A Bride's Story: Choosing & Treating the Bridal Party
Hey there - it's Marineh, co-founder of Harsanik.com! After getting the wedding dress, Shant and I started making some decisions about our bridal party.
The first discussion was whether we wanted the best man and the maid of honor to be husband & wife. In traditional Armenian culture, you pick the best man, and his wife becomes the maid of honor (“kavor & kavorakeen”). We agreed that we did not want to do that since we both wanted to pick one of our best friends as the best man & maid of honor.
Next, we decided we wanted to have a smaller bridal party. So while there were lots of people we would have loved to be part of the bridal party, we decided to keep it intimate and have our closest family members and friends. So we ended up with 4 groomsmen and 4 bridesmaids.
Once we agreed on the size of the party, I decided I wanted to “officially” ask each of my bridesmaids. I also wanted to give each of them a small gift when I asked them. A couple options that came to mind were custom cookies and picture frames. Then Shant gave me the great idea to ask Cake Studio to make individual cakes!
I have worked with Sonia from Cake Studio multiple times and she not only makes the most delicious cakes, but she also makes the most creative and beautiful cakes! For my birthday, she had made a cake in the shape of a giant cupcake (click here to see my previous blog with pictures of the cake) and for Shant’s birthday, I had her make a cake shaped like a tiki!
So I called Sonia and asked her if she could make flower bouquet cakes for my bridesmaids and maid of honor. I also wanted something that everyone could keep, so Sonia designed the flowers out of sugar so they could last for a very long time!
When Sonia from Cake Studio delivered the cakes to me, I was speechless! They were the cutest things in the world!! It was like a little garden!
I also made little signs for each one with the phrase “Will you be my bridesmaid/maid of honor?”. I placed the sign on top of the cake and hand delivered each cake to my bridesmaid/maid of honor. They absolutely loved their individual cakes, and luckily they all accepted!
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Planning Status:
- Wedding Venue - Taglyan Cultural Complex
- Caterer - Divine Food & Catering
- Engagement Venue - Hotel Casa Del Mar
- Wedding Dress - Jobyna's Bridal
- Choosing our Bridal Party - DONE
Next Up: Our engagement party...
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