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non-floral bouquet

You may have seen our bouquet alternatives archive, but let’s say you’re still looking at something that resembles a bouquet a bit more closely. You just aren’t sure if you’re completely into honest-to-goodness FLOWERS. We’ve rounded up a bunch of posts with nonfloral bouquets just for you!

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Kara & Nicki’s Woodsy Weekend Wedding

The Offbeat Bride: Kara, Nanny, soon to be grad student and OBT member Kara48. Her Offbeat Partner: Nicki, Law Student Location & date of wedding: Log Cabin in Saugatuck, Michigan — March 21, 2009 What made our wedding offbeat: Where to begin? Well, there is the obvious – two brides! But also there was a […]

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Kristi & John’s Crafty Rainy Day Wedding

The Offbeat Bride: Kristi, pre-school teacher at a German Immersion pre-school and a previous example of why rainy day weddings = gorgeous weddings! My Offbeat Partner: John, IT guy at a middle school Location & date of wedding: Columbia Manor, Minneapolis, Minnesota — May 10th, 2008 What made our wedding offbeat: We really tried to […]

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17 wedding bouquet alternatives for fearless brides

Since Offbeat Bride Kerry started a discussion called “Bouquet Alternatives” on the Offbeat Bride Tribe, a wealth of amazing offbeat bouquet porn has been popping up. I thought I’d share a few of the unique and inspiring ideas.

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Wire bouquet

I’m on a roll with the non-floral bouquets this week! Here’s another option from Etsy seller Refinerii, who makes these bouquets out of salvaged metal and iridescent Austrian crystals, glass beads, white pearls, and silver wire. The result is super sparkly and distinctly industrial, perfect for an urban loft wedding: (Thanks, Tuppence!)

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How to make a light-up Christmas ornament wedding bouquet

So you want the ultimate non-floral bouquet alternative? Here’s how to make an Christmas bulb bouquet that even lights up.

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Peacock Feather Fans, the ultimate bouquet alternative

I’ve featured lots of alternatives to the standard “clump of flowers” bouquet (check out all my non-floral bouquet posts) but this photo may feature the ultimate alternative: gorgeous feather fans. Now, this may not be an option for the vegans & vegetarians in the house … but for a hot summer wedding, can you picture […]