Floral Preservation Services by Forever In Time Handcrafted keepsakes

Floral Preservation Services by Forever In Time

Handcrafted keepsakes made from your flowers!

Yes, your flowers CAN be preserved!!!

Choose from jewelry pieces, rosaries, paperweights, photo frames, candles, ornaments, glass displays and more.

We are a small family business, we are very dedicated and proud of what we do. You will have our personal attention to your flowers, creating very unique keepsakes that you will treasure…

“Forever In Time”

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Why choose Forever In Time?

We are very dedicated and proud of what we do. You will have our personal attention to your flowers, creating keepsakes that you will enjoy for years to come. We’re not a big business. My daughter Celeste starts the process, receiving the flowers, taking photos and documents them. She loads and unloads the freeze-dryer. My daughter Tiffany does all the communication. She is in contact with our customers helping them to place their order, including doing the invoicing. Both daughters do everything with marketing and social media. It is me that makes all the keepsakes. I spend a lot of time in my basement. They also help making items if needed. I truly couldn’t do this without them. My husband Greg does the mechanical with the freeze-dryer, makes my molds, does all the woodworking. Then my sister Patti, wraps all the keepsakes, and boxes the orders to ship. We all work together, making it as easy as possible for you, keeping it affordable. I can’t express how I feel when I create a piece, knowing you will cherish it for many years to come. We look forward to working with you!!

~ Tammy Harris (Owner)

Floral Preservation

There are different ways to preserve flowers. Most people have probably taken a flower and let it dry naturally. Then I’m sure it’s not lasted any length of time without crumbling and falling apart. With the price of flowers, and also the sentimental importance of your flowers, be sure to have them preserved professionally. We use freeze-drying, preserving your flowers by freezing them, and removing all the moisture. The completed flower will last for years to come. Depending on the flower, it does take 2-3 weeks. Open flowers such as lilies or daisies take less time, more dense flowers like roses or carnations take more time. They do shrink in size, color can change a bit, but they are still YOUR flowers. The fresher the flower, the better they will preserve. Once your flowers are preserved they need to be enclosed in something to protect them, therefore we do NOT send back unused flowers as we do not charge for the preservation itself.

Jewelry made from flowers

When I started my business in 2004, I mainly did shadowboxes and displays. But in 2010, I added floral jewelry. First I preserve your flowers. Then I take your preserved flowers and create custom floral jewelry. There are so many choices of styles, it’s up to you. They are just fun with all the different colors and styles. But then, when these pieces are made from your keepsake flowers, they are even more special. Imagine, wedding flowers, memorial flowers, bringing home baby, anniversary, the ideas are endless. The jewelry is made from a special grade acrylic. Each piece is unique. Think of it with either flowers from your bridal bouquet, making a piece for yourself, your mother, mother-in-law, attendants, what a beautiful keepsake. The same with memorial flowers. To wear a piece that is made from those special flowers. I’ve even had brides have me make extra pieces, hoping they will have a daughter some day, to give it too. I always think how special it would be to be able to pass down a custom made floral jewelry piece to your children and grandchildren. Please be sure to keep checking back, I’m always coming up with new styles.

Rosary

This is a keepsake that will become a family heirloom. With each bead, you will see the pieces of petals, and the different colors. What a precious way to display your flowers. You will choose the cross and center medal. Each bead is hand wired, making a beautiful keepsake.

Special Occasion Flowers

There are so many occasions that we receive flowers. Be it the birth of a child, prom, graduation, birthday, anniversary….anything….you can have them preserved. There are so many options….you just need to think of them.

Embedments or Paperweights made from flowers

Embedments or paperweights are made of a solid acrylic. Placing of a flower or other items inside, or embedding, creating a custom embedment for you to enjoy. With floral embedments or paperweights, the flowers are first preserved. Then depending on the size of the flower or flowers, you will be given the choice of the shape and size of the embedment you would like. This is another way to safely display your preserved keepsake flower or flowers. As stated, with preserved flowers, they must be placed into something, to keep them out of the elements in your home. Humidity, dust, heat and cold, are all harmful to the preserved flowers. With embedments or paperweights, they will last for many years. We add a wood base to the paperweights, making a beautiful display. This part of my business I also added in 2010, still coming up with more and more shapes and sizes. If there is something you are looking for, please don’t hesitate to ask. I’m more than willing to do something new.

Candles and Votives made from flowers

These are candles that you don’t burn. They are actually a shell candle that is hollow inside. You simply place a flicker candle inside, and as it’s illuminated , your flowers are seen in a warm glow. Because you don’t actually burn the candle, it can last forever. We also made votives from acrylic, with a flicker candle inside. Made from petals and pieces, this is a very unique way to display and keep your flowers.

Photo frames made from flowers

Your preserved flowers need to be placed into something. We have different size and shaped glass displays. Obviously, size of the flowers will determine the choices you will have for a display. Because options of what is available changes, we can’t list and price everything. We will work together, creating a beautiful display for your preserved flowers. As for price, you will know exactly the cost before we start creating your custom display. No surprises.

Glass Displays

What will you do with your flowers?

Now you’ll need to make some decisions. Are you going to choose paperweights, photo frames, rosaries, or jewelry. None of this needs to be decided right now. The main thing is to get the flowers and to get them preserved. Because it takes awhile for them to preserve, you have plenty of time to decide what you want. Don’t pass up the opportunity, you only have once chance to have them preserved. Prices vary from $10.00 to $400.00 total. So there is something in YOUR budget. Your flowers have a special meaning to you, why not keep them and enjoy them, “Forever In Time”.

Wedding Flowers

You’ve planned your wedding since you were a little girl. If you are going to toss your bouquet…toss it my way!!

I can do a glass display with your bouquet, or a few flowers for an embedment, or individual flowers for jewelry pieces. Photo frames are a wonderful way to display your flowers. Imagine, your wedding photo in a frame, made from your flowers.

I love the option of the jewelry pieces. It is so easy. You simply send in a few flowers, think of the colors. You want to send at least one flower of each color. Then you pick the style you like, and I make you a pendant. Then imagine wearing your pendant, having someone ask what it is…to tell them it’s actual flowers from you wedding bouquet. It’s such a perfect gift for the Mother of the Bride, or Mother of the Groom, your Maid of Honor, your attendants….everyone will love it. I even have brides have me make extra pieces, for when they have children. Think of the daughter you have someday….and you have her wear a pendant made from YOUR wedding bouquet at her wedding…as “something old”. It gives me goosebumps just thinking of it. Again, please don’t pass up the opportunity to have your bridal bouquet preserved and turned into a special keepsake. There are so many things to choose from.

Funeral Flowers or
Memorial Flowers

This part of my business means so much to me. When I started my business in 2004, part of the reason was because I had lost my father, and I wanted to keep flowers from his funeral. I knew because it was so important to me, it would be to others too. And I wanted to be able to give that remembrance to them. Flowers from a funeral have very special meaning. It is a very personal keepsake, and we work together to make a special and unique piece. When I first began, and would be at bridal shows, I’d end up with someone in tears….stating they wished they had heard of floral preservation when they lost a loved one. When I can take these very special flowers, and make a piece that I know means so much to you, I can’t express what it means to me. I know with the flowers I have from my Dad’s funeral, just about every day, as I see them…it might be just touching them, or seeing them….and they bring me such a warm feeling…and the memories along with it. Please allow me to do this for you.

Special Occasion Flowers

Hand-crafted Keepsakes

Everything I make is hand-crafted. From the acrylic paperweights, or embedments, they are hand-crafted, so no two are the same. The jewelry pieces are also hand-crafted. Photo frames, candles and votives, rosaries and ornaments. Each are unique, and your personal keepsake. Celeste makes the candles. Tiffany helps create keepsakes when needed. We work together to plan the perfect keepsake for you. Please keep checking back to the website, I’m always making something new. New shapes, new styles. I’m always up for the challenge of making something new. If you have an idea, just ask, and I’ll do my best to try to make it work.

Please be advised, from June 15^th– July 5^th we will be out of the country on vacation. We do have someone taking care of the flowers as they are received as normal. We will have limited access to email and will not be invoicing until we return home. We appreciate your understanding and look forward to creating keepsakes for you once we’ve returned.