Wedding Bouquet Preservation Keeps Your Wedding Memories Fresh
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Along with taking your first step and retiring from work, your wedding is one of the most significant events in your life. It can take months, a year, or years to plan. However, then the wedding takes place, creating somewhat of an anticlimax. The tuxedos and gowns are returned to the rental shop. Nothing remains of the wedding cake, except for a few crumbs and the plastic decoration. Even the limousine that whisked the newlyweds off to their honeymoon-bound flight is cleaned up within a day. Oftentimes, the pictures of the wedding alone function as remembrances of the event. However, now you can also consider wedding bouquet preservation. Modern weddings include several traditions, including the bride and groom’s eating the first slice of wedding cake, the exchanging of wedding rings, and the tossing of the bouquet. You may be shocked to learn that through wedding bouquet preservation, a gorgeous wedding bouquet can be saved for decades! The means by which you preserve the bouquet will be based on the type of flowers in the bouquet and also how you want your preserved bouquet to appear. Will You Try to Dry Your Bouquet? The first step in wedding bouquet preservation is to determine whether you or a professional will perform the procedure. Remember that the procedure should begin within four days after the wedding date. Consider that the process could take days or even weeks to conclude. Determine if you will have ample time to begin it immediately after the wedding, and to personally observe the preservation. In fact, if you plan on engaging in bouquet preservation, learn how to attend to and transfer the bouquet prior to the big day. Leaving ...... (to be continued on next paragraph)

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(continued)...... it to the Pros Having professionals do your wedding bouquet preservation will cost you about $100. This figure is based on the bouquet’s size and extra services that you may require. If you want your bouquet to appear natural after the preservation, have professionals freeze-dry it. In this process, the pieces of the bouquet are separated, freeze-dried when possible, and then positioned in the initial arrangement. This process requires about three to four weeks to finish. Next, if professionals will be handling your wedding bouquet preservation, have them press your bouquet. This process requires about eight to ten weeks. It involves the following steps: separating the bouquet’s pieces, pressing the flowers, reorganizing them, and framing them. Though flattened, the original outline of the bouquet can be acquired. Your Flower Power You may opt to do your wedding bouquet preservation yourself. In one procedure, first totally conceal each flower with drying agents such as borax, sand, or silica. This will succeed in extracting moisture. Next, press your bouquet and frame the pressed arrangement that you created. On the other hand, creating a dried flower bouquet is probably the most basic do-it-yourself wedding bouquet preservation method. The bouquet’s pieces must be separated, and then single flowers hung up to dry. Afterwards, reconstruct the bouquet, being cautious with fragile stems and petals. Aside from taking photographs, wedding bouquet preservation is another way to save objects from your special day. Whether you hire a professional or do-it-yourself; memories of your wedding can remain ‘fresh’ for years and years.