Varmala preservation: what happens to your garland

The garlands you exchange at your wedding are often the first thing to be forgotten in the rush of the days after. Preserved in resin, they become one of the things you keep longest. Here is how it works with us.

Before the wedding

You can order before the day. Choose the size and the frame, fill in your names and the date, and we will keep a place in our making schedule for you.

Sending the flowers

Send the varmala within one or two days of the ceremony. Lay it loosely in a strong box on tissue paper; never seal it in a plastic bag, which traps moisture and browns the petals. Keep it somewhere cool and dry until it leaves, and do not put it in the fridge.

Drying

At the studio we take the garland apart flower by flower and dry the petals slowly, over one to two weeks. Drying deepens colours: red roses go to a deep wine, white to ivory, marigolds to a warm saffron. If any flowers have browned too much to use, we tell you before we go on.

Pouring

We lay the dried flowers back out in a ring, add your names and the date in gold, and send you a photo of the layout to approve. Then the resin goes on in layers, a day or two apart, so it stays crystal clear.

Coming home

Most frames are ready three to four weeks after the flowers reach us. They are packed in a padded box and sent by courier with tracking.