Let your guests build your bouquet
Here’s the ultimate DIY wedding bouquet idea: as your guests enter your ceremony venue, give each of them a flower. Or you could even ask each guest to bring a flower as their gift!
Then, when you walk to the altar, you can stop to collect a flower from each guest … assembling your community bouquet as you go. This gives you an awesome opportunity to acknowledge and involve each guest — I like this way better than a receiving line.
(Thanks to levinine for the photo!)
Comments
19 responses to this entryShannan
June 10th, 2008 · 5:14 AM · #This is a great idea!!! My mother and father are renewing their vows next year and they are doing a “hippie wedding”. I think this would be an awsome idea to do as my mother walks down the isle. Thanks!!
mordicai
June 10th, 2008 · 6:26 AM · #I like it too! & I was the groom for that wedding. Yay.
Yvette
June 10th, 2008 · 8:05 AM · #what a great idea! i would have never thought of it, love it!
Almost a Bride
June 10th, 2008 · 8:30 AM · #That is such a good idea! I love anything that involves the guests participation! Thank you for that nugget of gorgeousness!
Alyssa
June 10th, 2008 · 10:15 AM · #I am the sister-in-law of the shown wedding and we all enjoyed selecting a flower and being involved. The bouquet looked splendid, as did the bride!
rebecca
June 10th, 2008 · 10:42 AM · #Wow! This bride is like my wedding soulmate! We are both getting married on a boat and have the same peacock clutch. I think I may even copy the bouquet idea.
Meg
June 10th, 2008 · 12:39 PM · #Love, love, love.
shelly
June 10th, 2008 · 5:57 PM · #What a lovely idea. I’m trying to find more ways to incorporate our guests into our ceremony and this could be a nice fit….but how did you choose which guests would get flowers, the ones on the inside of the aisle would be hard to get to and it looks as though you don’t have nearly as many stems as guests…thanks for your help
Jennifer
June 10th, 2008 · 6:30 PM · #Shelly- This worked for us because we only had 29 guests and there entire ceremony was done with everyone standing. On their own, they formed an aisle of people, one person deep. I told people ahead of time that if they wanted to be certain of handing me a flower, to bring their own, but that otherwise we would provide some (my friends who bought all of the flowers from wholesalers bought a mismatched selection for this purpose.) I have no idea how the doling out part went, and if there were any hurt feelings about being left out, no one’s mentioned it. There was one person who had a flower in each hand, one for me and a small one for the groom.
Jennifer
June 10th, 2008 · 6:41 PM · #Rebecca- The boat idea was actually discarded and we got married at an old private club. But! I have to obnoxiously crow just a tiny bit about the clutch to say that mine was a custom order and the fabric was something she found on ebay at my request. I would love to see pictures of you with yours once they’re available, if you see this and if you’re on the ning tribe, I’m levinine there, too.
holly hatam
June 11th, 2008 · 10:05 AM · #What a great way to get your guests involved and in the end you have such a meaningful bouquet!
rebecca
June 11th, 2008 · 10:59 AM · #Oops, looks like the comment I left didn’t go live. I’ll definitely show you a pic with the peacock clutch. Mine was custom made by an Etsy seller
I love that fabric!
Anna K. Design
June 11th, 2008 · 12:03 PM · #What a great idea for guest and bride as well… I love that it will appeal to everyone.
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June 11th, 2008 · 12:26 PM · #[...] -Cute bouquet idea: build your bouquet as you’re walking down the aisle by having your guests hand you flowers. [...]
Shirley
June 11th, 2008 · 10:12 PM · #I am Jennifer’s mother. Before she and Mordicai (groom) entered together, a couple of her friends passed out a variety of long stemmed flowers to each guest. There were enough to go around and as Jennifer mentioned, some brought their own to hand her. I have to admit, I was a little skeptical about how it was going to work. It turned out to be a very special part of the celebration and everyone was touched. As part of the wedding ceremony, Mordicai removed a green velvet ribbon from Jennifer’s neck and tied it around the bouquet. Tell any skeptical mothers that it is a great idea and will all work itself out.
FrankensteinsBride
June 12th, 2008 · 6:01 PM · #What a wonderful idea!! I wish I would have thought of this!
Laura
June 19th, 2008 · 9:56 AM · #I think this idea is AWESOME!!
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hayley
August 23rd, 2008 · 1:08 AM · #Do you think this would work with my flowergirl collecting the flowers before I arrive? I wanted to collect the flowers a la Jennifer, but there will be 70 guests and my Mum freaked out about the idea.