Planning a Royal Blue Wedding

Looking for some color combo help to get your wedding planning going... thinking royal blue as a main color, but struggling with the rest. Lime green?  Latte/lt. brown? People do like to be beside the seaside... especially when there's a royal blue real wedding to go to. A royal blue wedding may include royal blue flower arrangements, royal blue bouquets, MagicDress.co.uk royal blue bridesmaids dresses, royal blue linens at the reception and other royal blue wedding decor.

8 Things a Great Bridesmaid Should Do

It isn't always reality that the bridesmaids can take away all the stress of the wedding for the bride. But there are also some ideas on how the bridesmaids do to be a great bridesmaid.

1. Record gifts at the bridal shower (in legible handwriting).

2. Run out to pick up last-minute items on the wedding day.

3. Lend the bride a shoulder to cry on when the stress gets to be too much.

4. Spend the night before the wedding with the bride to talk, laugh, and calm the bride's nerves.

5. Give the bride (but gentle) opinions as you try on dresses.

6. Offer to do bride hair and makeup on the wedding day.

7. Start dancing to get the reception crowd up.

8. Text you post-honeymoon for drinks on Thursday night...like always.

How to Pick Your Bridesmaids

Did you know in Roman times bridesmaids were originally included in wedding ceremonies to confuse evil spirits as to which young lass was actually becoming a Mrs.?

Let's start with the must-haves in your retinue: family. Whether you make your sister your maid of honor is really up to you, but unless little sister did something much worse than ruin your favorite Delia's top in seventh grade, stick her in the lineup. As a corollary, unless you're marrying a child of the Duggars and have 25 future-sisters-in-law to contend with, it's safe to assume that all of your fiance's sisters should also automatically get the bid.

You want to be surrounded by people who understand you and who will make you the best version of yourself once you walk down that aisle. The best bridesmaids can help you wiggle into your dress, keep you from bursting into tears and apply expert lip gloss while still recording everything for posterity on their iPhones.You can pick one friend from each stage of your life (high school, college, work, etc), you can limit it just to family members. But as someone who has been through this process and survived, I can offer this sage advice: Pick who will make you the happiest on your big day.