Preserve your wedding flowers and memories in a beautiful framed arrangement
Weddings take SO long to arrange but boy does the event itself go quickly. It’s almost a month later now and I’m still reeling a bit from it all. it was just such an incredibly lovely weekend, and I’m so lucky to be surrounded by such wonderful supportive people. Fortunately, there are some post-wedding crafts that are keeping the memory alive, one of which is to preserve my wedding bouquet. I had my bouquet made by a local florist, who, was also lovely, and who got my love for green but helped me introduce some interesting textures and white and peachy tones to keep things interesting. We flew out on holiday just a day after our wedding weekend but I knew I needed to dry my bouquet out best I could over the 2 weeks I was away and so I hung it upside down in a relatively cool dark room. When I got back, they were certainly dry, but the colours had changed quite a bit. I’m no expert but I wonder if the room wasn’t quite dark enough, though I have to say I do like how much more autumnal it now looks with the flowers and berries in beige and brown. Let me know if you know a better way of preserving the colour in the comments below! Anyway, I did a bit of research and with my limited floristry skills, created this DIY wedding bouquet frame. As I say, I’m no expert, and would love to hear if you’ve tried something different, but here’s how I did it…
Dried bouquet
Acrylic sealer
Glue
Shadow Box