Things You'll Need:
- Men's Dress Shoes
- Tuxedos
- Wedding Gowns
- Women's Dress Shoes
- Address Books
- Wedding Planner Book
- Flowers
- Champagne
- Sparkling Cider
- Champagne Glasses
- Champagne Buckets
- Bridal Magazines
- Wedding Programs
- Bridal magazines
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Step 1
Give yourself time to select the wedding party, and discuss plans only with your intended.
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Step 2
Consider the type of wedding to determine the number of attendants. Traditionally, you'll have 8 to 12 attendants each for an ultraformal wedding; 4 to 8 each for a formal wedding; 2 to 6 each for a semiformal wedding; and 1 to 2 each for an informal wedding.
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Step 3
Include people through their spouses. If you are really close to a couple, by asking one of them to be a member of the wedding party, you automatically include the spouse for events such as the rehearsal dinner.
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Step 4
Ask young people 10 to 16 to be junior bridesmaids or junior groomsmen.
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Step 5
Choose flower girls and a ring bearer who are 3 to 6 years old.
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Step 6
Choose a train bearer who is 4 to 8 years old.
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Step 7
Ask a few people you want to include to mind the guest book, read a poem during the ceremony, pass out programs or do some other task associated with the wedding.











Comments
fruitloop said
on 10/12/2009 Asking someone SIXTEEN to be a "junior" anything is insulting. First of all, "junior" is pointless, since the younger attendants are doing exactly the same thing the older ones are doing: walking down the aisle holding flowers and smiling. Kids don't like to be reminded that they ARE kids, and calling a teen "junior" is a slap in the face. I'd have declined to be in a wedding party if someone called me a "junior" when I was sixteen- almost an adult! Yeesh.
mypp said
on 8/1/2009 all this sounds so exciting!
Anonymous said
on 3/23/2006 A bride can have male attendants; a groom can have female attendants; and the number of each need not be equal. Also, not all of your ushers need be groomsmen. Choose the people most important to you as a couple.