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Flower Preservative Recipes & Instructions

Posted By TipNut On October 28, 2006 @ 6:25 pm In Crafty Ideas, Garden & Plants | No Comments

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Interested in preserving flowers from your garden? Here are two different recipes & methods you can try.

How To Preserve Flowers

Materials Needed

Fresh Flowers
Floral Wire
Airtight Container
Plastic Bag
Borax
Soft Brush

Flower suggestions: daisies, mums, pansies, roses, sweet peas

Instructions:

* Remove the stems from the flowers with wire by running it through the throat of the flower and twisting it.
* Take the plastic bag and line the container with it (open side up).
* Pour the borax into the bag, cover the bottom about 1 inch deep.
* Place the blossom of the flower face down in the borax; add as many flowers as the container can hold–do not crowd.
* Cover the flowers with another layer of borax.
* Twist the plastic bag closed as tightly as possible.
* Seal the container and let the flowers sit for at least 5 weeks.
* Remove the flowers, and carefully brush away the borax.

You can now use these dried florals for crafts.

Cornmeal/Borax Floral Preservative

2 parts cornmeal
1 part borax (powdered)
Cardboard box with lid or tin with lid

Directions:

* Start with combining the cornmeal/borax mix to fill half the box or tin you will be using.
* Mix thoroughly.
* Take the freshly cut flowers and place face down in the mix. Partly cover the flowers with the mixture.
* Keep the lid on the container. Dry for approximately 3 weeks.

After use save the mixture as it can be reused over and over again.
Also See These Tips:

* How To Dry Flowers: A Collection of Tips [1]
* Newspaper Clipping Preservative: Recipe [2]
* How To Make A Flower Press + More [3]

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URLs in this post:

[1] How To Dry Flowers: A Collection of Tips: http://tipnut.com/how-to-dry-flowers-a-collection-of-tips/

[2] Newspaper Clipping Preservative: Recipe: http://tipnut.com/newspaper-clipping-preservative/

[3] How To Make A Flower Press + More: http://tipnut.com/how-to-make-a-flower-press/