something to be excited for? I decided that I would "officially" ask with a card. That way they would have something to keep and remember it by.
   I wanted them to be personal and pretty. I couldn't really find what I was looking for at stores. I mean do they even make will you be my Bridesmaid cards?? Lol. I don't think so. That meant I had a DIY project on my hands!
   I got most of the supplies from Hobby Lobby. I went in not totally knowing what I wanted. These kinds of things just come to me I guess. I buy the supplies and I make it happen! I knew that they were going to be nice, but they turned out better than my greatest expectations! I did all the work myself. haha. I asked Mr. Bloom to help once and he said,"Why don't you get your bridesmaids to do it?? Isn't that what they are for??" I had to laugh at that one. Since I guess he might not of realized they were FOR the bridesmaids.. haha.

My Supplies:

1 Pack of Ivory Cardstock Cards
Letter Jewels

Single Jewels

Card Stock
Glue Dots
Envelopes

Fiskars Premium Line Trimmer

Home Printer

I designed the cards using Adobe Illustrator. I went through a couple of designs, but I wanted something simple. I used the colors that match the wedding. I had a few printing mistakes and the paper was getting eaten for some reason! But I think my printer was just malfunctioning since I was excited to get these done! haha. Seems that way sometimes.

(Just so you know, everyone has malfunctions! It's not just you!!)

So, I started with the plain cards. I decided that the ivory was a little too plain, even after my design. (I did look for orange cards at Hobby Lobby, but could not find them, so I made do, and liked it better) So I cut the paper to size and posted it on my card with glue dots. I am so in love with glue dots! They are amazing. I tried the glue runners and they do not like me! The glue dots hold very well and they are thin, so it doesn't make the paper bumpy..

I did the same on the inside of the card. Since I was doing the Tiffany for the wording I didn't see it necessary to do anything other than the Orange and Ivory Cardstock.

I printed their names on the front. Without the first letter of course. It took a couple of tries to get it perfect, but it happened eventually! Then stuck on the Jewels! I put "officially" on some, because I had already talked to them about it.. on the others it just said "Will You Be.."

The inside of the card was made to say Bridesmaid of course. My initial plan was to put one jewel in the middle of the word, but I didn't care for it. I can see the bling in me coming out in everything I do! Haha. So, here is what I ended up doing...