Unique Ways to Preserve Your Wedding Bouquet!

Nobody enjoys throwing away meaningful flowers, most especially your wedding bouquet. The only reason we toss them is, unlike our love, flowers quickly wither away and lose their luster. The good news is, you can freeze your special moment in time with many available techniques to preserve flowers. If you simply google “ways to preserve your wedding bouquet,” the search results in hundreds of pages with various DIY instructions, professional preservation services, and ideas that will keep your head spinning for weeks. You spend a lot of time and money on selecting your perfectly-picked bundle of beauty, so why not create a keepsake that will allow you to smell the roses forever!

With so many options, we thought we could narrow it down with the top four unique preservation choices we thought were pretty darn awesome.

 

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These beautiful spectacles reminded us of a crystal ball that will take you back in time, and will also remind you of your sweet future. You can find DIY instructions, search for various service providers on Etsy, or the following company in the UK that has seemingly perfected the process.
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From bangles, earrings, necklaces, to pendants, the options are limitless. How cool is it to not only wear your forever ring but to also wear your wedding flowers? This is also a great gift option for your wedding party.

 

Here’s a simple DIY option that you can make for your Christmas tree, or use it to hang in your wedding shadow box.

 

 

Pressed Flower Art

For those who appreciate art, why not create a beautiful masterpiece using your dried flowers.  You could even use a photo from your wedding and add flowers to it for a multi dimensional pop.

If you still need to decide which bouquet you would like for your special day, perhaps these will help you to choose.

 

 

2017 wedding hot list!

Weddings happen all-year-round, but the spring and summer months are known to increase the amount of I DO’s and dancing shoes by the droves. No matter when you get married, paying attention to trends and giving yourself enough time to plan your picture perfect day is of high importance. The amount of time needed will vary by couple, but on average couples plan their celebration over the course of a year. We personally planned our wedding in just four short months, however the backdrop and wedding facility we selected was already drop dead gorgeous.

Your dream-come-true started with the BIG question, you said YES to your forever love, NOW it’s time to start planning one of the best days of your life. To help with your perfectly crafted plan, following are some of the hot list wedding trends for 2017.

Who knew that tissue would be used for more than tears of joy on your wedding day? Paper decorations, are an increasingly popular and hip pop of creative décor that can last a lifetime.  If you do not want to preserve flowers from your wedding, make some DIY paper flowers for your shadowbox!

 

Rustic weddings are still in high demand. Mixing greenery, wood ,metal, bamboo plates, and chalkboard art are a match made in heaven!

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Hanging your wedding décor: Whether you hang your florals, lighting or globes with rope, pearls, beads, or shepherd hooks,  this is a guaranteed way to give your wedding or reception a polished look of elegance.

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Pastel Bridal Gowns: On the off white chance that white doesn’t tickle your fancy, we have fantastic news! Pastel wedding dresses are in season. Consider outfits in delicate shades of blue, pink or lilac.

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Silk: Lace has been an elegant go-to for quite a long time, but the ever so smooth silk is making its way back to top designers and wedding boutiques near you. This refined texture is ideal for catching that marvelous vintage vibe.

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Designer Galia Lahav

Food trucks were a hip way to impress in 2016, however it’s still going strong into 2017 – get creative and go for fun food combinations and small plates that will awaken your guests pallets.

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Move over, sugar-free smorgasbords: Dessert tables are a sweet tooth lovers dream! Showcase your wedding cake by adding cupcakes, cookies, beignets, chocolates, or candy. We all knew that love is sweet, but you are in for a treat in 2017.

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Artistically inspired Wedding Cakes: Searching for a unique wedding cake? Consider a drip wedding cake or a wooden cake. These innovative cakes will look like a masterpiece at your gathering, you’ll practically have no desire to cut into them…

 

The Gineration for gin! From creatively crafted gin cocktails, to DIY gin bars the popular British liquor will help your guests boot scootin boogie over to the dance floor.

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Sprinkles of gemstones, astrology, and astronomy are a great way to dazzle. Let your guests go on a stargazing journey and get lost in the sky full of dreams. Afterall, the stars most certainly aligned when you two met!

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