Red and green hand-tied bouquet I wanted to make an informal bouquet with a Christmas colour palette so settled on the soft greens of natural dried oats and wheat, and some dark but beautiful natural dried red roses. I brightened these up with some dyed green and red lagurus grass and some bleached stems of…
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Potpourri making in Flora magazine
Potpourri fetches top prices Potpourri has become highly sought after this year, and I was contacted by Jackie McCarrick for Flora magazine to discuss the trend. She mentioned designer brands selling potpourri for £80 to £125 a pack and asked me to comment. My thoughts are that designer brands will always charge more for things,…
Pressing garden flowers
Many garden flowers are suitable for pressing In my previous post I mentioned that my pressed flower suppliers for daisyshop.co.uk were retiring. So I have spent the summer experimenting with pressing flowers from around the garden. I found that going out into the garden every day was a brilliant way to stay in touch with…
Crafting from the summer of 2020
Flower presses, posies and petals During lockdown over the summer I avoided social media because I was finding it a bit much. But I’ve been busy in my workshop and garden! Sussex garden I’ve been getting back on top of my garden, which had been neglected due to work and kids. One of the first…
Craft ideas for 2020
Dried flowers activities With the new guidelines to stay at home this spring, here are a few crafting ideas from the archive with a botanical theme. Both crafting and nature are good for a feeling of flow and wellbeing. Why not extend that feeling by giving away your makes! Wishing everyone the best. x Make…