Boutonniere's and corsage's? Meh..

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I can definitely agree! Sometimes less is more Maybe I'll do boutonniere's for the groomsmen and just a bouquet for my MOH. I think it's just the corsages that seem really promish to me. Thank you for the advice!

Thank you everyone for your responses!

Boutonnieres are pretty standard but I would ditch the corsages.

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Yeah that's what I'm thinking I'll do

We did bouts, but skipped corsages! None of our moms cared about having them so we decided to not waste the money.

We ditched both... Save money and no one thought it was important. Guys are going to get gold handkerchiefs that come free with the suits and a gold tie holder. Both mom's didn't even know corsages were a thing. My friend keeps telling me to at least get boutonnieres on amazon but I really don't see the point. Just like I don't see the point in chargers (also keeps trying to convince me to get). I think a lot of wedding stuff was added just to make us spend more money. My fiance will look amazing with or without a boutonniere.

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Makes a lot of sense!!

We did boutonnieres for groomsmen and ushers. Corsages for moms and bridesmaids had bouquets.

I’m glad someone feels the same about them as I do!

I’m skipping them both because they feel prom-esque and frankly a waste of money imo. Pretty sure people won’t remember if you did or didn’t have them, so why worry

I also agree. Its very prom. No thanks. Not doing it

I’m doing a DW and 2 corsages & 2 boutonnières are included in the package so I’m giving the corsages to our mothers, the boutonnières to our dads, ordering bouquets for my girls through the resort & ordering boutonnières for FH, groomsmen, my brother & son at home through Etsy.

I'll be doing boutonnieres but def will not be doing corsages for the bridesmaids. Like you said, I too also feel as though those are too high school promish. I think corsages would be cute for the mothers and or grandmothers but def not the bridesmaids. Ive actually never been to a wedding where a bridesmaid has worn a corsage..

I am doing boutonnières for the groom, groomsmen (grooms is different), fathers, and grandfathers. I will be doing bouquets for my bridesmaids, and pin on corsages for the mothers and grandmothers.

My FH does not want boutonnieres. Im on the fence about doing corsages for moms/grandmas

It depends!
Boutonnieres go to the groom, groomsmen, and men of honor (fathers, brothers, grandfathers, mentors, whoever you want)
Corsages or small bouquets go to women of honor (moms, sisters, etc. etc. same as the mens). They don't go to bridesmaids.
Bouquets go to the bride and bridal party.

But...you don't have to do any of that if you don't want to!

My assumption is she doesn't care about if you don't want flowers on your guys and gals, and she was asking if she is getting a corsage for herself! Perfectly normal question. It sounds like she probably wants one. If you want to cut costs, small bouquets can be much cheaper than corsages for the women of honor and they do not have to match the bridal party at all. You could have a bridesmaid go to your local grocery store that morning, buy some greens, babys breath and a bundle of main flowers for $15 bucks and use those materials to make three or four small, 2 or 3 flower bouquets with a little bit of ribbon, she'd be done in a half hour, vs. buying corsages (they're usually around $30 a piece.)
If you don't want anything on the groomsmen or don't even care much if the bridal party holds flowers, skip it! They can hold nothing, puppies, embroidered tambourines, Polaroid cameras (cute and functional!), literally whatever you want! I'd bet it's a little important to her that she has flowers though, it's not that bad to grab some for a small bouquet for her!

PS: I was a bridesmaid last month and volunteered to make the boutonnieres! When I got there with the materials I showed 3 or 4 of the other bridesmaids how to do it, it was really fun and sooooo easy and we just did them casually while we got our hair and make up done. We made about 13 (we had extra flowers and just kept going, we had enough to get them to all the grooms brothers) and it came to $2 a boutonniere. I grabbed the flowers from the supermarket that morning, we have one with a really good flower selection. You can get pins and floral tape and wire at Michaels for $10 bucks and have enough to pass on to someone else getting married soon if you wanted.

We aren’t doing either for bridesmaids or groomsmen. It’s simply just a waste of money. We are doing corsages for moms & grandmas. But that is all.

My florist offered a choice between pin on or wrist corsage for our mothers. They chose pin on since wrist corsages are prom-ish.

To add on to my previous comment, I love boutonnieres. FH will wear one. If we had bridesmaids and groomsmen they would have bouquets and boutonnieres.

The GM will have bouts and the BM will have bouquets. I don’t like corsages so we’re making hoops for the moms and g-moms to carry.