Dried flowers projects
With Valentines Day fast approaching, there can never be too many roses! Here are a few less obvious ideas for ways of using them. Five ways of using roses …Apart from presenting a bunch of flowers that is! 1. Sprinkle rose petals on a path, on your bed, or across a table cloth. [Fresh or…
Floral illustrations from the British Library My husband Mike – who is into all things vintage – spotted recently that the British Library had uploaded a million images to Flikr for public use. These are illustrations covering the 1600s, 1700s and 1800s. There is quite a variety, from maps to satirical cartoons. A Victorian circle…
Important change to the way feeds are delivered! Please read this if you are following my dried flower craft blog, or would like to! After giving a weeks notice, I have got rid of the box in the right hand column titled “Subscribe to RSS feeds”, which allowed visitors to register as users of this…
Jolly January flowers Jolly jonquils (or delightful daffodils) bring a much needed psychological boost at this dull time of year! I couldn’t resist these from my local farm shop – a floral treat! The mild coastline protects tender flowers Those daffs weren’t the only flowers I spotted in bloom this month. I went for a…
Soak in a bath of dried flower petals Brighten up your bathtime with the fragrance of flowers from your garden in this floral bath soak! Fill a pouch with bath goodies The bag you use for this make is quite important – it needs to be a quite open weave to allow the water to…