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A Home-Made Wedding Part: 4 DYI Boutonnier and Corsage Tutorial

Boutonnieres:
These were super easy.  To start, go to your local craft store and find the type of flower that you would like. I did roses. You need to make sure that the flower you pick is not too big; this was really hard for me to find the size that I wanted.

When you get home, cut the stems with wire cutters, you don’t want them to be very long. I cut mine to about 1 ½ inches in length. Next I wrapped the stems in floral tape. If you wanted to add an ornament such as flowers, beads, feathers, this is where you would do that. Also keep in mind that you want the groom’s boutonniere to be different from the rest. I tied a tiny bow onto the stem of my boutonnieres; the ribbon I used for these matched the ribbon on the corsages, except the groom’s matched my bouquet.

And that’s it; you just do that for as many as you want. Pretty easy! You can find boutonniere pins at most stores: Joann’s, Hobby Lobby, Michaels, even Wal-Mart.

Corsages:
I was really nervous to make these, but they actually were pretty easy. I chose a chrysanthemum for the main flower and to add color I found a smaller flower that I glued onto it. I glued tulle to the back of the chrysanthemum to give it some depth. I’ve seen people use lots of things for corsages, feathers are really popular, I personally liked the tulle better.

Next I glued a long piece of ribbon to the bottom; I made mine long so that when they were tied onto the wrist it would be a bigger bow. Last, I added some felt to the bottom, this made it more clean looking and more comfortable to wear. 

A Home-Made Wedding Part: 3 DYI Bouquet Tutorial

My bouquet was the first thing I made, thanks to the help of my sister…by the way she makes amazing bouquets which she sells on etsy! Check it out here!

It was really easy to make my bouquet. I went to Michaels craft store and picked out the flowers that I wanted and bunched them all together until I was satisfied with how big it was. When I got home we cut the stems with wire cutters, they can be all the same size but its better if you make the ones that are going to be on top a little longer. You wrap all the stems with green floral tape; this makes them look more real, and you put them into the arrangement that you want to keep them in, start with your center flower and add them in a circular fashion. Now you can wrap all the stems together with floral tape around the middle while adding in extra items like flowers or beads, I did beads.


Make sure not to go too high or too low when wrapping them all together if you are planning to show the individual stems. Now you use super glue to glue down the start of your ribbon and when you are done wrapping you glue down the last piece so that it’s not obvious.

On mine I added more ribbon on the top, which is tied in a love knot and sewed/glued three rhinestones onto it. There are several different ways to do the ribbons; you can find lots of ideas on the web to help you.
A nice trick I used was to super glue some of the peddles up and more importantly I used it on those green thingys on the bottom. This makes them look a lot better, if you have too many peddles hanging down they look wilted. And I mean, common, you definitely don't need fake flowers to look wilted!


DIY Bouquet

Isn't this beautiful! You'll never guess what it's made out from....coffee filters and watercolors! Check out Wedding Cabaret to find out how to make your own beautiful coffee filter roses!

Food: Chocolate Covered Oreos

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How cute are these chocolate covered Oreos?!! These would be perfect for a reception or bridal shower. Check out Shindig Parties To Go for a tutorial on how to make your own. There really pretty simple and a very inexpensive treat to make your guests!