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Boutonnieres for Moms?

posted 2 years ago in Flowers
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    Kingcake    04/09/2011  

    Ok, personally, the word corsage brings back memories of giant mums my babysitters wore to HS homecomming in 1983.  And when I talked to my mom about the alternative of a nosegay or a modern little wrist corsage said "Can't I just have a little tiny flower, like your Dad's boutonniere?"  I thought that was a pretty cool idea---a simple, small, and modern way to distinguish our moms, but not an item that would hijack their whole look.  So would this work?  What should I call it to minimize confusion, a mini-corsage?  Because I'm thinking it will be very similar to the dad's boutonieres.  The boutonieres/mini-corsages aren't going to have any fresh flowers in them, becuase I'm DIYing my flowers, and I want to have these done WAY ahead of time.  I'm thinking feathers, but representative of spring, so maybe some faux redbud tree buds or something.  Please let me know if I am insane, or if it has been done, like, 1M times.  :)

     
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    crebre80    November 20, 2010   Baton Rouge, LA

    Corsages can also be worn on the chest area for women, they are a bit more ornate than the guy boutonniere but it is quite beautiful

     
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    Vonnegurl    June 12, 2010  

    I guess I never considered doing it any other way but than to have the men have bouts pinned on and the women have corsages pinned on. The men will have 1 orchid bud, the women 3. I think you should do it!

     

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