Any wedding celebration, stylized or classic, requires extensive and thorough preparation. The organizers and perpetrators of the holiday need to think through absolutely all the little things from the choice of leaders and the restaurant to the design of the cake and the color of accessories.
Features of Wedding Accessories
A chic festive dress for a girl and a solemn costume for a young man is not all that is needed to create ideal images. Essential accessories are the bride’s bouquet and the groom’s boutonniere. Often young people have the opportunity to order them in the kit. Such a bouquet and a boutonniere are made in the same style. To create them, the same flowers, beads or ribbons are used. The unity of color and form suggests that lovers have something in common.
Men attach a buttonhole on the left side - closer to the heart. For the bride, however, as it is customary to “throw” a bouquet during a feast, they usually create a duplicate similar to the original bouquet.
Since most often they choose jewelry from fresh flowers for a wedding, a bouquet with a boutonniere is made with their use. Friends of the groom and bridesmaids can also use similar details in their outfits.
For witnesses, the boutonnieres are slightly smaller than the groombut they are created in the same style. For girls, in addition to dresses of the same color, bracelets are offered in the same design as the bride’s bouquet. The uniform style is maintained for decorative floral inserts in the bride's hairstyle, and in the decoration of the table.
A pin or brooch is always present at the boutonniere, with the help of which it is attached to the groom's jacket or shirt. Sometimes a wooden icon is used as the basis, which looks very stylish and even brutal.
For a bouquet and a boutonniere often use the same ribbons (usually satin). They wrap the base of the bouquet. However, the option of wrapping flowers with burlap rope or twine will be no less stylish.
Following the traditions, the groom gives the bouquet after the ransom. The bride, meanwhile, fastens the boutonniere on the suit of her chosen one, thereby showing her love and tenderness. It is especially touching if the accessories are made by the hands of the pair themselves.
Flowers and inserts
Sometimes a bouquet and a boutonniere are made of several identical flowers, and sometimes they are similar with only one element. Both options look equally harmonious. Most often, fresh flowers are used for decoration, but other inserts can also be used. Additional decor makes accessories more original.
Feathers, beads, pearls, twigs with berries, herbarium leaves (if it is an autumn bouquet) or needles with cones (if the wedding is celebrated in the winter season) can serve as decorative elements.
An interesting option would be to use cotton in accessories, it gives a feeling of lightness and airiness.
Some needlewomen can make decor from beads, buttons, and rhinestones.
Sometimes flowers are used in combination with field grass, ears of corn.
When creating floral accessories, it is better to cut the stems at an angle and store them in a cool place until the celebration. So they will remain fresh and fragrant. A good solution will be the use of carnations, orchids, roses, lilies, peonies. All these flowers look elegant and fashionable, and also have positive meanings: romance, love, success. Color, size and quantity are selected individually, depending on the preference of the newlyweds and the flowering time.
Large flowers are best combined with small inflorescences or greenery. If the newlyweds do not accept the use of fresh flowers, a bouquet and a boutonniere can be made of fabric imitation of plants, corrugated paper, lace and other elements.
A master class on creating a buttonhole for the groom, see below.
