DIY flower crowns as a hen party activity When Katie got in touch via daisyshop.co.uk for some dried flower bunches for her friend’s hen do, she explained they were going to make flower crowns and I thought “what a great idea”! I think the best hen party activities involve being able to plan and source…
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Pressing dried flowers
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…
Christmas dried flower bouquet
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…
How to dry chamomile flowers
Drying flowers – Chamomile Growing chamomile flowers at home This summer I accidentally grew some chamomile in my garden, and chamomile flowers have been a bit of a theme on my blog for the last couple of months. But it has just occurred to me that I haven’t yet discussed drying this herb. First pick…