Pressed Flower Pictures
The gentle art of pressing flowers goes back to our Victorian ancestors, and so it is to them that I owe my gratitude to apply this lovely art form to the preserving of wedding bouquets.
My speciality is to preserve bridal bouquets and flowers from any special occasion. I have a large selection of wooden frames to choose from with either a gold leaf type finish or polished wood with a gold leaf relief I specialise in oval frames which are of high quality.
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The background fabric is of silk or velvet. You may choose any colour from subtle romantic shades, to deeper tones for a more dramatic effect. I do offer a special service, where brides may use their own wedding gown fabric as a backcloth for the bouquet. How l wish that my grandmother had preserved her bouquet for me in this way!
If your bouquet is to be wired, please ask our florist to keep the wiring to a minimum. Upon receipt, the bouquet is carefully labelled and photographed, so that we may reproduce a shape as near as possible to the original.
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Flowers have an intrinsic beauty of their own and I
always attempt to retain as much of their detail as possible.
Most bridal flowers press very well and the types that
I would recommend are Roses (especially the tiny Garnet
species), Freesia, Stephanotis, Lily of the Valley (my
favourites), Heather, Chincherinchees, Mimosa, Delphinium,
Aistroemeria, Gypsophila and Orchids. Odontoglossum Orchids,
as featured in picture ‘Jade’ do retain their
colour very well, and so do the tiny Singapore Orchids,
which are available in white, cerise and a lovely lime
green. Good florists use very unusual foliage, such as
Rue and Virburnum, and the flowers of Martagon Lilies,
which come in shades of white and pink. These are exquisite,
and not only look lovely on the day but press beautifully
too! I also receive lovely Victorian style bouquets, which
include Love in the Mist, Forget me Nots and delicate Heart’s
Ease.
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It takes from six to eight weeks for the blooms to become conditioned from pressing when their beauty can be captured for eternity. Each picture is expertly framed and glazed, and is despatched to you by a first class service to arrive 8 to 1O weeks after the wedding.
The romantic nostalgia of a bride on her Wedding Day is something a woman will never forget, and the transfixed beauty of her bouquet will be a gift that she may pass down to her children as heirlooms of tomorrow.