Bridal bouquet and groom's boutonniere: how to choose and combine?
Any wedding celebration, stylized or classic, requires extensive and thorough preparation. The organizers and perpetrators of the holiday need to think over absolutely all the little things from the choice of hosts and the restaurant to the design of the cake and the color of the accessories.
Features of wedding accessories
A chic festive dress for a girl and a formal suit for a young man is not all that is needed to create the perfect look. The bridal bouquet and the groom's boutonniere are essential accessories. Young people often have the opportunity to order them in a set. Such a bouquet and boutonniere are made in the same style. To create them, use the same flowers, beads or ribbons. The unity of color and shape suggests that lovers have something in common.
Men attach the boutonniere on the left side - closer to the heart. For the bride, as it is customary to "throw" a bouquet during a feast, they usually create a duplicate similar to the original bouquet.
Since most often wedding decorations are chosen from fresh flowers, then a bouquet with a boutonniere is made with their use. Friends of the groom and bridesmaids can also use similar details in their outfits.
The boutonnieres of the witnesses are slightly smaller than those of the groom., but they are created in the same style. For girls, in addition to dresses of the same color, bracelets are offered in the same design as the bridal bouquet. The same style is maintained for decorative floral inserts in the bride's hairstyle and in the decoration of the table.
On the boutonniere there is always a pin or a brooch with which it is attached to the jacket or shirt of the groom. Sometimes a certain wooden badge is used as a basis, which looks very stylish and even brutal.
For a bouquet and a boutonniere, the same ribbons (usually satin) are often used. They are wrapped around the base of the bouquet. However, the option of wrapping flowers with burlap string or twine will be no less stylish.
Following the traditions, the groom gives the bouquet after the “redemption”. The bride, meanwhile, attaches the boutonniere to the costume of her chosen one, thereby showing her love and tenderness. It turns out especially touching if the accessories are made by the hands of the couple themselves.
Flowers and inserts
Sometimes a bouquet and a boutonniere are made of several of the same flowers, and sometimes they are similar in only one element. Both options look equally harmonious. Most often, fresh flowers are used for decoration, but other inserts can also be used. Additional decor makes the accessories more original.
Decorative elements can be feathers, beads, pearls, twigs with berries, herbarium leaves (if it is an autumn bouquet) or needles with cones (if the wedding is celebrated in the winter season).
An interesting option would be to use cotton in accessories, it gives a feeling of lightness and airiness.
Some needlewomen can make decor from beads, buttons, rhinestones.
Sometimes flowers are used in combination with field grass, ears.
When creating flower accessories, it is better to cut the stems at an angle and store in a cool place until the celebration. This will keep them fresh and fragrant. A good solution would be to use carnations, orchids, roses, lilies, peonies. All these flowers look elegant and fashionable, and also have positive meanings: romance, love, success. Color, size and quantity are chosen individually, depending on the preference of the newlyweds and the time of flowering.
Large flowers are best combined with small inflorescences or greenery. If the newlyweds do not accept the use of fresh flowers, a bouquet and a boutonniere can be made from fabric imitation of plants, corrugated paper, lace and other elements.
See below for a master class on creating a boutonniere for the groom.
