Our Wedding - Bouquets

I know I said my next post was going to be about the reception decor, but I just realized that I forgot to show you the bouquets.


J & I each had white bouquets. I went back and forth for a while deciding if I wanted a dark wine colored rose & calla bouquet or if I should carry a white bouquet. In the end I decided to go light since I didn't want such a stark contrast between us. My bouquet consisted of white dahlias, scented geranium & white roses and J's was lily of the valley and white roses.

We both had charms hanging from our bouquets to remember our loved ones who had passed. I had 3 charms...one for my grandmother, one for my best friend, and another for J's father.

And J had two...one for her Dad and another for our best friend. It was a nice way to remember them.

Our attendants held wine colored bouquets. Honestly I didn't have a chance to see them until the wedding...for some reason they weren't included in our flower sample. I might have changed them somewhat if I had a chance to preview them but I guess they turned out ok.

And our flower girl had a flower hair wreath...her mother wanted her to wear one so we were sure to honor her wish. And she carried pink petals in a basket in memory of her mom.

Next up for real this time is reception decor!

All images: Daniel Krieger

Catch Me If You Can!

I've been doing a lot of thinking lately about bouquet tossings. It's kinda funny since we're two girls. And we both would have bouqets to toss. And what would we do? Have both girls & guys up to catch them? I mean we'll have a bunch of single guys and girls at the wedding and I wouldn't want to leave any one sex out. Kinda a funny thought, right? Although I have to admit it would make for a GREAT photo op.

But then, on the other hand, since the bouquet toss is all about "who will be the next one to marry?" business I think about our thoughts on marriage and we're really not the kinda people to force the idea marriage on people. Or even the idea of coupledum, for that matter. Like you have to be married or at least coupled up to be a worthwhile person??? And we're not really very traditional, after all, so I don't really feel the need to do all the typical thing that happens at every other wedding.

So what do you guys think about this one? Yay or nay for tossing the bouquets?

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In Memory

I've been obsessed the past few days trying to figure out ways to honor the memory of our loved ones who have passed at our wedding.

Since I really want the wedding to be a happy occassion and celebration, I don't want to do something overly depressing, like leaving a few chairs empty, or displaying large pictures, but I definitely want to do something to honor them and have them with us.

I have always like the idea of memory charm hanging from a bouquet. I think it's a subtle yet beautiful way to carry those people close to us all day. And it's also great because we can keep the charms as a keepsake after the wedding.

I've found a few on Etsy that I like, one from Grandhorse, another from Designsby Tami and one from Sweetsassafras1. I'm not sure which one we should go with though because we each have more than one photo we'd like to hang from the bouquet. I will have three pictures, our best friend, my grandmother & Jen's father and Jen will have two, her dad & our bff. I'm thinking we should have a double sided frame or a locket so you can fit two pictures in one piece. I don't want the bouquet to be too bulky.

Another option we're considering is having memory candles lit before the ceremony and having our Reverend briefly say a few words to acknowlege them.

And lastly, our best friend recently passed away after a brave fight with breast cancer. Another way we were thinking to honor her is to have her daughter, our flower girl, carry and scatter pink rose petals in her memory. I'm also considering adding the color pink to our wine & aquamarine color palette as an accent color.

So what do you guys think of our ideas? How are you all remembering your loved ones on your special day?

Image: found here