Informing the Bridal Party

It was a process, but once Foxy and I finally made the decision on what we wanted our respective bridal party halves to wear, we kind of.. stalled. More accurately, I was the one stalling. My ever present indecisiveness needed to be extra, extra, extra sure that was 110% settled on what we wanted folks to wear before getting the word out. Once November rolled around and the Save the Dates were sent and I realized I still hadn't formally clued anyone in, I realized it was probably time to: 1. let everyone know what we want for ensembles, and 2. remind everyone they actually are in our wedding, seeing as we've been pretty hands off up to this point. Reminders are good, yes? ;)

A nice email would have been fine, but I had this itch to amp it up and make it an email with an attachment. Ooooh.

For the ladies:

And for the men:

I also created a third attachment with basic information about the rehearsal dinner, accommodations, etc, and sent everything out in one massive email so people could see who everyone else is and what they will be sporting down the aisle.

We are now just short of 5 months out and as far as I know, no one has ordered anything yet.. which makes sense, seeing as I asked them to get stuff ordered by late January/early February. I just hope they all have better luck getting everything than Foxy and I have had (see: dress, rings)! Speaking of which, we should really order Foxy's suit...

How did you spread the word about wedding party ensembles? About how far out did people end up purchasing?