Dried flowers projects
Achillea dried flowers come in two types I always thought of Achillea flowers as being those large yellow umbels so popular with the bees, but I recently found out there’s a smaller button flower as well. Achillea is also known as Yarrow. I’ve tried drying both types which I sourced from UK growers. Achillea Cloth…
Autumn foliage and warm colours It’s at this time of the year that nature’s colour palette changes from the last vibrant flowers of the summer to the warm hues of harvest golds and autumn leaves. I love being outside in the summer, but as the seasons change I just want to curl up indoors with…
Hanging up fresh flowers to dry I love this time of year when there is so much floral abundance! I’m really lucky to be able to rent a large workshop with a really high ceiling to hang flowers from. It has a metal roll door which is great for drying flowers as it acts like…
Some useful pages about dried flower crafts I’ve been in the dried flowers business for twenty years now and have picked up lots of knowledge to share! Here is a list of stand-out topics around the subject, be it varieties of blooms, types of craft or useful materials. Other resources can be found under the…
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…