Flowers for Officiant?

My gut says no flowers but since he is family I am unsure.

Yes, he does. Unless he is in robes.

I'm actually not sure about this one, I would put "paging Celia" in your title. She's a celebrant/officiant so she might have an answer for you

You're a sweetie for thinking about this.

1. get a real officiant.

2. he doesn't need a bout.

No boutonniere.

My brother is officiating mine (he's ordained and does weddings, not just online...but not knocking this), and we are getting him a bout. I liked the way it looked in my other siblings weddings esp for family pictures.

Thanks for the advice!!!

Put your bout money aside and use it to pay for a real, experienced officiant.

Even if it weren't your brother, I can give you a heads up. In all of the now countless weddings we've done, we have never, ever provided a corsage or a bout to an officiant.

You need to find a professional officiant if you want your wedding to reach the level of "sacred" that it deserves -- and that word, "sacred", doesn't mean religious. It means "set apart", and that's what you want. The pro officiant will conduct the ceremony, and they won't need a small flower combo to do that -- unless they wouldn't be instantly recognized as an officiant (because they aren't).

Hmm, I am not familiar with that meaning of the word sacred, and I checked my dictionary, and it was not listed. In any event, if they are legally wed, that should certainly set the day apart. I do think that OP should check with her local state/county to make certain the FBIL can sign the wedding certificate.

We're giving mine one because of how small the wedding and guestlist are. Also, she's a friend of mine. A lot of our mutual friends are invited and we're not having programs. I'm comfortable paying $7 for her to wear a flower for half an hour.

Thanks for the advice Many of my friends have been married by significant family members in the state of CA and all have been a-okay legality wise regarding signing the certificate. I will likely get him a few flowers as it is not a huge chunk of change to do so and he is family. Thanks again for the feedback

My mom said yes so we gave our officiant a boutonnière. It was only an additional $12.50 so it wasn't a big expense.

ETA- this might be regional. My florist automatically added it when I told her how many groomsman. When I called my mom to ask she said yes, they need one. When I started thinking about it, I think they have almost always had them at every wedding I've attended.

Some florists suggest it. I've received corsages tagged "for officiant" and also corsages or boutonnieres meant for someone who didn't show up. I don't expect flowers, but am always pleasantly surprised when I get them.

View Quoted Comment Here is my opinion as an ordained minister and a legal officiant, I have been doing weddings for 15 years and I’m very experienced although my ordination was online. They are not mutually exclusive and I think it’s arrogant to say otherwise. You do not have to be religious or go to a seminary in order to know how to write a beautiful meaningful wedding ceremony that no one will ever forget. That being said in all my years of doing weddings I have probably been given flowers only once or twice.