From the moment your flowers come through our doors, our team takes great care to ensure that they return to you as beautiful, lasting keepsakes. This process is done with intention and precision, taking necessary time to preserve the most important blooms of your life. The process begins with you (or a helpful loved one) getting the bouquet and other flower arrangements to our Easton, PA location. We can accept your flowers both through the mail and by local drop off. You can see how to best ship your flowers here, and schedule a drop off of your flowers here. 

The Pressing 

Once your bouquets arrive at our shop, they are logged and carefully photographed. From there, our talented team of floral preservation specialists begin to work their magic straightaway. First, the bouquet is carefully taken apart and organized into the different flowers and greenery. Our team will use a combination of preservation methods they kick off the pressing process. Each flower is unique and has different requirements to reach the best result. First, they use specialized tools to make the flowers transform from three dimensional to almost completely flat (magic, indeed!). Once flattened, the flowers and greens are stored in traditional presses at a flower-safe temperature and in a humidity-controlled room. Here, they are able to lose the last of their moisture while retaining their absolute beauty. 

The time we take at this stage of the preservation is crucial, as it uses time to remove any remaining moisture from flowers, while keeping each petal as flat as possible. We are committed to the flowers you held on your special moments looking just as gorgeous as the first time you saw them, though they will be changed. Before the flowers reach the design stage, one of our quality check specialists (including a botanist!) carefully combs through each order, making sure that every petal is looking its very best. Once the flowers are completely dry, completely flat, and totally gorgeous, they are ready to be transformed into the designs you selected. 

The Designs 

We understand how special these bouquets, boutonnieres, flower crowns, corsages, and more are to you and want to do our best to make them look their best! Our team of design specialists are just the folks you’d hope to have turning your memories into art! When an order is pulled for design, our team will once again take a keen eye to your blooms. They will refer to photos that are shared by you or those taken at our office to capture the feeling of the fresh flowers, either behind glass or in resin.

The Frames 

When you order a frame, you can be sure that our designers will work hard to replicate the look and feel of your fresh arrangement, down to the littlest details. The frame team takes care, whether they are working with glass or our archival backing, to ensure that they are using great caution to avoid any smudges or fingerprints. They look to see which orientation you prefer, and whether you've chosen a Field Style or Traditional Burst design, or whether you’ve chosen to add any extra items (such as your invitation, ribbon, or boutonniere). Once they know everything there is to know about the order, they carefully lay out the designs. Throughout the design process, they are referring to the photo taken when the bouquet arrived, or to any photos of your event that you may be able to provide. All of our artisans have incredible skill at recreating the beauty of the fresh flowers, adjusting stems to create movement, and layering the blooms ever so carefully to bring all your favorite memories of your special day back to life, no matter which design style you go with! As they go, they are sure to once again look through your flowers and use the best of the best. Once the design is complete, the artist will adhere the flowers to their backing. When the bouquet is fully attached to the glass or backing board, they mindfully check over the design ensuring that the adhesive has secured all flower elements successfully. They also get to have some fun at this stage, as we've found that the very best tool for removing flower dust is a very tiny leaf blower. 

Once the design is clear of any debris, designers carefully lay it into a frame, which they’ve prepared with our 99% protective UV glass and the mat corresponding to the frame color selected. They will lay another mat on the back, if it’s a floating frame, to protect the glass from the frame points we use to make sure our designs stay fully and safely in the frame. Hanging hardware is attached, a signature from the artist is placed on the back of the frame, and the order is moved to the Quality Check shelf.

The Resin 

The resin process, by its very nature, takes some time to complete. Once the flowers have been made flat and checked for quality, they are ready to move into the capable hands of our design team. Our designers will first look over the flowers, as happens at all stages of the process. Our artists will lay out the designs for the resin products inside premade acrylic shells, using photos of  your fresh flowers to guide them, as they do with framed designs. They carefully trim the blooms to fit the smaller shapes of our ring dishes, display trays, and ornaments, which allow for more playful and abstract designs. Our serving trays can be done in either the Traditional Burst or Field Style, like our framed pieces, and have multiple options for handle colors. We can add in items to any functional resin piece, such as ribbons or invitations, as well as items we are unable to add into frames like metal charms, beads, and metallic flakes. Designers lay out the design and then adhere it before passing it along to the Resin Room. 

Once the design is complete, a Resin Specialist will begin the process of encasing the flowers in resin, where they will become something you can use every day. We pour the first layer just to the flowers, allowing air bubbles to escape from all the nooks and crannies underneath the blooms, then carefully remove them before the resin cures. Another layer is added the next day. A third layer of resin is needed for serving trays and ornaments. Ornaments will have a hole drilled and a string added, ready for you to hang up (you don’t have to save it for the holidays!). Because of the schedule of pouring and curing, resin can be a time consuming process, but we think one well worth it! 

Quality Check

We’ve made it to the last part of the process, before packing your orders to send back into your hands! The final quality checks are just one more pair of eyes to each and every order is as perfect as our human hands can make it. At this stage in your bouquet’s journey, there have been enough checks that this part is where our team “ooohs and ahhhs” at your pressed florals. We snap a few photos and file them away to showcase on our website and social media.  

When the products have been given the final look, they are ready to be carefully packaged in our custom packing. From here, you can pick it up or have it mailed to your door.  The time we take with each and every bouquet we preserve is crucial to making sure you get the product of your dreams. We hope, when you see your frame on the wall, serving wine on your serving tray, or set your wedding band in your ring dish, that you are able to relive the happiest moments of your life!