Thursday, March 6, 2008

Keep memories blooming

Live flowers are pretty, we use them to decorate and honor people close to us. But, once the flowers start to wither and die, they lose their beauty.

Now there is a way to preserve them to enjoy in the future.

“Memories in Bloom is a new business, part of Innovative Industries in Creston,” said Lana Bearden, Innovative Industries employment services manager. “It’s a nonprofit organization assisting people with disabilities to identify, develop and achieve their individual life goals by providing vocational and community services.”

Keepsakes

Each arrangement is hand-made.

“We dry flowers from life’s celebrations whether it be a funeral, wedding, anniversary, birth of a child or any other event,” said Bearden. “Once they are dried, wreaths or other arrangements are made. We have a selection of items to choose from to give a lifetime memory for that special event.”

Innovative Industries is able to provide two important aspects to its clients working in Memories in Bloom said Bearden.

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