Uniquely Catholic Ideas for Preserving Your Wedding Bouquet
/CARISSA PLUTA
On your wedding day, so much beauty is in the details, particularly in your bridal bouquet.
PHOTOGRAPHY: Amanda Leise Photography c/o The Little Flower Company
Flowers signify new beginnings and subtly enrich your wedding day with their delicate beauty and symbolism.
Along with your florist, you’ve carefully chosen your flowers to compliment your wedding colors and season. After the time and effort given to this particular wedding detail, most of us would hate to see this lovely detail from our wedding get discarded after the excitement has died down.
Here are some uniquely Catholic ways to preserve your bouquet and encounter their beauty day after day:
Make Christmas ornaments
Add some wedding day beauty to your Christmas tree year after year by creating ornaments using elements of your bridal bouquet.
Dry some petals (or preserve them using silica gel), and gently place them through the top of a glass ornament to make a simple reminder of your first Christmas together.
Turn it into a rosary
You can have your bridal bouquet turned into a rosary or chaplet. This memento of your marriage covenant can accompany you and your husband in prayer, reminding you to always place God at the center of your relationship and to call upon Him for the grace to live out your vows.
These beautiful rosaries will also make a meaningful heirloom for you to pass down to your future children and grandchildren.
Related: What to do with your wedding dress after the wedding
Press in your Bible
Pressing the flowers from your special day is an inexpensive and easy way to preserve some of the beauty of your bouquet.
A large, leather-bound Bible is an excellent place to press some of your flowers. Place them into the pages where your wedding readings are found for an additional reminder of your special day.
Adorn a sacred space
Adorn the sacred space in your new home with your bouquet–a small offering of beauty and thanksgiving to God.
Get creative! There are so many ways to keep your flowers looking nice on your home altar. Press and frame them, dry them naturally or with silica, or have an artist capture them with a painted portrait.
