Bride To Be Scrapbook HELP

lampshadebrown

Sorry if this is the wrong forum, feel free to put me in the right place. I assumed marriage includes weddings.


So I am the maid of honour for my best friend. (Proving to be very stressful as NOBODY even replies to my messages about when they are free and what they can attended etc.. but thats another matter! :eek: )

I was hoping to make a special scrapbook for the bride to be to present to her on her hen do.

I was thinking, photos, memories and contributions from all the bridesmaids. Maybe a letter for her to read from each of the bridesmaids etc.

Does anybody have any ideas to help fill up the scrapbook. Or any websites which could help me make the scrap book extra special.

Thank you so much in advance.

kingfisherblue

Fabric scraps from bride's and bridesmaids dresses.

Brochure for wherever reception is being held.

Pressed flowers from bouquets.

Copies of menus for day and evening receptions.

Costs of items during the month they get married (typical items such as bread, milk, etc - a bit of social history for any future children and grandchildren)

Decent newspaper dated on day of wedding.

Music in the charts.

Copy of film chart for the week they marry.

Special pocket for bride to keep her garter after the wedding.

ETA - you could print off quotes about love and marriage and include those, scattered through the pages. You could also include heart shaped word art.

LilElvis

Hobbycraft sell lots of scrap books and a lot of them have plastic envelope style pages you insert the individual sheets into so different people can contribute their own pages. They also do lots of nice background papers for the books and different embellishments to stick on the pages. Lots and lots of wedding stuff in general!

I've used the word lot ..... a lot of times!

Sorry, brain too fried to rewrite using other words.

kingfisherblue

Just a thought, don't forget copies of invitations, order of service, etc.

TBagpuss

If you plan to give it to hrwe at the hen party, then I'd suggest asking the bridesmaids if they can each provide a photo of themselves / themselves with her, and details of a memory of ther they have.

Add in pictures of her and her fiance, and perhaps a timeline of when they met, first date, when/where their first holiday was, when/where they got enchanged etc.

Alternatively, you could have the memories as a game at the hen do (sort of 'show and tell') then make up the scrap book afterwards, including pictures from the hen night.

If you will have access them ahead of time then you could add in things such as order of service, invitation and then leave a blank page at the back for a photo of the happy couple on the day.

LilElvis

TBagpuss wrote: »

If you plan to give it to hrwe at the hen party, then I'd suggest asking the bridesmaids if they can each provide a photo of themselves / themselves with her, and details of a memory of ther they have.

Add in pictures of her and her fiance, and perhaps a timeline of when they met, first date, when/where their first holiday was, when/where they got enchanged etc.

Alternatively, you could have the memories as a game at the hen do (sort of 'show and tell') then make up the scrap book afterwards, including pictures from the hen night.

If you will have access them ahead of time then you could add in things such as order of service, invitation and then leave a blank page at the back for a photo of the happy couple on the day.

That's what is good about the scrapbooks where you slide the pages into plastic sleeves - you can add pages, change the order etc to suit your needs.

Anatidaephobia

I know someone who made a scrapbook like this to give at the hen do and it was mainly photos of the bride with her friends and photos/pictures that represented 'in jokes' and memories, etc.