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Teresa
Savvy June 2018

Good bouquet toss alternative?

Teresa, on July 22, 2017 at 9:59 AM Posted in Planning 0 6

Instead of doing the bouquet toss, I'm instead going to use the flowers from the bouquet (and extras if necessary) to give one flower to each of the girls in my wedding party, both of our mothers and grandmothers and great grandmothers. One of my grandmothers passed away a couple of years ago though, so for her in going to give her widowed husband (or her son if he is not able) the flower to put on her grave or next to a picture of her in their house when they go home to another state. (Which one would be better?) Also his great grandmother probably won't be there, so I'll just give it to his mom to give it to her ASAP since we'll be on honeymoon for two weeks. (Note: the only sister between the two of us is in the wedding party, so we're not leaving her out)

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Latest activity by Amelia, on July 22, 2017 at 6:07 PM
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    VIP October 2017
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    You say you're going to give one flower from your bouquet to each girl in your bridal party. Will they not have bouquets of their own?

    ETA and this is not necessarily an alternative to a bouquet toss, as most florists will provide a "toss bouquet" (some for no additional cost) separate from your bridal bouquet. So you could totally do both. It's not clear from your OP whether you're specifically looking for something to replace the traditional toss, and this is your favorite idea. But you don't have to do a bouquet toss if you don't want to, you can just skip it and not have anything alternative in its place. Or you can still do the toss and gift parts of your bridal bouquet to special guests at your wedding. Or some combination of those elements.

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  • Teresa
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    I suppose they will have their own bouquets... I can't believe I forgot about that! I'll have to think about that part, but it IS more symbolic of them being the closest ladies in my life than "here's an extra flower". Their bouquets will be different colors from mine and/or the extra flowers, so if they keep the whole bouquet they can stick the extra flower in there and remember the little speech I'll give about how amazing they are. Smiley xd

    Well I'm thinking of replacing the bouquet toss period because we may only have time to do one and I find the option I mentioned to feel more suited to our situation. Sorry I wasn't more specific. If my grandmother was still alive I'd just give her bouquet as the longest married, but I don't want to put my grandfather on the spot by giving him an entire bouquet. I'm still just looking for ideas and debating all my options though. Thanks!

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  • Beth
    Expert October 2018
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    I saw a bouquet toss where the bride instead held it like one bouquet and when she tossed it, it was individual flowers with ribbon and then multiple people got flowers. It was a cool surprise and very fun to watch

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  • Danielle
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    1) Usually florists will give you a toss bouquet with your bridal package.

    2) I've heard of giving the bouquet to the longest married couple.

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    We're doing the anniversary dance in which the longest married couple gets the bouquet.

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  • Amelia
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    Same as the few above me, giving toss bouquet to the winners of the anniversary dance. But you could also give a single flower to moms and grandmas -I've seen this done at the beginning of the ceremony. But don't take the flowers out of a toss bouquet (or any bouquet) to hand out separately, just keep them separate.

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