25 Stunning Ways to Use Baby's Breath Throughout Your Wedding Ceremony and Reception (2024)

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Dress Up Ceremony Chairs

Mark the end of each row of chairs in your ceremony aisle with a small floral bundle to dress it up. You can let the baby's breath stand on its own or pair it with dried grasses for a more rustic look.

Use It for a Cleansing Ceremony

If you want to incorporate a unique tradition to your ceremony, a bowl of baby's breath can be placed on a table by the altar. Before exchanging rings, the couple symbolically cleanses their hands in the baby's breath for a beautiful touch.

Create Simple Arrangements

A simple arrangement can go such a long way with the addition of baby's breath. This combination of the bloom with garden roses, dahlias, and ranunculus created a beautiful and elegant arrangement at a wedding in the Berkshires.

Wear Flowers in Your Hair

While we love sprigs of baby's breath placed throughout a braid, the flower can work with any hairstyle. Remove your veil for an ethereal surprise at the reception or ditch the veil completely in favor of this look all day long.

Flaunt Flower Crowns

Flower crowns aren't only for the bride. We love the idea of using floral crowns as a bridesmaid bouquet alternative. We loved how this wedding party dawned floral crowns made out of baby's breath for an elegant look at a Rhode Island farm wedding.

Add It to Your Chuppah

If you've chosen to have a floral chuppah during the wedding ceremony, the price of blooms can definitely add up. Consider adding baby's breath to the mix. Not only will it add stunning color and texture, but it will help save on cost as well.

Utilize Statement Vases

While baby's breath is a dainty blossom, it can certainly make a big impact when arranged accordingly. Incorporate large vases into your reception space and fill them with baby's breath and other blooms to give off a romantic vibe.

Carry a Pretty Posy

If baby's breath is your favorite flower, let it shine on your big day and consider ditching other floral options for your bouquet. Baby's breath can be the star of the show with a simple posy arrangement.

Make Bouquets for Your Wedding Party

For a no-fuss, budget-friendly bouquet option that matches practically any bridal party outfit, look no further than baby's breath. We love keeping the stems long for a casual, organic look.

Decorate the Bar

A floral runner isn't just for reception tables. Consider incorporating a cascading installation made of baby's breath into service tables throughout your reception space. It's sure to be a stunning way to dress up the bar.

Add It to Tall Arrangements

Towering arrangements certainly command attention in any reception space. Pair gold pillars with plenty of white blooms for a stunning combo. Baby's breath served as the perfect dainty bloom to fill in all of the gaps for a big, bold display at a Pennsylvania wedding.

Adorn Your Wedding Cake

Baby's breath makes for a great cake topper as well. For a sophisticated look, incorporate dainty sprigs of the flower to dress up a semi-naked cake.

Make a Statement on Reception Tables

Make a bold statement in the middle of your reception space with baby's breath. At this art museum wedding, winding runner provided gorgeous contrast against a black table.

Complement a Floral Arch

While roses are perfect for a luxe wedding, baby's breath can serve as the ideal complement to the bloom. Consider pairing the two to create a romantic floral arch at your ceremony.

Paint It Pink

Hoping to avoid using white flowers? Your florist may be able to source baby's breath in other shades. Another option? Paint the blossoms for a pop of pink or any other vibrant color you're hoping for. This Westhampton wedding made rosy baby's breath one of the primary flowers of the day's arrangements.

Play With Place Settings

The details of this elegant place setting are absolutely stunning, but the addition of baby's breath truly took it to the next level. Consider placing a small bundle of baby's breath wrapped in ribbon at each table setting for an extra special touch.

Line the Table

Small touches on a reception table can go such a long way. We love this understated table design, complete with tall, white taper candles and a long runner of baby's breath.

Dress Up a Dessert Table

Skipping cake and opting for a different sweet instead? Dessert tables can easily be dressed up with sprigs of baby's breath. We love this idea for displays of cookies, doughnuts, and cupcake towers.

Create a Ceremony Space

If you don't have a dedicated ceremony space at a beach wedding, baby's breath can provide plenty of texture and stand on its own to create a space in the sand. Channel this Laguna Beach wedding and create an aisle and ceremony circle out of the tiny floral.

Swap Flower Girl Petals for Baby's Breath

A completely unique option for your flower girls? Skip traditional baskets and petals and opt for baby's breath wreaths. These flower girls had fun carrying hearts made out of the bloom.

Accessorize Your Furry Friends

Will your pets be a part of the big day as well? Have them look the part with tiny flower crowns or decorative collars.

Adorn Your Escort Display

If baby's breath is a primary part of your wedding design, it should definitely be included in your escort card wall. We love the modern style of this display at a Maryland wedding that encased the voluminous flower within acrylic.

Create Clouds

Floating spheres of baby's breath can mimic the appearance of a light and fluffy cloud. We love how it created an ethereal effect at this Philadelphia ceremony.

Build a Unique Backdrop

The textural qualities of baby's breath made it a unique flower to construct bold installations at your ceremony or reception. At this Indian Wyoming wedding, the floral was used to create a large mandap inspired by the work of artist Richard Serra.

Make Baby's Breath Your Primary Flower

If you truly love the look and feel of baby's breath, you can make it the sole floral used in your wedding arrangements. Fully embracing the bloom can create a magical feeling throughout your reception design.