How do you dry flowers in a book?
Sunday, July 5th, 2009 at
3:13 am
i picked some wild flowers and stuck them in a book, because i want to glue them on a paper with like i love you for mothers day, will that work? and do you know of any websites that show you how it is done?
Tagged with: glue • mothers day • wild flowers
Filed under: Dried Flowers
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hey there…
yes..it work..i do it to my beloved mother……and make a creative card to…very beautiful and nice……..
try this to make ur own dry flower..
…..place a paper towel (or two) on top of a flat bottomed ceramic or glass plate, then place flower on toweling… add another paper towel (or 2) on top of that
…..place a second plate on top of your last paper towel
…. microwave for 15-30 seconds (high?)… check to see if they are dry.
……..if not, re-microwave them at 15-30 second increments until they are dry (if paper towels become too damp, replace with dry ones)
(…..can also use blotter paper, but still use paper towel right next to flower)
…can microwave multiple flowers at one time if they aren’t overlapped (but takes a bit longer, and some color may be lost)
…may be best to let flowers continue drying after microwaving for awhile (even overnight) to get rid of all moisture in thicker areas
Or flowers can be dried so they stay dimensional by using a drying agent around them with the microwave… .for a bit more info on doing that, check out this page:
http://glassattic.com/polymer/mixing_med...
(click on *Dried Nature*, then scroll down to the subcategory "Quick Drying Flowers"…)
If you’ve lready put them in a book, you’re done. I hope you placed them flat in a normal appearance. Now all you do is apply white glue and glue them to the paper. A very soft paintbrush works well. And you have to make sure the entire surface of the flower is covered. Any area left unglued will snap off.