November – the time for natural Christmas crafts Dried flower crafts for the winter Once the clocks change and the evenings start getting darker, it’s great to start planning ahead for Christmas. At our house, it’s only a few weeks before we start thinking about putting a tree up. Natural Christmas decorations with cinnamon sticks,…
Category: Diary
Dried flowers diaries October 2014
Dried flower bunches R us :) What a month! The world and his wife seems to have discovered our dried flower bunches! Maybe people turn to Autumnal dried flowers and bunches once the colour starts to leave their own gardens? At daisyshop we sell three levels of dried flower bunches – British grown ones we…
Dried flowers diaries September 2014
Drying flower bunches by hanging up Our workshop roof is full of bunches of flowers drying at this time of year: In the photo you can see L-R sea lavender bunches, thistle, echinops and gypsophila flowers. Dried flower bunches – Sea Lavender The sea lavender (limonium) is very easy to dry as it looks much…
Dried flowers diaries August 2014
A busy month for dried flower crafts & Mums I always find August tough as a Mum of two, because I want to spend as much time as possible with the kids while they’re off school, but work doesn’t ease up. We’ve been very lucky at work in that our busy Spring has turned into…
Dried flowers diaries July 2014
Flowers at home and work This time of year is very much gardening time for me. I’m a fair weather gardener, and this month has certainly been fair! My garden in bloom Behind the agapanthus are some calendula, cornflowers and lavender, which all can be dried and used in potpourri making. Lucky heather flowers I’ve…