How can I contribute more to the wedding of my long distance sister?
April 20, 2010 by cakewalk
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Why can’t you? To throw a shower, you order invites online. They are sent to you. You address them and mail them out.
You can still look at things online. I helped my best friend and we sent links back and forth to each other. When my sister was trying on bridesmaid gowns, my mom went with her and took pictures. She then emailed pictures to me of her in the dress and it helped me knock out a lot of dresses.
What does she want help with? I know that I really didn’t ask much of my sister. Though for her wedding I planned the entire thing. Since her wedding is only a couple months away she might be done. I know my final month I didn’t have anything to do.
Crucial things you can do to help= day of wedding. I would have loved to have someone go to my hair appointment with me. I went by myself and ended up leaving a picture of me from prom. I really wish I’d had someone else to collect that stuff. other things I would have loved to have someone help with- right before the wedding. I had no one to help me put on my dress and the photographer wanted pics of me getting into my dress but the photographer had to go find someone to help me in. also, for the day I had my glasses and my watch. My mom didn’t want me to wear those down the aisle. I would have loved to have someone run my purse out to the car. Instead it got left and my mom had to drive to the hotel first thing the next morning to give me those things.
It also would have been nice to have mimosas that morning. I always dreamed about that. I bought the things but no one made them or brought them to me.
Cleaning up at the end of the night and planning the afterparty. All night at my wedding people kept coming up to me and asking where the afterparty was, how they were going to get there, and what cleanup had to be done at the end of the night. I am the bride. I won’t be at the afterparty and don’t really care how you get there. Try asking for a ride. Who is in charge of cleanup? I’ll be at a hotel. Again I don’t really care. It would have been great to have a sister take charge of that. What the venue needed done before we left that night, what needed to go home. I kinda had to do a dramatic exit with pictures and all that.
Are you the only bridesmaid? If not, please take charge of them. If someone needs help with their makeup or hair, please do it. I had them asking me to help them and I just didn’t have time.
Perhaps you could provide all the flowers for the church or reception this certainly can be done long distance just use a good florist eg interflora
You can always try online websites like Bellacroft: http://www.bellacroft.com
Does your sister have a sand ceremony? They are extremely popular and it’s a thoughtful idea to pitch in with.
I was the maid of honor for a friend last September who lived 5 hours from me, and I’m the maid of honor at my sister’s wedding this july, and she lives 4 hours away. I planned and hosted showers for both. I also planned the bachelorette party for my friend. You don’t have to be in someone’s city to plan a party. Lots of things can be done online, on the phone, and if you make 1 trip there to visit some places, you can get quite a bit done in 1 day. It takes good planning and organization, but it can easily be done.
I also helped my sister do a lot of research online for caterers, salons, florists, etc. I made spreadsheets with questions and answers from each place and organized it all for her and emailed it to her. It saved her hours and hours of research.
I also didn’t take anyone with me to shop for my dress except my mom when I got married. I didn’t need a million opinions. Just mine and my mom’s.
I addressed my invitations myself.
The role of MOH isn’t slave. You don’t need to worry about dress shopping, addressing invitations, or any of those things. Ask her what you can do to help. If she says nothing, then don’t worry about it. You’re off the hook.