What a gift: Money Bouquet

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Look at this money bouquet. We have to admit we never thought of this but it seems so perfect. A bouquet made out of bills-what a creative way to give cash at a bridal shower. Much better than stuffing cash into an envelope with a card saying "Congratulations."

This could be used to give cash as gifts or as a bridal shower decoration or centerpiece.

Want to DIY? Ella Fagan has a great tutorial on how to do a money bouquet. For more variations, look on ehow to find out how to make money roses and Make magazine for another variation on money bouquets.

Inspiration for this post came from Swoonoverit

Pimp the Bride's Ride in Style

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While most of us think of the groomsmen as decorating the couple's car after the wedding, plenty of us bridesmaids do it too loading up the couple's Ford Fusion with streamers and cans. Now there's a new way of decorating the car without damaging it.

Look at Ridemagnetism.com for plenty of designs like the one above. As car magnets, they won't damage the car, require no extra adhesives, and can be used over and over again. Of course the company can make custom designs.

Why Ninjas Make the Best Bridesmaids

Bridezilla has a great article-Why Ninjas Make the Best Bridesmaids. Basically when your bride starts complaining about how you don't want to trek to the fifth bridal boutique to try on yet another aubergine tea-length gown, send her this link with the suggestion that she should have had as bridesmaids someone other than actual humans like ninjas.

DIY: Matchbook Favor

Remember the good ole days when every club or restaurant gave out cute little matchbooks. Well, now for your best friend's bridal shower you can do the same thing and make these adorable personalized matchbooks.

Offbeat Bride featured this great DIY-best of all its super simple. The instructions: take cheap blank matchbooks, print out designs on sticker paper, and then trim and adhere to make cheap, custom favors. Sticker paper is easy to design and customize so the options are endless!

Vera Wang's Top Ten Colors for Bridesmaid Dresses

Perfect Bound has put together a delightful palette of the top ten bridesmaid dress colors from Vera Wang. Looking at the gorgeous dresses Vera Wang has to offer makes us wish we were in ten more weddings. Of course Vera also has their list of the top bridesmaid dresses.