Wedding Flowers

Keep your Wedding Flowers Forever

wedding flower preservation

Preserve your Bouquet

It is becoming more of a tradition nowadays for brides to keep their bouquets and not to do a bouquet toss. As a bride myself in spring 2017, I wanted to keep my bouquet after our wedding, but I knew the flowers were not going to last forever.

A way that your bouquet can be preserved forever is by pressing it into clay.

Once the flower arrangement and design has been impressed into the clay, it is dried and fired, transforming your bouquet into a beautiful piece of wall art, vase, bowl, ‘thank you’ keepsake heart, or anything else! The pieces can be any size or shape, and wall tiles could even be split into 3 to create a triptych.

The arrangement of the flowers can be chosen by you, and I will make sure that at least one stem of each individual type of flower or foliage is included, unless otherwise agreed at the time of placing an order.

Bridesmaid bouquets, men’s buttonholes, women’s corsages and funeral flowers can also be used.

Charlotte is amazing! We knew we wanted to somehow preserve our beautiful wedding flowers and we’re so grateful that we found Charlotte! There were so many options to choose from, but Charlotte was incredibly helpful and informative. She made us personalised hanging wall tiles, a vase and some little hanging hearts using our flowers; we couldn’t be happier with them! The colours are absolutely beautiful, the quality is amazing, and they are just the most wonderful way of remembering our special day! We were so impressed with them, we’ve asked Charlotte to make keepsakes for a few friends who have recently married, and have also recommended her to everyone we know! – Maz Draper

Not just wedding flowers

This process isn’t just limited to wedding flowers. I work with sentimental funeral flowers and garden flowers. If you were given flowers by someone for any special reason and don’t want to throw them away when they go over, this is an ideal way of keeping them forever. It doesn’t matter if they have gone a bit crispy. I have worked with bouquets that have sat in a loft for years and the results are still just as beautiful.

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wedding flowers preserved into ceramic keepsakes
flower preserved ceramic keepsakes

My niece recently had a lovely wedding in the Lakes and I wanted her flowers to be preserved as a keepsake.

When I first contacted Charlotte she was on holiday, yet she still responded to my enquiry (what Customer Service!). She was so helpful and made the whole experience so easy – I cannot praise her enough!

Before dispatching the vase to me she sent me photos, which were beautiful, but when the vase arrived I was just stunned, as the photos had not done the vase full justice! The glazing of individual flowers was amazing.

I love the unique vase, and I am sure my Niece will love it even more. My only regret is that I didn’t order a vase for myself! – Fiona

How to order

Unless you are local to my studio in Northamptonshire (UK), and are able to drop off your flowers, I would ask that you send them to me in the post. Flowers travel best packaged between layers of kitchen roll.

Depending on your budget, you can choose which piece(s) you would like making from my price list that I will send to you via email. Once your flowers are received, I will be in touch to let you know, and will then make a start on your pieces. Delivery is around 5-6 weeks in most cases.

Once your ceramic flower preserved pieces are complete, you will receive them in the post, packaged beautifully in a box.

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ceramic keepsakes preserving wedding flowers
pressed flowers into clay

Return of flowers

If you would like your flowers returned after they have been used to create your unique pieces (although they may be a little squashed and some may fall apart!), I am more than happy to include them in the box when sending your completed piece to you. Please let me know if you would like the flowers returned at the time of ordering, otherwise they will be recycled.

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wedding flowers
dried wedding flowers
wedding flowers

Get in touch

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If you are interested in starting the exciting journey towards a custom ceramic piece, I will be very happy to help and look forward to hearing from you!