How To Make A Boutonniere Easy

Remove any extra foliage and wrap each stem with floral tape.

How to make a boutonniere easy. Let dry about a minute. Pick a flower thats the same color or a complementary color of your clothes. Place the boutonniere in a plastic container and place it in the refrigerator overnight. This will make it so that the ball end and pointy end of the pin and tucked behind lapel but not touching the body of the person.

Be careful not to mist the ribbon it may change the color or ruin the look of the fabric. Place a dot of corsage glue at the back of the boutonniere stem and press the ribbon into the glue. Once youre back at the. You do not need to cover the entire stem with ribbon.

How to make a boutonniere in 6 easy steps 1. Use artificial flowers if you dont have access to fresh ones. Wrap coordinating ribbon around the stem and secure it with hot glue. We used a short piece of burlap ribbon.

Gather the flowers you want to use and trim smaller sprigs off any spray flowers and cut longer stems. Make a couple of loops to form a bow and hot glue that to the back of the boutonniere. For example if you were wearing a purple. Just an inch at the base is enough of an accent.

For best results and no drooping pin your boutonniere to the jacket horizontally with a corsage pin weaving in and out through the fabric. Hide ugly floral tape with ribbon twine or burlap that matches the themes of your event. Make sure the flower fixture is securely set in place. Starting from the top of the stems begin to wrap floral tape down the stems in a spiral to secure.

Trim away the excess stem and continue to wrap floral tape around the wire about three inches down then wrap the tape. Wrap stems with wire andor floral tape.