Dried flowers projects
Dried flowers article in Make and Craft magazine This month I am very pleased to have another article about dried flowers published in Make and Craft magazine. This one is about picking flowers from your garden to dry and make potpourri. They have published a little early, as the two main flowers used were roses…
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…
A Christmas potpourri recipe I love In our workshop, we make a traditional orange and cinnamon potpourri by hand. We make a few kilos at a time as required, so it is always fresh. It is a simple recipe, so why not make your own? How to make our Christmas potpourri Our Christmas potpourri…
Seasonal dried flower crafts – Winter approaches The clocks went back at the weekend, and my garden is looking damp and untidy, so I’m almost looking forward to a touch of frost so we can light the open fire. I have been reading this week that pine cones can be made into fire starters by…
Turn cinnamon sticks into a cinnamon bundle It’s Christmas crafting season, so if you fancy trying something simple, why not give this a go? This is how we make cinnamon bundles in our workshop. I will be adding further autumn/winter and Christmas dried flower crafts to this website over the next few weeks. The key…