Can I walk down the aisle with a...

[Largethighsbadeyes]

...lantern?

Getting married in autumn next year.
I'm not really a flowers sort of person and wedding flowers are bloody expensive!

The room we are having the ceremony in is quite dimly lit apart from a massive chandelier.

Colour scheme is going to be grey/silver and the only centerpieces and other decor we are having will be candles.

Too weird?
Am I just being tight about the flowers?

I don't think it would work.
I think some dried flowers in autumnal colours would look better.

This is a good point if it's a civil ceremony. Might be worth checking it's not seen as a religious thing.

Well, it's different, but I think it would be great. If the venue is dimly lit, it's practical and will be atmospheric.
It's your wedding though, your day - do what you want, don't listen to anyone else. You don't want to be remembering the day in years to come and thinking "I wish I'd carried a lantern instead of those flowers....."

It's your wedding & your call but there's so many beautiful autumn flowers available & they definitely don't need to be expensive.
I've recently seen pictures of bridesmaids carrying small pumpkins!

Have you a particular lantern in mind, OP?

🤣🤣 that's not the look I'm going for but am probably closer to that than the spooky elf from LOTR

The light coming from wrong direction is a VERY good point and not something I had considered.

I admire the people who sort their own flowers but I think it would just give me extra stress.

OK so maybe a lantern isn't the way to go. Thanks for your thoughts.

you can get beautiful autumn decorations.
i cant imagine a lantern

I got a fake bouquet in the range for maybe 13 quid for my wedding and it looked perfect. I can't have real flowers due to hay-fever . I think a lantern might look a bit odd

I think Bray Wyatt is great, don't let that put you off! Just don't blow it out and leave the room in darkness when you get to the altar 😁

Is it just the cost? It might look a bit spooky, dimly lit venue and long white dress. Like the ghost of weddings past.
Is a lantern something that holds a religious meaning?
If it’s cost, I’d be more inclined to buy flowers and do a simple posy.

A lantern might look a bit clonky, what about pine cones

Not sure about lanturn I would be scared of setting myself on fire 🔥 but it's your wedding if you want a lantern have a lantern don't let anyone put you off it's your day do what make you happy.
For my own wedding I brought fake flowers and made all the bouquets myself cost me £50 to make 6 bouquets and 30 button holes. No one noticed I'd made them myself and got lots of lovely comments about them.
Saved me over £300 doing it myself.

Go onto Pinterest and type in alternative wedding bouquet. There’s literally 100’s of ideas on there from wedding hoops to see through handbags filled with feathers to paper flower bouquets.

I think it would be weird. You're not a flowery kind of person, are you a lanterny kind of person? I'd get some white flowers and some pussy willow which is good for autumn and can look silvery and have a simple homemade arrangement.

I was going to say it’s a lovely idea, but the weird light effects are a good point. You don’t want Blair Witch vibes.

Have you got a creative friend or family member who could make a posy for you if you’d find it too stressful? I arrived at SiL’s destination wedding in the middle of French nowhere and she asked me to make her a bouquet out of wild flowers from around the venue. I’m no florist and was a bit 😯, but actually it was fun to do and if I do say so myself, they looked beautiful!

I think that sounds great.

I love things that away from tradition!

If you want a lantern then go for it

Maybe paper flowers?

Yes, but if it is something like the picture I suggest you pop it in a wheelbarrow.

I’d not carry anything, or get a lovely clutch bag

Eucalyptus is also quite silvery and inexpensive. You could have that with white flowers and it would be beautiful.

It could look great, very pre Raphelite, but as others have said might not look so good in photos.
Personally I think it would be a shame to miss out on flowers. I had an autumn wedding and had some gorgeous dark flowers. It needn’t be expensive either.

I’m having trouble visualising a lantern but I think it could look lovely . Good point about the lighting though .
If making a bouquet yourself fills you with stress how about carrying a single long stemmed rose or calla lily ?

Unless it was late in the afternoon in the winter with a candle lit venue I think it's a bit odd - personally.
You don't have to have to carry anything

Oh my God! I've got an awful image there! 😱 Can't get it out of my head now.

Battery operated warm fairy lights are an option for the lantern rather than a candle also.
I’m fairly sure Martha Stewart weddings has done an article on non flower bouquet substitutes.