Pickle: The Bridal Party is Nationwide

It seems that many couples are getting married later than usual and with that comes the fact that many of our close friends and family have graduated college and/or have begun a new career. Those paths often spread the people you care about to different parts of the nation (or world) and rely on technology to keep in touch.

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You just got engaged and you automatically start thinking of your bridesmaids and your maid of honor. Then is hits you. . . your sister lives 3 hours away, your best friend lives in Oregon while your college girlfriend lives in Florida. While you are located in Texas, what do you do?

The Pickle: Long distance bridal party makes you nervous but you can't imagine anyone else in your wedding.

The Solution: Facebook, E-mail, Calling and Texting. Thank goodness for the advancement in technology otherwise this could be an impossible task. The truth is, it seems difficult, but it really is no hassle at all. Here is how:


Wedding Website- Many places let you put up a free wedding website which is not only nice for your guests but can keep your bridal party involved. My favorite is from mywedding.com. Below are only 3 of many, but they have really cute ones and you can purchase matching invitations for some designs.

Facebook Group- Chances are, you already communicate with your bridal party on Facebook. Go ahead a make a group so you can sent out messages and announcements to them all at once!

National Stores- If you ordered your bridal party wear from places such as David's Bridal and Men's Warehouse, then it is easy for your bridal party to walk in to their nearest store and get measurements and make purchases. Or, you can pick a dress/tux from a designer that can be found at a local bridal shop near your friends that they can make an order from.

Online Stores- If you wanted your girls to have matching shoes, Payless.com or Zappos.com (or any other shoe site you find) will make it easy for your girls to order just their size. You can do the same with accessories if you need to as well. Just make sure your girls order those shoes pretty early. Breaking in a shoe takes time, and if the shoe doesn't fit, there will need to be enough time to send the shoe back for a different size.

But what about the Bridal Shower, Bachelorette Party and Bachelor Party? It really is up to you and your bridal to decide what is feasible for attending those parties. All but one of my girls couldn't come to my Bachelorette party but I still had girlfriends nearby and acquaintances that attended and I still had a blast. :)