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Creative Way to Preserve Your Wedding Flowers

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When you're spending hundreds (even thousands) of dollars on flowers, it can be hard to justify tossing them in the trash at the end of the night.

Here's a unique idea to give your flowers new life after the wedding—have them turned into a custom painting by sending them to Flowers Into Paintings!

How it works: Ship your flowers to the company as soon as possible after the wedding (within 10 days), following their tips on how to ship and keep your flowers fresh. They'll then dry and press the flowers, preserving them so that they can be incorporated into a beautiful painting.

Check out some of the gorgeous paintings that have been made:

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However, a custom painting doesn't come cheap: The smallest size (12x16) costs $300. But for a personalized piece of art with such a significant meaning behind it, many couples think it's worth the cost.

Disagree? Here some other ideas to give your flowers second life that are easier on the wallet:

Donate Them: Use your flowers to brighten someone else's day by donating to a nursing home or hospital. While some hospitals may not accept them due to allergy concerns, others are even willing to  pick them up from your reception venue, so call around to see if any locations near your venue would be willing to take them.

Giveaway for Your Guests: At many weddings, the guests take home the centerpieces. Turn this into a game: Have your DJ or band leader make an announcement that you'll all be playing a game to see who gets the centerpiece. Ask one person at each table to take out a dollar. When the music starts, guests will pass the dollar around the table. When the music stops, he'll ask the person holding the dollar to stand up. The twist: The winner of the centerpiece is the person who provided the dollar to pass!

Make it Meaningful For You: If you've lost a loved one, bring your flowers to the cemetery. My grandma passed away just a few months before my wedding, so I brought my bouquet to her grave a few days after. It was a special way for me to make her a part of my big day even though she couldn't be there.

What are you planning on doing with your flowers after the wedding?

—Kristen O'Gorman Klein

Photos courtesy of Flowers Into Paintings