Dried flowers projects
Flower pressing and pressed flowers. If you don’t want to make your own pressed flowers you can buy them in the UK at daisyshop.co.uk
A herbarium is a collection of labelled dried plant material UK botanists and other scientists have historically collected plant specimens from around the world to catalogue and research back on their home territory. Herbaria boomed in Victorian times when explorers and plant collectors were constantly finding new species of interest. Not every plant could be…
Spring is coming! Floral craft ideas for February It’s the first week in February and as I look out the window at 3pm I can’t tell if it’s overcast or starting to get dark. But there are some hints that spring is just around the corner. Garden flowers already in bloom here are daffodils, early…
Making pressed flowers for the shop You can see from this website that I’ve been interested in pressing flowers and leaves for some time. Follow this link for the basics of pressing flowers. The pressed flowers that came out well I listed some of my favourite flowers for pressing in a previous post, where you can…
Dried flower stems can be pressed flat When I heard that our pressed flower supplier was retiring, I looked into ways to extend our range. In a recent post I talked about pressing garden flowers, but it also occurred to me that some dried flower stems from my shop might also be useful. Small flowers…
Many garden flowers are suitable for pressing In my previous post I mentioned that my pressed flower suppliers for daisyshop.co.uk were retiring. So I have spent the summer experimenting with pressing flowers from around the garden. I found that going out into the garden every day was a brilliant way to stay in touch with…