Bridal bouquet - what to do after wedding?

Re: Bridal bouquet - what to do after wedding?

• mamabear329 member

  

  October 2012

  I"ve seen some cool thing on Pinterest....If you can't preserve it in bouquet form, you could put petals in a clear ornament for your first Christmas (if you celebrate) 
  
  
  
  
  
  I don't know how they normally preserve bouquets (chemically?) but freeze drying is also a option (if that's not already how they do it) Not sure how much that would cost though...
  
  
   
  
  
  I had something pinned i wanted to try, but I'm sure it's going to cost more than I can afford...can't find the pin now, but it was a shadow box with the dried/preserved flowers, invite, pics etc. all together. Really pretty...
  
  

  

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• ksblumb member

  

  October 2012

  There is also this thing on pinterest that shows you how to boil down your flowers and turn them into beads.... then you can make a necklance or bracelet from them. Kinda cool and something you could always have.

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• tonyadombrowski

  

  October 2012

  I really like the ornament thing, I think that is really cool. Are you just wanting suggestions for only your boquet? I plan on donating all my flowers after my wedding, maybe not my boquet cause I really like the ornament idea, but nursing homes always except flower donations.

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• GoodLuckBear14 member

  

  October 2012

  Honestly, I just put mine in a vase of water until it died.  I didn't want anything that would collect dust and I have pictures of my flowers.

  Proud to be an old married hag!!

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• dappledachsie member

  

  October 2012

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_flowers_bridal-bouquet-what-to-do-after-wedding?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special Topic Wedding BoardsForum:28Discussion:a169239d-066f-40f9-9a00-965132453e06Post:bfcf4bac-fbd5-4c59-a0bd-f0d1e268730d">Re: Bridal bouquet - what to do after wedding?</a>:
  [QUOTE]I"ve seen some cool thing on Pinterest....If you can't preserve it in bouquet form, you could put petals in a clear ornament for your first Christmas (if you celebrate)  I don't know how they normally preserve bouquets (chemically?) but <strong><font color="#ff0000">freeze drying is also a option</font></strong> (if that's not already how they do it) Not sure how much that would cost though...   I had something pinned i wanted to try, but I'm sure it's going to cost more than I can afford...can't find the pin now, but it was a <strong><font color="#ff0000">shadow box with the dried/preserved flowers</font></strong>, invite, pics etc. all together. Really pretty...
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   That was my plan originally. Have it freeze dried and framed on a shadow box. But to do the whole bouquet is anywhere from $300-500+ even for plain/simple boxes. I've seen the beads before, and its just not me. I don't really wear jewelry nor am I catholic (rosary) so the beads wouldn't really be fitting. I will have pictures of course, but just really wanted to have a keepsake of them since I'm paying quite a bit for a bundle of flowers.
  
  Thank you for the thoughts!

  

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