How to Preserve Flowers

12/02/08

To preserve your flowers after the wedding, many brides take their bouquets to a professional service for preservation. The preservation process extracts moisture from the flower petals and displays the flowers or bouquet in the method of your choosing. Though the flowers will be dehydrated, the original shape and color make your flowers look real for all practical purposes.

One popular way to display your preserved flowers is in a shadow box. The advantage of a shadow box is that you can add other keepsakes to it, such as your wedding invitation or garter, and can either prop up the shadow box on a table or hang it on the wall as a memento. The original shape and style of your bouquet can be maintained in this manner.

You may instead choose to have your flowers pressed, keeping them flat. If you choose this method of preservation, you may wish to display them in a flat frame, which you can hang on the wall or display like a photograph.

You can also make potpourri out of the flower petals and display these in a pretty vase or votive. Use scented oils to freshen up the flowers.

Another option you may wish to consider is to preserve the flowers yourself rather than using a professional service. After the wedding, tie the bouquet together around the stems and hang it upside down in a cool, dark place. This ensures that the shape and texture of the flowers will be maintained. Be sure not to let the bouquet hang for too long or it will lose its shape. You can then purchase a shadow box or frame from a craft or photo store.

To press flowers, you can use a phone book and lay a sheet of newspaper and paper towel inside one of the pages. Arrange the flowers or petals on top of the paper towel, then place another paper towel and another sheet of newspaper on the flowers. Close the phone book, place heavy objects on it, and put it in a cool area with good air circulation so the flowers can dry. The drying process will take several weeks to a month depending on the thickness of the flower. Be sure to check the flowers every few days to be sure that no mildew is forming. This technique works best for drying flower petals or smaller bouquets. These can be used as potpourri or pressed into frames.

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When Brandon Flowers took the stage for the Killers' Saturday Night Live appearance, I think I spoke for most viewers when I gasped: " What is he wearing? " A black tuxedo jacket festooned with huge plumed epaulettes? What is that? Taxidermy chic? Showgirl cool? The next day, I couldn't remember the songs they played. I couldn't remember if guitarist Dave Keuning even wore pants. All I ...

Wreaths, flowers laid at crash site (NZCity)
2 December 2008 Some of the families of the New Zealanders killed in the Air New Zealand Airbus crash off the southern coast of France have laid wreaths and flowers upon the water.

Man shot, killed near Conservatory of Flowers (San Francisco Chronicle)
A young man from San Diego who had recently moved to San Francisco to join friends and pursue new opportunities died Saturday night after he was shot in the back near the Conservatory of Flowers at Golden Gate Park, police and the man's father said Sunday....

Flowers Foods, Inc. (FLO): Zacks Rank Buy (Zacks.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Flowers Foods has recently raised its full-year 2008 guidance and released its 2009 guidance.

Nature's Stress-busters: Flowers (Lexington Clipper-Herald)
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Webcast Alert: Flowers Foods' Analyst Day in New York (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
NYSE: FLO - News) Flowers Foods will webcast its presentation to analysts in New York at 12:30 p.m. on December 2, 2008. This event will feature presentations by key Flowers executives and will focus on helping investors better understand the company's operations and strategies.

Indian hotels balance security with guests' comfort (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The men were only carrying a cake box and a bouquet of flowers but as soon as they approached the five-star Mumbai hotel they were stopped and their parcels whisked away to a metal detector.

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