Vintage brooch bouquets: Bring on the bling!

Here’s an example of how blogging can introduce you to fabulous things you never knew existed. @jennamacneil left a comment on our Empowering Giveaway post (go enter NOW — I’ll wait!!). I visited her blog, My Bridal Bouquet, to read her latest post and to thank her for helping to spread the word about Matt’s campaign. The two comments before mine were about brooch bridal bouquets. Intrigued, I clicked on the link in one of the comments, which took me to the Wedding Bee forum and a discussion about making a vintage brooch bouquet. I clicked a link on the forum, which brought me to  Strawberries and Champagne and a post with pictures of vintage brooch bouquets.

Aren’t they beautiful?! They seem to be all the rage on wedding blogs and web sites…

I imagine they’re a bit complicated and time-consuming to make, but oh-so worth the effort!!

You don’t have to limit yourself to a wedding bouquet — I think one of these brooch bouquets would make a gorgeous arrangement in your home. Can you envision one in a vase on the night stand in your bedroom or in the living rom on your coffee table, or displayed in a shadow box…

If you’re like me, you might have some of your mom’s or grandma’s old pieces of jewelry tucked away in a box. Wouldn’t this be a great way to show them off and enjoy them??

You could use brooches, earrings, rings, strings of beads, cufflinks… It would take a lot of pieces to make one bouquet, but you could combine your own pieces with inexpensive costume jewelry, beads, and buttons from sources like Ebay, Etsy, Michaels, WalMart…

Here’s another variation from Jamball that’s less ornate, but charming just the same. These bouquets incorporate beads, buttons, and baubles with flowers made from felt.

If you have the baubles and brooches but don’t have the time, Fantasy Floral Designs in California can help. Send Amanda all your treasures, and she’ll create a bouquet for you.

Or you can buy a bouquet from an artisan on Etsy…

 

If you want to find out more about vintage brooch bouquets, just Google “vintage brooch bouquet” and all sorts of great sources will pop up. And if you try your hand at making one, I’d love to see the results!!