Hoo boy. This is a tough one.

Like most people, I hope, I’ve known a lot of incredible people during my life. I’ve been struggling with the task of which ones to ask to be part of my wedding party. This is one of those decisions that could quickly get out of control and turn into this:

Ack! You can’t even see the people in this picture. The size of this wedding party will probably end up being half the size of everyone even invited to my wedding. So I came up with a few simple rules for myself:

1. People who are willing to help & get crafty. I will be asking, so brace yourself.
2. People who don’t live terribly far away. Almost all of mine are local, luckily.
3. People who don’t have small children or other commitments that would make this difficult. FH’s sister in law would be a good choice, but their new daughter was born premature, so I don’t want to burden her with a big responsibility. We do want to ask her to do a reading or a similar task, because she’s special to us and we want to include her.

Your rules may differ, but I think it’s good to realize these kinds of things before asking people. What kind of qualities did you look for in your wedding party?

FH called me at work about 3 days after we ordered my ring. The jeweler had called to tell us the setting came in, but they weren’t comfortable with it. After I composed myself in the back of the coat closet at work (it’s like my superman phone booth!), I finished up my day and headed down to meet FH at Rainbow. I was really worried as I’d set my heart on this ring, and we’d found it at a price that made sense.

It turns out that the quality of the setting really was lacking. It was so lightweight – I was shocked, and sure I’d destroy it in no time. Being the klutz that I am, I knew I needed something a little more sturdy. Thankfully the wonderful team there had gone through their catalogs and pulled out a couple of alternatives. In the end, I found one that looked even closer to my original inspiration from Brilliant Earth. They also didn’t charge us any extra for ordering the second ring. Yay!

After that I was left to wait in suspense for the proposal….

Did anyone else ever run into some unexpected snags while picking out their ring?