Flowers are usually a big part of any wedding, which add beauty, style and personality. However, when the big day is over, your beautiful wedding flowers wilt away and die and you only have the memory left in your heart and on your mind. However, did you know that there are ways you can preserve wedding flowers so you can always have them to remember how beautiful your wedding was.

Do this little trick before heading off on your honeymoon and your flowers will be ready when you return. This simple way to preserve wedding flowers many professionals use you can also use without paying someone else to work their magic. You will need a silica gel (used for humidity control in an enclosed area), a can of acrylic spray, a large flat shallow container with a lid or you can use plastic wrap, paintbrush, and your wedding flowers cut with stems around 1 inch long.

For preserving wedding flowers, you will begin by placing around 1 inch of the silica gel in the bottom of the flat shallow container. Now place your flowers in the silica gel face up. Be sure that they are not touching. Place more gel on the flowers until they are totally covered. Close the lid or cover with plastic wrap.

Now, go on your honeymoon. The flowers need to be left alone for at least five days. Enjoy your honeymoon. Preserving your wedding flowers will be working while you are on the beach.

Once you are back home, you can finish preserving the wedding flowers. Slowly pour the gel out of the container being very careful with your flowers. Pick each one up individually and using a paintbrush, brush off any of the left over gel. Next, spray each flower with the acrylic spray. This will keep the color from fading and will help the flowers not to break if bumped. Allow the flowers to dry. That is it you are finished preserving wedding flowers.

Now you can use the preserved wedding flowers any way that you wish to decorate your home, creating a wonderful and unique centerpiece, or making a shadow box with other wedding items

Preserving wedding flowers in this way gives you the opportunity to be very creative in the way in which you wish to display them. However, no matter how you show off your beautiful wedding flowers they will be a reminder of just how beautiful and important your wedding day was.