Flower Preservation

tyleet87

Is anyone doing this?

Anyone have any recommendations?

I have someone in mind but her prices seem steep! $300 - $650 for a shadowbox with bouquet preservation. I mean it would look fantastic, her work looks great but the price is what is making me think about it.

Any suggestions are appreciated!

dmullican

I don't know if you want to do it-- but I just bought a 5lb bag of the silica gel and did it all myself. I'm attaching a picture of how it looks so far. We just got our wedding pictures back, so I'm going to put a photo from after the ceremony up in the top corner (the empty space). It didn't cost much at all. I did some research and watched a couple youtube videos- but it wasn't that hard at all. My sister in law paid about $400 for hers, and mine looks identical!! I paid $15.99 for the silica gel & $20 for the shadowbox. Just make sure you get one that's pretty deep!  HTH!!!

rgomez27941

Where did you get the bag of silica gel? That looks awesome!

dmullican

i got both the gel and shadow box at michaels! thanks!

rgomez27941

So doing that! You're awesome!

dmullican

Thanks! I figured if I could save A LOT of money I could do the research!! I love how it turned out.

spends2much

In Response to <a href="http://forums.weddings.com/Sites/Weddings/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_california-orange-county_flower-preservation?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:63Discussion:6932eae6-d8fb-4fb0-b385-d854898ca82cPost:2f0f5b8b-7e86-489f-81f2-4655ac87c9be">Re: Flower Preservation</a>:
[QUOTE]Thanks! I figured if I could save A LOT of money I could do the research!! I love how it turned out.
Posted by dmullican[/QUOTE]


Hi there,

was it hard to do and did it take a lot of time? It looks amazing!