Dried flowers projects
Drying and using bunches of flowers
Cedar Roses are Popular at this Time of Year Cedar roses are the fruit of a Cedar tree and are very pretty when displayed on a wooden stem. But why would you want to give a wooden brown flower rather than a soft delicate one? I’m going to discuss a few reasons why, but first…
Rose Hips add seasonal charm to bouquets and arrangements If you have a garden you may well have some rose hips! If you pick them now, you can easily dry them to use for long-lasting colour throughout the winter months. The image above shows ten stems of rosehips which I bought from a UK grower…
Variations in shade and texture For this DIY bouquet I combined five types of dried flower: Lagurus grass dyed crimson red Amaranth flower in natural burgundy Pussy willow stems from my own workshop Miscanthus grass, natural and fluffy Poppy seed pods I built up the bouquet by adding a few stems at a time of…
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…
Making little dried flower gifts Using up floral odds and ends I had some bits and bobs and offcuts left over from various floristry projects. I absolutely hate throwing anything away so was looking for things to do with them and came up with two answers! Firstly I made anything with a stem up to…