Weddingbee Blog

As I shared earlier on in our planning, I had a hard time with boutonnieres because Mr. Poodle told me over the phone that he didn’t want flowers at all.

So, I researched for inspiration and found some cute clover ideas (He asked me to incorporate clovers into our wedding to honor to his Irish background). After a while I was sold on the idea of making fabric clovers for the guys, so I got all my supplies and before I got to work I told Mr. Poodle how hard find inspiration for bouts that didn’t have any flowers. He laughed and told me he was just kidding and he would wear whatever I wanted! — What? Umm, Yeah I guess it was harder for me to figure out when he was teasing me over the phone.

So here they are: The Poodles’ non-floral boutonnieres. To make them I used green satin fabric, a few sticks and some tiny pine cones that one of my MIL’s friends found while walking around the lake.

I folded the fabric and made all of the clovers by hot gluing them together:

After that I attached the little sticks and mini pine cones:

I added a piece of green felt and a brooch pin to the back so it would be easier for them to put on:

For presentation I printed on Kraft paper that I cut to the proper size, then folded and glued it together with a little message for each one of our family members.

And TA-DA! the boutonnieres were ready to be handed at our rehearsal dinner. I put a little ribbon at the top so they could hang the bouts with their shirts.

I also made flower brooches for all the ladies. I used fabric leftover from my purple satin bolero and purple tulle from my dress, then added some lavender beads and a piece of felt to attach the pin to.

I also printed sheets for them and punched the bottoms just to make it more girly!

Here they all are ready in a basket! I made 10 of each!

I was very happy because the purple flowers matched everyones’ outfits so well. I was a little worried at first because I didn’t know the colors they’d be wearing, but everyone LOVED their flowers and boutonnieres! YAY!

Are you considering non floral boutonnieres? Where are you gathering your inspiration?