Buttonholes

Heuchera, geranium and ranunculus bottonholes tied with natural hand dyed silk ribbon

I love making buttonholes and prefer the more natural look of a gathered buttonhole compared to a wired buttonhole (although wiring is necessary at times, particularly when using larger blooms).

Buttonholes are made on the morning of the wedding and their stems are kept in water as long as possible.  I always select hardy flowers and foliage such as geranium leaf, wax flower, roses, mint, heuchera, pittosporum and jasmine - they smell beautiful too and last well out of water.  

Heuchera and ranunculus buttonholes

The buttonholes are held together with stemtex tape or twine (which is a biodegradable option).  To finish off the buttonholes I use my own hand torn, natural dyed silk ribbon.  The ribbon in the image above was naturally dyed using avocado skins!

Buttonholes are typically attached with a pearl pin to the left lapel of the jacket.