Proxy Bride Bouquet (southerners will def. know what a proxy Bride is)

Tissue paper and wrapping paper flowers.

Now I'm curious, what is a proxy bride? When i googled it I saw it meaning a stand in for the rehearsal or a stand in on the wedding day?

View Quoted Comment TY! I will definitely look into these!

I don’t call it proxy bride, we use that boquet for the rehearsal.

You could honestly just make a cute ribbon bouquet or tissue paper.

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View Quoted Comment Haha, it’s funny b/c I didn’t know that anyone DIDN’T use a proxy bride at their ceremony rehearsal until I did a google search for this topic and most people responding to a post (on Reddit or something) were just totally confused b/c they had never heard of such a thing. And I was throw for a loop, too, b/c I thought this is what every bride, near and far, did!! It’s wild.
So, in a nutshell, it’s an old tradition where you ask a special friend in your life (who isn’t a bridesmaid) to be your “proxy bride”, which is an honor and their name is put in the ceremony program as such, etc. As a proxy bride, they act as the “bride” in walking down the aisle with my dad and standing next to my FH and everyone...and I stand back with my wedding planner as we run through the timing and order of things. You usually make a fun ribbon bouquet (made of all wedding shower present ribbons kept) for her to hold since the giving and retrieving of the bouquet to/from my matron of honor will have to be practiced too. And I just take note of what all directions my wedding planner gives and watch as I get to see how it all comes together. Some people link having a “proxy bride” to “superstition”...but I just am doing it b/c A. I’m old school/traditional when it comes to the wedding (such as not doing a “first look”...not for the superstition...but b/c I want his “first look” to be the first time he sees me when I walk down the aisle to being his wife—-it’s more of the happy emotional part of it that draws me to these traditions). And B. I want to have only ONE walk down that aisle with my Dad, and to my Groom. I just feel that it is, personally, more meaningful to me...and that’s how our weddings should all be—meaningful in our own little ways. So, my “proxy bride” helps me by helping others practice while I watch and listen to what my wedding planner wants her, but really me, to do at each point of the ceremony...and she allows me have that personally meaningful moment of walking down the aisle, one time, as a bride. 😊 I hope this helps explain it more. I saw many people shooting down this tradition on my google search (those who had not heard of it before mostly) and it’s probably because the bride to be, asking the question, wasn’t clear in what it meant to her (or maybe she really is superstitious...who knows). I, on the other hand, don’t believe in superstition whatsoever, and I just want meaningful details like those traditions to aid in what makes my wedding special to me. 😁

View Quoted Comment I love it and will probably use my out of town sister who is not a bridesmaid. It does help the bride to understand how everything looks from a guests perspective.

Btw I'm from the South so that may be why I like it 😌

View Quoted Comment Thats kind of cool that way you can "see" it help plan. And the ribbon bouqet thing sounds really sweet... Although I know it's currently your issue. Thanks for clarifing

In the past the bride didn't walk down the aisle until the actual wedding. A substitute did the rehearsal. The bride stands off to the side. It was a bad luck superstition. The ribbons off your gifts from your showers were to be made into a bouquet to be used at the rehearsal. And the ribbons were to stay intact when coming off the gifts. However many bows were broken would tell you how many children you would have.

I would just grab a pretty fresh bouquet from the nearest grocery store.

This is really sweet, but I'm not sure how I'll t would work for me as I don't have a wedding planner. I would go with the tissue paper idea!

I didn't have a bridal shower and my groom didn't have any kinda of party either my mom made the flowers for what were suppose to be thrown and she bought a bouquet of flowers that were already made and she bought some ribbon for mine and my maid of honors flowers and made the bows herself in which were very pretty!!

My bouquet with homemade ribbon that my mom made

Another picture

If you look on Pininterest they have a lot of ideas as well.

I am using the left over lace from my belt and gown for the bouquet. I don't know if you have anything like that you could potentially use.