Time to toss the bouquet! Our florist kindly offered to prepare - as a gift - a "Tossing Bouquet." This way, Maggie could retain her bridal bouquet as a keepsake.
(The above picture, and picture to the left are our actual flowers).
But remember…I was not at the hotel when the flowers were delivered to Maggie -- there is still that, 'as yet not divulged situation that created havoc in our wedding day prep'… so I did not realize until 3 minutes before Maggie was going to toss her bouquet that THERE WAS NOT A THROW AWAY BOUQUET!
What to do??? I ran - in those fancy shoes of mine :-) - to the head table, and started pulling flowers out of the arrangement. Even in my haste, I tried to get a nice variety :-) But then I realized… when Maggie threw the flowers, they would go all over everywhere, as they were not tied together. I glanced around and spied… bridesmaids' bouquets! I grabbed one and began pulling off the satin ribbon which covered the flower stems. My lovely sister-in-law, Teresa, helped me. We quickly wound the ribbon around the "new" bouquet, inserted pearl headed pins to hold the ribbon, and DONE! We had a bouquet. (FYI, underneath the satin ribbon of the bridesmaid's bouquet was green florist tape holding the flowers together. I'm not sure who's bouquet I robbed… but thank you!)
At this point, I calmly walked into the tent and handed Maggie her "Tossing Bouquet." At least that's how I WANT to remember it. Maybe I looked frazzled and haunted… but her Bridal bouquet was saved, and some lucky girl caught my creation.
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