Alternative Bouquet

[marlie2]

Fresh flowers are nice, but I feel no real emotional connection to them. My great-grandmothers jewelry and curtains from my fiance and I's first apartment though, those are special. So I figured hey, why not bring them to the wedding in bouquet form?

Along with some cruelty-free feathers from etsy and lots of hot glue I present to you my alternative bridal bouquet:











(ps- I plan to cover that plastic handle, I just haven't decided how to yet...)

[Somehowtainted]

That is stunning. I especially love the intimacy of using your grandma's jewelry.

[alwaysinmyroom]

It is gorgeous...and much more meaningful...you did a wonderful job of combining some lovely colors and textures...I nearly cried when I read that you had used something of your grandmother's...so personal...

[LunarPowered]

What a fantastic idea for honoring the tradition of bouqet in a special way! I have an aversion to doing wedding things because "that is just what people do." If I ever get married now I know what to do for the bouquet.

Thank you for passing along your inspiration. Congratulations and have a beautiful wedding.

[hgddm]

this is such a great idea! really nice work.

[hawkeye]

So pretty. And you can keep it forever!!!

[karmacranes]

absolutely stunning!

[kjlutz]

Beautiful idea.  It looks great and ahs so much meaning in it.

[marlie2]

LunarPowered - I have that same aversion to traditional things if there's no real personal tie to it. We plan to throw out a lot of "you have to do this in every wedding" if we don't like them because well... it's our wedding (:

hawkeye - I thought this too!! Or with some changes years down the line maybe my future daughter would like to use it when she gets married.  Like an heirloom.

[TreasuresByMrsT]

This is beautiful!