Decoupage Dried Flowers
by
Val
3 Materials
$7
5 Days
Easy
I loved the look of the dried Hydrangea petals and decided to see if I could turn them into wall art.
This all started because I love the details in the petals of the dead Hydrangea flowers. I wanted to see if I could make this into art.
Those little details just make my heart happy.
Here is the cardboard backing from the frame I bought, a piece of card stock paper that I cut to fit.
I used double sided tape to put the card stock down on the cardboard but I should have glued it instead as it buckled later and I need to gently pull it apart to add more tape. Thankfully, no buckling showed when I was done.
I very gently began painting the petals onto the card stock with glossy Modgepodge.
I promise there is wax paper underneath, I would never craft my messy heart out on my kitchen counters. My husband was freaking out. For gosh sake, it's not like I was using a blow torch or wrecking ball to make art.
We had some really hot days here but as soon as I did this, it got cool and humid. Three days later, this wasn't dry yet. I popped it into the oven for about 3 hours at 180 and that did the trick.
I then added a pop of color with a few Hydrangea petals on the top. I wasn't worried about keeping them flat because my frame has depth to it underneath the glass. This took another day to dry.
Keeping these boys away and not having fur flying into the drying Modgepodge was a worry for me. No lie, this is 3 of my 5 cats and I am cat sitting for my daughter's cats so 7 in the house. I'll just sit on the floor, guys. Iolaus, tabby, Sundance Kidd, the orange and George Washington, the gray cat. Of course, Butch Cassidy is here as well. We adopted them as a bonded pair. Ernest Shackleton, Harold Houdini and Elliot Stabler are here too.
Finally dried enough to frame!
I know it's difficult to see through the shine of the glass but I'm thrilled with how nifty this came out considering I wasn't sure this would work at all. Nothing ventured, nothing gained, right? The frame on the right cost me $1.99 at a thrift store and I painted it to highlight the color in the Hydrangea petals.
This is the frame I bought at Marshalls, you can see it's almost like a shadow box with depth to it. there was a second piece of glass in it that I did not use.
I can't wait to hang these up in my house, I really enjoyed myself making these. I hope maybe you get inspired to try something different too.
Less glare view.
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That is such a nice way to preserve the flowers and enjoy them all year around.
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We must be flora sisters because I completely relate to finding bliss in products of nature! Even the remnants of plants after they begin to feed the soil such as leaf and your petal skeletons. I love to press flowers and collect dried plant parts. Dried seed pods of some growing things are lovely to paint or even leave natural in arrangements.
Your work is beautiful!
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I can't thank you enough for your kind words, you've made my day.
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