A Surprise for The Ladies

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.

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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 non-traditional spin on something more traditional?