08/21/2026
Things to Know Before Preserving Your Flowers 🌸
A little behind the scenes truth about flower preservation that I want every Hi Honey client to know before we begin. 🤍
Preserving your flowers in resin is a delicate process, and I work with the flowers I receive, not against them. Every bouquet is different, and every flower reacts differently to the drying and preservation process.
Here are a few things that are completely normal and important to understand before sending your flowers my way.
🌿 White flowers can change color.
White flowers do not always stay bright white after drying. They can become ivory, cream, beige, or even slightly tan. This is a very common part of the drying process.
🌹 Colors can change.
Reds can deepen into burgundy or dark maroon. Other colors can fade, darken, or shift depending on the type of flower and how it reacts to being dried.
🌼 Some flowers are extremely fragile.
Daisies, sunflowers, and certain other flowers can become incredibly delicate once dried. Sometimes a flower simply will not hold together the way it did when it was fresh.
🌸 Your flowers may have imperfections that were already present before they reached me.
This is something I really want my clients to understand. Flowers can experience a lot before they ever arrive at Hi Honey.
For example, a wedding bouquet may be set down throughout the wedding day, handled multiple times, transported from the florist to the bride, placed in a box, moved around during transportation, or accidentally pressed against another flower. Even gentle handling can sometimes cause bruising or damage to delicate petals.
The tricky part is that you may not even be able to see that damage when the flowers are fresh.
Sometimes bruising, discoloration, pressure marks, or other imperfections do not become noticeable until the flowers have been dried and I begin working with them in resin.
That is one of the reasons I use my best judgment when designing your pieces.
Your finished flowers will not always look exactly how they looked when you handed them to me.
There can be changes that happen during drying, changes caused by the natural aging of the flowers, and even things that happened to the flowers before they ever reached me that only become visible later in the preservation process.
I might use individual petals instead of an entire flower, separate petals from a larger flower, use smaller pieces of greenery or filler flowers, or break a larger flower down to fit the mold you selected.
I work with whatever I believe will give your pieces the best possible outcome.
✨ You may notice tiny imperfections in the resin.
Microbubbles can happen during the resin process. I do everything I can to minimize them, but some are simply out of my control and are a normal part of working with resin.
✨ Some pieces may be sanded.
This one is especially important. Resin can come out of a mold with incredibly sharp edges. I have personally cut my fingers countless times while working with resin, so I will never send a piece to you that I feel is unsafe to handle.
If a piece has a sharp edge after demolding, I sand it down. This is usually done on the bottom or an area that is not visible, so you likely will never even notice it. My priority is making sure your finished piece is beautiful AND safe to handle.
Most importantly, please know that preservation is not about making your flowers look exactly as they did the day you received them.
It is about taking the flowers you entrust to me, working with their natural condition, and creating something beautiful that allows you to keep a piece of that memory forever.
I promise that I am always making decisions based on what I think will preserve your flowers in the most beautiful way possible.
Your flowers are one of a kind, and so is the preservation process. 🤍
Thank you for trusting me with something so sentimental.
Hi Honey 🍯
