DIY Bouquets: PHASE 3, The Final Phase

The look of our DIY bouquets has changed yet again. I just couldn't stop futzing with the shape and look of the bouquets after I originally posted them on Broke-Ass Bride.  So I decided to do a new post on how the bouquets have evolved over the last four months... The bouquets I originally made look nothing like the way they look now. Head over to Broke-Ass Bride and check 'em out!

I Won a Bouquet! But Have Mixed Feelings About It...

I won a free bouquet from a wedding event I attended. I'm not exactly sure *how* I got entered to win said bouquet, but I was happily surprised to hear my name called for free shit regardless. I mean, who wouldn't, right? But there's a BUT.  Many months ago I had resigned myself to the fact that we will NOT have any live flower bouquets. At all. I was going to make 7 bouquets by hand with various new and recycled materials. I was going to personalize all the bouquets with items that go along with each of our personalities.  I don't want to give too much away, because these "bouquets" are going to be a lil bit different... think beautiful from afar, but hilarious up close.  I got so excited about this idea, that I was totally and utterly waaay cool with not having live floral bouquets.

And then I won a bouquet. More specifically, a rose-dominated bouquet. Which is awesome don't get me wrong, but how am I going to personalize it like I had originally planned? I have my WristieLove Brooch that I wanted to adorn the handle with. And I even bought little Bowie pins to put in my homemade bouquet ball of pretty.* I was pretty balls-excited about my potential homemade ball of pretty.  But now I don't know what to do.  Do I cash in my free live flower bouquet? Or do I get the bouquet, but use it for a centerpiece instead?  Or should I go for the ultimate compromise and incorporate some of my own pieces in the flower bouquet (hoping that the company will cooperate)?

Am I a flower bouquet bride? Here's a pic of me holding one:

Photo Credit: Desi Baytan Photography

Yay? Nay? Don't give a shit?

I'm torn.

And seriously... Feel free to tell me these are an asshole's problems and that I shouldn't have any qualms about free shit, and to just be thankful I don't have to pay for my ball of pretty. Go ahead. Let me have it. I can take it.

*A bouquet is something you carry in your hands or on your person that serves as an accessory. It can be made out of whatever. It's a ball 'o pretty. That's it.