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Sorry to do this to y’all so early in a post, but I can’t ruin a surprise!
I was researching Southern wedding traditions when I came across the “cake pull.” In this tradition, tiny charms are inserted inside different layers of the wedding cake. The charms are attached to ribbons, which fan out from inside the cake. The bride chooses other women (usually her bridesmaids) to pull the ribbons out. Each woman is left with a ribbon attached to a tiny charm, which represents some kind of cute fortune.
I had never heard of this tradition before, but I loved it. It got people involved, and it incorporated that element of whimsy that I’ve grown to love so much. The only problem was that we’re doing cupcakes. Then I remembered the fortune bouquet that Mrs. Flamingo and Mrs. Husky had blogged about!
Imagine you’re a single lady. You gather around the bride with the other single ladies, hoping to catch the bride’s bouquet. When the bride tosses the blooms up in the air, they magically pull apart to reveal several small bouquets.
Best of all, each small bouquet has a ribbon attached to it, much like the ribbons in the traditional Southern wedding cake. The only difference is that the ribbon is not attached to a charm of good fortune. Instead, each ribbon has a unique fortune written on it.
I decided to go with this idea and to make it myself with fabric flowers (tutorial coming soon!). Instead of fortunes written on the ribbons, I decided to include different quotes about love. Here are the ones I decided on:
A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.
Mahatma Gandhi
A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.
Ingrid Bergman
I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no hurt, but only more love.
Mother Teresa
In true love the smallest distance is too great, and the greatest distance can be bridged.
Hans Nouwens
Love is like pi—natural, irrational, and very important.
Lisa Hoffman
Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.
Zora Neale Hurston
Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold.
Zelda Fitzgerald
And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.
John Lennon & Paul McCartney
To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.
Oscar Wilde
Where there is love there is life.
Mahatma Gandhi
What surprises do you have in store for your wedding guests? Are you taking a nontraditional spin on something more traditional?
This is TOTALLY off-topic, but what is the font name for your letters in the line: “Attention single ladies… Lioness Wedding”
I’ve been looking for that font everywhere and can’t find the name of it!! Thank you!!!!!!!!! By the way SUCH a cute idea!!
I love this idea. I have a couple of younger cousins who aren’t of any age to marry but would love to catch the bouquet anyway, this is a great way to make sure they feel included. I could probably count the single girls that will come and make sure everyone of them can catch one.
Love this!!! - you almost make me want to do a bouquet toss…almost 
I did the break-apart bouquet (no ribbons and broke into 3 parts). Two of my closest friends STILL didn’t catch one. 
But the aftermath made for some of my favorite wedding pics!
This is a great idea! So much better than the traditional toss.
Haha, I love the pi quote, that’s hilarious. Yay for geeky weddingisms!
@nicoliolihpf: Hahaha I’m so glad someone commented on that one
I love this idea! I just was at a wedding with a break apart bouquet. I am not a fan of the bouquet toss (the bride made me take part). I thought it was pretty good idea, and considered doing something like that with quotes or what not, if I do have wedding. I forgo it all together, but if we have an actual wedding, my guy has insisted on a the garter toss.
[...] may recall from this post that I had a little surprise in store for the single ladies attending our wedding [...]
[...] As I threw the bouquet up in the air, it burst into six smaller bouquets! Each individual bouquet was tied to a quote about love. [...]
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Mrs. Lioness, Atlanta Age and Occupation: 25, Physical Therapist Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Attorney Engagement Date: August 29, 2009 Wedding Date: April 2011 Venue: Anthony’s Fine Dining About Me: I’m a Southern girl with New England roots. I say "wicked" and "y’all" in the same sentence and I like to drink sweet tea with my lobster. Mr. Lion and I are both former Floridians now living in Atlanta, which fortunately is still SEC country...Go Gators! We both love baseball, coffee, traveling, cooking, and playing Words with Friends with each other on our iPhones all day long. I’m very passionate about the things and the people I love, and I tend to plan things with all of my heart...our wedding, of course, is no different! Oh, and also Mr. Lion is a first generation American of Cuban descent. I may look more like Lucy than Ricky, but I’m doing my best to incorporate some Latin elements into our vintage-garden-Southern wedding!
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