Out of the box

07/08/2024

IMPORTANT: 2025 diary is open get your date booked in for little deposit of £20.

I have been very fortunate this year with how my business has grown. This led us to closing our 2024 books 6 months into the year from high demand. I can only take in so many orders to ensure my customers get the best service.

We decided to close our books to catch up on existing bookings and not over book. As we reached our full capacity for every week within months of going into 2024 I fear the same is going to happen in 2025.

Please if you’re thinking of booking in with me and your wedding is 2025 and you think that’s she’s away, it’s not! Get that date booked in to secure a slot for me to preserve your lovely bouquets.

I turn away at least 6-10 brides a week for last minute bookings simply because I haven’t got the capacity to take any more on. DON’T LET THAT BE YOU!

Love Kate x

06/08/2024

Can you believe these were posted from a Saturday wedding?

Some points to remember when you have a Friday or Saturday wedding and you need to post your flowers to me:

- Immediately get your bridesmaid/ MOH or wedding planner to put them in water after the photos
- Keep them in cool dry place
- Only wet the stems when watering
- Follow my step by step instruction guide (as seen in my highlights)
- Keep them in water until Monday to ensure 24 hour service - Send special delivery to have less time in transit
- NO PLASTIC USED

Usually I have a lot of questions panicking about weekend weddings and they need to post their flowers within the 1-3 days timeframe. For best possible outcomes keep them in water until next working day (Monday) then send special delivery while following my step by step guide.

If you all follow these important steps then I should receive your flowers in good condition like the one above. 🫶🏼

29/07/2024

12x12 acrylic tray your wedding flowers kept forever.

If you’re looking to book in with me my 2024 books are closed due to hitting full capacity such early on in the year (soo grateful)

My 2025 diary is open so get your date booked in with a £20 deposit to secure your slot.

I can only take on so many bouquets a week! 🫶🏼

01/07/2024

I NEED YOUR HELP…

So last year was a dream come true and I won the best finishing touches in Wales 2023. I’m
Hoping to keep my title this year and carry on putting Merthyr on the map.

But I need you… please any past or presents brides give us a vote 🙏🏼🙏🏼

https://www.welshnationalweddingawards.co.uk/vote

01/07/2024

JULY IS HERE!

I have set a few goals and targets for July which I’m determined to get done.
This month is all about my 2023 brides finishing up those orders to get back to their forever homes.

Thank you all for your patience.

Love Kate x

30/06/2024

Swipe to see the amazing bride and her amazing flowers!

This frame was a dream to work with. This was the A2 black pressed frame with the scattered design.

Have you got a wedding coming up? Then book your preservation artist with your vendors!

27/06/2024

Don’t forget to send your little sentimental bits to include into your resin items… these could include: part of the wedding dress, hair clips, corks, name plaques anything that hold value to the day can be incorporated into the final items!

I loved Jo’s letters!
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14/06/2024

Haven’t posted a lot of orders, just because there’s so many of them.

But my phone is full of your stunning bouquets this was one from June 23 ❤️

08/06/2024

This bouquet was a dream to work with. Its one of them rare occasions that everything goes right first time… which is unknown in the resin world 😂😂

Bride:
Mould:
Resin: .epoxy

06/06/2024

UK ARTISTS IM REACHING OUT:

So as my books are closed I want my customers to have the best I’ll be adding an additional artist list to every customer of mine if im unavailable for them.

So the customer can have a look at your work & if your style suites them then they can reach out to you to check your availability…

Please comment below for me to add you onto the UK artists list I can pass forward to them,

Also any brides couldn’t book in with me check out the amazing artists below…

05/06/2024

FULLY BOOKED.

As we are full swing into wedding season and I’m struggling to keep afloat. I have decided to close my 2024 books.

The only months I have availability for 2024 is:
November
Limited time December

In this time I will be catching up and finishing up all 2023 wedding bouquets. Thank you so much for being so patient. There’s so many brides and very few of us artists… but this year I promised myself I’d set more boundaries so that’s what I’m doing.

Can’t believe how far OOTB have come and I am so grateful for each and every one of you. If any dates become available again I will post them on here on a first come first serve basis!

Love Kate

03/06/2024

PLEASE PLEASE BOOK YOUR PRESERVATION ARTIST IN ADVANCE.

2024- very limited availability for the rest of the year

2025- book open some weeks are fully booked (book now)

2026- books will be opening at the end of 2024 ❤️

28/05/2024

The lovely Rachel had her flowers back this week and the customer photos were too good not to put on the feed!

Customer testimony:

‘When we started to plan our wedding, I knew I wanted to preserve my flowers as a lasting memory.
There were alot of different options and people to choose from, but I found Kate’s profile online and knew that even though she was over 250 miles away - she was perfect.
Her instructions and step by step guides for sending were brilliant and meant that the flowers arrived there perfect for her.
She was really flexible and allowed me to add on a bauble and earrings even after I’d confirmed the order.
Thank you so much Kate, I loved my flowers on my wedding day, and I love them even more now!’

24/05/2024

Get your wedding bouquet preserved into yours and your significant other initials.

Perfect way to cherish the flowers you walked down the aisle with.

Katie’s letters were a dream to work with.

10/05/2024

When my job holds such special memories for people it really does make my work easier.

had her wedding yesterday and she wanted her dad to be with her every step of the way. We had the memorial ring made so he could walk her down that aisle like she always dreamed.

Thank you Lowri you looked absolutely breathtaking. Hope you had an amazing day!

10/05/2024

ADMIN DAYS: as a business my goal is to use my time as efficiently as possible. I try to keep my admin days down to twice a week sometimes if I’m on my phone I’ll give that reply but usually I spend two days a week sat down with my laptop, diaries & get all new brides booked in and answer all your questions and queries.

As it’s just me running admin I don’t want it to take my time away from doing something practical.

P.S I always get distracted while doing admin or maybe I’m easily distracted because I low key don’t want to do it in studio time haha!

Thank you for being so patient!

Love
Kate x

08/05/2024

As we’re getting into the busy months of wedding season my pressed frames are rocketing.

I have a few more ideas in the basket for pressed which will be released in a couple of weeks. It’s a very time consuming process but I love it.

It’s important to know I can only take on certain amount of pressed work a week so it’s super important to book your date in advance. Don’t miss your chance to work with me because you didn’t send that £20 to secure the date… Yes it’s just £20’to secure your date today!

Can’t wait to work with all my new and coming up brides this year ❤️

07/05/2024

Are you having an all white bouquet? This is for you…

So white bouquets are beautiful and very very popular within the wedding industry.

Everyone knows I’m a sucker for colour and colour holds much better than white. However whites are beautiful you will usually get a variety of shades such as ivory, cream off white and sometimes even yellow. Every flower will preserve differently even the exact same flower will come out a tad different shade. That’s the beauty of working with natural flowers.

The bouquet above is a perfect example of an all white bouquet with a splash of greenery.

07/05/2024

30/04/2024

Did you know you can have your A2 pressed frame engraved by a specialist. These get sent off by my amazing frame supplier which are hand crafted from the start…

you are amazing so glad our paths crossed!

Look forward to working with you more and more.

25/04/2024

Hi everyone I’m back from New York. Returned to work today,

I am very jet lag so it’s purely admin today and catch up on my messages and invoicing. I will also be making the post office for last weeks brides to have their beautiful orders.

11/04/2024

Pretty coasters for my lovely brides. giraud.strinati


Just got some of Chloe letters to finish so she can be reunited with her bouquet.

26/03/2024

Such a vibrant bouquet… loved everything about this bouquet.

Are you going for colour bouquet or more neutral at your wedding?

19/03/2024

Don’t forget you can add your special memories in with your resin items.

This was an engagement ring for a memorial order that went in with her funeral flowers. What a special and amazing keepsake to cherish. 💕

Thank you Alisha for trusting me with this order!

16/03/2024

Want to press your wedding bouquet?

Get in touch for 2024/2025 bookings now open with only £20 deposit to book your date in.

16/03/2024

NAME/ DATE FRAME:

These are my most popular item, you get to work with resin while still framing it. Perfect for your wedding wall, shelf or in yours and your husbands room.

I’m slowly getting up to date with these I’m actually on august for frames. Some brides that only have frames have also had theirs.

15/03/2024

You’ve all been waiting for it…

Introducing the A2 pressed frame in oak. These come in white, black & oak pictured above.

The amount of hours thats gone into this bouquet… it has have been pressed, deconstructed every petal and then reconstructed after colour correction to build those perfect blooms back up.

My pressed frames are on my price list under pressed frames they are currently on an introductory price 🤎

14/03/2024

The small oak pressed.

Absolutely love how pressed frames look. I am nearly at capacity for pressed frames this year which is crazy considering I only launched them in January.

I’m still yet to post my A2 hopefully that will be this week so I can show everyone how amazing they are. 🙏🏼

01/03/2024

Can we all just take a moment for this brides bouquet preserved in the 25x25 hexagon and ring holder.

Look at the clarity 🥰

23/02/2024

It’s all in the details…

Let’s talk turnover times: why is my turnover time so long?

First of all there’s so much that goes into each and every order. Some things you don’t see behind the scenes… resin is a difficult component to work with anyway never mind with the setbacks that’s us as artist have got to prepare for… for example:

- weather/ temperatures
- humidity
- lack of space
- only certain about of moulds
- top coats (these are the devil) sometimes I’ll top coat your piece 2 or 3 times and that mean it needs to go back into sanding and we go again
- most of all it’s only me… I run every aspect of this business down to socials, order forms, pouring, admin, designing and much much more.

Be kind to your resin artists we’re trying out absolute best and there’s very few of us ❤️

Having said that I have the most amazing brides, everyone is so understanding & know I will do my absolute best to make your pieces perfect!