This weekend I attended my very first wedding show at Epsom race course with Celebrated Affairs. We had a lovely day chatting to brides, future husbands and their families who came along. Check out this video from the day. Lovely to meet so many other wedding suppliers too. There are some very talented people in the wedding industry!
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Pressing flowers and holding onto memories
I’ve been working on a lot of new pressed flower pictures this week. They will be ready on my Etsy site and this website shortly. A lot have been inspired by the fragrant lavender I grew in my garden last year. Such a calming and restorative flower with so many uses.
Pressing flowers is such a lovely memento. I recently read about a lady who has kept the flowers Elton John gave her many years ago which she is finally selling along with lots of her other memorabilia. Just goes to show by pressing a flower you are holding onto a memory https://hansonsauctioneers.co.uk/elton-john-superfan-to-part-with-flowers-he-gave-her-when-she-was-sweet-16-in-1976
I’m privileged to be trusted with people’s special flowers and always love seeing the look on their face when I give them their final pressed flower artwork whether this is from their wedding bouquet or from any other flowers that have a significant meaning to them.
FEATURED BY WOMANS WEEKLY MAGAZINE
This week I was featured by Woman’s weekly magazine talking about “My age is my super power”. Since turning 50 I have concentrated more on my flower pressing business here at Flower Press Studios and it was lovely to feature in such a women’s classic magazine. https://www.womansweekly.com.As well as talking about @flowerpressstudios I also talked about my commercial illustration work at @vanessagdraws
Details of some recent pressed flower commissions
It’s always a pleasure to work on people’s special flowers. In addition to selling my own contemporary artworks made from pressed flowers which I sell on here and on my Etsy shop www.etsy.com/shop/flowerpressstudios I love to be commissioned and to create a picture for people to keep as a memento of their wedding or as a memory of a loved one.
Two bespoke artworks made from a clients special flowers
Funeral flowers pressed
It’s always a privilege when a client brings their special flowers to me to press. A lot of care and attention is put into floral arrangements for important occasions by florists and they are important as a way to remember someone. Rather than disposing of such beautiful flowers its so nice to be able to press these special flowers into a keepsake for clients to keep.
Preserving your wedding bouquet
artistHere at Flower Press Studios we love to create pressed flower, bespoke, original artworks from your flower bouquets whether it’s wedding flower bouquets or Valentine’s floral displays. Today I’m working on an artwork created from a single stem red rose given on Valentine’s day 2019. With a recent You Gov survey showing that spending it likely to be up 32% this year on this special day it makes sense that all that money doesn’t go to waste!
Don’t let those beautiful flowers end up in the bin. Bring them to our studios.
Imagine if your fiancé proposes this year what a lovely way to remember the day for years to come.
#reuse #repurpose #recycle #wedding bouquets