October gives us a plethora of amazing saints that would inspire the loveliest of Saintly Soirées! October 1 is the feast of St. Thérèse –the “Little Flower”! Here is a snapshot of my Pinterest mood board (found here) where I pulled together some sweet ways to nod to the saint at your wedding reception!

I love Saint Therese and her “little way” to Heaven philosophy. She understood her limitations and found her own path to Heaven — offering little daily sacrifices and doing small actions of love! She even applied this to the Eucharist, saying she could not fear a God who made Himself so small!

There are so many ways to incorporate little flower details into your wedding reception. The main flower associated with St. Therese is the rose — so you should try asking for a sign of roses any time you feel stressed out with wedding planning or engagement preparation! Pray the rosary with your beloved using some of these gorgeous options I found on Pinterest. <3 If you plan on wearing a mantilla on your wedding day perhaps this one covered in little flowers would be appropriate! Or if you are bold, a dress covered in beautiful, embroidered little flowers!

I love the idea of little flower place cards for your wedding reception tables… as well as wildflower seed wedding favors and dried wildflower confetti! It looks divine in pictures. I thought these “little flower” embroideries off Etsy would be a great gift for a couple about to be married — to memorialize their wedding date!

As for food, you definitely need to include some salami roses into your appetizer if you choose the charcuterie route! Apparently, according to Dining with the Saints, St. Therese was fond of chocolate eclairs and I thought these looked so sweet with the little sugar flower decorations! If you search “little flower” cocktail recipes on Google there are so many lovely options! Can you imagine having one of these as your “Hers” cocktail? Gorgeous!

Notes/disclaimers: Saint and feast day information on customs and our Catholic culture is sourced from a series of books including Drinking/Dining with the Saints, The Catholic All Year Compendium, The Companion Book of Catholic Days, The Catholic Home, Living the Seasons, and A Saint a Day. I also utilize catholicculture[.org] blog: Liturgical Year Calendar and https://catholiccuisine[.blogspot][.com]. Photos free for use under the Pixabay Content License.