Creating The Best Wedding Boutonniere For The Groom

When you're browsing through hundreds of pictures for your groom's boutonniere, it can be difficult to combine your likes with his expectations. The key is to remember that his boutonniere has to appear to be masculine while also complimenting you. So when you're designing and creating the boutonniere it will be helpful to keep these handy tips and ideas in mind.

1. Look for small flowers with a big presence. For contemporary wedding boutonnieres, flowers such as: ranunculus, peony, night-blooming jasmine and a miniature calla lily work well tied with a green leaf or ribbon. If your planning a tropical wedding, florals such as: dendrobiums, a deep rose cala lilly, cymbidium and slippery orchid that can be tied with raffia, wrapped in small fern fronds or tied with ribbon, would be splendid. The point is, keep it simple in structure, small and nice. Men are turned off by anything that says beautiful or pretty, because they associate it with something that a woman would wear, so just aim for it to look nice and to have a quiet elegance about it.

2. Think green. Interesting grasses and leaves can add the macho edge that he is craving for or consider using a sprig of evergreen, a braid of bear grass or a touch of dusty miller on its own without the use of flowers. This is a great idea if you're having an outdoor wedding, such as a garden or beach theme wedding and you'd like to keep things earthy and simple.

3. Does he like culinary herbs such as rosemary and mint? Why not make a wedding boutonniere that shows his good taste in a stylish way? A few fresh sprigs of rosemary and mint look lovely on a man's lapel.

4. Sometimes nature provides us with the best solutions to our immediate dilemma! Natural objects like feathers, acorns, thistles, shells and berries are just as lapel-worthy as a rose or carnation are, and may even be more befitting for your wedding theme.

5. If your groom is still completely against flowers all together, then, just go back to basics. Skip the wedding boutonniere and tuck a crisp handkerchief into his breast pocket. It will be elegant, definitely masculine and something that he will be happy to wear. However, if you include him in the decision making process, you shouldn't have a problem convincing him to wear a traditional flower based groom's boutonniere at all, most men are willing to be flexible when a compromise can be made.

So now that you've found the perfect wedding boutonniere for him and you're ready to order it with the florist, make sure to order a second boutonniere for the wedding. The first will be worn during the ceremony and through the majority of the reception, but, after hugging a few hundred people, his boutonniere will inevitably look worn, be battered and bruised. So to keep your groom looking his very best, keep a fresh stand-in wedding boutonniere (which should be stored under the cake table, so everyone knows where to find it) waiting for him and change it right before the two of you cut the wedding cake and have your toasts.

The point is, if you're having to do a little convincing to get him to wear a boutonniere, you don't have to have a needless disagreement about it. Talk to him and find out what are his likes and dislikes about the typical wedding boutonniere, from there, try to blend the information he gives you with your wedding theme when you're designing and creating his boutonniere. Make it a point to find something that works for you and that he will enjoy wearing, like this everyone is happy!

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