This process preserves the color and shape of your flowers, but since they were once living, they won’t look identical to their fresh state most of the time. Moisture gives flowers their vibrant colors, and changes can occur during drying and resin processes (see the resin section for more details). FDV cannot control the final outcome.

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For example, including but not limited to...

Pressed Flowers - can also lose their shape & color & become brown. This is expected in light colors.

Red flowers - can dry bright red, but mostly dry very dark, burgundy, purple, or even brown.

White flowers - Can become an ivory or yellow hue or even brown. All-white bouquets are beautiful but will likely not stay bright white. If you have an open mind, this is right for you! I recommend adding some color to your floral pieces if your flowers can't be color corrected. 

Pink flowers, orange flowers and greenery - can become lighter, darker or brown

Dendrobium orchid- Normally turns brown, especially white. Darker colors preserve best.

Tropical flowers - most hold a lot of moisture and can turn brown.

Some flowers are very delicate and can come apart when being taken out of the drying process:

(include but not limited to):

Mums - Fall apart very easily, in which case are glued back together. If they come completely apart they are impossible to put back together.​

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Color Correction
FDV understands how important it is for our clients to see their flowers as vibrant as they were on their wedding day. Fortunately, we offer color correction for select flowers and colors, both for flowers preserved in resin and those in pressed frames.

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Color correction enhances vibrancy, reduces browning, and tints florals but does not guarantee an exact match to fresh flowers. Certain flowers, like snapdragons, orange orchids, mums, daisies, stock, grasses, and small-bloom fillers (misty, wax, statice), cannot be color-corrected, though they still press well. Pressed flowers may change shape, discolor, or distort after drying. For resin, color correction is only available for white orchids, white calla lilies, and white/blush roses, mainly for trays, but open roses can be accommodated in blocks if noted in the order form. Closed roses cannot be color-corrected. Closed roses are typically placed in square blocks, hexagons, and arches.

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This is a handmade art. It is not made in a factory to be perfect. There will be imperfections. Please read on to understand these small flaws that can arise:

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Resin can change the color of your flowers - Yes! The color can alter after drying but can it can also alter color when touched by resin! This varies from flower & the breed. Resin is a wet substance - just like water touching any material, it changes color (normally darker). This is the same concept. Sometimes your flowers may also turn lighter.

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Transparency/browning can occur - you may notice clear spots on the petals. This is known as transparency and is quite common and almost always occurs. These spots are essentially small bruises on the flower's surface that are not visible until they are encased in resin. Additionally, browning can occur during the drying process and/or once the flowers are preserved in resin for the same reasons. These occurrences are all due to chemical reactions – ah, the wonders of science!

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Bubbles - FDV uses top-quality resin and does everything possible to prevent bubbles but they can appear & and are out of FDV's control. Resin cures within 12-24 hours and bubbles can arise during this time when resin is not being monitored.

 

Resin Ambering & After Care

FDV uses the high-quality resin that is used by all professional resin artists in this field. This resin has UV inhibitors which help prevent the ambering of epoxy resin. Please note that resin will amber over time. FDV takes extreme measures to evaluate the temperature of resin throughout the process to ensure that the resin stays crystal clear as long as possible.

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Keep your pieces out of direct sunlight & and heat to help prevent ambering!

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Please note that white flowers may dry with a yellow hue / yellow flowers' color may reflect in resin, causing the resin to appear "yellow" when it is actually due to the reflection of floral colors. A tip is to request a color background for this to be less noticeable.

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It is helpful to know how the flowers you choose in your bouquet will ship & how they may be preserved. This guide does not tell you what you should/shouldn't include in your bouquet! This is just an FYI! FDV has successfully preserved all the following flowers beautifully but there are risks when you ship them!

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Examples of flowers that can fall apart when shipping include (not limited to):

Garden Roses, Delphinium, Lilies,Mums, Peonies

 

Examples of flowers that can wilt / fall apart easily

(especially in heat/summer):

Anemones, Dahlias, Scabiosa, Mums,

Garden Roses, Delphinium, Lilies, Spray Roses, Peonies

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Shipping Damage

Shipping issues can and RARELY arise. As much as I would love to have control over how USPS handles & and delivers packages, I have NO control over shipping. FDV packages your finished product(s) in quality packaging material. If a box or product does get damaged along the way - this is a risk that you are taking as the client. Please read my damage policy for more information.