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Carey Posted: Oct 24, 2004 09:22 PM+

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Posted: Oct 24, 2004 09:22 PM

bouquet

I posted this on BHB, but I wanted to ask the newlyweds too.
What did everyone do with their bouquets after the wedding?

june262004 Posted: Oct 24, 2004 09:39 PM+

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Posted: Oct 24, 2004 09:39 PM

Re: bouquet

Hanging on my wall.

heidla Posted: Oct 25, 2004 12:39 AM+

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Posted: Oct 25, 2004 12:39 AM

Re: bouquet

Threw it away.

bellepoque Posted: Oct 25, 2004 06:30 AM+

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Posted: Oct 25, 2004 06:30 AM

Re: bouquet

It's haning in my closet making my shoes smell pretty.

nylisa Posted: Oct 25, 2004 11:11 AM+

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Posted: Oct 25, 2004 11:11 AM

Re: bouquet

Posted by heidla

Threw it away.

I did the same. I wanted to preserve it but never got around to it and the flowers started to turn so I had to throw it out.

Donna Posted: Oct 25, 2004 11:14 AM+

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Posted: Oct 25, 2004 11:14 AM

Re: bouquet

Posted by nylisa

Posted by heidla

Threw it away.

I did the same. I wanted to preserve it but never got around to it and the flowers started to turn so I had to throw it out.

Me three.....

FeliciaDA Posted: Oct 25, 2004 11:37 AM+

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Posted: Oct 25, 2004 11:37 AM

Re: bouquet

Posted by heidla

Threw it away.

Same here

May2004 Posted: Oct 25, 2004 11:48 AM+

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Posted: Oct 25, 2004 11:48 AM

Re: bouquet

I wanted to preserve it but it was a very hot day and my white roses didn't last. But I still have it - its in my kitchen in a vase.

I don't know what I'm going to do with it. I was thinking of getting an artificial replica one made, but I never got around to that - oh well.

Jordan Posted: Oct 25, 2004 11:51 AM+

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Posted: Oct 25, 2004 11:51 AM

Re: bouquet

I hung it to dry while we were in Greece and came back to a beautiful, dried bo-k...that now sits in a vase on a hall table. I'm so happy I saved it - I'm a sucker for dried flowers and sentimentality.

SandraLynn Posted: Oct 25, 2004 01:14 PM+

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Posted: Oct 25, 2004 01:14 PM

Re: bouquet

It was in the fridge for 4 weeks and now it is in a vase, and going to hang it tonight to save....I loved it and couldn't bear to part w/ it.

boosh78201 Posted: Oct 25, 2004 01:54 PM+

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Posted: Oct 25, 2004 01:54 PM

Re: bouquet

Preserved a few flower and threw the rest away.

RobNette Posted: Oct 25, 2004 01:58 PM+

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Posted: Oct 25, 2004 01:58 PM

Re: bouquet

I couldn't afford to 'preserve' it..it would have been almost $400...which I thought was insane..so I have it hanging in my guest room...I still have to spray it with preservative...and I pressed some flowers from the CPs for my scrapbook.

Anniegrl Posted: Oct 25, 2004 03:33 PM+

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Posted: Oct 25, 2004 03:33 PM

Re: bouquet

I had mine preserved by Heller and Reid. It was VERY expensive but I'm so glad I did it. I love seeing my bouquet every day!
Here are the before and after photos:

tourist Posted: Oct 25, 2004 04:27 PM+

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Posted: Oct 25, 2004 04:27 PM

Re: bouquet

Mine is on my bookcase.
( ok,I've only been married 16 days

)
It seems to be drying ok, I may keep it. What is this perservative spray?

jessnyc711 Posted: Oct 25, 2004 04:30 PM+

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Posted: Oct 25, 2004 04:30 PM

Re: bouquet

after the wedding we went on HM so it died!

luvsun27 Posted: Oct 25, 2004 08:40 PM+

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Posted: Oct 25, 2004 08:40 PM

Re: bouquet

I had my preserved also...I used keepsake floral.

before:

after:

Crismicka Posted: Oct 25, 2004 10:31 PM+

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Posted: Oct 25, 2004 10:31 PM

Re: bouquet

Wow! They came out beautiful! I wish I did that!! I dried mine in a closet while we were on HM...now thy are yellow and ugly! I put them in a vase and DH hates it. He thinks it makes him look too cheep to buy me new ones!

070502 Posted: Oct 25, 2004 11:08 PM+

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Posted: Oct 25, 2004 11:08 PM

Re: bouquet

Mine was silk to begin with so it's in our curio

cindy_bride Posted: Nov 23, 2004 04:05 PM+

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Posted: Nov 23, 2004 04:05 PM

Re: bouquet

mine was silk also....right now it displayed in my kitchen however, i want do something creative with it.

halloweenbride04 Posted: Nov 23, 2004 04:10 PM+

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Posted: Nov 23, 2004 04:10 PM

Re: bouquet

I wish I would have had mine preserved. It sat in a vase drying out for two weeks and last week I packed it along with DH's bout in a box. I didn't have the heart to throw it away. I'm hoping that when we get a house and a curio I will put it in there. I sprayed mine with hairspray the day after the wedding which I read somewhere is supposed to act like those sprays. I really don't know what it should look like, but I guess it's ok.