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Create visual interest by mixing different heights, textures and colors in dried floral arrangements.
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Working in her mother's floral shop as a child led to Sara Landis's lifelong interest in flowers. Although she has always enjoyed working with fresh flowers, she finds that dried flowers ultimately offer more design freedom. Landis says that dried flowers are less expensive and more readily available than fresh and can last as long as a year. Landis prefers to dry her own flowers in the microwave using silica gel. Flowers that dry well include roses, delphinium and lavender, as well as fine, delicate flowers such as pansies. Landis creates unique dried floral gifts using the following simple method: - She paints her own clay pots with acrylic paints and a sea sponge, applying a mixture of two colors and blotting excess paint onto a paper towel before dabbing it onto the pot's surface.
- To make an arrangement, she uses sahara, a floral foam, cut to fit the pot.
- She wedges the foam into the pot and surrounds it with sphagnum moss.
- Although there is no right or wrong way to arrange, Landis prefers different textures and fragrances, arranging the selections to be visually appealing.
RESOURCES :
Dried, Pressed Flowers
Nature's Pressed
Website: www.naturespressed.com
Dried Flowers for All Seasons
ISBN: 0895775220
Author: Jenny Raworth and Susan Berry
Readerb
Decorating With Dried Flowers
ISBN: 051756923X
Author: Malcolm Hillier
Harmony Books / Crown Publishers, Inc. / Random House
Website: www.randomhouse.com
Sensational Dried Flowers : Make Arrangements So Beautiful They Look Fresh
Model: 0875968007
Author: Esther Davis
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