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Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Who Wears Boutonnieres?

Photos courtesy of: http://www.floralartvt.com


Wedding flower decisions are pretty straight forward: a bouquet for the bride and her attendants, flowers for the ceremony, table centerpieces, but the personal flowers such as boutonnieres and corsages tend to be more of a personal choice and are up to the bride and groom.  Some opt for no boutonnieres at all. 


In general boutonnieres are worn by the groom, groomsmen, fathers, grandfathers, ushers and ring bearers as well as your officiant if you are not having a religious ceremony. Corsages are traditionally given to mothers & grandmothers, although you can substitute a small bouquet for the mother of the bride/groom. 


You may also want to include any siblings that aren’t in the wedding party and their spouses, readers, singers and other important family members including step-parents. 

Personal flowers are a perfect way of acknowledging people close to you on your wedding day. 

18 comments:

terryj said...

I like the gray bout for my officiant. Nice, restrained, perfect.

PeggySue said...

Love bouts..thinking about doing some of my own. So I'm collecting ideas.

Mimi said...

Wow would never have thought to get flowers for spouses of wedding party, seems like overkill, although getting one for my officiant is a good idea, not the singers though. Am I just cheap???

LauraJ said...

Nice bouts

Jaycee said...

My problem isn't figuring out who wears them, it's how to spell it!!LOL

MerryS said...

Like the hint of purple in the center one! Never would have thought I should get them for my officiant or spouses of the wedding party!

Claire said...

Wow,I think I florist had a hand in a the list of who gets these, singers? NOT!

AmberG said...

my bf got married they used cool pocket squares instead of flowers.

Cookie said...

Good info!

dina said...

good post!

amber said...

Love those little berries added to the flowers, it's just that tiny bit extra that makes it.

Jenny said...

Good guidelines. TY.

Misha said...

love the thistles

cassie said...

Good information to have for planning.

jessie said...

Good info, and I love the pic in the center, what is that, thistles?

pat said...

that's a lot of flowers!

hillarys said...

ty for the info

Candace said...

Great info! TY!