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I'm going to do the shadow box. My bouquet was peacock feathers with greens and one real flower. I plan to pull the flower out (it died before the ceremony - UGH) and I am waiting for the greenery to dry out.
There are places to have your bouquet preserved, check into that or ask your florist.
@MissMaine - Love that idea!!!
I'm drying my petals, crushing them and turning them into beads. I make jewelry for a hobby and would love to have pieces made from my own flowers. This is usually done with memorial flowers from funerals and such, but I'm doing it to celebrate my wedding! Pretty pumped about it, not going to lie :)
Mine is made with real touch flowers and I plan to get a shadow box for it. I haven't found one that I like yet, though, so right now it is being displayed (propped up) on my makeup/vanity table. For yours, I suggest going to either Michaels or Joanns to look for some flower preserving stuff. I don't know exactly what it is called, but I have seen it sold in jars and I have heard that it works, but I have never tried it myself.
I'm pretty sure I'm going to give mine to my grandmother. She won't be able to come to the wedding because she is in the late stages of alzheimer's and needs constant care. I figure it will be a way for her to enjoy something from the wedding even if she won't make the connection.
I tossed mine into the green garbage bin the day we got home. I loved it but didn't want to get mold in our apartment. With so many photos, I know I can remake it anytime. :)
I accidently left it at my venue :( I wanted to make some sort of artwork out of it.
I love my bouquet but I was leaving on my honeymoon the next morning and didn't really think about it too much before. My mom still had it saved when we ot home over 2 weeks later that it was so dead I just tossed it.
as mine is a brooch bouquet i will be keeping it, but the floral arrangements i am taking to my parents graves the next day.......
i left mine in Jamaica in my hotel room, so i assume the maids threw it out. i was never attached to it. it was just some pretty flowers to carry around that day! although i didnt throw it myself, i let it sit in my hotel room for the rest of the week after the wedding, so i guess i was a little attached.
I'm tossing mine. Why keep it? The whole point of the bouquet toss is to TOSS it. LOL.
It wilted, died, and was tossed with the rest of the flowers. I have beautiful photos to remember it by, I don't need the dead, dried up version of it hanging around.
I had mine freeze dried. It cost me $150 bucks. I am working on putting in this shadow box with one of our invitations mounted inside and a picture from the wedding day. I'm really excited to get it back! Mine bouqet wrap was the sleeve of my grandmother's dress so it has meaning to it for me.
I have no idea what I will do with mine. There will be some real flowers but a lot of dried grasses and greens in it as well like bunny tails, curly willows, wheat, broom corn etc. So I really don't know if I should toss it during the bouquet toss or have it preserved and put in a shadow box.
I really like the idea of putting it in a shadow box and displaying it in our living room. But then again a shadow box will just be another thing I have to dust weekly.
@Klb5882: what a great idea! I've recently started collecting rosaries, this would be an awesome addition to them!
Mine will be made with real touch calla lilies and brooches. I will bring it home and put it in the china cabinet. I will have a small bouquet tied to it, that we will lay on mom's plot on the way to our honeymoon.
For the toss I will have several bunches of bouquets from dollar tree wrapped together to make a big bouquet however when I turn around I will take the wrap off and when I toss there will be about 15-20 bouquets flying, so everyone can grab one.
Well I had made mine out of paper so that I could keep it..... I still have it BUT my mother gifted us with "moving us" while we were on our honeymoon and it got kinda messed up in the move =(... I'm still trying to fix it though so then I can keep it forever! =)
I want to preserve mine. Instead of paying $300 to a company that specializes in this I will try my hand at doing it myself (DIM...lol) Theres a product you can get at a craft store to dry your bouquet. I've done some research and have learned you need to take the bouquet totally apart flower by flower so the gel can get into every crevice. Dry in a large bin completely covering the flowers and leave them for a few weeks. Then you'll need to re assemble the bouquet (probably need to refer to my wedding photos for this) and place in a shadow box with my husbands (ahhh, I like the sound of that) boutonniere, a photo and invitation. I would love to hang it somewhere in our bedroom.
I think I will do a trial run with a few roses to see how difficult it will be before I tackle the real one.
@rachelmarie220: did you ever think of having them made into a keepsake or keepsake jewelry? I had my brothers funeral flowers made into a bracelet for me and a rosary for my mom. It's a beautiful way to remember someone special or your special day. There's a bunch of businesses that offer this service on the internet. After looking up flower petal jewelry I decided to get mine made from Isis Keepsake Jewelry. They did a great job. Check them out and you can also check out the other websites that offer the same service. Good luck and congrats!
I was planning on pressing them and arranging them in a picture. Something like these:
@vmec: Me too! I didn't even know that people had a separate one to toss...
@LetThereBeLite: Ooh I love this idea!!!
I want to keep mine but I don't want a large shadow box or equivalent to hang on my wall so I'm searching for alternatives. We shall see.
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i want to find a shadow box to put mine in but im worried its not going to dry good since all my bridesmaids said theres didnt work. mines still in the fridge.. (its been a week and 2 days) hope it works!!
so what did you do with yours?