Alternatives to a flower bouquet

I love the lanterns and the parasols!!!

I like the lanterns, parasols, corsage and balloons, though I wouldn't want to go have balloons out of principle.

Hey Chelsea, I totally agree with you! I love the book idea, it's a great idea to write something for your bridemaids in them And the corsage is probably one of my favourites too! Will your bridesmaids have corsages or bouquets?

I love flowers so I really kind of like the flower purse. I also kind of love the balloon idea, that would go especially well if you had the Disney "Up" theme for your wedding. I have also seen some beautiful bouquets made from buttons and some origami paper flower bouquets and boutineers (I am actually considering origami boutineers for our wedding, since FH is Japanese Canadian and he has made me a bunch of paper cranes including some beautiful little earings)

These are some great ideas! I like the idea of the books (it would have gone great with our theme!) but I feel like it might be a little heavy and awkward to hold during the ceremony. And then you need to make sure that everyone has room to stack them at their table for the reception, etc. The lanterns look fun and I like the idea of the corsages too! (Though I feel like if you had a corsage, what would you do with your hands when walking down the aisle?)

I'm not a big fan of the feather bouquet, just not my style!

Hmmmm if I have to choose it would have to be broach and feathers! I love the broach bouquets, but I'm getting married in the spring so I think I'll stick with the flowers. Have you decided which you will choose ?

The fans look pretty, and the parasols I think I saw before from way back and though it looked neat, but I really like the corsage

The bound books are creative - you can write some kind words to each of your bridesmaids and have the books bound for them as a gift and use them as a bouquet... However I personally like having flowers so I would choose the corsage as my favourite.

Also some of the ideas would only be useful in the summer time (fans, parasols), or at night time (lanterns)