Freeze dried flowers

If you enjoy doing crafts, you’ll enjoy this, try using candy in an arrangement. I have
seen peppermint candies heaped-up (arranged) like an old fashioned ice-cream sundae
served-up in a frosty mug or dish, complete with spoon & drinking straw. I’ve attached
candy canes to an advent calendar, allowing children to Savor the Flavor each day as they
count-down to Christmas, or attach colorful, favorite candies to dried wreaths, as mouth-
watering treats for little ones as well as us older kids.

Being a crafts person I search the online floral industry, where I can STOP & SHOP for silk flowers, dyed or natural Dried flowers, preserved plants, botanicals, dried wreaths, foliage, wood, gourds, & many
other items. I’m selecting the Chinese roses (look like wood), Chinese peony in cream, burnt oak/mango, Heliconias in burnt oak/mango, Buri tips in spice & Grass balls in
chocolate to make an arrangement for a shiny black ceramic vase. While your shopping,
select several burgundy Hydrangeas, to form a topiary tree. Simple & elegant arrange-
ments done in minimum amount of time bringing satisfaction & joy to those who do &
see.

Freeze dried flowers go through a process in which water is removed as vapor directly
from ice, without passing through the liquid state, with heated air, lowering the temp. of an object, using a vacuum to extract all the moisture from it, allowing you to pre- serve flowers from weddings, receptions, centerpieces, boutonnieres, bridal bouquets & corsages, as keepsakes & memories to last a lifetime.

How many of your remember the popularity of the kiln (50 yrs ago was a brick-lined
oven, used for drying clay substances)? It was used for firing ceramics, pottery, urns,
vases & dishes. some objects were handcrafted figurines,& ashtrays. Our neighbor had
a kiln & gave classes in the art. Her students learned how to operate a potters wheel,
work with the clay, color glazing, & the changes that took place during the firing. The
highlight of this artistic process was the actual firing of the kiln, seeing their finished art work when the kiln (cooled off) was opened. Many of those kilns are gone today,
replaced by electrical ones. I found information on the web, at www.kiln, where you
can purchase your own kiln, along with the potters table, & learn to throw (a potters term)
your own pots, vases & dinnerware.

A GREAT BIG THANK-YOU to our organic gardeners.
A floral design consultant in a family owned business, Anna Schuster enjoys developing new home improvement craft ideas using dried flowers and foliage