BUDGETING FOR PRESERVATION

Many brides love the idea of preservation, but fear that their "money will be gone" by the time their wedding is completed.  The key to making your preservation dreams a reality is planning now.  Attending a consultation a few months before youre wedding date will allow you to obtain quotes, lock in pricing, and arrange a payment plan.

"Think of it like Christmas layaway".  Choose your items now, then pay them off over time.  By breaking your total into smaller pieces, it suddenly becomes manageable.

 

Some brides chose to pay a portion of their down-payment at their initial consultation, and to pay the rest when they receive gift money at their wedding. 

When a bride has priced out the cost prior to the wedding, she can also speak with guests about contributing to her floral preservation as a wedding or bridal shower gift.  It's really no different than registering at a department store for gift items you would like your guests to consider.

Evergreen Dreams gift certificates can be purchased and passed on to the recipient. 

You CAN find a way to make your preservation wishes come true!

The Sun is Shining! But...

We have sunshine today in the Pacific Northwest. It hasn't been that way most of the week, however. Several large storm fronts have gone through bringing high winds and leaving us with several inches of rain.

The humidity in the northwest is one of the reasons we suggest you encase your dried flowers rather than leaving them out in the open. Mold and mildew are common in the area, and they will attack flowers...fresh or dried! We've experimented by leaving dried flowers out in the open. After a time, they tend to reabsorb some moisture. This causes some types of petals to curl. Others will appear to become pliable again. Then one of two things then happens. The petals may dry out again, but not so beautifully, or mildew and/or mold take over and rot the tissues of the flower. (This usually happens starting at the point where the petals meet the stem. With roses, especially, you often don't see it until the petals fall out, or the mold starts growing and the "fur" shows up).

By encasing your flowers in a wall dome, shadow box, table dome, glass box, jewelry box, or ornament, you are preventing the humidity in our area from rehydrating the foilage of your preserved floral arrangement. It's also important to seal the joins using the proper materials to prevent seepage into the encasement. We're here to help you!

It's gotta be good!

We want our customers to have a beautiful finished product, so we're sending a shadow box back where it came from.  It just wasn't good enough.  Someone hadn't taken the care and time to make the finish everything it could be.  It appears that the craftsman started off well enough, but when he (or she) got to the last side, they just didn't care any more (or maybe they took a break and just forgot to complete it?) 

It got me to wondering about life.  How many times have I started something and just run out of steam before I could become the best I could be?  Can I send me back? I guess that's the difference between things and people.  We really can rededicate ourselves to becoming better.  Sometimes we lose steam, but we can fix that without having to start over at the beginning.  Here's to becoming better a better me!!!