Last Saturday, two of my children made their First Communion. As a part of the joyous celebration, I made a crown for my daughter and a boutonniere for my son using fresh flowers from my garden. They were easy to make and could also be used for weddings (the perfect touch for a flower girl or ring bearer) and other special events of the summer.
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1. The base of the crown. As a base, I made ring out of a long, flexible branch from a weigelia. I bound the ends together with floral wire and tape. You could also use a young branch from forsythia, spirea, or honeysuckle.
2. The flowers for the crown. Then, I went out to collect fresh flowers from my garden. I looked for flowers that were not too big and would last well out of water. Also, I took many fragrant flowers. I collected the following: daffodils, honeysuckle, brunnera, muscari, bluebells, dogwood, daphne, forget me nots, and cherry blossoms.
3. Attaching the flowers to the base. With floral wire, I attached each flower to the weigelia base.
4. The finished product. When it was done, I spritzed the crown with water and put it into the refrigerator until we were ready to put it on.
For the boutonniere, I used a brunnera leaf as the backing and wrapped daffodils and brunnera flowers together. I secured the whole thing together with floral tape and put it into the refrigerator to wait. The boutonniere was lovely, but I would not use brunnear foliae again because it wilts very quickly out of water (see picture); an immature hosta leaf would have been better.
1. The base of the crown. As a base, I made ring out of a long, flexible branch from a weigelia. I bound the ends together with floral wire and tape. You could also use a young branch from forsythia, spirea, or honeysuckle.~
2. The flowers for the crown. Then, I went out to collect fresh flowers from my garden. I looked for flowers that were not too big and would last well out of water. Also, I took many fragrant flowers. I collected the following: daffodils, honeysuckle, brunnera, muscari, bluebells, dogwood, daphne, forget me nots, and cherry blossoms.~
3. Attaching the flowers to the base. With floral wire, I attached each flower to the weigelia base.~
4. The finished product. When it was done, I spritzed the crown with water and put it into the refrigerator until we were ready to put it on.~
For the boutonniere, I used a brunnera leaf as the backing and wrapped daffodils and brunnera flowers together. I secured the whole thing together with floral tape and put it into the refrigerator to wait. The boutonniere was lovely, but I would not use brunnear foliae again because it wilts very quickly out of water (see picture); an immature hosta leaf would have been better.
Heirloom Gardener 
Sounds like Congratulations are in order…Congrats to the new communicants in your family! How wonderful!
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Babs,Thank you so much. It was a wonderful blessing for them and our whole family.-Heirloom Gardener
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Lovely.
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These will be wonderful memories for your children. Congrats on the first communion. They grow up so fast.
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Thank you very much! I just happened upon your blog and this information is wonderful for a Marian Coronation which my friends and I are planning to do monthly.
Congratulations on your children making their first Holy Communion. I pray that they shall become ever closer to Jesus and conform their hearts to His.
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