Preserving an Entire Bouquet - Full Process of Real Flowers in Resin Blocks 

Thank you so much for your feedback! I'm glad the sanding part was helpful 😊

Thank you so much! I'm so in love with your molds!❤️

Thank you so much! I really enjoy the making part of this job 😊

Thank you so much for watching and for your kind comment! ❤️❤️

Thank you so much! Couldn’t have made them without your awesome epoxy 😊

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Thank you for watching! I'm glad you found it helpful 😊

Thank you so much!

Thank you so much! I’ve been seeing seeing some beautiful 3D floral art lately. Would definitely be interesting to try!

Thank you for watching!

Hello, thank you so much! I add a top coat to finish the piece so the resin helps the resin stick better 🙂

Thank you for watching! Making mistakes is the best way to learn 😊

Thank you for watching! I would suggest practicing with smaller projects before attempting blocks like this. My floral coasters tutorials may be good for starters. Also, don’t forget to dry the flowers before preserving or else they will rot in resin. I also have flower drying tutorials on my channel 🙂

@@EllafulDeco Thank you so much for the tips! I’ll be sure to check those out!

Thank you for watching! I never tried a hair dryer for resin to know. You can give it a shot, but I would suggest you get a separate dryer that you will use only for resin.

Hello! Thank you so much for watching my video! The flowers are dried in silica gel. Here is a tutorial on that: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jRfYTrp2u6A.html 😊

Thank you so much! My flower preservation catalog is here if you are interested: ellaful.com/pages/flower-preservation-booking-form :)

Thank you so much for watching my videos! I use a heat gun that I got from Amazon. I'm not sure what resin you're using, but one meant for deeper pours can help with that. For the specific resin that I use, TotalBoat Thickset Fathom resin, I mix the resin and let it rest for several hours (usually about 6) before pouring. In that rest time, I go back every 45 minutes or so and use a heat gun to pop surface bubbles and go around the sides with the heat gun as well to help bring up bubbles to the surface. Then after I pour, I get about 6 hours before the resin gels. I will also go back every 30-40 minutes to quickly wave my heat gun to pop any surface bubbles. If you give this resin a try, your environment may differ and your times may as well.

@@EllafulDeco thank you so much! This is so helpful. I’m going to try the resin you use. And definitely going to try the heat gun while the resin is resting! I truly appreciate your help 🙏❤️

@@EllafulDecoI’m a little confused as far as the resin goes.. I know in the beginning of the video you showed the two different types of resin, the thick set clear casting epoxy & then the fathom deep pour.. can you clarify if you used both of them? Or did you only use one kind of each of the layers? Thanks!!

Thank you so much! Yes, the standing circle is also from AaJMolds 😊

Thank you! Sanding the sides won't get rid of the layer lines because the lines are going to be throughout the entire layer. You can minimize this by timing when you pour your next layer. This depends on your resin so it will take some trial and error.

You can do it upside down. I actually did that with the letters here because they require me to. I did the blocks facing up because a lot of the times, because bubbles tend to get trapped in the flowers and you can't see that when you work upside down. If you take a closer look at the E and S, there's a small bubble in the middle of the ranunculus. So you can, but you may end up with some surprises. I've done top coats without sanding, but the sanding opens up any bubbles on the surface that needs to be filled in.

Thank you so much! These specific pieces, I do not sell, but I do sell my work on my website: ellaful.com 🙂

Hello! I’ve been using this brand 4 years and counting. The resin used in this video (TotalBoat’s Thickset Fathom) only came out around 2.5 years ago I think. I see a slight ambering from the side view of my older pieces, but not noticeable from the front view. I do keep my pieces away from direct sunlight.

Thank you so much! Here's the direct link for the flowering drying video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jRfYTrp2u6A.html. The one used in the video I just purchased off Amazon. I've also used Activa, and they both do the job. As for adding color to resin, I've heard of people putting a very small amount of blue to combat the yellowing for clear pieces, but I don't have any experience with that. I don't think it will affect it too much though because you can't add more blue over time as the piece turns yellow.

@@EllafulDeco thank you

Jerry, I did a test with 2 different silica gels. (Sorry I don’t have them in front of me). You definitely want to use a gel Like Ella uses. A fine grain “sand type”. The type with large blue crystals in it dimpled my roses. The petals looked like they had been mixed with sand and bbs. Good luck!

Thank you! Your mold most likely got fused with the resin due to too much heat. Don't use a torch and when you use a heat gun, just lightly wave over the piece to pop bubbles. If you didn't use heat, you may have poured too thick of a layer and your resin got too hot, causing the resin and mold to fuse together.

@@EllafulDeco Thank you❤ I will try it!

I used 2 different resins (same brand), both linked in the description. The ratios for them are 3:1 and 2:1. At 3:58, I show the resins I used. I also share a lot of tips and tricks for how I work with these resins in the voice over throughout the video🙂

I describe how I work with the resin in the video. Each resin is different though so if you're using a different resin, your work times and wait times are going to be different. I heavily rely on the heat gun to assist with bubbles, but this is my process for the specific resin that I use in my work environment. It is definitely a useful tool and I got mine for ~$30 on Amazon, lasting me 3 years and counting, so I would suggest investing in one if you can.

Hello! I’ll be working on finishing that early next year. I’ll definitely film the process for it 😊

@@EllafulDecodid you wind up shooting a video of that?? I have that problem right now with my wedding bouquet and second attempt at doing flower preservation! I’m almost at the point of needing to tape but I’m not sure exactly how!!

@@MegStinz I ended up not because after some researching, it would be a pain to clean up. I've ran into that issue for several preservations and just ended up sanding the extra off and doing a simple top coat. They were maybe at most 0.5" sticking out and you couldn't even tell any part of the flowers were sanded off after doing the top coat.

@@EllafulDeco I wondered if I could just sand that small bits sticking out off!! Amazing, thank you!

I never tried the beads, but I've seen others who did use them and it left some texture on their flowers. I'm also not so sure how effect it is due to their size and if it could reach into the center/petals of some flowers like roses.

@@EllafulDeco I think I agree with you.

The amount of resin needed varies with each letter. There are some methods of getting an estimated amount of resin needed for a mold that you can search up. I always just mix extra and pour into other molds so I don’t know exactly what the methods are.

You can do the sides individually or pour more and let resin drip over to cover the sides. Doing it individual is easier, but takes more time. Don't forget to sand the sides as well.

I believe the silica used in this video was activa. Here’s a flower drying tutorial on how I work with that: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-I8tACu01hqo.html&t. Directly link to the silica is in the description 🙂

Hi! Silica gel can be reused by baking it to reactive the silica. I do 270F for about 8 hours in the oven, mixing around the silica every hour or so. Check the instructions that comes with your silica just in case though.

Depending on how little, you can sand the top to be completely flat and just do a top coat. The top coating gives it a dome look so (my opinion) the little bit of flower that got sanded down doesn't look incomplete or anything. If the little bit is a lot to you, you can also add tape around the entire block to the height of the flower after you demold it and fill it in with resin. You'll probably want to add support to the sides if you do this.

Thank you! The price varies with the blocks you choose for your preservation. Here's my form with the current catalog/pricing 🙂

Silica gel can be reused by recharging them in the oven. I do 270F for 8-10 hours, stirring the silica every hour or so. The instructions for your silica gel should tell you how to recharge it.

It’s a heat gun to help pop bubbles at the surface.

@@EllafulDeco ah i see ok thank you so much

Because they have different maximum pour depths/cure times. I only needed a thin layer for the first layer to hold down the flowers. The next layers, I used a deep pour resin that would allow me to pour up to 3” deep in one go. I could’ve used the same resin as the first layer throughout, but it would require me to pour several layers. Or if I used the deep pour for the thin layer, it would take longer to gel before I could pour the next layers.

Hello! There are HDPE molds if you're not a fan of silicone, but you are limited in the designs for that unless you make your own.

I used silica gel. I have flower drying videos on my channel if you are interested.

The flowers are dried with silica gel and then preserved in epoxy resin.

You can check out my top coating tutorial here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rPneK7fy6Vo.html

I link the molds used in my videos in my descriptions (unless I made them for myself). The block molds used in this video is from AaJMolds: www.aajmolds.com/.

No, I don’t have separate classes. I pretty much cover everything here.

Hello! You can check out my website for more information: ellaful.com/pages/flower-preservation-process 🙂

Flower drying time takes several weeks and varies with flowers. Generally, it's a minimum of 2 weeks. I have a few flower drying videos on my channel describing the entire process 🙂

That is the Andrea block mold from AaJMolds - www.aajmolds.com/

Hello! I've been using this brand of resin for over 3 years now and am experiencing very minimal yellowing. I make sure to keep my pieces away from the sunlight to prolong the clarity.

@@EllafulDeco thank you so much for replying! Turns out you can’t get total boat in Australia 😔

The material used to dry the flowers is silica gel 🙂

@@EllafulDeco thank you so much my dear

You can certainly add pictures into resin. I suggest laminating it first protect the photo and prevent any color bleeding. You can check out my videos where I work with paper/cardstock to make trays. The process would be similar 🙂

Hello! Please check out our website for more details: ellaful.com/pages/flower-preservation-process.

I think it was getting scratched from being in the container with the residue. I place them on a towel and put water on the surface/as needed now.