White stargazer lily and a quote in shadowbox frame.

Q - I would like to preserve a white stargazer lily from my fathers funeral spray and add a quote in the shadowbox frame.

A - Our specialty is freeze drying flowers, and we also press them to create exquisite memorial tributes.

Your white stargazer lily would make a beautiful keepsake. Here is an example of how white stargazers freeze dry.




Here is an example of a smaller shadowbox with a red stargazer lily (when freeze dried they turn slightly purple) .






We can also create a personalized nameplate with a quote on it.

Large heart shaped spray at my grandmother's funeral

Q - We had a large heart shaped spray at my grandmother's funeral. It is so meaningful. Can I preserve it?

A - Most all sympathy flowers can be freeze dried. I would suggest a larger shadowbox, at least 16"x20" in order to achieve the shape of the heart. Creating a heart shape from sympathy flowers is an elegant and sentimental piece that will last for years, and can be passed down to your children as an heirloom.

Inexpensive gift for grandchildren from grandfather's funeral?

Q - I would like something inexpensive to give to 12 grandchildren from their grandfather's funeral.

A - We suggest a bookmark with a sentimental poem. We can also personalize it with his name and the two dates. We take the sympathy flowers from the funeral and preserve them with a sentimental poem, or scripture, for a lasting remembrance that the grandchildren will cherish forever.

Save funeral flowers, but not in frame?

Q - I would like to save my grandmother's funeral flowers, but not in a frame. What do you suggest?

A - Jewelry is very personal and sentimental . We take roses from the funeral, dry them and make them into beads for a necklace, bracelets, or earrings with a sterling silver chain. You can keep your grandmother's sympathy flowers close to your heart, and have lasting memories of her for years to come, and even to pass on to your children.

Preserve/dry roses from a funeral?

Q - I would like to know the best way to preserve/dry roses from a funeral and organize in a shadow box.

A - Freeze drying is the state of the art for preserving sympathy flowers. The flowers remain looking as if their were fresh flowers, they keep their shape and form, and their color become enriched.

An elegant way to keep your sympathy flowers is to arrange them around a poem or scripture in a shadowbox frame.

We have mounted funeral flowers around favored poems in a variety of displays for your consideration.

Make your flowers into jewelry.

Q - I have some flowers from my mother's funeral. They have been air drying for nine months.

Can they be made into beads? How many beads does one rose make? How much do you charge?

A - The fact that your flowers are already air dried does not matter. The petals are first dried and then made into beads. One rose will make about two beads. Your flowers will make beautiful beaded jewelry.

Our prices start at $55.00 for earrings. We also offer bracelets, and necklaces.

Use your garden flowers in your wedding!

Q - I am a perennial gardener--I have daylilies, peonies, roses, etc...
I am also planning my wedding for September 2006...

I was wondering if there was a way I could save the petals from my garden flowers to use for my wedding walk down the aisle? Should I dry them by hanging them, or dry them in the refrigerator, or press them? What would you suggest?

A - What a special opportunity to use your own garden flowers in your wedding!

I suggest freeze drying the roses and peonies prior to your wedding, and you can actually carry them down the aisle.

The day lilies are more fragile, therefore I recommend that we freeze dry them after the wedding, and add them to your shadowbox, along with your roses and peonies for your lasting keepsake.

We are specialists in creating fabulous items for preserving your wedding memories. You can view a selecition of some of the items that we have created in the past on our website.