DIY Wedding Bouquet Ornament

I knew I wanted to save my wedding bouquet, but I wasn't sure how I wanted to save it. I eventually decided that I would use silica gel to preserve my wedding flowers at home (you can check that post out here).

After thinking for a while, I decided that I would turn part of my wedding bouquet into a wedding bouquet ornament.

It was really easy and made me decide that I actually want to put together a series of wedding ornaments. I have a second made (and you can check out my wedding invitation ornament here). But for now, we'll focus just on this cute wedding bouquet ornament.

DIY Wedding Bouquet Ornament

What You'll Need:

• Glass ornaments (I used these 60mm Darice ornaments)
• Scissors
• Ribbon
• Silica gel preserved flowers 

What You'll Do:

Take the top off the ornament. Roll up a petal and stuff it in the ornament.

I had calla lilies in my bouquet and they wouldn't fit whole. so I had to break them to make them fit. It broke my heart, if I'm being honest. Here was a very limited amount of my wedding bouquet because I wasn't able to preserve it all in silica gel (although I did save the rest of it by drying it). I had a trio of calla lilies, which I had selected for my bouquet because it was Pete's mom's favorite. I almost nixed the entire project because it was too hard on my heart for me to pull it apart.

And then I decided that I would cut it down so it still looked beautiful, not jagged like tearing made it look. And I knew I had photos of my flowers that would endure forever. So it was okay.

Really, the further I get from our wedding, the more these little things become important. So it's important to preserve them as best you can.

Even though I didn't snap these in the original photo, I made sure to add greenery too. It was important to me to have a textured wedding bouquet, and the greenery is what made that happen. So of course, it was important for me to capture that in my wedding bouquet ornament.

When you're done filling it, just pop the top back on.

Cut a piece of ribbon. If this ribbon pack looks familiar to you, it's the same ribbon we used on our wedding favors. It was the perfect touch.

Tie the ribbon in a bow. This is what you'll use to hang it on the tree instead of an ugly hook.

I originally hung ours on the doorknob but I moved it to hang off the end of our CD rack. Because yes, I still have a CD rack. 

This is actually a really cute idea to make for your parents for Christmas. I think my mom would love one of these.

BRIDAL BABBLE: Would you make this wedding bouquet ornament for your Christmas tree?