DIY Silk Boutonnieres

While visiting my parents' house this Christmas, I got to spend some quality time with my preferred craft store, A.C. Moore. I wanted to finish table runners for guest tables since my mom has a sewing machine, but stupid me, I forgot the color swatch. So I decided to focus on the boutonnieres.

I hadn't yet figured out what to do with boutonnieres, seeing as I also hadn't figured out what to do with the bouquets, so I wandered around the store.

Lo and behold, I found a bunch of white silk roses that don't look too fake.

A couple of hours and some sore fingers later, here's what I came up with.

Groomsmen Boutonnieres:


Dude's Boutonniere, a slight variation from the other men:




A view into my workarea:




Materials Used:
- white silk flowers
- floral tape
- burgundy filler flowers
- wine colored ribbon
- wire cutter or very strong scissors

I didn't really follow a pattern or directions but I did my research here on eHow. I have some leftover material so I'll be making wrist corsages out of these, and maybe even a tiny bouquet for my flower girl.