Each keepsake is custom made and unique! Our in-house designers have an abundance of experience and regularly create the beautiful designs you see on our pages. When you book, we give you a Design Worksheet so you can share with us any preferences you may have. Most clients will prefer to give our designers complete creative freedom to design the piece as they see fit. But, if you prefer to preview the design and share your input you are welcome to add-on our 'Design Consultation' option so that you may see the design and have one revision.

The most important factor to a beautiful preservation is great care while the flowers are still fresh.  Ask your florist for a true hand-tied bouquet, save the vase and box they bring your flowers in and keep the bouquet in that vase whenever not in use.  Refrain from unnecessary touching or shaking of your blooms.

It's also important to note that not all flowers dry the same. See below for more information and our IG highlights for some before and after photos!

Years! Our preservation process encapsulates each petal, leaf, and flower protecting it from humidity and preventing it from further decay. We recommend displaying in a cool and dry place away from UV rays (both florescent light and sunlight) as UV can cause your flower colors to fade and quicken the aging process of your resin turning it yellow before its time. Because the flowers and the process of preservation are natural and organic, fading of color, browning and yellowing should be expected over time.  Dust, pollen, and loose pieces of flowers in pressed frames may release over time due to movement, change of temperature, shipping, or high humidity.  Flowers are not chemically treated and natural aging is expected.  Here at Modern Bouquet Preservation we love the idea that this reflects the passing of time and symbolizes your growth and development over time.

We recommend displaying in a cool and dry place away from UV rays (both florescent light and sunlight) as UV can cause your flower colors to fade and quicken the aging process of your resin turning it yellow before its time. Avoid leaning anything against the surface of your artwork. Your artwork should be wiped occasionally using mild soap and water with a clean non-abrasive cloth to prevent dust build up. If your artwork gets damaged, don't attempt to fix it yourself. Please contact us at modernbouquetpreservation@gmail.com.

Please note that different flowers dry differently… typically red flowers dry very dark and sometimes they look almost black and white flowers tend to yellow or brown.  Flowers may even have a more translucent appearance if they’ve been bruised or “hugged” too many times.  

Tropical flowers can be especially difficult for pressed keepsakes - if you’ll be using tropical flowers, especially anthuriums and cymbidium or mokara orchids, we recommend you also add some non-tropical flowers to mix in and create a more vibrant preservation art piece.  

In resin, painted flowers can bleed and color the resin – if you choose to preserve painted flowers we will try our best to minimize the spread of the color but cannot guarantee what the end product will look like. Take a look at our "Before and After" highlights on Instagram if you're interested in seeing some of our past work!

• Orchids (exception: mokara)
• Pin Cushion Protea 
• Ginger
• King Protea
• Bougainvillea
• Roses
• Tulips 
• Peonies  
• Hydrangea 
• Ranunculus
• Double Stock
• Delphinium
• Anemone
• Poppy
• Queen Anne’s Lace
• Tweedia
• Hellebore

• Roses
• Bougainvillea
• Tulips 
• Peonies  
• Larkspur
• Hydrangea 
• Misty
• Ranunculus
• Double Stock
• Delphinium
• Anemone
• Statice
• Lisianthus
• Ferns 

• Marigolds
• Midnight Scabiosa
• Bright/Dark Colored Roses
• Purple dendrobium
• Eucalyptus

It depends on what types of items, how large the items are and how many items you have in your order. Your beautiful bouquet will have the best blooms of day (as it should!), but because of the wear throughout the day, we will be sure to only use the best blooms with the least amount of imperfections. It's important for us to have as many flowers as possible as all flowers do not dry equally.  Depending on your order we dry a little more than we need, so if you want to add to your order, it’s important to purchase your items by the time you drop off since we dry things differently for different keepsakes. If you plan to order a lot of items it's best to consider dropping off not only your bouquet, but maybe even a center piece or two.

Some clients consider the wear from their wedding day sentimental, and prefer to preserve the flowers that best show the "memory wrinkles” of the day. Other clients prefer to have the most pristine flowers for preservation they can.  If that’s you, you are more than welcome to provide us with an extra centerpiece – those flowers are usually in the best condition since they have water all day and aren’t handled very much.  We also provide replacement flower services which you can contact us directly about if you’re interested in that!

Depending on the type of paint your florist uses, the paint and/or dye can spread, bleed, or fleck off into the resin. Some painted flowers stay completely contained while others don't... it just depends. We will do our best to minimize the bleed of the paint, but can not guarantee the result. These flowers may change color in the resin causing the color to change once it is set. We can not control nor can we fix it if the color of the flower changes.