The bouquet is one of the most fussed-over details of any wedding, but it’s also the thing that often gets forgotten or—worse yet!—tossed at the end of the night. Self-professed “flower fanatic” Karly Murphy of Kmpressed offers a solution: Press them!
The artist began pressing plants in 2015 after working in weddings and events with Nature Composed, and suggests it’s a great way to hold on to your bouquet long after the sparkler exit.
As long as you get the flowers to her within four days of the event, the process is pretty straightforward: “I carefully press the flowers until perfectly dry before designing the artwork to represent and immortalize the bouquet,” Murphy says. “Apart from pressing, the flowers are kept in their natural state—no chemicals or dyes are added, so their form and character is preserved, but the exact color can evolve over time.”
The timeline varies, but for custom wedding artwork (Murphy creates all of the glass wall-hanging and tabletop art by hand, as well as cuts the glass to size in-house), expect a turnaround time of four to six months.
