2 years ago two great friends of mine got married...brian and jenn. what fun i had designing clever ways to ask her bridesmaids and ringbearers to be in their wedding. i crafted a mini paper dress and hanger that was to resemble the bridesmaid's dresses and placed them in a white box. i affixed the outside of the box with a scalloped label that said, "will you...". when you opened the box, a rice paper wrap (with a scalloped edge) read, "...be my bridesmaid? love, jennifer". underneath the wrap, there lay the tiny, paper dress.
to keep with the theme, i made a similar gift for her ring bearers but instead of a paper dress (because what 4 year-old boy needs one of those?) i baked a cookie and decorated it to look like a ring bearer's pillow. it was super cute...white chocolate dipped and piping to look like lace, fondant rings that i dusted with edible silver and their wedding date inscribed on the cookie. i wrapped the bottom part of the box with a baby blue ribbon that said on it, "...be my ring bearer?".
for jenn's shower, she and brian registered at a local department store and welcomed gift cards to put towards a new bedroom set. i picked up a miniature wooded bed, painted it, baked a few custom shrinky dinks to adorn the bed with, sewed some cute pillows and attached the gift card to the underside of the bed...it was a hit!
