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Making a flower press

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I love pressing flowers …In fact I often spend more time pressing flowers than I do crafting with them afterwards! Here are some flowers I pressed this Spring. Making my own flower press This summer, after a few failures pressing flowers using my ad hoc blotting-paper-in-a-scrapbook method, I thought I’d try and put together something…

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Dried Roses at the Chelsea Flower Show 2013

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Innovative use for dried flowers Although I was unable to attend the Chelsea Flower Show this year, I was pleased to see some of our dried roses in attendance! We were very pleased to be contacted by Ernest George who was needing a decorative top dressing for two large planters for the GeoWear GardenGirl exhibit….

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Dried flowers diaries February 2013

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Dried flowers of love Earlier this month I celebrated Valentines Day with a sweetheart potpourri make and a rosebud heart make. Natural wedding confetti Continuing the love theme, I was really pleased to see our petals being used as wedding confetti, as mentioned in Bridal Musings blog, and captured in some great photography. Dried flower…

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Sweetheart potpourri recipe with dried rose buds and petals

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Valentines Day make – Sweetheart potpourri recipe Working in a dried flowers shop I always have some dried roses to hand so couldn’t resist making something a bit topical for Valentines Day yesterday. For this potpourri recipe, you will need:  About 1 litre of assorted dried rose buds and petals. I used mainly bright red…

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Valentines heart with dried rose buds

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A quick Valentines make with dried flower buds Here is a very quick make with hearts and roses – only 10 mins! How to make this rose bud heart You will need: A solid heart wreath – the small criss-cross heart in the image is 13cm across. Dried rose buds – I used pale pink…

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Hi I’m Ruth – I love writing about plants, nature, dried flowers, wildflowers and crafts. You can find out more about me here.

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