I went to the two bookstores in my neighbourhood to buy some thank you cards for my bridesmaids and the groomsmen. A month more to go for my wedding but I just have the feeling I will forget small items like this so I best get them now than forget about it.

I really couldnt find any card that actually said “Thank you for being our bridesmaid”, all the cards were just Thank you or a photo. So I decided to make my own cards. One of my sisters in law is really good at it too.

A few weeks ago, I saw some cards at a card shop where the designer used text from newspapers and magazines. I think even serial killers used to write letters like this in the past

Anyways, ignore my totally inappropriate comment above. Here are the cards I made:

The materials needed for this card are:
Blank folded paper (A 5 size) and matching envelope
Embellishment from craft store
One magazine or newspaper with different colour text
Scissors
Glue

Basically I just cut out all sizes of text and keeping in mind the names of my bridesmaids, particularly words like “J” which dont come up quite often, I searched for text with these letters. Then I just mix and matched and glued them on.

I had their names on the insides of the cards so they know that I made it with only them in mind:

These were the embellishments I used, aren’t they so sweet?

Making these cards can be quite labour intensive but hugely rewarding. I actually found it really relaxing and made a few more – with happy birthday text on them. But then again, I love arts and crafts……