Winter Formal

My son was invited to the high school winter formal last weekend.  It is a girl's choice dance.  Dances are so fun.  Fun for him because he gets to get all dressed up and escort a beautiful young lady for the evening.  And fun for me because I get to make a corsage.  It's definitely getting easier.  The hardest part is finding the right color of flower.  You never know what's going to be available at the local grocery store/Costco.  I had to go to two different stores to find white roses.  But, I think it all turned out OK.  What do you think?

 

Homecoming Corsages

 

Tonight is the big Homecoming dance at our local high school.  I attempted to make some corsages for the occasion.  I'm getting a little better.  Practice makes perfect, right?  My son's date is wearing a royal blue gown with gold jewelry.  So we went with white roses and white carnations and gold accents.

 
My son's  friend asked me to make a corsage for him too.  His date is also wearing a blue gown, but with silver accents.  You can barely see the silver ribbon in this picture (on the right side).  I think it looks very elegant.  And the flowers smell divine!

I bought a bouquet of two dozen roses at Costco and the carnations at WalMart.  I made two corsages and a boutonniere.  And I have a gorgeous bouquet of the leftover flowers on my dining room table.  By the time all was said and done, it only cost me ten dollars.  Not too bad.