Dried flowers projects
There are some great ways of using natural botanicals to decorate your home Many dried fruits and spices are suitable for threading together into a garland. As ever, my two personal favourites are cinnamon sticks and orange slices. Thread together some dried orange slices The pic below is of a garland I made for my…
Dried flower crafts in September September is always a busy month workwise, because our shop starts receiving Autumn/Winter and Christmas stock. It may seem early for Christmas, but there are a lot of keen crafters out there – do check out all my blog posts from Christmas last year for some ideas – you might…
I sell a lot of orris root powder for potpourri making But why? Orris root powder is the dried powdered root of the flower iris pallida (sweet iris), and is used in potpourri making to prolong the fragrance. Orris root powder is a fixative Traditional potpourri is made by adding essential oils to dried flowers…
Dried flower crafts at Christmas Merry Christmas! I am writing this diary a week earlier than I would nomally, but I am hoping that by this time next week I will be buried under a heap of mince pies and turkey trimmings! The plus side of flooding which damaged some of our dried flowers at…
Making a Christmas candle ring using fresh foliage This pretty table centre was made using a 20cm coir wreath base. Similar larger wreaths could be made for hanging on a front door. I cut the fresh laurel from my garden, which will last at least 2-3 days in a warm house without water (it would…