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 Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 4:04 pm
This Friday is my senior prom and my fiance and I haven't had the money to buy those corsage flower things, so I decided to make our own.
Problem, I don't know how to make them I don't even know where to begin...
I know I will need artificial flowers, but how will I go and make a corsage out of it...
Any Ideas?
I'll post pics when I have the finished product.
My dress is red with silver sparkles and My Fiance is wearing a red shirt, his black cowboy hat, blue wranglers, and black boots. We are Rednecks. =D
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Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 4:42 pm
I just love this post----"We are Rednecks."
The girls here don't usually wear the corsages, the flowers that you pin to your dress----they wear wristlets, which are basically the same thing on an elastic "bracelet."
You choose the flowers that you think would make a nice little cluster, cut the stems short for your little arrangement, wrap the stems with floral tape, in position, then add a length of elastic. The guys' boutonniere is usually just a single flower with a sprig of greenery, taped together, then pinned to the suit jacket???? Don't know that THAT would be too appropriate for him-----
One of my daughters just ran out of time for flowers one year, ran to Walmart, and they whipped out a terrific-looking set for her in just a few minutes, for less than $10. Real flowers.
I'd really like to hear what you decide to do about flowers for him! Wish I could see you. Sounds like you'll be a pretty sharp-looking pair!
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Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:41 pm
I think I'm going to use red roses, and some tiny white flowers of some sort, maybe I could use some decorative leaves as well.
Maybe I and put some ribbons on the bracelet and my date can just have a rose pinned on him, Herm...
I don't think he would like ribbons on him though XD
I wonder what I can fix.
I'm going to go through Wal-Mart tomorrow.
I don't want to use real flowers because I want to make something that's going to last, and I think that if I make it myself it will have more meaning behind it.
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Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 6:27 pm
Wonder if you could make something tiny for his hatband? Just some cedar or sage or something with a tiny rose in the middle? Long and thin, and tiny, to look good on his hat. Or is he "hands off" about his hat?
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Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 12:54 pm
He isn't that touchy about his hat, I'm the only one allowed to mess with it though. I wear it a lot when I go to my friends ranch. I cant find a hat to fit my head right. No one carries 7 & 1/2's any more.
I think I'm going to get a rose and cut the stem short and wrap it up in a ribbon I made today, it's red with a see-through red polka-dot ribbon glued on top of it. then I'm going to put it in his hat band. It's gonna look so pretty!
And I got myself a white and silver poofy bow, it made out of organic cotton =) and I'm going to glue one of the ribbons I made behind it to make it a bracelet and I'm going to have three roses and some of the rose leaves on it too.
I cant really explain it all that well, but I'll post pics of it this weekend.
=)
I also saw some pre-made corsages at the store and they were like thirty bucks!!! eek
So making mine from scratch all I had to spend was,
Eight bucks for the roses.
Two bucks for the bow
A dollar for my ribbons
Total was eleven bucks, I saved a ton of money.
^_^
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Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 4:55 pm
I'm looking forward to the pictures. Have a great night!
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Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 1:01 pm
I'm waiting on my mom to get the pictures developed.
I won prom queen!
=D
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Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 3:51 pm
Testicular Diabetes I'm waiting on my mom to get the pictures developed.
I won prom queen!
=D DID YOU REALLY!!!!! rofl heart That is great!!!! I guess I don't have to ask if you had a good time.....!!! GOOD FOR YOU!!!!!
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