DF Floral Design

Mother's corsage. Grandfather's boutineer. Grandmother's corsage.  Red and white roses, red and white ribbon, feather fern, pearl accents, silver wire spirals. Sister's wrist corsage.  This time I got creative and made my own wrist bracelet out of pearls for this... 3 separate and unique strands.  I definitely will be doing this again.  Throwing bouquet.  Throwing Bouquet.  This turned out so close to the bride's real bouquet.  The real one had calla lillies of course, but white roses worked well too.

Boutineer for James. Corsage for Taylor. Corsage/Boutineer set.  White roses, green button mums, purple babies breath, purple ribbon, ivy leaves. Boutineer for Jonathon. Corsage for Kerrie. Corsage/Boutineer Set.  White roses, pink button mums, pale pink ribbon, pearl accents.

Boutineer for Kayla. Corsage for Kayla. Corsage/Boutineer set.  Orange/Peach roses, lavendar accent flowers, silver and orange ribbon, silver wire.

Boutineer for Kayla's date. Boutineer for Kayla. Wrist corsage for Kayla. Wrist Corsage. Corsage/Boutineer set.  White carnations, purple button mums, purple wire accents with rhinestones.

 Corsage for Taylor.  Pink and red roses, babies breath and silver ribbon.  Corsage for Kerrie.  Red roses, white daisies, white glitter spirals, and butterfly accents.  Two dates, two corsages.

Corsage for Hannah. Boutineer for Jonathon. Corsage/Boutineer Set.  White carnations, midnight blue silk roses and bead spray accents.

Corsage for Shaylee. Corsage for Shaylee.  White carnations, babies breath, hot pink asters. Boutineer for Jay. Boutineer for Jay.  White carnation, white status, ivy leaves, purple ribbon.

Dark pink roses, white carnations, gold ribbon and gold beaded accents.  

     Prom boutineer for Jay.  White rose, pearl accents, fabric accents from Melissa's dress.  Prom 2009 Melissa and Jay. Prom boutineer for Cody. Prom boutineer for Kamee.

White rose, babies breath, teal and black ribbon. Boutineer for Kyle.

I believe that everyone has talents and abilities that lie undiscovered within us.  Sometimes we find these talents when we least expect them.  3 years ago my daughter went to her first high school prom.  She was so excited and we searched for just the right dress, shoes, hairstyle, etc....  Then came the time to order the boutineer for her date.  We called all over town to different florists and were shocked by their prices.  We chose a mid-range florist and ordered their "fancy" boutineer for $12.00.  We figured that would be better than the economy priced $8.00 flower but still less expensive than the $18.00 one.  We gave them the color of her dress and a time that we would be in to pick it up.  When we arrived we found that the boutineer hadn't even been started.  They quickly threw together a flower for us and we were shocked at how little you actually get for $12.00.  The boutineer was a single rose with a little sprig of gree...