A tussie-mussie is a small bouquet composed of flowers and other plants selected for their special meaning. Victorian ladies - and gentlemen! - would entertain themselves composing interesting messages using the language of flowers. Even today, we know that the rose symbolizes love, and that rosemary means remembrance.
So, armed with a "Flowers" Dictionary, we created this bouquet, with the help of our very enthusiastic florist. He had no idea what flowers, from the list we gave him, would be available on Confirmation Day. So we waited until the bouquet was delivered to create a little card which would explain the meaning of each flower it held. 
We tucked the card in the tussie-mussie. Finally, the tussie-mussie was trimmed with red satin ribbon; red is the color traditionally associated with Confirmation.
It was a very special day, and John is a lucky guy to have had such a sweet and loving sponsor!
6 comments:
I love your title for your post today! lol. It got me looking for bokeh, then I realized...DUH! What a special way to honor Aunt Mary Ann! Lovely flowers. Congrats to John.
Beautiful event, beautiful flowers, and so thoughtful to add the note defining the significance of each flower.
I have never heard of tussie-mussie before. What a great thing to do and thanks for the lesson! :)
How cool!!
What a wonderful gesture. Thank you for sharing this.
that's awesome, I didn't know about the meanings. I'll have to print it out. It's such a beautiful detail, I'm sure his aunt loved it and was touched by it.
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