You’ve planned so many gorgeous details and decor for your wedding day, including the majority of the decor being your wedding flowers! But many brides end up wondering what to do with flowers after the wedding is over?
Time, Money, and Memories
You’ve not only spent a lot of time choosing your color palette and what types of flowers you would love to have on your wedding day, but you’ve also spent a lot of money on those gorgeous blooms! It likely feels like such a shame to just throw them away at the end of the night, or to only enjoy them for a week before they start to wilt.
Your wedding flowers were an important part of your wedding day, the bouquet and boutonniere especially reminding you of the happiest day of your life! You may not want to just throw them away after the day is over. Along with your photos, preserving your flowers is a beautiful way to create sentimental home decor that reminds you of the love and joy of your wedding day for years to come.
What to do with flowers after wedding – Floral Preservation
Every time I see my own wedding flowers, it instantly transports me back to my wedding day. I remember exactly why we chose our wedding colors (these colors are meaningful to us), and all the thought and care that went into our wedding.
How amazing would it be to have a keepsake in your home that features your wedding flowers?
That’s where Floral Preservation comes in! Preserving your florals, either through resin preservation or pressing them, is a gorgeous way to keep a memento of your wedding day in your home. It’s something you can display next to your wedding photos and instantly remember that day every time you see it!
Resin Preservation
Resin Floral Preservation is a gorgeous way to display your wedding florals in a functional way. Resin preservation, like these gorgeous pieces from Wild Forever Flowers, involves drying out your flowers and casting them in resin in your desires shape or object!
Hiring someone to preserve your flowers in resin means your flowers could be turned into bookends, ring dishes, gorgeous displays – even a side table! Resin preservation gives you a dimensional object to display your flowers in your home.
I absolutely LOVE Wild Forever Flowers floral preservation — her work is stunning!
Pressed Floral Frames
Pressed Floral frames are a beautiful way to display your flowers on your wall! These incredible vendors, like Flowers of the Press, press your flowers flat and arrange them in a frame, allowing you to have gorgeous wall art reminding you of your wedding each time you see it!
Getting your wedding flowers professionally pressed and arranged into wall art is a great way to display your flowers on your wall next to your wedding photos. Having your photos and your flowers hanging next to each other will instantly transport you back to that beautiful day!
If you’re wanting to go the Pressed Floral route, make sure to check out Flowers of the Press!
When should I book my Floral Preservation?
When deciding what to do with your flowers after the wedding, that’s not something you have to worry about til after the wedding, right? WRONG!
Both methods for preserving your flowers require booking these vendors before your wedding date – not after! This not only ensures they have space in their bookings to preserve your wedding flowers. It also allows them to coordinate receiving your flowers, and any other details you need to know before shipping your flowers to be preserved!
So don’t wait to reach out to your floral preservation vendor as soon as you can! Check out my Ultimate Vendor Guide for my preferred floral preservation vendors — including Wild Forever Flowers and Flowers of the Press!
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