A simple guide to choosing the frame that tells the story you want to remember
Choosing to preserve your bouquet is an easy yes. Choosing the size of the piece it lives in is where most people pause, and for good reason. The frame size you select does more than decide where the piece will hang. It decides how much of your bouquet comes with you.
This is the single most important thing to understand before you order, and it is the part we most want our clients to feel confident about. A 16x20 and a 10x10 are not simply the same design at two scales. They tell two very different stories. One preserves the full character of your bouquet. The other preserves a beautiful, meaningful piece of it. Both are lovely. They are just not the same thing, and knowing the difference up front is what makes you love your finished piece for years.
Every bouquet we receive goes through the same careful preservation process. Each flower is gently pressed and dried, cured over several weeks, and inspected before it ever reaches the design table. The difference between sizes is not in how your flowers are preserved. It is in how many of them the finished frame can hold, and how complete a picture of your original bouquet that creates.
The 16x20: A Full Representation of Your Bouquet
The 16x20 is our statement piece, and it is the size we recommend when your goal is to see your whole bouquet again. There is room here for the full variety of your arrangement: your focal blooms, your greenery, the smaller filler flowers, and the supporting details that made your bouquet feel like yours.
Because the frame can hold the maximum range of flowers, our designers are able to recreate the shape, fullness, and color story of your original bouquet. When you look at a finished 16x20, you are looking at your bouquet, reimagined as wall art. It reads as a complete arrangement rather than a selection from one.
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Investment: $470 to $495 depending on frame finish
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Best for: Full bouquet display with the widest range of your flowers and greenery
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Display: A statement piece meant to anchor a wall in your home
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Finishes: Natural, White, Black, Gray, Gold, Walnut, and Barn wood, all with UV-protective glass and the option to upgrade to Museum Grade glass available.
The 10x10: A Sentimental Snippet of Your Bouquet
The 10x10 is one of our most popular products to add to an order in addition to a 16x20 size frame, or to order as a gift for a loved one! We love it for what it is: a focused, sentimental keepsake. It is important to understand, though, that a 10x10 does not hold your full bouquet. It holds a curated selection of it.
Think of the 10x10 as a beautiful detail rather than the whole picture. Because the frame is smaller, our designers thoughtfully choose a portion of your flowers, often your most meaningful or most statement blooms, and arrange them as a focal moment. It preserves the feeling and the colors of your bouquet without attempting to recreate the entire arrangement. Many clients choose this size precisely because they want something intimate, something for a nightstand, gallery wall, or shelf, rather than a large statement.
Where we sometimes see disappointment is when a 10x10 is ordered with the expectation that it will look like a shrunken version of the whole bouquet. It will not, and it is not designed to. A 10x10 is a snippet preserved for sentiment, not a full representation. When that expectation is set correctly, our clients are delighted. The flowers they chose to feature are given room to shine, and the piece feels personal and deliberate.
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Investment: Starting at $325 depending on frame finish
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Best for: A meaningful selection of your flowers, not the entire bouquet
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Display: A focal point for a shelf, nightstand, desk, or gallery wall
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Finishes: Natural, White, Black, Gray, Gold, Walnut, and Barn wood, all with UV-protective glass and the option to upgrade to Museum Grade glass available.
Seeing the Difference Side by Side
The easiest way to understand the two sizes is to see them next to each other. The same bouquet preserved as a 16x20 and as a 10x10 will look noticeably different, and that is exactly the point. One captures the whole story. The other captures a treasured line from it.
| 10x10 Small Frame | 16x20 Statement Piece | |
| What it captures | A curated portion of your bouquet | A full representation of your bouquet |
| Flower variety | A selected highlight of blooms | Maximum variety, including greenery and filler |
| Best described as | A sentimental snippet | Your bouquet as wall art |
| Investment | $325 | $470-$495 |
A Note on Design Styles
Whichever size you choose, you can also select the layout style that best fits your vision. Each style changes how your flowers are arranged within the frame:
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Burst of Flowers: Flowers are pressed mostly face forward and arranged to recreate the original bouquet shape.
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Field Style: Flowers are pressed with their stems intact to create the look of a blooming field.
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Handheld Blooms: Blooms and stems are preserved together to recreate the look of a held bouquet.
These styles shape the look of your piece, but they do not change the core difference between sizes. A 16x20 still holds more of your bouquet than a 10x10, no matter which layout you choose.
How to Decide Which Size Is Right for You
There is no wrong choice here. There is only the choice that matches what you are hoping to remember. A few questions can help:
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Do you want to see the whole bouquet again? If your answer is your full bouquet, the way it looked on your day, the 16x20 is the size that delivers that.
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Are there a few blooms that matter most to you? If you are drawn to a few specific flowers, or you want something smaller and more intimate, a 10x10 is a beautiful way to honor that.
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Where will it live? A 16x20 is designed to anchor a wall. A 10x10 is designed to sit on a shelf, nightstand, or gallery wall as a quiet focal point.
Many of our clients ultimately choose a 16x20 as their keepsake of the full bouquet, then add a 10x10 or a 6x6 to feature a meaningful detail or to gift to a loved one. The two sizes work beautifully together.
Not Sure Which to Choose? Let's Talk It Through
We would always rather help you choose the right size now than have you wish you had gone larger later. If you are weighing a 10x10 against a 16x20, book a free consultation with our team. We will look at your bouquet or bouquet inspiration, talk through what matters most to you, and help you choose the piece you will love for a lifetime.
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