I sell a lot of orris root powder for potpourri making But why? Orris root powder is the dried powdered root of the flower iris pallida (sweet iris), and is used in potpourri making to prolong the fragrance. Orris root powder is a fixative Traditional potpourri is made by adding essential oils to dried flowers…
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A lovely review of Dried Flower Crafts in Homemaker magazine
Dried flowers blog reviewed In Homemaker magazine issue 8 on page 80 is the “I Spy…” feature “Bringing you a nest-full of inspirational gems from the most creative corners of cyberspace. Voices from the Blogosphere…Our pick of some of the best crafty journals on the web to expand your homemaking knowledge” Quoting on dried flowers…
Dried flowers diaries June 2013
June: a month of Photography Photos of dried wedding flowers At the beginning of the month I was emailed by Tess, a happy bride who had used my dried flowers at her wedding, with a link to a lovely blog post written by her photographer Esme Ducker. A visit from a gardens photographer – potpourri…
Making potpourri photoshoot
Photographing potpourri making I was really pleased to be visited by garden writer and photographer Nicola Stocken this week. She spent an afternoon with me potpourri making for an article she is writing. It will take a while for her to process the photos and finish the article, but she sent me one image as…
Five uses for dried Chamomile flowers
Chamomile is a pretty daisy-like flower Chamomile is much-used in aromatherapy with properties similar to lavender. The flower is soothing to mind and body with an apple-like fragrance. Chamomile flowers growing in my garden We had a minor disaster a few months ago: flooding in our DaisyShop workshop. Of course we were insured, so it…