What to do with your wedding bouquet

Creative, Sentimental, and Meaningful Ideas.

11/7/20251 min read

Dedicate Your Bouquet to Someone You Love

For brides who want to honor someone special — a parent, grandparent, best friend, or someone who has passed away — a bouquet dedication is powerful.

You can:

  • Place your bouquet at a memorial table

  • Leave it at a special place (grave, memorial site, or sentimental location)

  • Hand it to someone who changed your life right after your ceremony

It’s emotional, heartfelt, and a beautiful reminder that love stays with us.

Have Your Fiancé Choose Your Bouquet

If you’re adventurous or sentimental, let your fiancé surprise you with your bouquet the morning of your wedding

This can become a forever story:

“I held the bouquet he chose with his whole heart.”

Then later?

Turn the bouquet into a tattoo

— a permanent piece of memory and meaning inked onto your skin. Soft florals, initials hidden in petals, or a single bloom… stunning.

The Traditional Bouquet Toss

Classic. Iconic. Fun.

Whether you’re tossing it to your bridesmaids, all the single guests, or doing a modern spin (like tossing it to a couple to see who’s next), this tradition brings pure joy.

The “Ribbon Pull” Bouquet Tradition

A modern, chic alternative to the toss. Tie ribbons to your bouquet — one for each friend — and only ONE ribbon is secretly attached.

Everyone pulls a ribbon at the same time.

Everyone’s laughing. Breath held.

One ribbon stays attached… and that person “wins.”

It’s adorable, classy, and looks amazing in photos!

Turn Your Bouquet Into Multiple Mini Bouquets

Have your florist create a break-apart bouquet so you can hand out single roses or mini bundles during your reception.

Ideas:

  • Give flowers to mothers, grandmothers, or special women

  • Honor your bridesmaids individually

  • Surprise guests who supported your relationship

  • Hand one to your future spouse in a sweet “thank you” moment

Your bouquet becomes a bouquet of gratitude, given bloom by bloom.

Dry & Frame It Forever

You spent so much time dreaming up your blooms — why not turn them into art?

Beautiful options:

  • Pressed and framed bouquet

  • Shadowbox display (bouquet + ribbon + photo + vows)

  • Resin block keepsake with your real petals

  • Floral jewelry keepsakes

Your flowers become decor that lives in your home — not your freezer.