An up and down month but lots of dried flower makes It’s been a really wet end to the month in Supposedly Sunny Sussex, to the extent that we suffered flooding in the workshop this week. Luckily we only suffered the loss of a few hundred pounds worth of stock and our landlord was very…
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Seasonal dried flower crafts | Cinnamon stick garland
Make a cinnamon stick and dried orange garland Following on from my recent post where I talked about how to make natural hanging decorations using cinnamon sticks and dried orange slices, here is a simple-to-make garland. How to make the cinnamon stick and dried orange garland You will need for one 6ft/2m decoration: 12 cinnamon…
Natural Christmas decorations with cinnamon sticks and orange slices
Make your own natural Christmas decorations Don’t buy a natural Christmas decoration like this one, make it! Festive hangers like this are in fashion at the moment: they are very simple to make, and much cheaper to make yourself than to buy in the shops. This is a picture of one I bought to sell…
A Christmas potpourri recipe
A Christmas potpourri recipe I love In our workshop, we make a traditional orange and cinnamon potpourri by hand. We make a few kilos at a time as required, so it is always fresh. It is a simple recipe, so why not make your own? How to make our Christmas potpourri Our Christmas potpourri recipe…
Dried flower diaries October 2012
Autumn dried flower crafts leading into Winter Where I live is often referred to as “Sunny Sussex”, but not this month. It has been wet and dreary right up until today – finally this morning there is brilliant sunlight and the temperature has plummeted. In my book, cold and sunny beats warm and rainy anytime!…