How to Dry Flowers for Crafts, Potpourri or Home Decor

I love flowers, when they’re nice and fresh…and pretty……..and alive. When they start slumping over, it makes me want to slump over too. It’s soooooooooo depressing when they start dying. Most of the time I just dump them straight in the trash to avoid a complete depression but sometimes I’ll just dry them out to make potpourri.
The first time I ever dried a flower, I was as sappy then as I am now. Imagine a 12 year old, hormonal, cry at the drop of a hat – pre-teen girl. That was me. My grandma had passed and I wanted to keep a rose from the service. My mom showed me how to dry flowers, and now that same dried flower from Grandma’s service is in a box with some other keepsakes upstairs….20 some odd years later.
Here’s what you’ll need:


Your dead-as-a-door-nail-flowers


Paper Towels


Scissors (or knife)


String


Plastic Clothes Hangers
Take flowers out of the vase and dry stems really well with paper towels.


Cut off any thorns with scissors or knife. {I’m acting like your mother here….PLEASE don’t cut yourself!}


Remove dead leaves from the stems.


Cut one string for each flower. Cut the strings to about 7-10 inches in length.


Tie string to stem (upside down), then tie the flower to the bottom of a clothes hanger. You can hang several flowers from one hanger, you just don’t want them touching. Make sure they’re hanging upside down.


Place hanger(s) in a dim and dry spot. Closets are great. Somewhere with no humidity.


It may take 2-6 weeks before they’re completely dry.


For more tips on drying flowers, make sure to head over to the blog. The link is below!
Jenni @ Sweet Pennies
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