Do you hold your bouquet during the ceremony?

I think you hold it until the officiant has you face one another and then you hand it over to the MOH. When it is time for you and your then husband to walk down together, your MOH will hand you your bouquet back.

Do you face each other before the rings are handed to you, or the officate?

Lol I have no idea on that part! I'm bordering on exhaustion at the moment.

My mom said that I would hold the bouquet to walk down the aisle, kiss my dad, and then hand the bouquet to my MOH immediately and take FS's hands. I'm not sure how everyone else did it, but that's what I'll probably do lol.

I like the idea of holding his hand, but I guess I could hold the boquet it one hand, and his in the other!

I agree with everyone else, typically the bride hands off the bouquet to the MOH.

You hand it off to your MOH when it's vows/ring time.

This is something you'll get a feel for during your rehearsal. If you're dying to know, ask your officiant for a copy of his ceremony script so you can see it in writing

Here's this. Hope it helps!!

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080523043805AAkOMf6

Wow i just realised after all the time its gonna take to get to the aisle, its gonna kill me to get that close to fh and not kiss him.... were extremely physical people and were always touching and kissing... im gonna just be like, i do i do! and lay one on him! lol but as for your question, yeah you hand it to your moh. and i believe you face fh when your about to say your vows. the rest, your facing the officiante

Just hand it to your MOH before you step into the gazebo and then she will hand it back to you when you step back out for the recessional.

Yep, you hold it until vow time. that's when you will face each other (altho some officiants may have other plans---ask!) Also, you want your hands free for the rings! Jessica is right on the timing.

Oh crap I really wasn't thinking about this because I'm like well u hand it to the MOH but now that I read all of this I'm don't know what to do. I'm having a very different wedding compared to most people. I wrote my own ceremony mixing a tradition and a tradition native wedding. So now I have no clue what to do. On my side I will have my MOH, My basket giver, RB and FG. Now I know you are suppose to have ur MOH stand next to you but I was going to have my basket giver do that because she will be handing me my basket so early in the game so I can't hand her my flowers and I don't want to make things like weird by walking past her and handing them to my MOH. Shit what do I do lol.

I was planning on holding in until we exchanged vows and faced each other..then we hand it off. Then before we walk away she gives it right back haha

I'm planning on giving mine to my MoH right when I get to the FH and having her hand it back to me after the kiss. I wrote the whole ceremony and do not have the officiant saying a whole lot before the vows start so FH and I will be facing eachother and holding hands the entire ceremony.

I held mine until we started he asked to face each other, then my MOH took in it. She gaveit back before we walked back down the aisle.

@Love - we almost kissed in the middle of it and the officiant said "whooa, not yet" lol

Don't stress this is one of those things the rehearsal is for.. So you can work out the little details.. you can either hand it off when you step into the gazebo or you MOH can grab it from ya when you start your vows

Totally agree with Malinda above. Try not to think about these details until the rehearsal. Your officiant should be able to help and you'll get a feel for what to do.

Honestly... Wedding ceremonies vary a lot from one officiant to another... So I would tell you this... Whenever you are to face your FH for the first time during the ceremony, hand it to the MOH...

Then make sure you have it as you walk out...

Also, make sure it makes it to the reception intact (I've seen quite a few get lost or damaged)...

but most important, have fun, enjoy your day! :-)

Cesar

http://www.cesarcabrera.com

Thanks everyone!!

I held my bouquet up to the point where the minister asked who gives this woman. My dad shook DH's hand, gave me a kiss and took his seat. Then the minister asked us to join hands and that's when I handed the bouquet off to my sister.