Modern Bouquet Preservation
Modern Bouquet Preservation
Melodic View Photography
Pressed Flower Art for Your Home or Office!
Our signature preservation process involves pressing your bouquet to create a stunning one-of-a-kind pressed flower design, mounted on sleek glass and finished in your choice of elegant wood or modern metallic frame.
Each custom heirloom work of art complements your style and is sure to stand out as a décor piece in your home or office.
We are proud to offer our premier bouquet preservation services and can press flowers from anywhere in the US!
How Bouquet Preservation Works
Step 1: Start Your Pressed Flower Journey!
Visit our Preservation Shop to select your preferred size, design, and frame style. Choose a convenient shipping kit or arrange a local Fort Collins drop off. At checkout, review and sign the contract, then select your payment option. Once your retianer is paid, your project is officially booked on Wild Blossoms’ botanical calendar! We accept bouquets year-round and produce pressed flower art projects from November through May.
Step 2: Check Your Welcome Email
Within 24-48 hours of your order, we’ll send a welcome email with all the details to keep your floral art adventure on track! Expect a tracking number for your shipping kit or a link to schedule a local Fort Collins drop-off, ensuring your bouquet stays fresh after your special occasion.
Step 3: Keep Your Bouquet Vibrant!
To ensure your bouquet stays vibrant, keep it fresh by placing it in a vase of clean, cold water during and after your event until shipping or drop-off.
Step 4: Send or Deliver Your Bouquet!
Follow our instructional video: How to Ship Bouquets or drop your bouquet off at Wild Blossoms Studio in North Fort Collins.
Step 5: Bouquet Deconstruction
We carefully deconstuct your bouquet then press your flowers and begin a 6-8 week drying process to preserve their beauty for your custom artwork.
Step 6: Design Process
About four months after we receive your bouquet, we’ll email a sneak peek of your rough draft for feedback.
Step 7: Mounting and Framing
Once your final payment is received, we mount your flowers to glass and frame your artwork, a process that takes about 4-6 weeks.
Step 8: Receive Your Masterpiece!
Your framed pressed flower art is shipped to your chosen address in custom packaging, complete with UPS tracking and insurance. Enjoy your one-of-a-kind hierloom pressed flower art!
Design Styles
We offer three main styles of pressed floral art. The bouquet design, the botanical design, and the pressed meadow design. Consider ordering multiple pieces and mixing and matching the design styles!
The Bouquet Design
This is our most popular option when preserving bouquets with larger flowers that feature 2-3 main varieties. This design recreates the spirit of your bouquet using a layered approach and it’s best when incorporating large focal flowers like garden roses, peonies, and proteas.
The Botanical Design
Botanical designs are more spread out with little to no layering. This design doesn’t aim to recreate the spirit of the original bouquet as they are more artistic interpretations that showcase individual flowers. This is the perfect choice for bouquets with lots of variety and color that are created with smaller textural flowers.
The Meadow Design
Much like the botanical design, pressed meadow designs are more spread out with little to no layering. They do not aim to recreate the spirit of the original bouquet they are more artistic interpretations that showcase individual flowers in a more upright form with some negative space at the top of the frame.
Which Flowers are Best for Preservation?
- Vibrant colors
As a general rule, the more vibrant the color of your flowers, the better! - White Bouquets
White and pale blush tones will antique or often brown during the pressing process. If you’re planning to have a bouquet with mostly white flowers, consider using at least 5-7 different smaller varieties, or even a pop of color that fits your style. Greenery is also very helpful. That said, it is absolutely possible to create a gorgeous piece of art with a bouquet that is comprised of a variety of white flowers!
- Variety + Texture
A variety of blooms in your bouquet offers lots of interest and texture. Small, dainty flowers press very well. The more creative elements you have, the more fascinating your art will be! - Fresh High-End Blooms
Excellent quality flowers make all the difference when pressing and creating art! Fresh, high-quality flowers are simply heartier and will have a better chance of surviving your wedding day and reaching Wild Blossoms Studio in good condition.
Caring for Your Flowers
Follow these tips during and after your wedding so your flowers are as fresh as possible when they reach the studio!
- Make sure flowers are in fresh, clean water.
- Keep flowers out of direct sunlight and store them in a cool, dry area.
- Be careful when storing flowers in a household refrigerator: chilling injury may occur.
- Flowers should be kept away from ripening fruits that release ethylene gas causing aging and decay.
Note- Bridal bouquets tend to be “well-loved” during the wedding day, feel free to provide extra flowers from the centerpieces or bridesmaid’s bouquets. We can also pull matching flowers from our extensive collection when needed.
Let’s Talk About Logistics
If your event takes place outside of Northern Colorado, we will send you a shipping kit ahead of time. Your shipping kit contains everything you need to get your flowers safely to Wild Blossoms within 24-48 hours after your wedding.
We’ve created a video with complete Shipping Instructions to talk you through each step. We can receive shipped bouquets from anywhere in the continental United States!
If you’re within range of Denver or Northern Colorado, the best option is to schedule a time to drop off your bouquet at Elycia’s North Fort Collins studio.
Production and Art Details
Wild Blossoms’ busy wedding season is June-October and, while we can accept and press bouquets during that season, we do not design and complete art until November-May.
Each art piece is created using the flowers from your bouquet that look the best, have retained their color, and have interesting textures and shapes. We are NOT recreating your wedding bouquet. We use flowers from your bouquet to create a piece of pressed flower art in the spirit and color palette of your wedding day.
Our pressed flower artwork is mounted to glass and framed by a local Fort Collins company.
Preservation Collections
Pressed Flower Bouquet Preservation
Each modern art piece is created to archival standards with non-reflective museum-quality glass and framed in your choice of solid wood or metallic frame.
Companion pieces and full gallery walls can be designed upon request, please reach out with any custom ideas!
Receive 10% off when you purchase multiple pieces.
Shipping Included!
Collection Options
20×30 is our most popular size and a great option for preserving medium to large bouquets. In addition, it’s a great option if you want to preserve several small bouquets or multiple arrangements from the day.
16×20 is our second most popular size and perfect for preserving a small or medium-sized bouquet. In addition, a great companion piece when preserving multiple arrangements from the day.
12×16 is our most popular companion piece, making an excellent wedding party or family gift. This size also works well when preserving a petite bouquet or if you’d like a set of 2 art pieces made from a single large bouquet.
“Elycia was amazing to work with! I can’t thank her enough for creating such a stunning piece with my preserved bouquet. Throughout the process, she was incredibly helpful, recommending flowers to include in my bouquet before the wedding, ensuring they would complement the preservation style I was most excited about, and sending sneak peeks when the flowers were out of the press with frame recommendations that would suit them best. Elycia’s thoughtful attention to detail and incredible creative talent blew me away, and I couldn’t recommend her more!”