9 weeks and closing...finally finished my bouquets though!

So a year ago when we first started planning this wedding I was obsessed with 'button bouquets' as an unusual theme and keep-sake. However the people who make/sell them charge an absolute fortune for the service of making them?!? Undeterred I decided that my degree in Graphic Design and Art would not go unused and I would simply make my own - saving me time and allowing me to make it however I want it.

I have had the button stems and flowers made up for a while. I however have spent months 'flapping' over the final assembly, never quite happy with the position of the buttons/flowers the stems, if I could see the wire, forming the handle...etc...

Anyhoo...yesterday I had me a spurt of creativity and I finished them off, positions final, bound and glue gunned everything together, made the handle and decorated the stem...

...here are a few piccis of the final product...

Bridesmaids small posy

Bridesmaids small posy side view so you can see the handle

Brides bouquet

Brides bouquet side view

Brides bouquet, handle

I wouldn't say it has necessarily been the cheapest option, here is an approximate breakdown:

Buttons - £20
Wire - £30
Paper Flowers - £30
Ribbon - £20
Organza - £14
Pearl Beads - £6
Total - £120

HOWEVER - this has made 3 bouquets (Bride and 2 bridesmaids) and 6 buttonholes for the men with lots of buttons/flowers/organza/ribbon left over! I have then used the 'leftovers' to make the invites, place names, table centrepieces, seating plan and to decorate the cake stand, so £120 was well spent in the great scheme of things as it has covered a lot of things which now all match and tie in together well.