How to make dried flowers step by step
1. Remove the flowers from the vase before they fade. Wipe dry the water, remove any leaves that have wilted and discolored, and trim the stems of the flowers to a slanted shape.
2. Adjust the arrangement of the flowers so that they look beautifully staggered, then tie the stems together with thin threads at a distance of almost 15cm from the leaves.
3, the cord should be wrapped around each flower stem for a week, so as not to fall loose when hanging. Tie it into a bouquet, the size of the bouquet is suitable for the flowers will not squeeze each other.
4, a nail in the wall, do not use nails, with other hooks can also be. Hang the flowers upside down, and then wait patiently for the flowers to dry completely, and the dried flowers will be ready. Once the beautiful bouquets are dry, you can place them upright in a vase.
Expanded Information:
I. Gathering Materials
Phalaenopsis. Reed. Aster. Geranium. Peacock grass and other flowers are very good dried flower material, flower material is not to lose time to collect, usually in the 9:00 to 11:00 collection is good, picked flowers and plants should be handled immediately, or placed in the shade to maintain the fresh state.
Second, the material processing method
The collection of flowers and plants according to the purpose of making crafts are divided into two ways to deal with:
1, used to make greeting cards, congratulatory mirror ten flowers, you need to prepare the absorbent paper, corrugated cardboard, a large iron folder, tweezers, etc., the first in the corrugated cardboard on the laying of 2-3 layers of absorbent paper, and then a layer of flowers, so that after putting 3 layers of flowering plants After putting 3 layers of flowers and plants in this way, cover with corrugated paper, clamp with iron clips all around, and put them next to the stove or on the heater to dry.
2, used to make flowers and plants such as flowers and grasses, such as Chihuahua, wheat straw chrysanthemums, etc., so that it is naturally dry.