Clean up the blooms by removing dead or brownish petals. Remove thorns from roses.

The first step is to strengthen real flowers so the buds and stems will not be weak, break off or droop, you need to wire and tape the stems. You will create a new boutonniere stem with pieces of floral wire.

If you are using silk flowers you can skip this step or you can wire and tape them too. You should do this if the plastic stems are too thick, bulky, or not flexible.

Cut your flower stem one inch from the bud.

Take an 8-inch piece of wire and stick it straight through the top of the stem of the flower.

Fold the wire down and wrap with tape making a faux narrow stem. Stretch your tape as you wrap, this activates the stickiness of the tape for a firm hold around the wire.

Group your filler flower and greenery around the main base flower.

If you are using two smaller flowers go ahead and tape them together, this will be your main base. Tape the greenery and filler to the base. Trim or tear off excess tape.

Trim the excess stem wrapped wire down to around 2-3 inches to balance the arrangement or you can leave a little length to twirl the ends around for a cute pigtail look.

Make sure the ends of the wires are covered with tape or turned under so they will not snag the fabric on the jacket lapel.

To finish with a ribbon, {I used a sticky-backed ribbon} fold over the end to cover the end of the wires first and wrap tightly around the end of the base wires up to the top. Twirl wire around a skewer to make a pigtail.