Bridesmaid's flowers

[heather6773]

My friend is getting married in November. She would like the girls to carry something unique and different than a bouquet of flowers....any suggestions? I am her Matron of Honor. I will be helping with the arrangements....HELP!!!

[rdy2rac with]

What are the wedding colors? Does she & furutre-hubby share a common hobby? Anythign else that might spark an idea?

[Mommytotwo]

*They could be angels and have wings and a wand.
*You could have them carry those hoops over their heads that are decorated. It looks like half a hula hoop that has flowers wrapped around it.

[jana]

Katy has some good questions to start with, and made me think of a ton of others:

How did the couple meet? Do they have any foreign heritage they want to incorporate? Are they doing a fall theme? Any kind of theme? Is it an indoor or outdoor wedding? Traditional church wedding or destination beach wedding? What are their jobs? Any significance to November?

I could see a number of things being carried by bridesmaids, but if you/she came up with a theme you might have some luck thinking of really unique ideas (say they met at Mardi Gras; the girls could all carry/wear elaborate masks...for a beach wedding, they could carry conch shells...etc.)

They could carry candles (battery-powered ones so nobody gets burned?), framed photos of the couple, maybe crosses if they're religious...

[heather6773]

They are not really religious. The colors are wine and forest green. My dress will be the green and the other 2 girls are in wine. The men are wearing white tuxes(not my idea:confused: ) but anyhoo... Her flowers are all set ...she is carrying a hand tied bouquet of red roses with a few calla lilies poking out the top. The lilies were her grandma's fav. and they are a tribute to her memory. I thought we could carry calla lilies hand tied with wine colored ribbon. but she wanted to do something a little different. I will mention your ideas above to her. They are clever....

[rdy2rac with]

What if you each carried a repigious item? Since you'll have to hold her bouquet at some point you should have something small. So my idea is to have you carry lilies wrapped with a rosary instead of ribbon (or along with ribbon); also a wine colored rosary would really make it stand out. The other girled sould carry a single flower (maybe a red rose to tie in with the brides bouqet & also signify the couple). Along with their flower 1 could carry a bible & the other could carry a cross (or some other religious items, I'm not big on all of them).

[meliz]

What about a winter-type bouquet of ever green/berries? Not totally different than usual, but certainly appropriate for the season....

or maybe a candle or a lantern?

[heather6773]

I like those ideas too!! I will pass them along!!