HOW TO DRY FLOWERS

When someone gives me flowers, I don't put them in the water and that's because after couple of days they loose their freshness and I 
have to throw them out. 

In order to preserve the memory I preserve the flowers by drying them out. After few weeks I take the dried flowers and make a beautiful flower arrangements in stunning displays and keep them on my tables and remember the good memories every time I see those flowers and those arrangements.

What a beautiful way to preserve memory. Like pictures, they remain forever!!!

HOW to Dry Flowers and Make Beautiful Flower Arrangements:

• Hold all you flowers in one big bunch or hold them together in separate and small bunches by wrapping the stems together with rubber band. 
• Hang your flower bunch upside down in kind of dark and dry area away from sunlight.
• Let them be hanged for two to three weeks until completely dried out.
• Take your flowers down and spray them with hair spray to give them more protection and keep the petals in place. Not too much hair spray tough and you need to spray them from distance and not too close too the flowers. This step is not necessary, because I have dried many flowers and they are still look beautiful and intact without spraying them but it is step you can take.
• Now  it is time to think about your arrangement. First choose the vase or any glass or whatever you want to put your flowers in it. Fill your vase with decorative stones, sands or pebbles and decide on the height  and look you want to create. Cut the stems very carefully according to the height you want to achieve and place them in your favorite vase or glass.
• Try to keep your arrangements away from direct sunlight.
• In order to make your dried flowers smell like fresh flowers you can inject or spray them with floral scented perfumes.

Well enjoy your memories.

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