Preserving their wedding bouquet

laur6327

Hi Ladies...are any of you preserving your wedding bouquet?

If so who are yo using and is it super expensive??

Jenn7778

I didn't even know you could do this. I was going to dry them myself but if it is not too expensive to preserve I would much rather do that.

silver0319

I didn't get mine preserved, but my florist has mentioned this company on her FB page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Floral-Preservation/165267487760?ref=sgm

JoanE2012

I didn't bother, it just seems kinda creepy to me.  The photographs with my bouquet in them are enough for me.

Jenn7778

Holy expensive! $800-$1,500...I am all for making the memories last but that is just ridiculous!

Jeannine12

@Jenn7778 I have been looking on how to keep part of my day with me...and I decided I will dry some of my flowers and put them in an ornament for the xmas tree maybe with a shredded copy of our invites. 

Jenn7778

@Jeannine12 I love that idea!

laur6327

Jenn7778  wow is it that much?!

I am all about memories but that is just silly!

I may opt to go the ornament route myself lol

Jeannine12

@laur6327 @jenn7778 pinterest is where I found that idea...I am sure they have ton more.  I love keeping things and having a keepsake but I also want to be realistic with my expenses before and after this wedding.

majesty318

I didn't think of preserving it until after the fact when most of it had died. It was at my parents' house so I asked them to pull out a couple flowers and dry them.

I think I am going to order this from Etsy - will have the petals and our invitation: https://www.etsy.com/listing/63489443/wedding-invitation-keepsake-with-pressed?ref=favs_view_6

danielle60314

Love that idea @Jeannine12!!! 

rf1583

I preserved my bouquet and it came out beautifully. It's in a black frame with my invitation. It only cost me like $300. I'm very glad I did it!

Jenn7778

Rf1583 where did you get it preserved? Everywhere I have look has been way more then $300.

rf1583

Jenn7778 said:

Rf1583 where did you get it preserved? Everywhere I have look has been way more then $300.

Well I got it done through my florist, Alan & Mininsohn's in Brick. When I booked with them they have me the paperwork and a box to mail my bouquet out to get preserved. This was in 2007 though so maybe the prices went up for this. But at that time I only paid around $300, mailed it out the day after the wedding and that was it.

rf1583

I actually have the contract out right now and it was $140.