16 Things To Do With Dried Flowers, from the Instagram Community
I always feel a little sad about cut flowers. Of course they’re beautiful and all, but I always feel slightly wasteful and guilty for cutting them down in their prime and eventually throwing them out. If only there was a way to keep them for longer…When I posited this thought on Instagram, I received lots of great ideas of things to do with dried flowers from the community. So good, in fact, that I had to share them with you!Whether you have a glut of dried flowers or your looking for a new craft, take a look at the awesomely creative ideas below…
16 Things To Do With Dried Flowers
@ashley.ulmer: Once I let me petals dry completely, I grind them up and add them to homemade incense…I mix them with any leftover bit of sage, lavender and bbits of other stuff to be burned!@foreadventure: We love throwing them in the bath with sweet almond oil then SOAK@gail.watson.photo: How about dipping them in wax? When completely immersed they will keep for quite awhile. Very ethereal and pretty too.@composedconfusion: I always try and keep them if I can. I think they still look as beautiful as when they were first picked, just different.@two_mad_girls: I have two jars of rose petals that I have also put a couple of drops of rose oil into. Every now and then I open the jar and have a sniff but I don’t really know why I’m keeping them@wearestardustuk: Wedding confetti! My sister is getting married in May and we are all collecting petals.@pandora_lotte: I love to press them and keep them on a sketchbook for inspiration or send them away with letters.
@thefamilywardrobe: A press is usually best but any big heavy book will do and always put a sheet of paper between the flowers and the pages to avoid staining.@mich.elle.imagery: I bet they would look wonderful in a marble tray of some sort.@jadeandlime: Garlands@alexandra_p_hobson: I just put them between the pages of my books and diaries@eatpraygrow: Hang them upside down with string@beetsandbirch: I’ve been pressing mine to add into snail mail@maison_natural_linens: I keep my dried flowers in a bowl for display, I too don’t like throwing them out.@littleblessingsart: I would make flower wreaths and give away to little girls, to remind them that they are like flowers too.@marinobambinos: My best friend pressed flowers from her bouquet in my wedding as a gift for me.