--- title: Bride Gets Married With a Bouquet of Doughnuts description: A bride in Sydney has decided to ditch the typical floral bouquet for her wedding and carry something a little more edible down the aisle. canonical: https://time.com/4936112/bride-bouquet-doughnuts-flowers/ author: Rachel Lewis article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-11T16:26:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:47:09.069Z og:title: Bride Gets Married With a Doughnut Bouquet Because It's Superior og:description: Everyone loved it og:url: https://time.com/4936112/bride-bouquet-doughnuts-flowers/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt47607a200842c856/6988dd3a86f68eb9d26e65be/bride-married-doughnuts-bouquet.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5400 og:image:height: 3038 og:image:alt: box of 11 doughnuts og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Bride Gets Married With a Doughnut Bouquet Because It's Superior twitter:description: Everyone loved it twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt47607a200842c856/6988dd3a86f68eb9d26e65be/bride-married-doughnuts-bouquet.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Bride Gets Married With a Doughnut Bouquet and It's Superior to Flowers in Every Way > Sponsored content. 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Paige Kirk, 23, of [Sydney](http://time.com/4880226/australia-sydney-terrorist-attack-raids/), Australia surprised her bridesmaids with a bouquet of [decorated doughnuts and pastries](http://www.extracrispy.com/food/3916/cider-doughnuts-with-maple-tahini-glaze) to marry Steve. “We wanted the wedding to be a bit different and really reflect who we are as a couple,” she [explained to the BBC](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-41229459), adding that the guests “loved them” and that the venue couldn’t believe it. Paige added that despite the temptation the doughnuts went uneaten throughout the ceremony. “We had plenty of goodies beforehand so we were too full too eat them,” she said. > [](https://twitter.com/deeplookers/status/907266104363331584) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4936112/bride-bouquet-doughnuts-flowers/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4936112/bride-bouquet-doughnuts-flowers/"},"headline":"Bride Gets Married With a Doughnut Bouquet and It's Superior to Flowers in Every Way","datePublished":"2017-09-11T16:26:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:47:09.069Z","description":"The guests 'loved them'","url":"https://time.com/4936112/bride-bouquet-doughnuts-flowers/","keywords":["Newsfeed","society","doughnuts","sydney","food and drink"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt47607a200842c856/6988dd3a86f68eb9d26e65be/bride-married-doughnuts-bouquet.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rachel Lewis","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rachel-lewis/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt47607a200842c856/6988dd3a86f68eb9d26e65be/bride-married-doughnuts-bouquet.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"box of 11 doughnuts","caption":"box of 11 doughnuts","creditText":"Andy Reynolds - Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4936112/bride-bouquet-doughnuts-flowers/","name":"Bride Gets Married With a Doughnut Bouquet and It's Superior to Flowers in Every Way"}}]}] ```