I Never Thought I’d Find This!

I Never Thought I’d Find This!

July 8th, 2010 @ 6:40 pm by Mrs. Cardigan
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I don’t like flower girl baskets. All of the ones I see are satin-y and white and frilly… and not me at all.

Like this:

I Never Thought I’d Find This! : wedding austin flower girl W08 57c

I mean, it’s beautiful… but it’s so fancy! It does not at ALL fit in with the theme of our wedding - fun, cheerful, and slightly whimsical. So, to be honest, I figured that the FG basket was something I’d just forget about until a week before the wedding and then I’d just cave and buy a fancy one.

I tried to think of an alternative, but I really wanted our flower girl to be able to throw petals, and I just couldn’t think of a cute option to hold the flower petals that would actually fit in with the rest of our wedding! There’s no such thing as a cute, non-fancy flower girl basket, right?

WRONG! A few days after Easter, Mr. C and I were in Hobby Lobby, and when we walked through the door I saw a huge display of Easter stuff, on sale for 50% off. We decided to walk through the aisles and see if we saw anything fun, and then, I saw this:

I Never Thought I’d Find This! : wedding austin flower girl P3210175 p3210175

It’s cheery! And yellow! And fun! And only FOUR DOLLARS! I hadn’t really thought I would find a cute Easter basket that would work, because most of them are pretty large with ridiculously long handles, to fit all of the Easter loot. But not this one! It’s the perfect FG basket size, with a proportionately sized handle to boot!

I’m so glad we decided to check, and I’m ecstatic that I actually found a flower girl basket that I like!

Did you have any wedding items that you didn’t think you’d be excited about, only to fall in love with something?

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14 Responses to “I Never Thought I’d Find This!”

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Mrs. Hamster (message) 4,046 posts, Honey bee

Aw, that is a super cute basket (and not frou frou at all, yay)

7/8/10 @ 7:21 pm (reply)

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Miss Earrings (message) 2,481 posts, Buzzing bee

I feel the same way as you about “fancy” flower girl baskets…I just dont like them! I pick up a little basket for 50 cents from the Sally Army store that we will probably use.

7/8/10 @ 7:24 pm (reply)

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Laylabelle (message) 3,378 posts, Sugar bee

SCORE! I just love Hobby Lobby.

7/8/10 @ 7:41 pm (reply)

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jordynrose (message) 6,351 posts, Bee Keeper

Very cute! Hobby Lobby FTW!

7/8/10 @ 7:47 pm (reply)

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honeybun (message) 1,783 posts, Buzzing bee

I felt the same way about flower girl baskets, so i bought a small canvas tote bag and my MIL covered it with white eyelet material. It ended up being the cutest thing ever!! And my 8 year old FG can now keep using it as a tote bag!

7/8/10 @ 8:29 pm (reply)

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kimmi_jo

We’re having flower boys in our wedding b/c we have no little girls in either of our families. The boys are carrying their petals in small galvanized buckets.

7/8/10 @ 10:00 pm (reply)

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Alaynah Boyd

So cute! And 50% off? Wow what a find!

7/8/10 @ 11:32 pm (reply)

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winter (message) 1,333 posts, Bumble bee

that basket is so cute! and i completely understand what you mean about the flower girl baskets!

7/9/10 @ 12:25 am (reply)

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Kmale0402 (message) 58 posts, Worker bee

I have a hard time with rehearsal bouquets - I’m so not into taping ribbon and bows onto a paper plate. So, I found a sweet post on 100layercake that shows how to make an antique knob bouquet. So cute! And it totally works with the feel I want at my rehearsal dinner.

7/9/10 @ 7:58 am (reply)

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Miss Locket (message) 2,837 posts, Sugar bee

Awesome! I love finding things on sale…it’s my weak spot because I always feel the need to buy it even if I don’t need it!

7/9/10 @ 9:01 am (reply)

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Miss Orchard (message) 691 posts, Busy bee

Clever!

7/9/10 @ 2:52 pm (reply)

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labrat (message) 473 posts, Helper bee

Very cute! Hobby Lobby is the best…I always made future hubs take me to the one in Kansas when I’d fly out to see him at Ft. Riley.

7/13/10 @ 10:38 am (reply)

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7/27/10 @ 12:46 pm (reply)

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SUSAN

fOUND A ROUND BASKET WITH HANDLE AND WOVE BEAUTIFUL RIBBON THROUGH THE WOOD WEAVE. looks very cute.

8/9/10 @ 2:19 am (reply)