Wedding Blog

Yesterday, I headed over to our reception venue for the long-awaited meeting between my venue’s coordinator, my florist, and most importantly — my mom! I knew these ladies would all hit it off famously, and I was absolutely right. We spent far too long wandering from room to room, deciding which tables would go where, which centerpieces would look right in which room, on which table, with which linens…and also, figuring out how to get it all to fit within my budget!

I adore my florist, Bettina. She came very highly recommended by several people that I work with, and she did not disappoint. Seriously, I kind of want her to be my new best friend. (That is, in addition to the other best friends who just sent out an adorable shower invitation for me and Mr. Magnolia, but that’s another story!) She’s fun and engaging, creative and talented. And I can’t wait to see what she does for the flowers at our wedding.

So, after she chatted about bouquets with my mom and me for a few minutes, Bettina looked pensive for a moment. She sat back in her chair, took a deep breath (this is where I started to get nervous, thinking I’d blown my budget!), and said, “Miss Magnolia, here’s the thing…now that I’ve met your mom, I’ve got to tell you…

She’s just not a corsage type of mom.”

(Insert sigh of relief here)

“She looks more like your sister than your mom (Mama Magnolia is completely won over at this point), and a corsage would just be far too matronly, in my opinion.”

Well, I wasn’t going to disagree, because I’m not a big fan of pin-on corsages in general. But I also think that they’re better than wrist corsages…so what other option did we have?

Bettina to the rescue! She suggested that Mama Magnolia (as well as FMIL Magnolia) carry a clutch, and we could pin the corsage onto that.

I LOVED that idea.

Mama Magnolia’s dress is champagne, so I totally picture her carrying something like this:

(Image courtesy of Target.com)

…with something similar to this attached:

…although maybe a bit simpler.

I think the idea of attaching a fresh flower corsage to our mom’s clutches is a totally fun and modern way to go about this.

Because really, isn’t this lovely?

(Image courtesy of designerexposure.com)