--- title: Wedding Ideas: Bridesmaids Carry Puppies Instead of Bouquets description: A resourceful bride had her bridesmaids trade their bouquets for puppies to raise awareness for SPCA adoptions. canonical: https://time.com/4725601/bride-puppies-bridesmaids/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-04T22:25:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:42:32.723Z og:title: These Bridesmaids Carried Cute Puppies Instead of Bouquets og:description: Who needs flowers when you can have pooches? og:url: https://time.com/4725601/bride-puppies-bridesmaids/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: These Bridesmaids Carried Cute Puppies Instead of Bouquets twitter:description: Who needs flowers when you can have pooches? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Bridesmaids Carry Puppies Instead of Bouquets Because Flowers Are So Last Year > Sponsored content. 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According to [_People_](http://people.com/pets/bridal-party-uses-puppy-bouquets/), all of the pups have been adopted since the wedding; in fact, Butler and her husband love pet adoption so much (they currently have four adopted pets between them) that they chose to make a donation to the SPCA instead of buying wedding favors. 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