WWW real bride Ruth has been putting her crafty talents to full use this month. She has undertaken hand making button bouquets and buttonholes and their save the dates. I for one think the results are utterly gorgeous and I am now even more excited to see how the rest of their plans unfold xo Lou
 

 
The last month or so I have been drowning in buttons. Literally. Well, not literally.
 
In my newly engaged haze, some time in January, I made what seemed like a very sensible decision: That I would make a brooch bouquet for myself and button bouquets for my bridesmaids. It made loads of sense,  I?m allergic to most flowers, I love buttons and brooches; I would spend many happy hours as a little girl organising my nan?s button box by colour and size and shape. I?d also seen loads of great pictures of them and I loved the idea that you can keep them forever and ever and ever.  

 
What I didn?t anticipate was quite how much time and effort would go into making the bouquets. They?re about three quarters finished now and I?ve really enjoyed the process (overall that is; there has been the occasional cry of ?I?m sick of buttons!? and my hands and nails are completely battered from all the wire twisting and hot glue).
 

 
My own brooch bouquet was the first thing I started making for the wedding once we?d decided on a date. I?m so glad I did. It was probably the most time consuming of the D.I.Y tasks and starting it early on gave me time to sour...