Bouquet
After doing my cousin's wedding flowers @ the last minute I decided I think my Aunt & I can do my bouquet and my bridesmaids. That and just for 4 corsages, 3 bm's bouquets, and my bouquet - I was going to spend almost $400...uuugh. I can buy 85 stems from Costco for $75 and they receive good reviews. I am using gerbera daisies in honor of my FMIL - she carried them down the aisle. I bought a starfish pin for my bouquet from www.weddingfactorydirect.com
I think I am going to use pink and orange flowers against the aqua bm's dresses.
I think I am going to use pink and orange flowers against the aqua bm's dresses.
Boutonniere's
Because we are having a starfish theme I saw from www.bridecraft.com/starfish_boutonniere.html
This was one of the easiest projects I did. I bought the starfish from Oriental Trading Co., sat them outside to air out for a few days when I first got them because they smelled fishy. Then I hot glued pins on the back of them that I bought @ Michaels. I love the way these turned out. I did not put the netting on these, nor did I use the magnets - I was afraid of the starfish falling.
I have been contemplating using large starfish for my bouquets with ribbons glued to the bottom - in lieu of flowers.
This was one of the easiest projects I did. I bought the starfish from Oriental Trading Co., sat them outside to air out for a few days when I first got them because they smelled fishy. Then I hot glued pins on the back of them that I bought @ Michaels. I love the way these turned out. I did not put the netting on these, nor did I use the magnets - I was afraid of the starfish falling.
I have been contemplating using large starfish for my bouquets with ribbons glued to the bottom - in lieu of flowers.
My DIY Pomanders
I bought the styrofoam balls @ Michaels, I prefered the white ones because I was doing white daisies. I used my 40% off coupons on these, saved a few $ anyways. I bought the ribbon @ Michaels as well when they had it on sale. The daisies I bought @ the Dollar Tree. I made many, many trips to the Dollar Tree because these take many more flowers than what you would expect. Also have wire cutters - I started out using scissors - my hands were so sore til my FFIL saw what I was doing and gave me his wire cutters, oh it made these so much simpler.
The hardest thing about making these was figuring out which design I was doing to use..once I had that down, my BM and I made a number of these one afternoon while watching college football.
Some people will tell you to use hot glue or a craft glue to stick the flowers inside the styrofoam, I only had to do this on a few that the wire was just plastic and not actually wire. I cut each of the flowers off using the wire cutters about 2-3 inches down from the flower, and then stuck them into the styrofoam. Be sure to save an area for the ribbon. I hot glued the ribbon on last, but if I did it over again, I would hot glue on the ribbon, then I put corsage pins in the ribbon just to make sure it would stay. Then start sticking the flowers all around the ball. I think they look better when they are fuller - but that is just my opinion. About every 4 flowers I put in the styrofoam I put the green leaf on with it, just to give it an extra dimension.
These are about $12 to make each one, but that is a huge savings when the live ones are about $80 to make. Plus this is something DIY you can make ahead of time and store away, instead of waiting til the last minute to make.
The hardest thing about making these was figuring out which design I was doing to use..once I had that down, my BM and I made a number of these one afternoon while watching college football.
Some people will tell you to use hot glue or a craft glue to stick the flowers inside the styrofoam, I only had to do this on a few that the wire was just plastic and not actually wire. I cut each of the flowers off using the wire cutters about 2-3 inches down from the flower, and then stuck them into the styrofoam. Be sure to save an area for the ribbon. I hot glued the ribbon on last, but if I did it over again, I would hot glue on the ribbon, then I put corsage pins in the ribbon just to make sure it would stay. Then start sticking the flowers all around the ball. I think they look better when they are fuller - but that is just my opinion. About every 4 flowers I put in the styrofoam I put the green leaf on with it, just to give it an extra dimension.
These are about $12 to make each one, but that is a huge savings when the live ones are about $80 to make. Plus this is something DIY you can make ahead of time and store away, instead of waiting til the last minute to make.
