You spend a great deal of money on your wedding flowers, and without a doubt they?ll be a beautiful accent on your big day. With that being said, you probably don?t want to let certain floral accents go to waste after the celebrations end. In fact, things like your bridal bouquet can make a great memento to keep well after your wedding day has come and gone, as long as you take the right steps to preserve it after your big day. There are even ways to get creative with your bouquet afterwards to create a special keepsake you?ll love forever. Here’s some ideas to make the most of your floral investment.

Send the Bouquet to a Specialist
One simple option for keeping your wedding bouquet in good condition once the day has passed is sending it to a professional preservationist. These services for hire will preserve your flowers in shadow boxes, glass boxes, or frames. Some services even allow you to put other keepsakes, like your wedding invitation, with the flowers to create a beautiful display that you?ll forever treasure. While this is an easy way to preserve your bouquet, it?s a more expensive one, costing upwards of $100. Press Your Flowers

For a more economically friendly option or DIY option, press your wedding flowers yourself! Do this as soon after your big day as possible; the fresher the flowers are, the better. Take your whole bouquet or even part of it and spread the stems out on clean wax paper. This helps to make the flowers lift more easily after they?r...