How to make dried flowers?

not all flowers are appropriate for drying, simply because it falls apart during the drying process, or, most commonly, the flowers turn brownish or loose their colors all together, or they could shrivel and curl up into an unattractive mess.


I prefer to use a flower with a thick bud, or a heavy base from which the flower begins. examples of these are roses-almost any and all kinds at any stage of the bloom; carnations, though the carnations will loose its color fast and can get browned edges during the drying process; babies breath- fragile when completed...etc.


Tulips, which are so beautiful--do not hold up well. Simply because the flower petals are delicate at the base of the bud, and there is not much water in the petals to begin with. they will fall apart before becoming fully dehydrated, or the petals will curl up on themselves and there won't be much to them after that. any flower that resembles the tulip or holds its characteristic petal and bud formations will not be a good choice to dry.


The iris and its counterparts like the lily, oddly enough, are okay to dry and I have found alot of success in keeping them for some time without loosing alot of color.


For a well kept dry flower, there are many types of spray adhevises and clear coats to use to help the petals to stay in place and hold the color of the petals intact. But, I have found that the dust it all accumulates kinda counteracts the benefits of such devices.


Just dehydrate the chosen in a draft free area--usually up high-- I tie a pretty ribbon onto the flower's stem before I begin to eliminate any chance of it breaking after it has dried. I tie mine onto to curtain rod on the inside of a window, to eliminate the draft and the sunlight destroying its color. Then it usually takes just a day or so to fully dry your flowers. You have to play around with different types to find what works best, and I wouldn't recommend keeping any dried flower for longer than a few months, it will just look crusty and dusty and old, by that time.


if you wish to keep one forever-squish it in between the pages of a book--it will forever be a squished and pretty flower.

How to make dried flowers?
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Reply:hang them upside down. i often get a piece of string and hang them up in the window. they will dry out that way
Reply:put the flower the other way down ..
Reply:Hang them upside down individually on a wall or piece of scrap wood. You can tape the stems to the wall. Leave until dry.

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