Decorate a heart wreath with dried lavender flowers In my last post (part 1) I described how I made a heart wreath like the one below from salim stems. Part 2 – Adding the dried lavender flowers Materials needed to make the dried lavender heart wreath Handmade heart wreath – the one I made was…
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How to make a dried lavender heart wreath Part 1
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…
Dried flower craft e-Books: Lavender craft
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…
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…
Traditional dried flower crafts and corn dollies
Traditional Dried Flower Craft Thank you to Glynn for sending in this photo of corn dolls and a vase made from straw and lavender. He manipulated some stems from dried lavender bunches into the shape he needed for the dress and body of the doll by soaking in hot water before use. He is obviously…