"Jobs" for bridesmaids on the day

victoriamarie

My wedding is in 4 months time and I have not asked my 4 bridesmaids to do anything so far except try their dresses on. On the day I would like them to help out so am trying to think of tasks I can assign them individually. So far I have thought of:

MOH:
- Help out when hair/makeup team arrive - organising girls etc. to take the stress off me.
- Hold bouquet during vows
- Assist organising people for our list of 'posed' photos


3 other bridesmaids:

- Make sure everyone signs the guestbook
- Hand out photo upload cards to the evening guests (am putting them with favours for day guests)
- Take pictures of evening guests (tog is only here for the day)


Can you think of anything else I could ask them to do? (BTW Best man is going to take care of guests seating during ceremony and paying a supplier that wants the balance on the day.)

LEJC

not strictly something for the day but
Attending the wedding rehearsal and make sure you know where you need to be and what you need to be doing at all times.

if its a church wedding they will need to know in what order they walk back down the aisle...usually pairing with best man or ushers behind bridal party

victoriamarie

LEJC wrote: »

not strictly something for the day but
Attending the wedding rehearsal and make sure you know where you need to be and what you need to be doing at all times.

if its a church wedding they will need to know in what order they walk back down the aisle...usually pairing with best man or ushers behind bridal party

It's a civil wedding and as far as I know there's no rehearsal, we have a meeting with the venue 6 weeks before to sort out the finer details.

LEJC

you could ask one of them to prepare and carry a small emergency kit for you
Tights
Tissues
Baby wipes
Breath mints
Safety pins
Comb/brush
Lipstick
plasters
Nail file
Hairgrips
Hair spray
pen
anything else you or another guest may need

Someone could also be allocated taking any presents from guests and putting them on a present table

Also are you wearing your engagement ring on your wedding finger before the ceremony ..if not and you didnt want to wear it on the other hand your MOH could wear it for you until you have your wedding ring on and then return it so you can wear them together

pinkteapot

LEJC wrote: »

Someone could also be allocated taking any presents from guests and putting them on a present table

If the ceremony and reception are all at one venue, the guests will put their presents on the table before the ceremony and so the BMs won't have a chance to do this. Better to assign this one to the groomsmen....

The main job for my BMs on the day was keeping me relaxed on the morning while we got ready and making it lots of fun.

They also checked my train was straight before we walked down the aisle, took my flowers during the ceremony and removed my veil and bustled my dress for the evening.

CyCo_2

"service" the best man??

twirlypinky

My only BM is my sister and her main job for the day is to keep me looking fabulous all day long!

twirlypinky

CyCo wrote: »

"service" the best man??

:eek::eek::eek: My BM is my sister who turns 19 while we're away, and the best man is the groom's dad who turns 67 while we're away!!:eek::eek::eek:

CyCo_2

twirlypinky wrote: »

:eek::eek::eek: My BM is my sister who turns 19 while we're away, and the best man is the groom's dad who turns 67 while we're away!!:eek::eek::eek:

It's a good job you aren't the OP then

minerva_windsong

When I was my sister's bridesmaid, my main jobs were fixing her train/hair etc for the photos, holding her bouquet, being able to provide emergency items (plasters, earring backs, Rescue Remedy, painkillers etc) to her or guests at a moment's notice and minding the younger members of the bridal party.

wiggychick

We provided some balloons for the kids to play with during the reception. One of my bridesmaids thoughtfully took on the task of "protecting" the cake!
Also one of my bridesmaids stayed with me the night before and kept my mind occupied with a good chin-wag. It was great as she lives abroad and I'd not seen her for months so we caught up. She's also already married so was able to give me loads of good advice.
The hen party! Your Bridesmaids might enjoy organising this for you if you haven't already sorted something.
Their actual job description was "Look Gorgeous, look out for things that need doing and get others to do them" :-)

Wiggy xx