Are you doing something special with your bouquet after the wedding? And if so...

Mine was going on my Granddads grave but my Nan forgot it. She was too busy taking my centerpieces, napkins and what ever else she was allowed to have from the house ?

I was just wondering the other day whatto do with mine, I would like to keep it. But I'm sure it wouldbe dead by the time the honeymoon was over anyway. probably give it to my mum or sister?

I was going to give them to my aunt to place on my cousins grave. I've just found out she has a resting place and she died about 19 years ago! We were close when we were growing up and so i'm going to give her the bouquet.....

Its going on H2B's Dads grave - I'm so sad that I never knew him. We're also dividing up the top table arrangement for my grandparents grave.

I have heard of people freeze drying their bouquet and mounting it - for me thats a wee bit twee - would look rubbish in our house. I'll probably take a white rose out of my bouquet to dry and keep.

This isn't something I had thought about at all. What lovely thing to put in on a grave, to think of those that can't be there.

H2B is putting his buttonhole on his dad's memorial plaque on the day after the wedding. And my folks are putting their corsage and buttonhole on my grandparent's plaque.

Mum is going to press some of the flowers from my bouquet while we're on honeymoon.

Even though our wedding is millions of years away (feels like it) they will go on h2b dads grave.

I'm also buying bowls for the flowers for table centres and giving them away as gifts. Theres no flowers going to waste!!! Tee hee! Seriously though I have worked in enough hotels and seen flowers go straight in the bin - such a waste of money.

I put mine on my MIL's grave

I'm going to take mine away on my mini moon with me. They'll keep for a few days in some water i should have thought as they're just roses.

I'll suggest to h2b that he takes his button hole to his great nana's grave as it's only 20 minute drive from home.

I would like to take something for my grandad's grave. The reason i've picked roses is because he loved them so much and so i might see if my mum and my dad will let me have their corsages and button hole so that i can take them there.

I had thought of having them dried but as someone else has already said they wouldn't go in my house.

I had some of my flowers pressed (they are still in the press some 2.5 years later and I've never opened it)! My MIL also had some of them freeze dried and mounted into a small picture (this is not displayed in my house, it is in a box along with other left over bits and pieces). I also had a leaf made into a silver pendant by Ginni at clay corner

Mrs W

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I'm not having any cut flowers at the wedding at all. table centre pieces are potted plants so people can take them home, we aren't having button holes and bouquets will be dried woven wheat (corn dolly). As I live in a country cottage it should 'go' quite well so they'll be on show at home!

I had wooden roses for our bouquets so we've kept mine and put it in our living room as it's the same colours.

My bridesmaids have kept theirs too and my grandma has kept her button hole in a little vase on her tv unit... it's nice because it's always there and I'm reminded of our wedding day everyday. (Although I'm still finding confetti from our wedding in May)

Claire x

I'm throwing mine! Does no one do that anymore? I have a group of friends who would kill me if I didn't!

I really liked the idea of doing this, but when I realised how much my bouquet was going to cost (£95) I changed my mind! I think I read somewhere that some people have a smaller bouquet for throwing so they can keep their own. I'll probably give mine to my Mum/sister or whoever wants it!

Me too -during the welcome drinks, so we can have photos of 'the throwing' etc. Mine cost £120 though, now wondering whether I should...although its been the done thing at weddings Ive been to recently. I suppose theres nothing Id do with it apart from dry it -and would have to get someone else to while I was on honeymoon, and then guess itd just go up in the loft somewhere?!

Wow you ladies are very thoughtful... what a lovely idea i never thought of doing anything like that!

I wish i could take mine to where my my grandparent's ashes were scattered but i can't sadly as it's some where in South Africa ☹️

Having read that you could have them frozen i was wondering if anyone knows where i could have this done should i choose to?

I gave mine to my brother's girlfriend - my brother was not amused!!! But she had done so much for us on the day I wanted to say thank you!

My friends were asking me the other nite if I was going to throw my bouquet but Im going to put mine on my brother's grave. Maybe I could use one of theirs(as bridesmaids) to throw? I'm sure they wouldnt want to do anything special with theirs after the wedding....

Hello,

I'm having mine split into 3 equal sections and then freeze dried and framed.

One for me, one for my mum and one for MIL2B - she doesn't have any daughters so my mum and I thought it would be nice for her.

Luv Victoria

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How lovely!

May i ask where you are having them done?

Hi,

There is a lady that lives local to my parents (Renfrewshire, Scotland).

Here is there website: -

https://www.alwaysblooms.co.uk/about_us.html

Luv Victoria

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Thanks for that Victoria!

I'm giving mine to the nurses at the hospice, who will have spent a couple of hours on the morning of the wedding getting my Dad ready so that he's able to attend and give me away.

I think I'll take mine with me on honeymoon so I can enjoy it - I'll also probably press a couple of the flowers from it so I can keep them. I'm pretty sure I'm going to throw a bridesmaid's bouquet - definitely don't want to throw mine though!

I am going to take mine to my nans grave, it will be a week prior to her aniversary. I will take it or give it to my mum to take it, she would have been so happy and done the cake and allsorts for us. I would have saved them, but as others have said novelty at 1st, then they go out of fashion and don't with you decortion and sadly end up in loft.

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I threw mine.

I did think afterwards that I could have taken it on honeymoon with me, but TBH it would have ended up as more clutter if I'd kept it and cost or not it had served it's purpose for me.

This way it also gave huge pleasure to my cousin who caught it.

We are doing this too, h2b wants to put mine on his Nan's grave.