Why Preserve Your Wedding Bouquet?
Think of your bouquet as a living chapter of your story. Preserving your wedding flowers means creating a piece of heirloom art that lets you revisit the colors, textures, and emotions of your day every time you see it on your wall. Brides often tell us their framed designs are among their most cherished keepsakes, even more personal than photos, because they contain the actual flowers they held when they said “I do.”
This is why preservation is an investment, not just an afterthought. You’re not only saving flowers; you’re preserving your story.
Preserve Your Bridal Bouquet in the Thick of Wedding Season: What to Do If You Haven’t Booked in Advance
Wedding season in the Pacific Northwest is magical! Golden dahlias, airy cosmos, garden roses, and wild greenery filling the air with color and life. For many brides, flowers aren’t just decoration; they are the heart of the day. But when the vows are spoken and the music fades, bouquets wilt quickly, and brides often ask themselves: is it too late to preserve my bridal bouquet?
At Vancuterie, we believe flowers carry emotional power far beyond the day itself. They become symbols of love, commitment, and joy. Transforming them into art ensures those memories last forever.
What If You Didn’t Book Ahead?
If you’re in the thick of wedding season and haven’t reserved your spot, don’t panic. We know many brides decide on preservation after the wedding when they feel the weight of letting their flowers go. Here’s what you can do:
1. Contact us immediately. We can ALWAYS accommodate last-minute bouquets, especially if you’re local to Vancouver, Washington or Portland. We also accept nationwide shipments
2. Cool and hydrate your flowers. Place your bouquet in fresh water in a cool space until you can deliver it.
3. Understand complexity. Some flowers press and reconstruct better than others, but our color correction process allows us to restore vibrancy even if blooms are past their peak.
4. Be prepared to pay additional fees. If the flowers are beyond their peak replacement petals might need to be purchased. A late booking fee is also incurred. We must schedule the number of pressers we need. If we haven’t scheduled enough, we must call in extra pressers and this is why the late booking fee is applied.
Our Signature Approach: Traditional Japanese Flower Pressing
We are proud to be the only preservation studio on the West Coast specializing in traditional Japanese pressing methods. This ancient art form requires patience, precision, and respect for the natural structure of each flower. Layer by layer, petal by petal, the bouquet is reconstructed with care to reflect its original beauty.
Combined with our nation-leading color correction techniques, we revive faded tones, balance mismatched hues, and bring your flowers back to life in a way no photograph can. This is not just preservation, it is storytelling through flowers.
Why Choose Us
1. A Family Business Built on Partnership: We are a wife-husband team (couplepreneurs) blending engineering precision with creative artistry. Daphne, a forensic nurse, with a lifelong background in art and the perennial flower whisperer, brings the storytelling and design vision. Ben, an engineer, brings detail-orientated structure and process to pressing. Together, we have created a studio where science and art meet to preserve your flowers.
2. Signature Specialty: Traditional Japanese flower pressing paired with advanced flower reconstruction.
3. Nation’s Leader: Industry-leading color correction master that transforms fading petals into vibrant art.
4. Local Expertise: Based in Vancouver, Washington, serving brides across the Pacific Northwest.
5. Storytelling Through Flowers: Each frame is designed not just as art but as a narrative of your wedding day.
Pressing flowers is my love language. It’s all I think about and plan for. When your flowers arrive at our studio, you can expect that their journey of transformation will blow your mind!