If you grew up in Texas or have kids who are in high school, you know about the homecoming mum.
If you grew up in Texas or have kids who are in high school, you know about the homecoming mum.
This time of year parents are dropping big bucks on that Texas tradition, and mums are only getting bigger.
Every fall Melissa Ansley works nonstop making mums. Each one tells a story – decorated with ornaments, ribbons and braids – that reveal more about the girl who gets it.
"It's very rewarding work," she said. "They're a work of art. I mean it really is."
Cassiedy Jade
Senior year Trimble tech homecoming 2015
Thanks Gerianna Jones
This is my son Grant who is a 6'7 freshman at Chisholm Trail Highschool with date Jocelyn! I live watching your show every morning!
Gerianna Jones
This is my son Grant who is a 6'7 freshman at Chisholm Trail Highschool with date Jocelyn! I live watching your show every morning!
Angie Davis
Boswell High School. Mum and garter
Becky Conners
Homecoming Mum 2016 Timber Creek High School - Keller Homecoming Mum 2016 Timber Creek High School - Keller Jacob Conners & Kaleigh Johnson both Seniors at Timber Creek High School were both nominated for the Homecoming Court and Kaleigh won Homecoming Queen 2016
Stephanie Sanchez
Everything is bigger in Texas - It is my sister's last homecoming at Saginaw High School she helped make her mum Texas sized.
Jennifer Gibson
Kaila Ferrence Trinity Senior 2016
Brittnie
Aledo Homecoming 2015 - Blake & Kandle supporting breast cancer awareness with their mums.
Rachel Flores
Homecoming mums - This is Madison Flores. She's a senior cheerleader at Trinity High School.
Rachel Flores
Homecoming mums - This is Madison Flores. She's a senior cheerleader at Trinity High School.
pat Garcia
Haltom High School homecoming mums
Jennifer Gibson
Senior Mum Kaila Ferrence Trinity Senior 2016
Misty Reeves Pier
mum Here is my daughter's garter that we made for her girlfriend tonight! They go to Fossil Ridge HS in Keller!Thanks!Misty and Daley Reeves
Jennifer Gibson
Homecoming Mum Sierra Gibson senior Mum
Keith Bowden
Steampunk mum This is my daughter's homecoming mum, done up in steampunk style.
pat Garcia
Haltom High School homecoming mums
Vangelina Zavala
Homecoming mum My daughter's junior mum. Vangelina Zavala
Kelly Jennings
Texas Biggest Mum Principal at Wills Point Middle School (Anita Nance) has he most spirit!! She is up on top of our building wearing the largest mum ever! I have 3 more pics that are closer that I can submit if you're interested.
Lana Perez-Holguin
Homecoming Mums Pictures Homecoming 2015 for Little Elm Lobos We love watching ya´ll
Lana Perez-Holguin
Homecoming Mums Pictures Homecoming 2015 for Little Elm Lobos We love watching ya´ll
Lana Perez-Holguin
Homecoming Mums Pictures Homecoming 2015 for Little Elm Lobos We love watching ya´ll
Suzanne Pritchard
Large senior mum My second mum I made this year
Suzanne
My buzzy mascot mum for Azle My first mum I made for the season
Mike and Salina Friend
Sports Homecoming Mums The Friend Girls love Homecoming! Our oldest daughter, Brianna, is a Ladies Expert dirt bike racer and our youngest daughter, Jocelyn, is in competitive volleyball. We made their mums to match their love of sports. Thank you for letting us share!Salina Friend
Kristi Hopper
Mum and garter Coppell high school junior's Riley Hopper and Austin weathers before homecoming. Junior girls get 3 flowers.
Katie
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Julie Devaney
Homecoming mum This is my daughter Chloe's freshman year mum at Castleberry High school. That I made myself. It has a lot of band stuff on it she is in the marching band. Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
Julie Devaney
Homecoming mum This is my daughter Chloe's freshman year mum at Castleberry High school. That I made myself. It has a lot of band stuff on it she is in the marching band. Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
Kate
Future college My daughter was accepted to WTAMU & their home coming is the day after her high school homecoming (TCHS) Read the ribbons....here I come, WTAMU, go buffs
Kate
TCHS mum pic This is my daughters Senior mum
Nathan Cook
Mum and Garter Sent from my iPhone
evan evan
Mackenli and Kyndals Mums Birdville High School Evan and krista Dorst daughters age 2 and 7 representing Birdville High school for the high school parade.Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
Logan Bosher
Massive Mums Forney High School Soccer Team
nicolerenesilva
Homecoming My name is Nicole Silva and this is my senior mum I made by myself for Krum high school!Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S™ III, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone
nicolerenesilva
Homecoming My name is Nicole Silva and this is my senior mum I made by myself for Krum high school!Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S™ III, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone
Kate
TCHS senior mum
James Kramm
Homecoming mum Rayce and Julia Birdville Highschool North Richland Hills TX. Mum and Garter made by C&C's Floral Events Mums and Supplies.
Brown, Theresa
Re: Homecoming mum Attached is a picture of my daughter's mum. Her info is below. Khadijah Brown Lakeridge High School Mansfield Texas Sent from my Sprint phone OPEN RECORDS NOTICE: This email and responses may be subject to Texas Open Records laws and may be disclosed to the public upon request. Please respond accordingly.
Kathy Ivey
BHS Homecoming Photo Hi, Paige, Here is the photo of Brody and Abigail with their Birdville HS Homecoming mum and garter. I'm so glad that you liked them! We worked hard on them!
Rachel Mitchell
First Homecoming Kaylee recieved her first homecoming mum last Saturday for Allen Sports Assoc. Homecoming weekend. Kaylee cheers for the DE Eagles.
Stephanie Powell
Homecoming mums 2015
sre1030@yahoo.com
Garter/ mum ld bell
Austin Kirksey and Langley Pembleton
Michelle Martinez
Everything is bigger in Texas Mums
Michelle Martinez
Everything is bigger in Texas Mums
Jo Anne S. Smoot
Mums Joseph and Parker
Stacy Prachyl
Mum pics Madison Cox, Class of 2015, Euless Trinity High School and McKinley Cox, Class of 2017, Euless Trinity High School. Homecoming 2014.
Kim Bartley
L.D. Bell Alumni Homecoming Mum
sarah menchaca
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Lezlie Robbins
Homecoming mum!! Amber Gerke
Morgan Cegelski
Texas Sized MUM Hi! My name is Morgan Cegelski (pink mum) and my friends name is Brittanie Price. We are both seniors at Anna High School, in Anna, Texas!
Jill Hobbs
Elise Hobbs and Josh Floyd Homecoming 2015
Morgan Cegelski
Texas Sized MUM Hi! My name is Morgan Cegelski (pink mum) and my friends name is Brittanie Price. We are both seniors at Anna High School, in Anna, Texas!
Melisa Arizpe
Homecoming mum Lake Dallas Senior Homecoming Mum 2014 I made for my daughter
Darlene Starr
Santo Wildcats Mum Zoee DanielsSanto IsdSanto TexasGo Woldcats
Ople Renea
Homecoming mum and garder
Ople Renea
Homecoming mum
Ople Renea
Homecoming mum and garder
Jennifer Beaudoin
Homecoming Mum HUGE and lights up Hello. This is my daughter, Christina, and her mum from 2013. Not her high school colors. She wanted her favorite color. The high school was Fossil Ridge High School in Keller ISD. She is now attending Texas A&M Corpus Christi...I’m so glad now I have a boy in school and no longer have to sweat these out. JenniferFort Worth
Karen Parker
Senior Homecoming Mum 2015 Senior Homecoming Mum for Celina Texas. Proudly self made!
Alma Sanchez
Massive Mum In response to Christie's aired request, here is a photo of the mum I made for my daughter Alex Sanchez in Fall 2013. She graduated from Newman Smith High School in 2014 and currently attends UT Austin. I am a happily retired mum maker. :)
Ashley Brundridge
Duck tape Homecoming mums and garters Homecoming Mums and Garters made out of Duck Tape
Ashley Brundridge
Duck tape Homecoming mums and garters Homecoming Mums and Garters made out of Duck Tape
Ashley Brundridge
Duck tape Homecoming mums and garters Homecoming Mums and Garters made out of Duck Tape
Donna Bell
Homecoming Mum 51 years later, here is my 1964 Wolfe City Homecoming mum which is still in my scrapbook. Van Alstyne beat Wolfe City 23 to 7 and I had a mad crush on the Van Alstyne quarterback, No 19 Jerry Smith who ran 99 yards for a touchdown on the opening kick-off.
brmonzingo@yahoo.com
Football Mums My son Johnny's garter mum from 7Th grade at Harwood Junior high in Bedford. He is now just months away from his 10 year high school reunion! Still hanging on the wall.
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Business, like some of the mums themselves, is huge. So big, in fact, Ansley quit her corporate job so she could focus solely on this quintessential Texas tradition.
Lewisville High School student Kayla Conner, the student body president, has a Texas-sized, Texas-shaped mum made using all of her old homecoming mums.
"My freshman year I started with a flower about this big, like this one. This whole center piece right here is actually my junior mum that I took off and put it on a new board and then added to it," Conner said.
Stephanie Savidge
Massive Homecoming Mum Keller Central Senior Mum Exchange - Homecoming 10/10/14
Debbie Sissom
Royse City Homecoming My granddaughter Abby wearing the mum that I made for her
Stephanie Boyd
Homecoming Mum -real flowers Homecoming mum by Jenna Boyd and Baylor McCallister. Made from real flowers at 5:30 this morning. Have to be made the day of!
Stephanie Boyd
Homecoming Mum -real flowers Homecoming mum for Lewisville High school senior Jenna Boyd . Jenna and Baylor MacCallister made her mum from real flowers. Going back to how mums originally began!! Half the cost!!
Emily Hrinkevich
Massive mum and garter Emily Hrinkevich & Drew Davis Southlake Sent from my iPhone
Jennifer Henderson
Texas-sized Senior Mum Faith Henderson from Flower Mound Marcus HS with her larger than life homecoming mum.
Christi Pilgreen
Homecoming Another picture of Justin & Makenize's mum & garter for Lewisville High School
Christi Pilgreen
Homecoming Here is a picture of my son Justin who is a Sophomore at Lewisville High School and his date Makenize.
Haas, Elizabeth
Marcus High School Circle of Friends Homecoming Marcus High School Texas Association of Future Educators (TAFE), Air Force Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (AFJROTC) and junior varsity volleyball team presented mums, garters and gifts to the MHS Circle of Friends students �� an inclusion program for all special needs students ��to wear to the MHS Homecoming Volleyball Game! "I just love seeing the students faces and the joy in their hearts when the received a mum or garter of their own," MHS TAFE student Emily Manning said. ��I am so happy to expand the project to present the mums to students before a homecoming game." This is the second year MHS TAFE students have created mums and garters - made from recycled mums and garters that were donated for the project - for all 27 MHS Circle of Friends students. However, this year is the first year the project expanded to include a homecoming court presentation at the beginning of the MHS Junior Varsity Volleyball game. During the presentation, each Circle of Friends student walked through a AFJROTC sword saber to receive their mums and garters and then each volleyball player gave them a personalize Nerf volleyball, as a keep sake from the special ceremony. 0 0 1 2 14 LISD 1 1 15 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE
Haas, Elizabeth
Marcus High School Circle of Friends Homecoming Marcus High School Texas Association of Future Educators (TAFE), Air Force Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (AFJROTC) and junior varsity volleyball team presented mums, garters and gifts to the MHS Circle of Friends students �� an inclusion program for all special needs students ��to wear to the MHS Homecoming Volleyball Game! "I just love seeing the students faces and the joy in their hearts when the received a mum or garter of their own," MHS TAFE student Emily Manning said. ��I am so happy to expand the project to present the mums to students before a homecoming game." This is the second year MHS TAFE students have created mums and garters - made from recycled mums and garters that were donated for the project - for all 27 MHS Circle of Friends students. However, this year is the first year the project expanded to include a homecoming court presentation at the beginning of the MHS Junior Varsity Volleyball game. During the presentation, each Circle of Friends student walked through a AFJROTC sword saber to receive their mums and garters and then each volleyball player gave them a personalize Nerf volleyball, as a keep sake from the special ceremony. 0 0 1 2 14 LISD 1 1 15 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE
Haas, Elizabeth
Marcus High School Circle of Friends Homecoming Marcus High School Texas Association of Future Educators (TAFE), Air Force Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (AFJROTC) and junior varsity volleyball team presented mums, garters and gifts to the MHS Circle of Friends students �� an inclusion program for all special needs students ��to wear to the MHS Homecoming Volleyball Game! "I just love seeing the students faces and the joy in their hearts when the received a mum or garter of their own," MHS TAFE student Emily Manning said. ��I am so happy to expand the project to present the mums to students before a homecoming game." This is the second year MHS TAFE students have created mums and garters - made from recycled mums and garters that were donated for the project - for all 27 MHS Circle of Friends students. However, this year is the first year the project expanded to include a homecoming court presentation at the beginning of the MHS Junior Varsity Volleyball game. During the presentation, each Circle of Friends student walked through a AFJROTC sword saber to receive their mums and garters and then each volleyball player gave them a personalize Nerf volleyball, as a keep sake from the special ceremony. 0 0 1 2 14 LISD 1 1 15 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE
Haas, Elizabeth
Marcus High School Circle of Friends Homecoming Marcus High School Texas Association of Future Educators (TAFE), Air Force Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (AFJROTC) and junior varsity volleyball team presented mums, garters and gifts to the MHS Circle of Friends students �� an inclusion program for all special needs students ��to wear to the MHS Homecoming Volleyball Game! "I just love seeing the students faces and the joy in their hearts when the received a mum or garter of their own," MHS TAFE student Emily Manning said. ��I am so happy to expand the project to present the mums to students before a homecoming game." This is the second year MHS TAFE students have created mums and garters - made from recycled mums and garters that were donated for the project - for all 27 MHS Circle of Friends students. However, this year is the first year the project expanded to include a homecoming court presentation at the beginning of the MHS Junior Varsity Volleyball game. During the presentation, each Circle of Friends student walked through a AFJROTC sword saber to receive their mums and garters and then each volleyball player gave them a personalize Nerf volleyball, as a keep sake from the special ceremony. 0 0 1 2 14 LISD 1 1 15 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE
Madison Slagle
Massive Mums Go big or go home! Happy Homecoming Season!Name: Madison SlaglePhone:
Crystal Charbonnet
Jerrod & Morgan Mum:)
Destiny
Tayler and Destiny l.d. bell homecoming mums
Damon
The Colony High School Homecoming Mum This is my son Jacob's Senior Homecoming Mum, made for him by his mother Janett.
Damon
The Colony High School Homecoming Mum Today is Homecoming @ The Colony High School. This is my son Ian's Senior Mum given to him by his girlfriend Halie.
Rannie Everett
Fwd: Huge mum from The colony High School Addison Everett. Senior at The Colony High School Thanks so much, Rannie Everett
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Jeri Liedl
MASSIVE MUMS Emily and Hunter from Midlothian High School Homecoming Sept 19th which also was her 18th Birthday- which is why her mum has lighted birthday candles!!
Jeri Liedl
MASSIVE MUMS Emily and Hunter from Midlothian High School Homecoming Sept 19th which also was her 18th Birthday- which is why her mum has lighted birthday candles!!
Jim Edwards
IMG_0400.JPG Katie Edwards, Senior at Grapevine High School.
Paula Rivera
northside high twins homecoming
Lauren young
Massive mum My homecoming senior mum
Massive mum Lily Garza Mesquite High School
Brittnie
Homecoming picture- Aledo Homecoming 2014 Blake and Kandle (4th graders) at Aledo High school Homecoming game
Crystal Gilson
Homecoming greatness Ms Mercedes Silva and her follower from seagoville high school
Martha Olivarez
massive mums Armando & Nadia TCHS Homecoming
Hayden
Homecoming Pictures Hello Channel 5 Team!! I wasn't sure if you guys were still doing homecoming pictures or not, but it would mean a lot to me if you guys could show this picture on the air of my date and I. I'm wanting to surprise my girlfriend with our picture on the air. My name is Hayden Wright, i am on the left, and my girlfriend and date is Sydney Gloor. It would mean the world to me if you guys would put this on the air! Thanks for your time!
David Hernandez
Homecoming mums Justin and Gaby. Weatherford high 2014
Deborah
Tanya Irwin
Mums in Burleson Erin & Gabe - Burleson Centennial 2014 HoCo
Tricia Thompson
Hailey Rushing and Zach Thompson from Red Oak High School.
Meg Baker
Shelby and Colton
Meg Baker
Meg Baker
Shelby
Tara Griffith
Senior Homecoming Mum Taelor Griffith Senior at Fossil Ridge High School.
Homecoming mum Good morning! This is my son, Matthew and his girlfriend, Reagan. Reagan goes to Richland HS, they won their HC game last Friday night and Matthew goes to Euless-Trinity. Trinity's HC is this Friday. They are both Seniors, Senior mums are silver and white and, of course, everything's bigger in Texas!!
Stacie Gray
Maddie Busch and Perry Hicks Boyd High School Boyd Tx
Deborah
Dawson Homecoming Best friends Mum☺️
KT Baudendistel
Massive mum Celina cheerleaders show off their massive mums in the Celina Homecoming Parade! Pictured above are (left to right): Tori, Hannah, Payton, and Cambry.
RKV Baudendistel
Massive mums Celina cheerleaders line up to show off their massive mums at Homecoming! Pictured are, left to right: Mackenzie, Bailee, Hannah, Maddie, Payton, Tori, Cambry, and Kailee. Kristi Baudendistel
Billy Trester
Texas size mum Here is a pic of my daughter's homecoming mum.
Debra Wilson
Massive Homecoming Mums 2014 My son Tyler Wilson and his date Brittany Bordelone mum-exchanging before Flower Mound High School's homecoming last week.
Brenda
Massive mum Senior sash!!
Brenda
Massive mum Senior sash!!
Monica Seastrunk
Homecoming mum Twins, David and Breanna Seastrunk, Seniors at Mansfield Legacy High School
Maida Denham
Massive Mums 2014 Senior Mum - Taylor Denham
Erica Lewis
Mum Time!! Put me on TV please My beautiful step-daughter Danikah Lewis showing off her homecoming Mum! It was handmade lovingly by her Nanny Susan Lewis. Danikah is a sophomore at Summit high school in Arlington:-)
sweetangelx117
Mums Senior Jessica G. from Mansfield HS enjoying her creation
Check_mefirst
Homecoming 2015 senior, Valerie Castaneda crowned Homecoming Queen at Gordon ISD.
Shannon Davidson
Homecoming Mum! Tate and Tori! Prosper High School and Wakeland High School
Gayle Dealva
Homecoming mum
Chandler Nauta
Massive Mum picture
Chandler Nauta
Massive Mum picture
Elechia France
Mum-Homecoming 2014 Our daughter Brianna France Senior at Chisholm Trail High & a Freshman in College NHS Member Vice President of her Saginaw 4-H club We are proud parents
Jennifer Wellman
Giant mum
Christine Grubbs
Homecoming Mums Elizabeth
Christine Grubbs
Homecoming Garters and Mums Alex and Elizabeth
Monica Low
This is my son Colby Low and his Girlfriend Alisha Sherman going to Springtown Homecoming. The mum also lights up! I'm surprised she could even walk with that thing on.
Gena Burrows
Homecoming Mum
Gena Burrows
Homecoming Mums
Lucy Adame
Tonya Paris
Mums from Wills Point, Tx
Susan Greenwood
Mums
SGP Homecoming 9th grade representativenMakira Ellis, her dad Otis Ellis is also graduate of SG
Kate wardlow
My high school mum My freshmen year mum that my sister made me in 9th grade at South Grand Prairie high school
Candice Hale
Mums Samantha and Madelyn. Midlothian homecoming 2014
Patty
Homecoming My daughter first homecoming. She is s freshman and he is a junior. Alexis Talbot and Chuck Babendreir from Richland Hills High School.
Lisa Saldivar
High School senior Mum homecoming is tonight Richland Rebels! North Richland Hills High School. Mercedes Saldivar class of 2015
Allison Stamey has been teaching at Lewisville High School for 21 years.
"They have definitely progressed," she said. "Now we've got mums that you have to tie around, like a harness almost, to carry the mums nowadays."
The biggest mum Ansley has ever made sold for $600.
"I mean it was huge," she said.
But Lewisville senior Megan Fritz would like to see her classmates tame their mums.
"To downsize their mums and take the $25 they would use to make their mums and give it to the Children's Advocacy Center," Fritz said.
It's an idea that Ansley actually supports.
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Still, the popularity of mums is spreading. Ansley now ships mums and supplies all over the country.
"Washington state, Alaska," she said.
Many of the out-of-state orders are going to former Texans looking for a piece of nostalgia, Ansley said.
On her website, Ansley offers free printable instructions if you want to try to make your own mum.
