A Sweet Guide to Preserving Your Wedding Bouquet and Floral Arrangements with Easy Pressed Flower Techniques ♡
2016.02.21 published
The Wedding Bouquet is an Important Keepsake Forever♡
The carefully selected bouquet and venue flowers used at the wedding are surely memories to last a lifetime♡ While I want to preserve their beauty forever, the fate of fresh flowers is that they will inevitably wilt someday...* However, there is a special method for brides who want to keep their flowers forever♡
Want to Preserve the Beauty of Wedding Flowers as 'Dried Flowers' Forever♡
By DIYing the important bouquet used at the wedding into dried flowers, you can keep it beautiful! The dried bouquet can be displayed in a frame or made into accessories, allowing it to become a part of your home decor that you can admire every day♩
This time, I will introduce two easy methods for DIY dried flowers♡
How to Make Dried Flowers: Method 1♡ *Using an Iron to Create Dried Flowers
First, let me introduce how to make dried flowers using an iron♡ The charm of using an iron is that it can be done quickly and easily*
① First, try to minimize the stems as much as possible* If you want to keep some of the stems, please thin them out with a cutter or similar tool♡ Flatten the flowers*
② Place tissues on a thick surface like an ironing board or a magazine, and arrange the flowers without overlapping them* Then cover them with another tissue♩
③ Now it's time to use the iron♡ Start by applying low heat for 30 seconds* Once the heat dissipates, apply the iron again for another 10 seconds* Repeat the process of applying the iron for 10 seconds after the heat has cooled down until dry♡
④ Once completed, the dried flowers are very delicate, so gently peel them off using tweezers or similar tools♡ The key is to warm them slowly at a low temperature to avoid burning the flowers♡
How to Make Dried Flowers: Method 2♡ *Using Weights to Create Dried Flowers*
Next, let me introduce the method using weights♡ DIYing with weights is very popular. Didn't you do it in elementary school? It’s so easy that anyone can make dried flowers without failing♡
① First, place tissues on top of newspaper, arrange the flowers on top, then cover them with more tissues, and layer more newspaper on top*
② Place a thick book like a telephone directory on top of the newspaper as a weight, and wait for 3-4 days♡ If the moisture from the flowers has evaporated and they dry, they are complete*
Challenge to Preserve Your Important Bouquet as 'Dried Flowers'♡!
How was that? Why not preserve the important bouquet from your wedding with easy DIY dried flowers? It will surely become a lifelong treasure♡ Please give dried flower DIY a try!♡