We just found some adorable cards from Inkbox Design Boutique that would be perfect to use to ask your girlfriends to be in your wedding party. Or you could use them to write a special thank you to go with a gift.

Choose from either the Bridesmaid or the Maid of Honour designs. The cards are blank on the inside and are sold for $5.99 each.  These designs are also available on t-shirts.

In case he hasn’t popped the question yet, but you think he might be getting ready to you might want to make sure he sees this. The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History is opening a Live Butterfly Pavilion on Valentine’s Day 2008 and would like to invite one happy couple to “Feel the Flutter” by getting engaged among more than 300 live butterflies. The exhibit doesn’t technically open to the public until Feb. 15, so the lucky couple will have the pavilion all to themselves (with the exception of the butterfly onlookers) for the momentous occasion.

As a thank you, the lucky couple will be invited to a VIP reception on the evening of Feb. 14 where celebrities, local officials, Smithsonian representatives and supporters will gather to celebrate the opening of the new exhibit (and their engagement, of course!). Anyone interested should contact Natasha Collins (natasha.collins@fleishman.com )for more details.

Picture is from the Smithsonian Institute National Museum of National History exhibit Butterflies and Plants: Partners in Evolution.