Drying flowers at home There are more ways than one to dry flowers at home – you really don’t need an airing cupboard. Hang bunches up to dry, or lay flower heads flat on kitchen paper. How I dry my plant material Although I have space in my workshop for large-scale drying when needed, I…
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Dried flowers diaries July 2013
Picking flowers to dry This month I have been mostly…picking flowers to dry. At this time of year I am busily pressing flowers or drying them in my airing cupboard to use later. I am gardening or collecting blooms most days when the weather is fair. All this plant material is then stored in old…
A lovely review of Dried Flower Crafts in Homemaker magazine
Dried flowers blog reviewed In Homemaker magazine issue 8 on page 80 is the “I Spy…” feature “Bringing you a nest-full of inspirational gems from the most creative corners of cyberspace. Voices from the Blogosphere…Our pick of some of the best crafty journals on the web to expand your homemaking knowledge” Quoting on dried flowers…
Dried flowers diaries June 2013
June: a month of Photography Photos of dried wedding flowers At the beginning of the month I was emailed by Tess, a happy bride who had used my dried flowers at her wedding, with a link to a lovely blog post written by her photographer Esme Ducker. A visit from a gardens photographer – potpourri…
Making potpourri photoshoot
Photographing potpourri making I was really pleased to be visited by garden writer and photographer Nicola Stocken this week. She spent an afternoon with me potpourri making for an article she is writing. It will take a while for her to process the photos and finish the article, but she sent me one image as…