alternate for a ring bearer and flower girl?

Question

My fiancee and I just moved to a new area. We don't know anybody and it is about the time in our wedding planning to choose our ring bearer and flower girl. We do have some close friends with kids but they live 3000 miles away and it won't be guarentee that they will come to the wedding. Is there and alternate for a ring bearer and a flower girl?

Answer 1

best man and maid of honor

Answer 2

We're not even having a ring bearer or flower girl. What we're doing is having the Maid of Honor and Best Man hold the respective rings, and have the guests themselves (the ones that sit on the aisle seats) throw the flowers. Kids in a wedding just cause headaches...Sure they're cute, but who's going to play kid round-up? That's my advice, leave them out especially if they're not close to you. Half the time, the kids don't even know what they're supposed to do or why.

Answer 3

Do you want a ring bearer and flower girl in your wedding? I know that is tradition but you don't have to do anything by the books...shoot you could have a clown come down the aisle with you. For my wedding I'm having it outside and I'm not having my father walk me down the aisle because it's what I choose..you don't have to have those. Just have one bride's maid throw flowers and the best man carry the rings.

Answer 4

You can always omit them, unless you have your heart set on having a flower girl and ring bearer.

For our wedding we had our best man and maid of honor walk in carrying the rings. We didn't feel a reason to use little girls and boys who would go crazy.

We also had each bridesmaid drop the flowers instead of a flower girl. Plus those sitting on the aisle were meant to throw petals, but most didn't. Oh well!

Answer 5

You don't need a flower girl and ring bearer. Have the best man hold the bride's ring and the maid of honor hold the groom's ring (on her thumb, so not to loose it). This is becoming very common, and less expensive.

Answer 6

You can have jr bridesmaids. I would say age 5 to 15 do the ring bearer honors.Or just give the honors to the ones closest to you both like a family member or best friend. You can alter anything it is your wedding.

But as for tradition breakers and simplified answers I referred to this website :

http://www.weddingchannel.com/

You can even have your own wedding webpage. We did and it was really fun..

Answer 7

There is nothing that says you have to have a ring bear or a flower girl. You could let the best man hold on to the rings and skip the flower girl.

Answer 8

For our wedding ceremony, the ideal guy, minister, and groom all walk in jointly (from the back). The bridesmaids will are available in with a groomsman escort, and then the maid of honor comes up by utilising herself, accompanied by utilising the hoop bearer and flower lady. the belief is that the MoH and appropriate guy would not have an escort because of the fact they're meant to be the servant to the bride or groom for that day.

Answer 9

you can just have the best man carry the ring in his pocket, and as for a flower girl have the last bridesmaid just drop the flowers, or just dont have a flower girl. or you can have a teenage girl and boy if you can't get any younger children

Answer 10

We just didn't bother to have either. It is an expense for the parents and the kids don't want to stand still and unless they are really close to you, don't have them just to have. The people in your wedding pictures should be thee most important people in your lives. Also, if you have a bunch of friends that have small children, you run the risk of hurting someones feelings because you didn't ask their child and they thought they were your closer friend, blah blah blah.

Answer 11

I didn't have one. I had a miniture bride and groom. I have also seen weddings without them all together. You could also make them "honorary" maids and groomsman...they usually are escorted in and seated in the first rows. That way if they don't show up it won't throw off the whole wedding.