Saturday, March 17, 2007 1:52 AM
by
flowerplace
Prom Season is Here Again
The Prom season is approaching here and everyone is filled with excitement,
as there is so much to do to get ready for it. The gals are busy shopping for the perfect dress, hairdoo, and makeup, the guys reluctantly looking for a tux, while we here at the Flower Place in Fountain Valley, CA are gearing up to fill corsage orders. We have been putting together some corsage ideas that will compliment the gown, the tux and adorn the prom goers with the BLNG that the young folks are looking for this year.
Yes this is the year for Jewelling in Prom Flowers. From pearls, rhinestones and sequins to give that extra BLING!
The following are some ideas to help in the selection for this year’s prom season
A Fantasy Butterfly Wrist corsage with matching boutonniere
With white Dendrobium Orchids, wax flower and Hypericum berries.
Butterfly Variation- Gold Butterfly with White Dendrobium Orchids, Spray Roses, Wax Flower and Rhinestone Sprays----matching boutonniere
Mixed white flower wristlet with Rhinestones - White Dendrobiums, White Spray Roses, and White Hyacinth florets.
For something unusual-Pink Mini Calla Lilies, Purple Bombay Dendrobium Orchids and Pink Roses and Pearl Sprays.
There are also a number of unusual boutonnieres this year.
And for the real unusual an Epaulette for the guy.
This year we are including a single rose with each corsage order for the guy to give to his dates Mom when he picks her up for the Prom. We started this for the Winter Formals (yes we do have winter here in So California) and it has been a wonderful idea. The guys say "yeah another brownie point for me, puts me in good with her Mom.
There is a saying that our only limitation is our imagination, and we love it when they say I want something different, not the same old thing with babbies breath and add some Bling! There are so many different and unusual fresh materials for us to work with compared to days gone by that it is interresting to come up with something different.
We do suggest using flower colors that will compliment the dress and then use a ribbon color that will come close to matching the dress. Our choices in ribbon are a sheer for the back loops and then 2 or 4 loops of a picot in the center. In the construction we work the flowers coming out of the bow rather than the bow being added to the bottom of the corsage as then the bow becomes a part of the corsage. We have even had the gals bring in their dress so we can style something that will compliment the lines of the dress. Sometimes this will end up being a hairpiece as pictured. This customer came in to have us put her hairpiece in and we photographed her in it.
For more Corsage And Boutonniere ideas please visit us at The Flower Place or in our Gallery here.