7 Alternatives To Throwing Your Wedding Bouquet

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For a while, brides have been having two bouquets made — one to keep, and one to throw — but a "breakaway bouquet" is a little different. The trick with the breakaway is that it looks like a solid bouquet, but will separate out once it's thrown, allowing everyone to get a piece. Some brides have it arranged so that it breaks into a number of smaller bouquets,

1. Use a break away bouquet

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or just turns into a free-for-all of individual flowers. Either way, everyone has a better chance to snag a flower or two.

1. Use a break away bouquet

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Instead of doing a bouquet toss, invite all the ladies in the room, whether single, taken, or married, and have a girls-only dance party. Pick a fun, female positive song like Beyonce's "Who Run the World (Girls)," or the Spice Girl's "If You Wanna Be My Lover." That way, you're celebrating all of the women in your life.

2. Have a girls-only dance

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And if you're forgoing the garter toss as well, have your hubby host a guys-only dance next!

2. Have a girls-only dance

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Instead of singling out all your single friends, turn the spotlight on the couples. Ask that anyone in a relationship (some people just do married couples, so it's up to you) join the bride and groom on the dance floor for a couple's dance. Pick a fun or sentimental song, and have the DJ/MC start counting up after a while, asking any couples 

3. Do the anniversary dance

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who have been together for two years, five years, 10 years, and so on to stay on the floor until only a single couple remains. Give your bouquet to that couple — it will most likely be your adorable grandparents or grandparents-in-law!

3. Do the anniversary dance

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If you're having a small, intimate wedding, you could have a sort of flower ceremony instead of tossing your bouquet. Have the DJ or MC call all your friends to the floor, and proceed to hand each of them a flower from your bouquet. You can tell them things you love about them, your favorite story involving them, or just thank them for coming.

4. Have a flower ceremony

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Everyone will walk away with a flower and a smile.

4. Have a flower ceremony

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There are a lot of ways to remember those we've lost during the ceremony and reception, and you can also use the bouquet to do so. After the ceremony, place the bouquet in a special vase by some pictures of your deceased friends or family, or have a sign listing the names of those who are no longer with you.

5. Honor lost loved ones

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Your bouquet will serve as a reminder that you're thinking of them on your wedding day.

5. Honor lost loved ones

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I have a lot of geeky friends, so I know that I'll be going to a few geek-themed weddings in the next couple of years. Instead of throwing the bouquet, toss something tied to your theme — for example, throw Super Mario-inspired chocolate coins if you're a bride who loves video games, or plastic snowflakes for a winter wonderland wedding.

6. Throw something from your wedding theme

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And get everyone in on the action, not just the single ladies.

6. Throw something from your wedding theme

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You can have the bouquet or a second bouquet split into a few pieces to give to the important women in your life. For instance, you can have it split twice to give to your mother and mother-in-law, or split a few times to give to your grandmother, a special aunt, or even an important teacher. That way, there is no scrambling, and you'll be honoring the women who've 

7. Split the bouquet

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made you the woman you are today.

7. Split the bouquet

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