The original use of a wedding bouquet may surprise you. According to Wikipedia,
"an upper class bride was required to hold a bouquet of roses or flowers as she walked down the aisle to prevent body odor from spreading and to drive away evil spirits." It wasn't for glaming up the ceremony or for the ritual of throwing the bouquet to the single women at the reception (or for giving the bride something to do with her hands). It was making sure she didn't smell bad on her wedding day.
Now that our hygiene is in check and evil spirits aren't part of most wedding vernacular, it could be fun to think of your bouquet in an entirely different light. Instead of flowers, have you thought of a giant pinwheel?
"an upper class bride was required to hold a bouquet of roses or flowers as she walked down the aisle to prevent body odor from spreading and to drive away evil spirits." It wasn't for glaming up the ceremony or for the ritual of throwing the bouquet to the single women at the reception (or for giving the bride something to do with her hands). It was making sure she didn't smell bad on her wedding day.
Now that our hygiene is in check and evil spirits aren't part of most wedding vernacular, it could be fun to think of your bouquet in an entirely different light. Instead of flowers, have you thought of a giant pinwheel?
Or a bouquet made out of Grandma's Costume Jewelry?
What about a beautiful bunch of wheat?
Or (my absolute favorite) a whimsical bunch of butterflys?
With just a little bit of creativity, you can have an unconventional wedding bouquet that is probably easy on the budget and just another fabulous detail that guests will talk about for a long time to come.
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