Dried flowers projects
Drying and using bunches of flowers
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…
DIY dried flower posy A small wrapped gift bouquet These little dried flower bunch gifts are inexpensive to make and pretty too. They would be perfect for a love token, a present for Mum or Grandma, or even for bridesmaids. I have been hoarding little books of pretty printed paper squares that I find in…
Display with grasses and clover in pinks and greens As it’s the beginning of February I thought it was about time to start thinking about Spring! This isn’t a Valentines Day display but there’s a lot of love in it. The floral arrangement took me a couple of days to put together, only because on…
Red and green hand-tied bouquet I wanted to make an informal bouquet with a Christmas colour palette so settled on the soft greens of natural dried oats and wheat, and some dark but beautiful natural dried red roses. I brightened these up with some dyed green and red lagurus grass and some bleached stems of…