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Beginner August 2019

Maid of Honor - high bar!

Cait, on September 21, 2020 at 5:59 PM Posted in Planning 0 10
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I got married last year and my bestie (I did not have a bridal party) reached out to all my girlfriends to have them write me a sweet message that she then compiled in a scrap book and gave me the night before the wedding. It was very thoughtful. Now it’s her turn to get married in 2 weeks, and I’m the MOH. I want to do something equally thoughtful for her but I can’t bring myself to recreate this gesture, but I’m not sure if she would expect the same type of thing. Any ideas on something I can do for her that will tug on the heartstrings but doesn’t make a huge project for me with under 2 weeks to go??? PS this is a down-sized wedding and many of her friends and coworkers and extended family won’t be in attendance. Need ideas to life her up and make her feel loved! Please and TIA.

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Latest activity by Cait, on September 24, 2020 at 8:00 PM
  • Lisa
    Rockstar July 2022
    Lisa ·
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    If you wanted to do the scrapbook idea for her, you could ask each person to create one page, and then it shouldn't be too much effort for you to just put the completed pages in the book. Otherwise, you could do a surprise lunch for her the week of her wedding (or the weekend before) with her closest friends/family, and ask each attendee to write a short note stating why she is important to them/what their favorite thing about her is/wedding wishes/etc, and then have them each read them out loud to her during the lunch (or present them to her if she's more of a shy person).
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  • Katie
    Dedicated October 2021
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    That’s super sweet! I would do the same thing for her she did for you because if I came up with something super thoughtful like that I would probably also hope for it back. I know you probably don’t want to feel like copying her idea is a cop out on original thoughtfulness but you could also do something to add your own twist to it. Maybe have people including those who couldn’t be there record a message you could play at the wedding?
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  • MOB So Cal
    January 2019
    MOB So Cal ·
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    Three of daughter's five BMs could not attend her shower (they were all far out of state). I asked them to each write her a letter. Oh, my goodness, she LOVED those. They made her cry, but they were better than gifts of pure gold. I'd ask people to send notes or videos. Smiley heart

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  • Sharonda
    Super January 2021
    Sharonda ·
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    There are websites that allow people to record and upload videos to be put in a presentation and viewed. Of course, I don’t know the name of them, but my godbrother just did something like that for my godfather’s 70th birthday since his big party got canceled. He had a compilation of videos from friends and family giving him birthday wishes. It was awesome! Similar to a scrapbook, but includes videos of friends and family that they can record from their phone and upload to a site. Just a thought.
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  • Katie
    Expert January 2021
    Katie ·
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    Can you reach out to those close to her who cannot attend and have them send a quick congratulations video, you could compile them all together along with messages from the bridal party/family.
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  • Yasmine
    Master October 2020
    Yasmine ·
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    You could do the same thing but on video instead. Have everyone record themselves saying a sweet message or memory and compile them together!
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  • Bo Miller
    Expert December 2020
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    I was going to suggest what everyone else did lol! Reach out and have the people that she wishes could attend and can't make a short video clip for her and then compile them into a movie for her to watch!

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  • Allie
    Savvy July 2022
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    We did videos for my friend who we couldn’t host his 30th birthday. We had everyone send in videos and complied them into a really cute video and put them on a flash drive. It was really cute and sentimental, he loved it!
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  • sophie
    Dedicated June 2021
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    As lots of PP's have said, a video would be super special! I used tribute.co to organize something similar for my aunt's 40th birthday recently and it was great! I've heard good things about vidhug as well.

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  • C
    Beginner August 2019
    Cait ·
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    Thank you so much, everyone! I wound up reaching out to a bunch of her friends to ask for a quick little video message I’ll compile next week. So far the response has been really positive! I think this will go over really well for my friend especially since she had to downsize the wedding. Anyone know something besides iMovie that would work well for this project?
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