DRY a Flowers Like a Pro! Shirley Bovshow (#shorts)

Enjoy this beautiful #shorts tutorial on how to dry flower bouquets like a pro!
Here are the simple instructions:

1. Tie the bouquet into a bundle using cotton or other natural fiber string or twine. Rubber bands do not work as well because the stems will slip once the flowers start drying and shrinking. The twine has a natural texture that adheres to stems a lot better.

2. Hang the flower bouquets upside down from a strong rope or rod and space the bouquets so that there is good air circulation. The better the air circulation, the faster the flowers will dry.

3. Hand flower bouquets out of direct sunlight as the sunlight will bleach the flower colors

4. When the flowers and stalks are fully dry (crispy) spray a bit of hair spray or floral preserving spray to help lock out moisture.

5. Make decorative wreaths, hand bouquets, and resin flower art with your dried flowers! Be creative!

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[DGMDENILKA]

A fast way of understanding how to dry flowers for busy moms 😅 Thanks ❤

[Yanaaaa_V]

I wish I had seen this a week ago 😩 the idea just came to me & theyve been in a vase & lost some vibrancy. But I’m still going to try to dry them now & put them in a shadow box.

[goestosaturn]

would this trick still make the origin color stand out, or no matter how it's still gonna be brown?

[Natureoutdoorsyquest]

When flowers dry spray with what?
Your tittle covers that information.

[MagusMommy]

Question about bugs if you cut the flowers from outside, do they naturally go away as you dry or can you spray with a natural repellent like essential oil, etc. Thank you!

[shivanikohli]

Hey! Thanks for sharing!🤗
Can I do this with orchids?

[mafuyu_]

hi, I have a question what is the benefit of it? Like is it something ornamental or something you can eat (by drying the flowers why)?

[dubulvr]

Thank you !! I wanna keep all the bouquets my bf gives me🥹🫶🏾

[_aisha_.]

Is there an alternative for hairspray?

[carebearss]

can i leave the wrapping paper on them as well ?

[ayna]

Can I do it with roses? I hope that the petals doesn't fall off, if I keep it for drying

[Tessa]

I dont have hair spray or floral spray is not available is there any other options to preserve

[Coffeeandtypos]

Is there something else you can spray them with besides hairspray? I hate how shiny it makes them

[returningtojoy]

Tie flowers with what kind of string? Some words were blocked.

[starf]

What do you spray with? The subscribe button blocks it

[stephw]

So what’s the purpose of this? Besides looking pretty.

[sukssss]

Can we use something else instead of hairspray?

[wisefamily]

Hi... Is that flower dont get fungus to many long time?

[laughinghawk]

Mine keep falling apart when I try this

[emmam.]

Hi, how long will an amaranth bouquet take to dry? Also will I need to do anything before tying the flowers up like remove the leaves and cut the end of the stem diagonally?