Stop! Don’t throw out your Valentine’s Day flowers! Yes, we know it’s been a week since you’ve received them and that the flowers are dying, but they still have life in them. They can be preserved and then can be used to create new and exciting things! Here are some ways you can reuse your Valentine’s flowers.
- Dried rose petals make a wonderfully fragrant potpourri.
- Rose petals can also be used to make rose water.
- Make beautiful pressed flower cards.
- Make a dried flower wreath.
- The dried flowers can be framed for instant wall art!
- Pamper yourself. Add rose petals to your bath.
- Make floral scented sachets to keep your the clothes in your drawers smelling fresh.
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- Flowers for Drying (growerdirect.com)
I love your ideas especially the pressed flower paper cards one! Awesome…. 🙂
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Could you go into more detail on how to make it into pressed paper cards? That would be great if could… I will try it out and shoot you some pics.
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Thanks for taking the time to read the blog post. Did you click on the link provided? It gives you step-by-step directions for the pressed paper cards. For your convenience, I’ve posted the link here.
This is the link to the tutorial: http://www.canadianliving.com/moms/fun/how_to_press_flowers_and_turn_them_into_a_paper_card_craft.php
Give it a try and let me know how the project goes. If you have any questions, I’ll be happy to help you out.
Thanks again!
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Oh Great! No I didn’t see this one! I only went to the one you left in my comments… 🙂 I’ll give it a shot when I have some time free. Will def let you know how it goes. Thank you
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Not a problem! Have a fun weekend! 🙂
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You too 🙂 keep safe!
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Great ideas for prolonging the ‘life’ of cut flowers any time of the year . . .
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…especially since fresh cut flowers don’t last forever!
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