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Color Restoration

$125.00

for the love of flowers

Our color restoration service applies only to the following florals. Only select this service if you have the following florals in your bouquet that you would like restored:

• White roses

• White calla lilies

• White orchids

• Monstera leaves

• Anthuriums

Our color restoration artist will work carefully to remove browning while also minimizing translucent spots, known as bruising, that can appear once resin makes contact with florals. Bruising occurs from the wear the flowers undergo during the event and is not visible in fresh or dried florals. It only appears during the resin process, which means it won’t be visible if you elect to see an artwork mockup. Color restoration can only be done prior to the resin process; once the resin process begins, there is no turning back.

While our professional drying process preserves a variety of colors, not all colors can be maintained - this, simply, is nature and completely out of our control. For example, some florals darken and some lose their color. Red flowers tend to dry very dark, while white flowers often dry light yellow, to list a few examples. Some florals will change color once they make contact with resin, including color corrected florals, resulting in a different appearance than the design mockup.

for the love of flowers

Our color restoration service applies only to the following florals. Only select this service if you have the following florals in your bouquet that you would like restored:

• White roses

• White calla lilies

• White orchids

• Monstera leaves

• Anthuriums

Our color restoration artist will work carefully to remove browning while also minimizing translucent spots, known as bruising, that can appear once resin makes contact with florals. Bruising occurs from the wear the flowers undergo during the event and is not visible in fresh or dried florals. It only appears during the resin process, which means it won’t be visible if you elect to see an artwork mockup. Color restoration can only be done prior to the resin process; once the resin process begins, there is no turning back.

While our professional drying process preserves a variety of colors, not all colors can be maintained - this, simply, is nature and completely out of our control. For example, some florals darken and some lose their color. Red flowers tend to dry very dark, while white flowers often dry light yellow, to list a few examples. Some florals will change color once they make contact with resin, including color corrected florals, resulting in a different appearance than the design mockup.

  • • Color restoration only applies to white roses, white calla lilies, white orchids, monstera leaves and anthuriums. No other floral types/colors will be color corrected.

    • Color restoration helps to minimize the sometimes unwanted surprises the resin process brings out, such as bruising (translucent patches).

    • Color restoration can be applied to hide browning.

    • Color restoration will only be applied to the Bouquet Preservation Artwork. Add-on keepsakes (those listed in Step 2 of the Shop page) will not be color corrected.

    • Please note that most flowers in the red family (including orange, magenta and purple) can dry very dark, and we do not apply correction to these colors.

    • We use permanent conservation-quality pigment to paint individual flowers by hand in order to restore color without damaging your flowers.

  • Click here to read our FAQs, which discusses our policies, florals we don’t preserve, how florals change during the drying process and some other good-to-know info.

    • The preservation process from start to finish can take 3-5 months.

    • Any additional keepsakes may be ordered anytime throughout the preservation process.

    • Please note this is a non-refundable payment due to the nature of being custom handmade artwork.

    • A $500 minimum is required for all initial orders. Any subsequent orders can be any amount, big or small.

    • Images shown are examples only. Actual product will be custom made and vary accordingly.

  • Questions before ordering? Text/call us at 407.674.9892 or email hello@honeybeeforkeeps.com.