5 Ways to Preserve Your Wedding Flowers

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5 Ways to Preserve Your Wedding Flowers

Jokstudios • 2 February 2022

5 Ways to Preserve your Wedding Flowers

It's the most special day of your life, but how can you preserve your wedding flowers, so that the memories live on forever? Here are 5 ways to preserve your wedding flowers and make that possible.

1. Press the Flowers.

To preserve your wedding flowers, place each individual flower from your bouquet into a flower press. You can choose to do just the flower heads or you may wish to include the stalks and leaves. Ready made flower presses are available to purchase with supplied layers and tightening screws. Alternatively use heavy books with wax or parchment paper between each flower. The paper will prevent the flowers from sticking to the books! You will need to add a heavy weight or more books on to the top and leave them to press for up to 7-10 days.

Pressing each flower individually then allows you to arrange them however you like, for your final piece. For beautiful results try placing the pressed flowers within a hanging, double glass frame.

2. Illustrate the Flowers

You can commission an artist to paint your bouquet or individual flowers for you. Art is a wonderful way to capture the essence of your bouquet and preserve the colours! Be sure to commission an artist with a style that you like. Art is

a great way to permanently preserve your flowers and allow you to bring them with you, framed, from home to home. You may also wish to try painting them yourself!

HOW TO COMMISSION YOUR ART.

I can preserve your flowers with a beautiful, original illustration. Simply choose from 1- 5 flower stems from your wedding bouquet and I will captured its beauty forever with an original illustration. I also offer high quality giclee prints and thank you cards, which are lovingly made from the original art. These prints make wonderful, unique gifts for your family, mother of the bride, maid of honour and bridesmaids.

For more information please get in touch or visit my wedding flower illustration information page on the button below.

WEDDING FLOWER ILLUSTRATION

3. Dry the Flowers Upside Down

This is a simple way to air dry your flowers. To allow the air to flow around each individual flower, separate your bouquet and remove all ribbons and ties. (Keep any reusable ribbons for tying once they are dried.) Hang each flower, upside down, using a piece of string tied to the stem and leave them hanging in a dry room or cupboard. Once dried you can arrange them into your desired bouquet. Be aware that once they are dried they will be quite delicate and fragile.

4. Set them in Resin.

Clear epoxy resin allows you to set and preserve your wedding flowers in beautiful moulded shapes. Simply buy a mould of your choice. Consider whether you'd like a paper weight or a rectangle block to display. Half fill the mould with epoxy resin and arrange your flowers carefully within it. Fill the mould to the top, covering all the flowers and wait for it to set. Individual flower heads, like a rose head, make wonderful small paper weights or you could arrange a selection of flower heads to recreate your bouquet.

5. Use Silica Gel

Silica gel is a porous sand that absorbs the flowers moisture, leaving your flowers dried and preserved. It takes about 7 days to work its magic and will preserve the colour to some extent too. To use this method you will need a large enough, air tight container. Carefully place your flowers onto a layer of the silica gel, being careful not to squash the flowers shape. Then cover them with more silica gel, so that all the flowers are just covered . Once the 7 days have passed, carefully remove the flowers and spray with an fixative, like hairspray. A successful way to arrange your flowers is within a shadow box frame.

And so...

You could choose to go with more than one of these options; some flowers pressed, others set in resin, plus a beautifully commissioned piece of art. Which ever way you decide is best for you, an original piece of art is always a wonderful addition to any wall and allows you to take your treasured flowers and memories with you from home to home.

WEDDING FLOWER ILLUSTRATION