No Bridesmaid Bouquets?

@Celia, they walk in carrying food? Then stand there the whole time with it then walk out? That doesn't make sense and sounds very uncomfortable for everyone, especially the BM

Don't do flower crowns...

@SpringBride, I am doing a flower crown for myself

but I just spoke to my florist and I think we are going with greenery with 2-3 flowers to match my bouquet.

I had difficulty finding a bouquet that would watch my dress. So, I'll be carrying a lantern and my bridesmaid will be carrying a single long stem rose. Just something simple but very elegant.

I was kidding P.F.

Well if you go with a themed wedding you could adapt it to your theme. As my wife and I's theme was Renaissance Fair/ Time Traveler some of our brides maids had staff's, others were welcomed to carry weapons or other items that related to their costumes.

What about daisies? You can pick them up at the grocery cheap and just gather them into casual bouquets.

My ladies will be walking down with a single rose, just so they have something in their hands.

I thought about doing wrist corsages, but I ended up going against that. I like the bouquets too much.

Maybe pastel pinwheels or streamers?

Actually, groomsmen manage to make it work without having to hold something. I'm sure everyone can go empty-handed and it will look lovely.

I am making wristlet corsages for my BMs. I will give them beautiful bright roses and carnations and they will look beautiful! I also want to keep costs down. I also don't want them to stand up at the altar with me (it's a weird bride tick I have, but I have some reasoning behind it) so I don't want them sitting awkwardly with big bouquets.

We were thinking beach for a while and a thought was DIYing some bouquets with sweetgrass roses and seashells. Honestly, it would only be less expensive because it's DIY. You'd have a lot of time to get them ready. (My mother used to be a florist, too. I would love to have her designs but DIYing fresh flowers is an unbelievable hassle. I'm not against recruiting my mother's help but putting her on a time table and filling her fridge with flowers all while going to wedding functions and visits from oot family? Nope.)

I walked down the aisle at my friends wedding with a single rose w/baby's breath.

My BMs and I will carry our favorite books instead of a flower bouquet.

I cut costs on bouquets and flower crowns by using a local flower farm. It was about half of the cost and looked great!

I am using wooden flowers. They ended up being WAY cheaper and just matched what I wanted. My mother, children, and I are all allergic to pollen. My bridesmaids all have very small bouquets of 5 wooden flowers and I can keep my bouquet.

At my first wedding, my bridesmaids carried a single cala lily.

There was also a girl on here that had mentioned her bridesmaids carrying a book.

Yes - Orchids are great! they come in all shapes and colours.

My sister used a wrist corsage with a succulent. You could always attach a small star fish for the wedding beach feel.

After much internal debate I decided to try and do flowers inexpensively. I'll have ten stems of red calla lilies and my bridesmaids will each have ten stems of white calla lilies. Simple, a flower I adore, and *quite a bit* less expensive than my original quote.