Drying A Wedding Bouquet

While freeze drying is the priciest option on the list the bouquet will look remarkably close to how it did on your wedding day.

Drying a wedding bouquet. Individual gerbera daisies chrysanthemums roses and tulips are great candidates for the microwave flower drying technique which will preserve their color and structure better than air drying does. If you don t have space to store the whole bouquet and know you would never look lovingly at a bunch of dried flowers select a few blooms to press. After it dries place it in a box lined with tissue paper.

Once you are home give your bouquet a good shower of. See dry flowers under related ehows for instructions on air drying your bouquet. Drying your wedding bouquet can be done with the entire arrangement or with just a few blooms.

Have your wedding invitation wedding program or an elegantly written copy of your wedding vows framed along with a pressed arrangement. Use the following to learn how to dry a wedding bouquet that will be a keepsake for you to cherish. When i got to the hotel i made sure to put the bouquet in water again.

Read on for the best ways to preserve your bouquet and wedding flowers from turning them into a paperweight to drying and framing them. After the ceremony and pictures are over with put your bouquet in a vase with water. If not consider asking your florist to make you up an identical bouquet when you return so you can preserve that.

Air drying works best for bouquets and for robust flowers such as roses or small long lasting varieties like lavender. Professional preservation can cost several hundred dollars and the stress of delivering your wedding bouquet before taking off for your honeymoon can be enough to give even the calmest of brides a major headache. Hang them upside down to air dry.

How to dry a bridal bouquet. Hang the bouquet upside down in a cool dry dark place. Freeze drying and pressing will alter the flower colors the least of all preservation methods.