Bridesmaids communication

What dress they should wear and what time they should arrive at the wedding. That's about it.

Just send them a text.

I typed up everything and put it in a notebook for them. And printed off a blank calendar for them to use. It has been much appreciated by them.

I'm in a friend's wedding next March. Once she had officially asked all of her bridesmaids she sent out a group email with all of our contact information and a little blurb about each of us so we'd have a general idea of who each other were & how to get ahold of each other. Outside of that she just included the venue information & the rough estimate for hair/makeup cost if we decide to opt into it. She also purchased our dresses for us, which are the wrap style, she she included a pic of the dress and a couple links to YouTube videos so we could check out ideas on how to style it. Until she has the rehearsal scheduled, there's not much else we need I think since her MOH has been spearheading the shower/bachelorette efforts.

I gave the girls the name of the hotel we are all getting ready at. Who is going in what order. I'm requesting that they bring their pictures of hair and makeup they want so they aren't scrolling through Pinterest the day of. When we are doing getting ready pix, when we are doing family/BP pictures and the name of the park, what they do during the ceremony (who walks first, what their music is, who they are paired with, my sister is taking my bouquet and holding my engagement ring so I can slip it back on after I have my wedding band), one of the girls will be helping me switch my veil for a head pieces so letting her know when we are doing that. Aside from that I'm letting those in the BP with dietary restrictions know what food is vegetarian/nut free...That's all I can think of

I'm doing the same thing. Addresses of where they need to be what time for rehearsal, rehearsal dinner. I'm also putting things like breakfast at hair salon, lunch provided at my moms so they know what's going on. Also what time things ends so they can arrange to get home if needed. What time SO not in the wedding should arrive (they probably lost the invite).

Checklist of things they should remember (I know it sounds like micro management but as BM my head was all over the place)

Your wedding is almost a year away. What do you really need to communicate so soon?

@FutureMrs I know i have time but I'm a very organized person and don't want to wait until the last minute to let my wedding party know what's going on. I also think it's fair to get price information to people at least 10 months in advance.

At 11 months out, I would focus more on getting information from them. Rather than tell them prices, have you asked what their individual budgets will be for your wedding?

My girls and I have a fb page event with all questions, details, location, pictures of different dress ideas, bouquet ideas and we even post our own thoughts on hair and makeup. We've decided to do tallies for most liked when pic are posted. This way we are all involved, even though it is my wedding... these are my girls and I couldn't imagine doing any of it without them. This is the best way of communication since we all live states away

Following. So far we have a what's app group chat but as we get closer to the day, I plan to give them each a brief agenda

I created a private group on GroupMe for my bridesmaids to avoid sending out separate texts, but closer to the wedding I’d like to send out a formal email as well ( weddings venue, hotel where we’ll be getting married, rehearsal, etc ) . I’ll be following this post as well.