Kindle book now available: Lavender Craft Last summer I wrote an e-book called Lavender Craft For anyone who likes my makes for this blog, it is a short compendium of lavender-related articles published here, with an introduction about the history of lavender. I am hoping this will be the first in a series of dried…
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Natural dried flower petal wedding confetti
I enjoy inventing new dried flower petal mixes for use as natural wedding confetti And I recently wrote an article for WantThatWedding.co.uk on the subject. As well as confetti, dried flowers are becoming increasingly popular as table decorations and bouquets as seen in the WantThatWedding French styled bridal shoot last April (to which we contributed…
More traditional dried flower crafts | Corn craft with dried lavender
Traditional crafts using dried wheat, dried lavender and other dried flowers A few weeks ago I published a post mentioning Glynn who likes to make traditional corn dollies from dried wheat, into which he sometimes incorporates some dried lavender stems. He has recently sent me some more lovely photos of his work which I would…
Dried flowers diaries Aug 2012
Dried flowers in holiday season Like many Brits, I have been away for a couple of weeks this month. But I did do some work honest! The versatility of dried flowers for weddings and elsewhere About a month ago I was approached to put a mixed dried flower wedding bouquet together for a bride who…
Bees love lavender flowers
Not all lavender flowers are equally attractive to bees As I noticed when I visited Cambridge University Botanic Garden in July. The gardens are curated by lavender expert Dr Tim Upson (his PhD is in lavender!), and I was fascinated by his extensive collection there. Surprisingly, not all lavenders seemed equally attractive to bees, with…