Alternative to bridesmaid Bouquets

You could have sparkley braclets with corsages on. Sparkley handbags?

Ive seen a few weddings where the bridemaids have had sparkly bags with buttonhole type corsages on them instead of bouquets. A sparkly bag would look great xx

A few ideas I have done in the past:

Wands if they are younger:

or decorated bags:

A single flower with crystals:

Crystal bouquets are sparkly and wintery in that Snow Queen way. Starstruck is one of the HIBs who makes them.

I think nice white/cream flowers would be lovely! Or red roses!! Im a bouquet kinda girl tho!

Viking princess put up some lovely winter wedding bouquets the other day.

I think the corsages are nice, but I wouldn't know what to do with my hands when walking down the aisle without a bouquet to hold on to IYSWIM?

Another idea would be a button bouquet - Button Moon Bouquets is a company that does them, but you can find other people that make them on Folksy.com and no doubt Etsy.

For some unique ideas Folksy and Etsy are great to browse for original and handmade pieces.

There are some fabulous bridesmaid/bridal handbags which could be used afterwards as evening bags or, there are the bridesmaid's satin pouch bags and sparkly bags like these:-

The open weave sparkly bags can be filled with organza as in pic 1 or artificial petals as in the turquoise pic.

My friend had these Suzie, they are bells in a heart shape with ribbon to hold, we were abroad but think they would look equally as good in the winter - depending on age of your b/m's aswell. (Sorry for the big pic).

Thanks everyone for your ideas

x

I'm having an xmassy wedding, but still will prob have bouquets. Know my BMs will want something to hold when they come down the aisle - like a security blanket almost!

We have some wands and baskets here http://www.lilypondcards.com/flowergirlsbridesmaids.htm that can be adapted to any theme.

Andrea

I like the handbag and love all things that sparkle!! But my suggestion is that you look at Pomandars (those ball style bouquets). You don't need to use flowers they can be made of anything.. I have seen some lovely wintery ones. Or you could have them holding candles, that is very wintery.