Dried flowers projects
DIY wheat sheaves The great thing about wheat sheaves is that they can be augmented with various flowers and botanicals depending on the season. Wheat sheaves traditionally celebrate harvest season, but these days they can be used for decoration year-round. Making a wheat sheaf A large wheat sheaf is easily made by combining about three…
Preserve Valentines flowers Dried roses as a memento of Valentines Day Below are some long-stemmed dried roses from last Valentines Day. Once the fresh flowers started to fade, I hung them up to dry. How to preserve Valentines flowers. My pressed flower project – a Valentines heart box I filled the pressed flower box I…
My garden flowers: Spring in sight I do realise that this is a dried flowers blog, which is not the same as gardening, however my garden supplied endless inspiration for my projects! Here are some of my favourite garden flower photos this month. Valentines Day – fresh flowers and dried Mike bought me some lovely…
With Valentines Day fast approaching, there can never be too many roses! Here are a few less obvious ideas for ways of using them. Five ways of using roses …Apart from presenting a bunch of flowers that is! 1. Sprinkle rose petals on a path, on your bed, or across a table cloth. [Fresh or…
Make this heart wreath from scratch and decorate with dried lavender flowers We used to sell dried lavender heart wreaths like the one below in my shop. They were bought in ready-made and were unfortunately expensive to retail. So I thought I’d have a go at making something myself. Part 1 – Making the heart…