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Our mothers and my aunt are getting smaller bouquets to hold and the grandmothers will have wrist corsages.
I am doing pinned corsages for all the women of honour!
we dont know yet. I am curious to see the votes! :) thanks for posting
We're doing nosegays for our mothers and grandmother is deciding if she wants a wrist corsage or nosegay. (She doesn't want to "pin" anything to her dress). What about giving them an option?
My florist said he preferred that we ask the women what they would prefer. Some people really have a preference - and since they are the ones wearing them, I was fine with that :-)
we did wrist coursages. i would ask everyone what they want though. we ordered them because my mom was with me when i ordered so she got to pick, and then my mil later said that's what she wanted so she wouldn't have to poke a hole in her dress.
Yeah I think I'll probably just ask everyone. I did kind of want it to be a surprise for ex. for my grandmothers...but I guess I could ask her. I just won't tell the one family member of mine who doesn't know I'll give her something. I can see the advantages and disadvantages of each...if you have a corsage on, it could get in the way while usuing your hands to eat, etc. But then the boutonnier could get squished against you when you hug people, and you have to pin it into your dress. So there are pluses and minuses of each.
we will ask what they prefer, but i have a feeling they will prefer the wrist corsages. either or works beautifully i think :)
Never heard of women wearing bouts but our grandmothers are wearing corsages and our mothers nothing (they feel it is an old lady thing and I sort of agree)
@nevjcu, well really what is a bout? A flower pinned on. My gf had bouts for everyone important at her wedding. I didn't see any corsages actually. Some people have commented to me that corsages are too much like prom. I do find them less comfy than a bout. Then again if I were wearing a cute little dress I'd prefer it! We'll see what they say!
I think the difference between a bout and a corsage is generally to do with gender and size of the "arrangement" (a corsage generally being larger). Then a corsage can be either pin-on or wrist.
At our wedding my mom and grandmothers had nosegays. My houseparty had wrist corsages, though I asked them if they preferred pin-on or wrist.
Nosegays are just a small bunch of flowers. We are doing those for my mom and mother-in-law. Neither want to pin anything to their dresses and it's nice to have something for them. They even said "it's a little old lady" to have flowers pinned to you... So, the florist suggested a nosegay to have something to hold, but they can ditch it later. In medieval times nosegays were used to mask the unpleasant odors or to keep the nose happy.
Everyone wore bouts. For the ladies they were magnetized in case of delicate fabrics.
I am having wrist corsages, they will be fabric flowers on a ribbon to tie around their wrist. made from the fabric cut from my wedding dress after alterations
I actually never knew what the difference was between the corsages pinned and the boutonnieres, but once I found out they were double the price I decided to just have everyone in boutonnieres to save money. To make them a little different the florist is adding a little more color and some pretty ribbon.
The women of the bridal party and immediate family is going to be getting corsages, and the men will be getting boutennieres. I'm a traditional gal, lol.
Guys with get boutonnières, but probably not flowers. The moms and grandmas are getting parasols. It's going to be July, and the ceremony is outside. I'm not a fan of corsages, I have really small hands and they always make my hand disappear, and all of them moms and grandmas have small hands too. So instead we're getting parasols, which I know will be used and appreciated!
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If you are a man obv. you'll be wearing a boutonnier, but if you are a woman, couldn't you wear either or? I think I prefer to get boutonniers for our mothers, grandmothers, women of honor. What are you doing?