Photos aren’t the only way to save the memories of your day. That may be shocking coming from a photographer, but it’s true! Preserving your wedding flowers is an amazing way to hold onto the feeling and beauty.

How to choose the best way to preserve your wedding flowers

The best way for your flowers mainly depends on a few different factors:

1. Are your wedding flowers in good shape?
2. How do you want to display your wedding flowers?
3. Are your wedding flowers delicate?

2D Wedding Flower Preservation

The most classic approach for wedding flower preservation is to press them. This works beautifully for more delicate florals that may lose their petals when dried but can still be arranged in a frame. One Arizona local artisan offering press & frame preservation for wedding flowers is The Petal Press in Gilbert.

3D Wedding Flower Preservation

If your flowers are looking great as they are after your wedding, you may consider more sculptural options for preservation. Shadowboxes bring the drama and can still be hung on your wall like two-dimensional art. They also have room to include other mementos of your day that may not flatten well, like the cork from your champagne toast. Custom framing shops are perfect places to design a custom shadowbox.

Another three-dimensional option is to commission an expoxy resin artist to create functional art you can use every day. Options are endless, from paperweights to ring dishes, vanity trays to coasters. This is also a fantastic option for gifts for your family or wedding party.

Wedding Flower Recreation

Possibly the most fun option for wedding flower preservation is not using the actual flowers at all! There are amazing artisans that can recreate your wedding flowers in incredible ways. Paint, glass, clay, and embroidery are a few of the mediums out there. One of the advantages of this approach is your recreated flowers will always be true to the color they were on your wedding day.

Clay is a particularly unique option. There are some artists, like Mikayla of Clay Treasures, that can craft jewelry so you can wear your wedding flowers for many more special occasions to come.

Whatever you choose, I always encourage printing a photo or two, too!