Wedding Where to buy a hankie, and where to hide it?

[marchswallowbird]

I am certain I will cry during my wedding ceremony. Where can I buy a soft, absorbent hankie (not a men''s pocket square) and, more important, where do I put it so that I can whip it out as needed during the ceremony?

 

[urseberry]

I heard that the hankies at Jos A Bank Clothiers are excellent. The only hiding places I can think of are your bra or the groom''s pocket.

 

[Guilty Pleasure]

I''ll be "hiding" mine in my groom''s pocket so he can offer it to me if I cry. I also want to have our names and the date embroidered on it in blue thread. It would be a neat keepsake and possible something my sisters could use... like a family pass down. that may be cheesey, but oh well!

 

[Sparkalicious]

I googled wedding hankies and a lot of sites came up. Not sure which one would best suit your needs but many of them are keepsake type hankies.
I agree with urseberry that maybe the groom''s pocket might be the best place to keep your hankie.

Good luck with your search!

 

[TravelingGal]

I just folded it lengthwise and wrapped it around my bouquet to hold.

 

[Meowtown2]

I was just in a friend''s wedding, and we tied the hankies around our bouquets and kept the knot facing inward. It blended with the ribbon around the base of the flowers and was basically hidden by our hands, so you couldn''t tell at all! I''m going to do the same thing, because it came in very handy!

 

[MishB]

My father died several years ago, he had lots of hankies with his initials on them, I am lucky to have saved some of them, so I carried one. DH had it in his pocket and knew just when to discretely hand it over. The problem was, it triggered more sniffles!

Why don''t you ask around the family, older lady relatives will probably have nice embroidered and/or crocheted hankies, that would take care of your something borrowed too.

 

[marchswallowbird]

Thanks, all, I'm not doing the something borrowed, etc. tradition. I'm just not into it. I did Google wedding hankies, and most of them seemed to be of stiff, not very soft or absorbent cotton/polyester, or linen. Then I found a site that does organic cotton hankies for people with allergies, and they are touted as being extremely soft and absorbent, and there is one style that comes with lace edging. So I bought that. I'm waiting for it to arrive. I think I will take the suggestion to wrap it around my bouquet and hide it with my hands.

Here's the website if anyone else is interested:

http://janices.com/index.cfm/action/product.show/catid/40/pid/242/Organic-Handkerchief-Lace-Trim-Single