4 easy ways of drying flowers
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Spruce up your home by adding beautiful and long-lasting dried flowers to your living space. Find out how you can dry your own flowers, here.
Dried flowers can be used in many ways, from decorating your home to preserving that special memory from the bouquet your significant other got for you.
Celebrities like Marian Rivera and Gabbi Garcia are even starting to explore the beauty of dried flowers.
Liz, who runs the DIY YouTube channel Craft Kitsune, shared four easy methods for drying flowers in one of her videos.
Learn about Liz's flower drying methods below:
1. Pressing under heavy objects
For the first way, Liz cuts her flowers from the stem, lays it on a thin sheet of paper, and covers it with another layer on top. She then places a heavy object on top of the flowers, keeps it pressed, and takes them off after a week.
This method is quite easy to do, however, it's not suitable for thicker flowers.
2. Hang dry
Another way Liz dries her flowers is by hanging them upside down. She ties the stem to a clothes hanger using a rubber band with the flower facing down and leaves them inside a dark, dry closet.
Depending on the type of flower you hung, they will be ready between one to three weeks. This is another stress-free method of drying, however, it leaves the petals from flowers like roses shriveled up (which isn't necessarily a bad thing if that's the look you're going for).
3. Silica crystals
Silica crystals are sand-like particles that can be bought online for various applications such as drying flowers.
Liz pours a layer of the silica crystal inside a plastic container for about one-third of the way, cuts the flowers off the stem, and places it on top of the "sand" before completely burying the flowers in the silica crystal.
After a few days, the flowers are ready to be dug out of the silica. This method is great if you want to preserve the flower's intricate shape, plus the crystals can be reused to dry more flowers. Just make sure to "recharge" the silica crystals by exposing it to sunlight after a few uses.
4. Microwave press
Devices specifically made for pressing and drying flowers like the Microfleur Flower Press are available online. Liz places the flowers (cut to fit) inside the Microfleur Flower Press which acts as weights that press the flowers tightly. She then heats it inside the microwave; the duration and temperature of which depend on the kind of flower you're using.
The result is an almost paper-thin dried flower in a flash! However, according to Liz, it does come with a few drawbacks such as burn marks appearing in a few areas of the flower.
Watch Liz of Craft Kitsune show how she dries flowers using four methods in her video below:
Depending on how you care for them, dried flowers can last for months and years to come!
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