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I love the look of the little rhinestone initials encorporated into bouquets and such...are you girls using the initial from your first name, or your new last name? I'd like to get the first letter of my new last name, but is that bad luck or anything? Might be a silly question...

For my BMs and for me, I used my first initial (esp since DH and I have the same first initial).  I think technically, you are not supposed to use your new last initial until the reception stuff, but if it's what you really want to do, i think anything goes these days. 

I am actually in luck since my new last name and first name are the same letter.  I bought letters for my girlies, but hadn't even considered getting one for myself.  I found mine at Wal-Mart of all places where they keep all the adornments for purses in the craft department.  You can't beat the price for something the girls may never use again. 

Hi Ladies! Thanks for the feedback! I decided to use my new last initial for the bouquet. I've seen the initials on those little sticks that you can actually mix in with the flowers (pretty expensive...about $30+ each) or I've seen an initial brooch pinned to the stem of the bouquet. I decided to get a pin and found one for about $8 (shipping included) on ebay. I searched "letter "B" pin," "initial pin," and "rhinestone initial "B" brooch."

Here's a link to a general search on ebay: http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=initial+brooch

I would suggest adding the letter you want in quotations during your serach. A tip...look through all of the listings to find the price/style you want! I kept seeing Bs that were okay, but not what I really wanted. I finally found exactly what I was looking for after searching a few pages. This was the best price I found too...watch out for the shipping charges! Some were charging only a few dollars for the actual brooch and then tacking on a big shipping charge.

If you want the initials on stems, try searching for "bouquet jewelry" on google. Here's a link to one place: http://www.advantagebridal.com/swcrbojeescl.html

 Good luck!

These are cute too:

http://www.advantagebridal.com/1031.html

 And here's some you can glue on...not sure how well that would work though. I think a pin might work better.

http://store.daisy-days.com/rhinestone-monogram-bridal-bouquet.html