Of course! Bride's don't have to carry a bouquet. Several people are allergic to flowers and thus cannot carry them. There are silk flowers (that look extraordinarily realistic) that can be used. You can carry anything you want.
In my apple themed wedding I'm carrying a large red apple. Use your theme to come up with something original.
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The mother of the bride doesn't traditionally have a bouquet, she wears a corsage or sometimes wears a small flower arrangment on her hat.
The cast of The Bridal Bouquet - 2008 includes: Kory Goetzman as The Bride Wing Kwong as The Bride Leza Lidow as Bride Musushi Yamato as The Groom
The ribbon bouquet is to symbolize the love, good wishes and support from friends and family of the bride. The bride carries the bouquet as practice, and to get acustomed to holding one on the wedding day. After the rehearsal, it is the brides decision on what she will do with the ribbons, whether she keeps the bouquet or uses the ribbons on another craft. Traditionally it is the maid of honor who collects the ribbons & makes/presents the ribbon bouquet.
An announcement should be made by the MC when the bride is going to throw her bouquet and all single women that are guests should stand in front of the bride. Then the bride turns her back on the single women and throws her bouquet. The single woman who catches the bouquet is suppose to be the one getting married next.
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Beautiful bride beamed brightly. Bride's bouquet blooming brightly. Blushing bride's radiant smile. Lovely bride in lace.
I would say yes, you can keep it and why would a bride toss her bouquet if she want to keep it?
When the Bride throws her bouquet backwards over her head, the girl who catches it is "supposed" to be then next to get married.
There is no bad myths or fables connected with the bride who forget to throw her bouquet away or for the groom that did not throw the garter to the single men. Sometimes the bride may want to keep her bridal bouquet for different reasons such as: an ill mother who could not make it to the wedding; giving it to her grandmother; putting the wedding bouquet on a deceased parent's plot at the cemetery or, the bride may want to keep the bouquet for herself and have it preserved by a professional. As far as the garter it is just a traditional myth that whatever single young man catches the garter will be the next one to get married.
Yes, this custom requires the recipient of the bouquet be single, so that she can be an upcoming candidate for matrimony.
The Queen Mother, (Elizabeth Bowes-Lydon) was the first royal bride to lay her bouquet at the grave. She did this in memory of her brother who died in world war one. Since then, the bouquet gets delivered to the Abbey after the official photos at Buckingham Palace.