Bouquet / horseshoe?

I love this idea, found this

The idea of a lucky horseshoe is hardly a new one. Often associated with good luck in Irish folklore, the lucky horseshoe should be carried by a bride on her wedding day. When the bride and groom settle in their new home, the horseshoe should be hung above the entrance door to ensure good luck and to ward off despair. Remember that the horseshoe should have the U facing up to keep the luck from draining out of it.

found this idea too

might need alot of shoes though, lol

Wow thats really pretty!

What a lovely idea!

Depending on how creative you are you could decorate it yourself in keeping with your colour scheme or something... At least you will have 4 attempts from each foot!

I painted one of my connemaras shoes a couple of years ago and it looked great. i just sprayed it black and used white gloss to paint on flowers and write his name...

Maybe you could paint it and write both of your names on it, im sure you will get lots of ideas off the internet, or stick some rhinestones on it!

On the other hand if your not that creative get some images off google that you like and then hand the shoes and images to your florist and see what they can do!

If you decide to do it, flash us a pic

Have a look at this link http://www.hobby-box.co.uk/horseshoes/category.php?ident=8

This is the website

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.hobby-box.co.uk/horseshoes/images/353.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.hobby-box.co.uk/horseshoes/category.php%3Fident%3D67&usg=__iDxbbLwzJUlliAlPGmio0rQCQ_8=&h=500&w=500&sz=200&hl=en&start=57&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=Ps87V87o1iAcUM:&tbnh=130&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dwedding%2Bhorseshoe%2Breal%26start%3D40%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-gb:IE-Address%26rlz%3D1I7PCTA_en-GB%26ndsp%3D20%26tbs%3Disch:1

she paints them herself, so might paint one you supply for special meaning iyswim

You ladies are brilliant. I am quite friendly with the chap who shoes my horses so i'm going to ask him for a couple spare old shoes and have a go at painting one myself........

If it looks dreadful, i'll let you lot have a good giggle and then order from a website!!

Crafty em - I love that pic you posted of the bunch of horseshoes - presumably for name place settings. Desperatly trying to think how I can incorperate this into my wedding!

Thanks Horsefan, they could double up as favours too ? i'd be well chuffed if i got one of them at a wedding.

Yes, you can add flowers easily to horseshoes - fresh flowers can be wired on or artificial flowers can be glued on.

How about getting your bm's to carry the shoes instead of mini bouquets?