I am having artificial flowers which means i am able to buy a secondary bouquet to throw. I know not all brides like the idea of essentially giving away their bridal bouquet and wondered if anyone else was honouring this tradition?
CommentAuthorXLittleMissMe!X
I'm not throwing mine for the simple reason I want to keep it and I'm not having a second made just to chuck as I only have 5 girls that are not married so can't really justify it for a couple of ladies.
CommentAuthorRhiannonollie
Im throwing mine. I think it will be fun. Plus my bouquet will be real flowers so they will only die, so I might as well have some fun with them!!
I will make sure i get loads of photos of it before it gets destroyed though!! lol!!
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CommentAuthorCroc
im gonna chuck mine.... theres only about 4 single girls and maybe 4 that arent married but have partners but i dont care ... i think it will be fun ... im going on on honey moon that night so not like i can take it with me ... so im gonna chuck it
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CommentAuthormcquire81
Thats a nice idea x Im really looking forward to throwing mine, i have a lot of unmarried freinds, some of whom are hoping to make quite an unsubtle hint to their partners by catching my bouquet lol! x
i too have artificial flowers and have had a throw away bouquet made so i can keep the tradition but still have my bouquet as a keepsake.x
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CommentAuthorUnknown
i dont want to throw mine so i may get a cheap bouquet and throw that but havnt actually decided yet. will decide when i know how much they are going to cost x
CommentAuthorx~Hails~x
Ive got a mini version of mine being made but someone on here mentioned getting 6 red roses (part of my theme) from the supermarket and throwing them instead so 6 ppl get a chance of catching one............which i loved so i might do that and keep the smaller version to give to my mum :-)
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CommentAuthorUnknown
thats nice hails...giving it to your mum x
CommentAuthorRhiannonollie
ohhh thats a nice idea hails~!! getting six red roses!!
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CommentAuthorJill
I'm a very sentimental person but I'm not fussed about my bouquet - it'd just be one more thing to take up space I dont have. I didnt think about throwing it though, may do that! At a wedding show at the weekend I saw a company that press your wedding bouquet and frame it. Must say it didnt look too hot! x
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CommentAuthorUnknown
my mum had that done when she got married nearly 25 years ago but it did look really good! x
CommentAuthorMrsMelodyWalker
Im having artificial flowers and I want to keep mine but I do like the idea of throwing a bouquet but I'm not sure of buying another bouquet just to throw it and I thought it only counts when you throw the bouquet you walked down the aisle with?
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CommentAuthorUnknown
does it? i have never heard that before! x
CommentAuthorMrsMelodyWalker
I've heard it loads of times now but I suppose it doesnt really matter! Its not like your bouquet as magic powers just because you walked it down the aisle lol
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very true!
CommentAuthorMrsMelodyWalker
I might just buy a cheapy one from ebay to throw
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CommentAuthorTinsel
I'm getting a 'throwing bouquet' which is just a smaller version of my bouquet. The idea of getting roses from the supermarket is good though.
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CommentAuthorstressed to max b2b
mine would prob run away when i throw it hahhaaha, but yerh im going to throw mine well i am if i remember :-o but i will also be gutted to see em get trashed :-( x
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CommentAuthorsuzky123
im doing the same... I am havinh white carnations and one red rose so all female guests can catch a flower but the red one is obviously the one to aim for. I am giving the bridal bouquet to nan and grandad doing the game during the eve reception. They should be the last married couple standing so will then hand over the bouquet and ask for words of wisdom
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CommentAuthorJill
Having thought about it I'm just going to give it to my granny - she'll love it! x
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CommentAuthormcewan07
im unsure what to do, i wasn't for throwing anything but putting it on my grampas grave (who died a year past january - we were very close) but then im unsure what others (ie. my mum) will think as i wasnt going to put anything on my other papas , but he died when i was 8 months so i have little connection to him. So confused as to what to do
CommentAuthorJill
I wouldnt think they'd think anything of it hun - if they know how close you were to your grampa they'll understand x
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CommentAuthorTrish Goddard
Im not throwing mine.....
Im putting it on OH grandmothers grave.. she dies a few months ago !!
CommentAuthorPinky1985
Hell no! I'm paying £100 for my bouquet alone so its not ending up being mauled to death by the many ladies attending my wedding! I might give it to my nan and grampies instead as she is 88 and he is 91! They are both very excited and I have my dad and gramps giving me away on the day! :D xxx
CommentAuthorMel D
I don't think so, I'm hoping that it will dry nicely ... in my Mum's care! If I kept it they would all just keel over and die the next day! I am terrible at keeping plants - I have even managed to kil a cactus!
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CommentAuthorNishaVyas88
Since my h2b's nan is doing the flowers, I wouldn't dream of throwing the bouquet. However, I'm going to piece together one of plastic flowers to throw. Since it's going to get mauled, its not going to be an absolute replica either, just in the right colours and tied up nicely.
CommentAuthorBlossom
hi, MelG, If you look on ebay or somewhere like that. look for a stuff called silica gel. this stuff will dry out your bouquet faster & it will keep its form better.
I'm a florist, i remember reading last year of some women in holland or germany that had bouquets that could after the service be split into three. one third to keep, one third for their mum & one third to throw.
CommentAuthorlemlau
defo not! i know they will eventually die but can't bear to throw it! so having a small throwing bunch to throw also
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CommentAuthormcquire81
Im really looking forward to throwing the bouquet, a few of my friends have already mentioned to me if i was going to do it. It doesnt seem to be as much of a common tradition anymore, maybe because its so much more expensive for the flowers!
CommentAuthorMrsSmart2b
I won't be because I'm using the bouquet my mum had when she got married!! Just adding fresh flowers to it. Might have to nick one of the bridesmaids bouquets though!! :-) xx
CommentAuthorSoon2beMrsHall
HEHE I just asked martyn should i buy a throwing bouquet so i can keep mine and he said no its a waste of money and then i refreshed the page and this was the first thread VERY ODD. But i am not getting a throwing bouquet and i am not throwing mine
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CommentAuthormcquire81
I can definitely see why you wouldnt want to throw yours Mrssmart2b!!lol
CommentAuthorLisa Ramos
I'm having a crystal brooch bouquet that I am making myself and will probably take me forever to make, so there's no way I'm throwing that plus I would probably cause an injury lol
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CommentAuthormcquire81
That makes a lot of sense Lisa Ramos, really admire you making your own too. I would love to do something like that but i decided to do the invitations and favours myself instead. I think flower arrangements might be too tall an order for me! xx
CommentAuthorcharlotteverity
im not throwing my bouquet as i want to keep it. x
CommentAuthorMrs-West-2B
I cant decide what i want to do, one minute i dont want to becuase it will get ruined and then i think well they are only going die in the end anyway and it would be really fun.. I just dont know what to do lol x
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CommentAuthorYourFirstDanceBride
Mine are artificial and I have made them but also made a smaller one to throw as I want to keep mine too.
CommentAuthorVicky
I was thinking of tossing one of my bridemaids one
CommentAuthorlil miss sunshine
i'm planning on geting one just for tossing as i want to keep mines
