{"id":80,"date":"2008-10-27T02:16:17","date_gmt":"2008-10-27T02:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/78.153.209.28\/blog\/?p=80"},"modified":"2021-03-01T11:29:44","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T11:29:44","slug":"yay-now-throw-things-at-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weddingdates.ie\/blog\/yay-now-throw-things-at-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Yay! Now Throw Things At Us!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This whole &#8220;Yippee! We&#8217;re married! Now throw things at us!&#8221; tradition of confetti and rice chucking has never made a huge amount of sense to me, but a lot of wedding traditions are a little strange when you stop to think about them. The throwing of confetti is actually meant to bestow prosperity and fertility on the newly wed couple &#8211; a connection that&#8217;s less than obvious in modern times.<\/p>\n<p>Assuming cash and babies sound good to you, rice is apparently out these days (it&#8217;s bad for the birds who eat it), and traditional confetti is frowned upon (it&#8217;s environmentally unfriendly) so it&#8217;s time to come up with some creative options you&#8217;d actually want to be showered with.<\/p>\n<p>Top choices: rose petals are romantic and beautiful; birdseed is inexpensive to buy in bulk and feeds our feathered friends; and lavender is an unusual and fragrant way to make your way up the aisle.<\/p>\n<p>You can make or buy simple cones in a variety of papers and tie them to the aisle seats to provide your posh replacement confetti to your guests:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/weddingdates-wp-ie.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/2008\/10\/con_roses.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"430\" height=\"334\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alternatively, you can buy fluted bonbonniere boxes and fill them with the sprinkles of your choice:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-86 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/weddingdates-wp-ie.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/2008\/10\/con_bon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"334\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These tied rounds are easy to make yourself with some inexpensive muslin, a pair of pinking shears and lengths of ribbon in the colour of your choice:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-84 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/weddingdates-wp-ie.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/2008\/10\/con_seed.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"430\" height=\"334\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Finally, if you just want to buy something off the shelf, bubbles are a fun and beautiful way to sprinkle the bride and groom, and if your photographer is any good, look amazing in photos. A whole range of bridal bubbles are available online in Ireland from Lantz, but you can also use any kind of bubbles and even wrap them with your own custom labels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This whole &#8220;Yippee! We&#8217;re married! Now throw things at us!&#8221; tradition of confetti and rice chucking has never made a huge amount of sense to me, but a lot of wedding traditions are a little strange when you stop to think about them. The throwing of confetti is actually meant to bestow prosperity and fertility on the newly wed couple &#8211; a connection that&#8217;s less than obvious in modern times. 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