Making a Christmas candle ring using fresh foliage This pretty table centre was made using a 20cm coir wreath base. Similar larger wreaths could be made for hanging on a front door. I cut the fresh laurel from my garden, which will last at least 2-3 days in a warm house without water (it would…
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Dried flowers diaries November 2012
An up and down month but lots of dried flower makes It’s been a really wet end to the month in Supposedly Sunny Sussex, to the extent that we suffered flooding in the workshop this week. Luckily we only suffered the loss of a few hundred pounds worth of stock and our landlord was very…
A simple orange slice Christmas decoration
Dried orange slices as natural decorations I love the natural, subtle marmalade aroma of these dried orange slices and like to take every opportunity to use them! This simple decoration matches the cinnamon stick and dried orange garland I featured a few days ago. All you need is a length of festive ribbon! Just gently…
Seasonal dried flower crafts | Cinnamon stick garland
Make a cinnamon stick and dried orange garland Following on from my recent post where I talked about how to make natural hanging decorations using cinnamon sticks and dried orange slices, here is a simple-to-make garland. [image – cinnamon stick garland dried orange curled] How to make the cinnamon stick and dried orange garland You…
Natural Christmas decorations with cinnamon sticks and orange slices
Make your own natural Christmas decorations Don’t buy a natural Christmas decoration like this one, make it! Festive hangers like this are in fashion at the moment: they are very simple to make, and much cheaper to make yourself than to buy in the shops. This is a picture of one I bought to sell…