Who are you providing buttonholes/corsages for?

Just the groom and best men. that is all. anything more is a waste imo

We have button holes for, Groom, Best Man, Ushers, both Dads and smaller one for Page boy

Corsages for Mum's.

We've not thought about getting button holes or Corsages for witnesses or readers..

We have them for Groom, Best man, Ushers, FOB, FOG and have 2 spares in case Mum's need them, but may get them a corsage instead.

We're getting button holes for Groom, best man, my dad & grandad (OH doesn't have a dad), and corsages for the mum's and thats it. My dad wants us to get something for his fiancee and my mum's fiance and my sisters as well, but it's only a small wedding (40 including us!) so we had to draw the line somewhere otherwise it would just get silly.

I've made buttonholes for Groom, Best Man, both Dads, my Granddads and one each for my Bridesdudes. Corsages are just bigger buttonholes and are for both mums and both Grans.

A florist told me it's becoming more and more common for people to only order and buy for the actuall wedding party that have a role to play, but if you let people know that you can't provide for anyone, but give them the details of the florist in case they want to do something themselves, the florist often provides something that matches or co-ordinates.

Forgot to include dad & close family member who is doing speech in place of my dad on my list but we've ordered for them. Perhaps we've gone a little overboard then & won't include the readers/witnesses. Thanks ladies!

Both our dads, the groom, best man and all the ushers (male and female) had buttonholes; our mums got slightly larger corsages. We were supposed to have a spare one for OH's brother but due to our usher crisis he didn't get one in the end.

Buttonholes for groom, 2 x best men, 2 x ushers, FOB, FOG, my grandad

Corsages: MOB, MOG, my nanna (only surviving grandparents on both sides)

Not sure what the norm is but its one of the few things OH and I disagreed on. He wanted him and the best man and parents and siblings only. (this would include witnesses and readers who were all family members)

I wanted to include step-parents, siblings OH's, grandparents, step-grandparents, aunts and uncles and cousins, and his three newphews. In the end I did pretty much what I wanted. The only ones who didn't get them in my list were aunts, uncles and cousins on his side as he was adament they weren't having them. My aunts, uncle and cousins ended up having to pull out last minute but had they come I would have given them buttonholes and corsages, whatever he said, and I made sure my dad's brother had one on the day. I don't think OH noticed in the end and as I made them all I figured it was up to me how many I did!

I made all ours - I made buttonholes for my groom, his dad, best person, usher, man of honour, and corsages for both mums and my sister.

A buttonhole is usually a single flower with some complimenting foliage or a double one i.e., double rose buttonhole. These are normally provided for the principal guests of the wedding party, Groom, FOB, FOG, Best Man and any ushers in attendance. The Groom normally has something a little bit more special (usually referred to as a Groom's buttonhole or a Special buttonhole) so he stands out on the photos from the rest of the guys.

A corsage is a totally different floristry piece of work to a buttonhole. Corsages are a miniature version of a bouquet made from tiny flowers which are all individually wired and then constructed into a design which is worn on the lapel of a dress or jacket. These take longer to do and take more flowers so cost more than a buttonhole. Corsages are usually worn by the MOB and the MOG although sometimes people also provide them for Grandma's or special Aunts too. Wrist corsages are totally different altogether and should always be asked for by name otherwise florists will automatically provide a lapel corsage. There are also handbag corsages, hat corsages, waist corsages and shoulder corsages - again all of these are different items and need to be asked for by name to make sure you get the right item!

I always advise against having buttonholes for all guests as I've seen so many wasted. Most people don't actually like wearing them, particularly men, and ladies usually prefer to have one that matches their outfit rather than being forced to wear one chosen by someone else which can often clash with what they are wearing.

Just to give you an idea, here's a photo of each so you can see the difference:-

Standard Buttonhole:-

Special or Groom's buttonhole:-

Lapel Corsage for ladies:-

Ive ,simple design, but full of stylish. pretty beautiful ~

We're having buttonholes for every guest. I know that alot of people don't do this nowadays but it was what my Mum and Nan wanted and as my Mum was paying for the flowers I wasn't going to disagree.

The Mum's and Nan's are having corsage's and my H2B is having a special buttonhole.

We're doing the same as my mum wanted it. We're having artificial flowers anyway and a small wedding so the cost wasn't a massive issue.

OH will have a special buttonhole, the bridal party have a nice red flower and Mum has a lovely corsage.

We're having them for the Groom, BM, FOB, FOG, MOB, MOG, brothers and sister of B&G and Usher.

Gents buttonholes. I'm so chuffed with them

I was only going to have buttonholes for the groomsmen and corsages for the mums and my grandma.

However, after going to my cousin's wedding last month and being given a wrist corsage... She has decided that it would be nice if we did the same...

Butoonholes for - H2B, BM, Ushers, Dads

Corsages- Mums, grannys