freezeframe / bloombeads
Our Story It was nearly 16 years ago that I sat at my desk as a freshman at the American University, searching for an inspiring business idea for my Small Business Development class. I wanted to care about the project, even though it was only a test-run in business plan writing. During the weekly phone date with my Mom, back in Ohio, I lamented my lack of enthusiasm for most of the ideas generated for the project so far. She had her own worries, strapped to her 8th year in what felt like a dead-end corporate job that was suffocating her. We talked about what life should be about, what passion should feel like, and what we could do to change our lackluster circumstances. It was during that conversation that we decided to make a change. That small but powerful part of the psyche that is fueled by passion was speaking to us both, and we chose to listen. Within 3 months, we had discovered a small company that manufactures machinery used for preserving flowers. We researched the business, visited the machine manufacturer, and purchased our first machine in March of 1993. While my Mom spent that Spring experimenting with the machine, I enjoyed the exhilarating process of researching and writing the plan for a business idea I actually believed in. In the 16 years since that ground breaking conversation, we have grown to become one of the nation’s premier floral preservation companies. We have expanded our capacity with the purchase of 3 additional machines, and we now service all of Dayton, Columbus, Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky, and Indianapolis, as well as any clients nationwide who discover our company via website or word-of-mouth. It’s been a wild ride, a passionate process, a bonding mother-daughter experience, and in the 16 years, we’ve never looked back! We welcome you, and hope you enjoy the freezeframe® experience as much as we have. Carli Dixon & Nanci Hames, founders and partners
Our Mission Our mission is to be the company our customers count on for distinctive, superior and convenient flower freezeframing services and we’ve been doing just that for thousands of customers since 1993. Our professional staff is ready when you are and we look forward to serving you!
Where To Begin You chose the perfect flowers, now choose the perfect way to keep them. At freezeframe速, we use a meticulous flower preservation process to turn your flowers into keep freezeframe greenlasting artwork or jewelry. Simply choose a unique display that reflects your style, and our professional preservation staff will take care of the rest.
Preservation Floral preservation is a time-tested art. The process your flowers will go through at freezeframe速 has been fine-tuned during our 15 years serving as a leader in the floral preservation industry. Through extensive R&D in our facility, and in coordination with our suppliers, we have developed a process that consistently preserves more varieties of flowers and foliage, which remain more lifelike in color and appearance than flowers and foliage preserved in other methods.
Attention To Details Once all of your blooms have completed their preservation process in the various drying rooms, they are reunited in our post-preservation room, where the true artistry begins. Each flower is wire-stemmed, reinforced, and then air-brushed by a member of our pre-design team. Multiple color layers are applied to capture the layered tonality of each flower, all foliage is air brushed to retain its natural green shades, and flower centers that are different from the petals are hand-painted individually.
Quality These newly colorized flowers are then given to one of our expert designers, who will work with the original photograph of your bouquet, any of your memorabilia, and any of your pearls or ribbons, to create your one-of-a-kind freezeframe.
photo by Sarah Buehler
photo by Lisa Thompson
photo by Sarah Buehler
Bloombeads Turn your memories into a wearable story, with Bloombeads…flowerpetal jewelry produced from your actual flowers. We can create earrings and cuff links from your wedding day, matching “Mommy & Me” bracelets from your baby daughter’s birth, a tie tack or rosary from a parent’s memorial service. Add to a charm bracelet, or start your own Bloombead charm bracelet. Whenever flowers play a part in one of your life’s most meaningful events, consider Bloombeads.
All jewelry is handmade from YOUR flowers by our experienced designers. There are many styles of earrings, necklaces and bracelets to choose from to fit your tastes. Some accessories can even be engraved to further personalize the piece.
Remember We receive flowers throughout life for a variety of reasons and every so often those flowers are a perfect reflection of a memory, a person or a moment in time. Freezeframe captures those singular moments by transforming the blooms into lasting three-dimensional art..
photo by Sarah Buehler
photo by Lisa Thompson
photo by Hamilton Dixon