1. Help gather resources. Clip out advertisements for things such as florists, and wedding cakes; pick up color swatches to give to guests who want to know the bride's color schemes; collect various travel brochures for honeymoon ideas.
2. When attending bridal fairs, be the one to collect the information, carry bags and fill out all the ballots for giveaways, allowing the bride to spend more time looking.
3. Offer to help stick address labels and stamps on the envelopes for wedding invitations and thank you notes.
4. On the day of the wedding, show up at the bride?s house with a tray of small snacks for everyone to nibble on. After all, you may not get time to eat all day.
5. Bring along a camera or video camera to record the bride as she gets ready for her big day.
6. For photographs, help ensure the bride looks her best by straightening out her dress, puffing up her bouquet and touching up her make-up.
7. Instead of just making a speech at the reception, show a slide show of old photos, present the bride with a gift, sing a song, or write a poem about your friendship.
8. At the wedding, designate yourself the official party maker and get people dancing. Be sure to dance with the single uncle or anyone else whom the bride is worried may not be having a good time.
9. Don't leave early! The ideal bridesmaid is one of the last people to leave the party so be prepared to stay as long as it takes.
10. Help with the cleanup. Whether it is at three in the morning or the next day, don't leave this for the bride to do herself. When cleaning up be sure to save some mementos for the bride such as a centerpiece, wedding favors left behind, etc
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