I got this idea from my friend Esther’s awesome blog! She saved and dried some of the flower arrangements from her wedding and encased them in a glass Christmas ornament. Genius, I say!! I didn’t have the the forethought to save and dry the flower arrangements from our wedding, but I did have a bunch of left over freeze dried flower petals from our flower petal toss and thought this would be the perfect way to showcase them:
It’s been almost a year and a half since our wedding, but besides being a little smushed and faded in color, the petals were still in pretty good shape. (Read about our flower petal toss and where I purchased the freeze dried petals here.) All I had to do was remove the little metal cap from the top of the glass ornament and gently push the petals individually through the top hole. For the bigger petals, I curled up the petals a little to get them to fit through the opening:
I filled up the ornament about 3/4 full and snapped the cap back on:
I even found some white satin ribbon leftover from our wedding and used it to create a loop at the top of the ornament. I love how it turned out!! It’s sentimental and a sweet reminder of our wedding day!
You can create a little time capsule from pretty much any big event from your life! Or even fill the glass ornament with pretty potpouri!
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What a beautiful way to remember a special day and it will last forever. Thanks for sharing!
I love this. I am going to do this with my bouquet. It’s just collecting dust… Great idea!!
I wish I dried some of my bouquet! I thought preserving my bouquet was a waste of money, but this is a great idea. I’m putting you on my link love to tomorrow.
Love this! We have a photo ornament, but I was not using all of our ornaments this year and that one got put away… We also have a some sand dollar ornaments from the wedding that we gave as hostess gifts, etc… Those did make it on the tree. But I love this, becuase it is something you made from something you made for your wedding without screaming wedding photo or anything! Beautifully done!
Glad you go to make this! Your ornaments look great!
This is such a wonderful idea!! I love reading your blogs.
What a gorgeous idea
Hi! I LOVE this idea! My aunt passed away and I’ve collected a lot if roses from the flower arrangements. I am going to make one for all the nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews. Do you have any suggestions for drying the petals? How do I know when they’re dry enough without having them get too dry and crunching when I try to get them in the ornament? I don’t want to screw this one up!
We did this also but petals from both parents. Our mother kept petals from my dad’s flowers and when she also passed we combined them for our ornaments.
Thank you for this, I’m doing this with flowers from my grandmother’s funeral. It will a great piece for my tree!
Can you put the petals in still fresh, one do they have to be dry?
I would dry them first, then put them in!
I made a set of four of these for our tree this year–they are so beautiful!! Thanks for sharing this GREAT idea.
Ilene,
Super cute blog!! I love your enthusiasm! I am definitely going to start to follow you!
Stephanie
I found this on pinterest before I got married and wanted to do this as a collection of our ornaments and I love this idea! Is there a certain store that you can find these ornaments? I looked at wal-mart and hallmark but they don’t look like the same ones. Thanks.
Hi! I got my clear glass ornaments from Michaels crafts stores. I think most big craft stores like Hobby Lobby and Joann’s Fabrics may carry them. Good luck!!
We want to do this with petals from our grandfathers funeral bouquets, can you tell me where to get the glass ornaments? We would love ones big enough to make sure we don’t break the dried petals too much though. Thanks!
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