Being the Maid of Honour (or Chief Bridesmaid / Matron of Honour - depending upon your preference) means you have been selected by the Bride as her best and closest friend. So, alongside your traditional duties, why not do something extra special to show her that the feeling is mutual! This article highlights ten unique ideas and suggestions a Maid of Honour can put in place to help make her best friend's wedding even more special.
Maid of Honour Tip #1 Think about organising a get-together for the Bride, Maid of Honour and all of the Bridesmaids away from the hussle and bustle of the hen night where you can all sit down in a relaxed environment and chat about the up and coming wedding. An informal meal out, a day at the beach, or even a get together to watch a movie and munch pizza and popcorn could be on the cards, and all make an ideal opportunity to involve the junior bridesmaids and flower girls too.
Maid of Honour Tip #2 If the happy couple are staying over at the wedding venue for a night or two before they head off on honeymoon, why not organise a get-together over breakfast/coffee where you can all chat about how the big day went and reflect on how much everyone enjoyed it.
Maid of Honour Tip #3 If you are planning to make a Maid of Honour speech or poem, why not pull together a framed copy of your words of wisdom as a gift and keepsake for the Bride? There are a number of companies who can do this professionally, or you could even do so yourself to help cut costs.
Maid of Honour Tip #4 It may well be the case that it's the responsibility of the Maid of Honour to look after the wedding dress whilst the Bride jets off on honeymoon, but why not go that extra mile? Think about arranging to have the wedding dress dry-cleaned and boxed so it is all nicely sorted for her for when she gets back.
Maid of Honour Tip #5 Take it upon yourself to collect and develop any snaps taken by disposable wedding table cameras. Print them out and pull them together into a unique memory book for the newlyweds.
Maid of Honour Tip #6 Book something special for the honeymoon. A massage, flowers or champagne on arrival - anything that shows you care.
Maid of Honour Tip #7 Book up something before the wedding to help calm any last minute nerves. Look to arrange something solely for the Bride and Maid of Honour - a trip to the theatre, day at the spa, you know the stuff.
Maid of Honour Tip #8 Pull together a selection of mementos from the hen night and turn it into something the Bride will cherish forever. Obviously avoid anything too risque, but some photos, a few keepsakes and comments/quotes from everyone who attended will make a wonderful gift and momento.
Maid of Honour Tip #9 Buy a few inexpensive personalised gifts for the Bride and Groom and sneak them into their honeymoon luggage - a pair of matching t-shirts, 'Mr & Mrs' flip-flops, 'Just Married' knickers - you know the stuff.
Maid of Honour Tip #10 Consider spring cleaning the Bride and Groom's house while they are away on honeymoon. Stock up on essential items and even look to fill it with 'welcome home' balloons and decorations for their return.
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CommentAuthorMrs (Dove) Pidgeon
Just had a complete giigling fit at the thought of my 17 year old CBM cleaning my place- shes even worse than me!!!
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CommentAuthorsbride
Thanks hails, Im MOH in july for my bessie mate. This has been really useful and given me some great ideas!
I am now Mrs Stacey Stiles and loving it!
CommentAuthorx~Hails~x
Yeah my cbm is my 10 year old daughter lol i cant get her to do her room let alone the whole house lol
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CommentAuthorx~Hails~x
Glad to help......................and im bored if you havent guessed lol h2b is on the ps3 AGAIN so im getting tips and things and sharing with you lovely ladies :-)
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thanks for these and just said to moh is she gonna make a speech and she said maybe at end of night when she bladdered lol xx
CommentAuthorHoxxyhula
I'll be sure to tell both of my bridesmaids about tip 10!! x
CommentAuthorEmsy5000
lol I love it none of it will happen from my girls but love it!!
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CommentAuthorRoxii
Lol, that means i'm doing my MOH's job (getting everyone together before the hen night so they can all meet eachother properly and we can have a nice night or something) haha, will have to tell her about these! :P x
CommentAuthormrs pinkalice
you would have to have a lot of money to do all those things, getting the dress dry cleaned, get photo's developed, book something for honeymoon, book something before ther wedding, buy personalised gifts....i would never expect my sister to do all that! x
CommentAuthorRoxii
nah I wouldn't expect her to do all that, unless I gave her the money for it obviously, which seems quite unlikely as i'll be paying for a wedding and a honeymoon.. and spending money for the honeymoon ect... the dry cleaning and photo will just have to wait :P x
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