Recently my partner (who shall be known as ordinary boy or O.B for short) celebrated our engagement. Family and friends sent us lovely flowers which I managed to keep alive for two weeks! Now that was a shock. I normally kill plants within a day! But I wanted to keep them even longer and that's when I remembered a little trick my Mum taught me. Dry them out! My Stepdad usually bought my Mum roses for valentines day and one year I remember them disappearing and reappearing about a week later looking very different. My Mum explained at she had left the to dry out for a week and then placed them back in a vase so they'd keep for longer. I must admit I have done this loads of times but normally with roses. If anyone has any examples of other flowers being dried please post some pics so I can see.
This is how my Mum (and now I) do it. It's really easy, creates a great effect and the flowers can be kept for years. Just remember to dust them!
Step one: Select the flowers you would like to dry out whilst they are still at their best. Put the stems together and tie them together. I use a bobble, but I leave a little slack in it to enable me to tie them up. You could use string if you prefer though.
Step two: In a dry room or place, use whatever you tied the stems together with, to hang the flowers up so that they hang upside down (see pic below). My Mum uses her boiler room but I do not have one so I use the window of my spare bedroom which gets a lot of light. You may have to be inventive with how you hang the flowers up. As you can see from my picture I use the bobble to hang the flowers on a clothes hanger which is then hung in the window. I am sure you'll find a way.
Step four: Now for the exciting bit. Remove your flowers but be careful as, now they are dry, if you are heavy handed the petals may flake and fall off. Finally arrange them in a vase! Beaut!
xoxo
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