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Nancy @ Nancy Liu Chin Designs, San Francisco Vendor: Florist Website: Nancy Liu Chin Designs About Me: A San Francisco native, Nancy graduated from the University of California - Berkeley's Haas Business School where she studied finance and marketing. Beyond running her floral studio, Nancy is a huge fan of Top Chef, loves to travel to exotic locations, is an avid reader of contemporary fiction and considers herself on Team Edward (Twilight fan!), entertains friends in her loft style home in San Francisco's SOMA neighborhood, and can be found at SF Giant's home games. Nancy and her husband, Kevin are a dynamic pair and can be frequently seen walking their white Bichon Frisee, Chin Chin around the city and lounging at cafes sipping Italian sodas.
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Sure, I’m a floral designer but sometimes I’m a seamstress, other times an engineer, and sometimes a decorator. That being said, I want to encourage more floral designers to think beyond the scope of flowers. Here’s my project for the week -an affordable and great DIY project- and also something exceptionally charming for floral designers to add to their portfolio. :grin:

For this floral button boutonnière, you will need:

  • 3 dainty floral buttons
  • 2 medium floral buttons
  • 1 bolt of matching ribbon
  • Floral tape
  • 1 box of pins
  • Medium gauge green wire
  • wire cutters

Cut 5 lengths of wire. Loop the green wire through button holes. Then cover wire with floral tape. Once all the buttons are individually secured with green wire and floral tape, arrange them according to your preference. To secure the boutonnière of wired buttons, pinch the 5 wires tightly in your fingers and secure with green floral tape from the top to the button. Cut off any remaining wire so that the stem is no longer than 2.5 inches. Wrap your choice of ribbon around the joined wired from bottom to top. Secure until lapel with a straight pin. Make sure the pin does not poke through the front.

Enjoy!

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These are sooo cute, Nancy. Thanks for the step by step instructions. Where do you go for your cute buttons? I live in SF and I would love to do these for my wedding.

 

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