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.
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.
Flower Preservation Workshop
Resin Jewelry
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.