Dress your window with dried blooms and lacy greens pressed between pieces of glass and sealed with copper foil. Decorative artist Cheri VanBynen shows DIY Decorating & Design host Nancy Golden how add this pretty, natural look to any window. Materials:
Dried flowers and leaves
Two pieces of glass the same size
1/2 "-wide copper foil
Wooden craft stick for burnishing
Soldering iron, solder and flux
Small brush for applying flux
Metal rings
Chain
- Press and dry favorite flowers and leaves, or buy them already pressed and dried.
- Have a glass shop cut two pieces of glass to the desired size. Request rounded corners, if desired, to make application of the copper foil easier.
- Sandwich dried leaves and flowers between the two pieces of glass (figure A).
- Seal the edges of the glass with 1/2" copper foil (figure B), available at stained-glass suppliers. When the foil completely covers the edges of the glass, press it in place by burnishing it with a wooden craft stick (figure C).
- Attach small metal loops to each side of the top of the piece. Use pliers to hold each metal loop in place at the corner, seam side down. Brush flux onto the seam of the loop (figure D), and solder in place (figure E). Hold the loop in place until the solder firms.
- Attach a length of decorative chain to the loops, and hang the piece at the window. Avoid direct sunlight to prevent the blooms from fading.
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