You get what you pay for. I bought 3,300 petals in Crimson, Eggplant, and Black. There's a bunch of little strings that pull off because the edges of the petals aren't sealed after they're cut. DO NOT machine wash. If you decide to wash them, handwash only, or they will fall apart. I washed a sample in my sink to make sure the color wouldn't bleed and it was fine. I wash3d the rest in my machine and a lot of the strings fell out and the petals lost their shape. The petals are not fireproof, but you can use that to your advantage and use heat/flame to "seal" the petals into their shape. Make sure to have lots of water nearby to protect yourself and your petals from burning up. This might be a me problem, but 1,000 petals is a lot less than I expected. In the image I attached, theres about 3,000 petals in the box