For those of you debating bouquet preservation .......

hiswifey2011 Posted: Oct 12, 2011 10:31 AM

For those of you debating bouquet preservation .......

I just got mine yesterday and I must say that besides my DOC, this is the best investment I made during the wedding process. Nothing better than a memory that will live on FOREVER!!

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

pjc92980 Posted: Oct 12, 2011 10:34 AM

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looks great! who did you do it through? Mine is currently being made...hope to have it by the end of the month

hiswifey2011 Posted: Oct 12, 2011 10:36 AM

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Posted by pjc92980

looks great! who did you do it through? Mine is currently being made...hope to have it by the end of the month

I went through keepsake floral ... they are really pricy but I am happy with the end result

Ang9483 Posted: Oct 12, 2011 10:36 AM

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I would have never thought to do this. I love it!! Where did you do this and if you don't mind me asking, how much was it?

LindsaylovesJustin Posted: Oct 12, 2011 10:45 AM

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this is fantastic! can I ask how much and who did it?

leesah85 Posted: Oct 12, 2011 10:47 AM

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gorgeous!!!!

can you FM me the pricing if you dont want to post it here?

thank you!!!

Moonmist09 Posted: Oct 12, 2011 10:48 AM

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OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mine should be in by the end of next month and I am so excited to see yours! I also used Keepsake Floral and yeah, they were really expensive, but yours looks STUNNING!!!!!!!!!!!
i can't wait to see mine!

hiswifey2011 Posted: Oct 12, 2011 10:48 AM

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Posted by Ang9483

I would have never thought to do this. I love it!! Where did you do this and if you don't mind me asking, how much was it?

keepsake floral ... and I believe it was like $700 but when you take into consideration that you will have it for a lifetime ... its not that bad afterall

kshea23 Posted: Oct 12, 2011 10:53 AM

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its gorgeous

i wish I did this. Mine is shriveled up in my curio cabinet

leesah85 Posted: Oct 12, 2011 10:59 AM

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Posted by hiswifey2011

Posted by Ang9483

I would have never thought to do this. I love it!! Where did you do this and if you don't mind me asking, how much was it?

keepsake floral ... and I believe it was like $700 but when you take into consideration that you will have it for a lifetime ... its not that bad afterall

oh man $700 is a lot of money!

rosatemp Posted: Oct 12, 2011 11:35 AM

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very pretty

Lana and Johan Posted: Oct 12, 2011 01:38 PM

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It's gorgeous. Mine died after the wedding and is in the ocean somewhere......:(

Moonmist09 Posted: Oct 12, 2011 03:34 PM

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Posted by leesah85

gorgeous!!!!

can you FM me the pricing if you dont want to post it here?

thank you!!!

I also used Keepsake Floral and you have to leave a $195 deposit so that they can send you a box to send the flowers back in.
You obviously have to pay for shipping to them and it must be via overnight carrier so i paid like $125 in shipping alone (my BoK was massive)
After that, they immediately preserve the BoK and if they need to replace any flowers that have gone bad during transit, or have been damaged at all, they will - but they charge you, they tell you in your consultation after the wedding how much it is.
Obviously, how much you spend depends on what you want. I paid close to $900 but that was because i wanted to entire BoK preserved and i upgraded my frame, the shape, size and the fabrics that I chose. You can go cheaper by choosing a smaller frame and not doing much of the upgrades. But the most useful way of saving money, that I learned was to not have your whole BoK preserved since they are saving more flowers and it will cost more. They have this option where they take a few of the flowers from your BoK and preserve them and arrange them prettily in your new keepsake box. But, IMO, if I just spent more than $4K in flowers, what was another $700 at that point and had them preserve the whole thing.
I love that when i'm like 90 years old i will be able to look at this and remember what it looked like

RandEWedding2011 Posted: Oct 12, 2011 03:38 PM

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Its gorgeous!! I am definitley doing this!

Danielle41209 Posted: Oct 12, 2011 05:11 PM

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I can't wait to get mine!!

Chelechel1 Posted: Oct 12, 2011 05:13 PM

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I wish I knew about yours before my wedding... Oh well too late! All the other bok preservations I've seen were ugly and yellowed.... Yours looks beautiful!

MrsTarricone2B Posted: Oct 12, 2011 06:39 PM

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It looks gorgeous breast twin!!!!! I sent mine in the day after the wedding, I have a phone appointment on November 1st to go over design

ETA: I only sent my bouquet but I love the way your invitation looks in there!! Did you send both at the same time?? I wonder if I can still send mine in.