| Pages or Page Boys | These are small children (usually boys) who follow the bride down the aisle carrying some of her train. They can also be known as train bearers. (See Train). |
| Pillars | These are the supports used to prop up the varying tiers of a multi-tiered wedding cake. They may be made from cardboard, plastic or wood. They are also known as columns. |
| Piping | This is a way of making shapes like bows, leaves, stars, flowers, or design patterns using icing. A pastry bag is filled with soft icing, then squeezed through a selection of different shaped tips onto the wedding cake, where it hardens. Royal icing is often used for this, as it can easily be colored and is not strongly flavored. |
| Place cards | Seating cards to let the wedding guest know where they are to be seated at the wedding. |
| Pomander | This is a round ball completely covered by flower blooms. They are carried by flower girls in the bridal procession who hold them by a ribbon. |
| Posies | Small, roundly shaped flower bouquets that are tightly packed and also will include greenery. |
| Pouf | This is a piece of netting that is gathered up and attached to a headpiece or comb, to allow for extra height to the veil. |
| Presentation | This is an elegant bouquet of long stemmed flowers that the bride carries in her arms. |
| Pulled Sugar | A technique in which boiled sugar is pulled and stretched to produce flowers, ribbons and bows. |
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