Flower girl...?

I have been thinking about asking my matron of hours little sister to be my flower girl... I didnt ask her at the start cos i didnbt know if my budget would stretch to it and i didnt want to ask then disappoint her.





Shes a young and small 7 yr old.





The parts i need help on are...





1) cheap dresses (UK) that go with either champagne/ivory





2) what for her to carry?





Dont want her to have same flowers as me or bridesmaids...


Dont like the wicker baskets and cant afford the satin ones unless i made one myself... Not allowed to drop petals anyway so it would just have to have flowers in it


Like the flower balls... but think its beyond my budget :o(


Was thinking of her blowing bubbles as she walked down..





Do you think she would be able to do that and walk at same time? lol





Cant do candles...





Can you think of anything else?





My step son to be is 3 and he is carrying a teddy that has a jewelery box attatched with the rings in.





Thanks
Flower girl...?
She could carry lots of fun things. You've got a teddy bear. She could carry one of those teddy bears as well. Or a doll.





A floral wreath like those that go in your hair.


A small pocketbook


a bible


a family heirloom


a butterfly in a jar if you are doing a butterfly release


a large paper flower like they have at carnivals


she could carry a bowl full of flowers and not have to throw them. When she gets to the alter, she puts the flowers on the alter.





What flowers are in your bouquet? She could carry the other flower that the bridesmaids are not carrying or merely have a single long stem rose. Or a tussie mussie with just two of the flowers the bridesmaids carry.





A winter wedding I saw had the flower girl carrying some jingle bells or silver Christmas ornaments. Just like your centerpieces, you could use marbles or river rocks in a small vase as well. At my wedding rehearsal, I had the flower girl carry her lei (my rehearsal dinner was a luau).





Do you have any traditions going on? If it's an Irish wedding, she could carry something Irish. If it's African, she could carry the broom. If it's Jewish, she could carry the glass that you stomp. She could carry a platter with something borrowed, blue, old and new on it. She could carry two colors of sand if you guys are doing a sand ceremony (instead of the unity candle).





Hope this helps!!!
Reply:The dress, if you can be flexible, just allow her to wear any dress that she likes. Maybe she already has one. This would be fine, since she is a flower girl and is not wearing the same thing as the bridesmaids.


The flowers, my only thoughts are the basket with flowers in it as you suggested, or throwing tiny tissue-paper flower cutouts (you can cut those out easily yourself with a flower-shaped paper punch).White Teeth