Prepping For Prom

This week in our house is Prom. (It's kinda of late for the season.) We've been running around getting all the finishing touches done. Finding a tie to match her dress and of course a ribbon to match the tie.

So instead of the usually chaotic mom activities, my role will be a little different. I'll be playing the part of a florist this week. After several trips to Michael's, one to Safeway, to reserve some white roses, and a quick trip to Walmart (cause Michael's was closed) I think I'm ready to begin production. (crossing my fingers)

For some reason I thought it would be cheaper to make our own. I was wrong, but too late now. I have to keep reminding myself it will be personalized and won't look like she's growing an entire garden on her arm, like some of the ones I've seen. But I think it's all in my blood, which has been the only reason I feel like I can do this.

Growing up my mother was a wedding designer/coordinator. I can remember spending many long days at one church or another decorating everything from chairs, to tables, to hanging a humongous chandelier she was known for using.

Another talent she had was arranging flowers and making corsages. During all this hectic work she would take the time to show me how to make them along with her. I don't know if she was doing it to teach me or if she needed me to be helping, but I learned just by watching and sometimes making my own corsage from rejected ribbons and flowers pile.

So this week I wanted to have an extra blog post about the process of making my daughter's wrist corsage and her date's boutonniere. Hopefully they turn out well. (This time I can't cross my fingers, cause I have bows to make.) I'll have step by step photos of the progress as they're being made.