Dried Flowers

[inferno63]

I don't know if it is "in" or "out" in design, but I love working with earthy dried materials. I am always picking up things along the side of the road, in the woods, in the yard, and I dry many of the flowers I don't sell. I sometimes use the material in a traditional way to decorate a door wreath but sometimes I get artsy-fartsy. I would love to see some of the creations others have made and would like to know if you use this medium and how.

 

[Rhonda]

I've combined "roadsidia" with dried roses (we've dried in the back room) and filler like bloom broom, lamb's ear, dusty miller etc into hand tieds. Tied with raffia and set on a table. People love them....uses up extras we have for filler and dried roses otherwise thrown away (maybe). I always tell them their "shelf life" is not longer than a year, especially if they are a "clean nut". I usually spray with super surface sealer but dust still can permeate some of the materials quickly.

 

[Flore]

Please don't think this is crazy......
I studied classical feng shui...if you don't know what it is, it is about energy in your environment and how it affects you. You may have heard about a type of feng shui that believes in superstitions and such. The feng shui I studied is not the same. Anyway, dried flowers can have bad energy....they are "dead". If you ever notice anything in your life changing for the worst, you may want to remove the dried flowers. I do not have them in the store or my house because I have seen the affects of what bad energy can do. Feng Shui has nothing to do with religion, or superstitions, or voodoo or anything like that. It is an ancient Chinese science. I used to be a practicing practitioner and decided to stop because of how powerful it was...I was afraid I might cause harm if I made a mistake. I have seen peoples lives change just by changing the energy in their home or office.
Please don't think that I am telling you to not have dried flowers...just saying if you happen to notice anything changing for the worst in your life, it could be a culprit.

 

[roysecityfloristand gifts]

Several years ago I decided to read an article about this. It made sence and didn;t sound un christian, so I did as it said and moved my check out to a different location.
It also said something about how if your front and back doors line up, your money can flow out. It was very interesting.

Inferno, I love found stuff, or roadsidia as it was referred to (love that).
My husband says I can take a tissue roll and make something out of it. He dare not throw anything away until Ive seen it. Currently those tissue rolls are biodegradable dog toys.

Inferno, we're gonna have to change your name to "mother earth". Your cool!

 

[inferno63]

Several years ago I decided to read an article about this. It made sence and didn;t sound un christian, so I did as it said and moved my check out to a different location.
It also said something about how if your front and back doors line up, your money can flow out. It was very interesting.

Inferno, I love found stuff, or roadsidia as it was referred to (love that).
My husband says I can take a tissue roll and make something out of it. He dare not throw anything away until Ive seen it. Currently those tissue rolls are biodegradable dog toys.

Inferno, we're gonna have to change your name to "mother earth". Your cool!

Funny you should say that...people have been calling me "mother earth" for years! hahahaha.

 

[roysecityfloristand gifts]

You and I have talked a few times and I think I know your Spirit.

Love Ya!

 

[una luna]

Here in Mexico, I am having a Blast using materials that I paid alot of $ in the states. Sea Grape, Palm, Jacob's Ladder, Dried Heliconia, etc. The local people respect how I have used the materials, but laugh, saying it is Basura (trash). I respect the aproach of the Feng Shui, the flowers are dead and bring bad spirit into your surroundings, but for me the materials are still living, in a way that gives me joy that I have saved these beautiful found objects to be admired for sometime longer.

 

[Flore]

but for me the materials are still living, in a way that gives me joy that I have saved these beautiful found objects to be admired for sometime longer.

That is a beautiful way to look at your dried flowers, and if that is the genuine feeling and the "energy" you project with your dried flowers in your surroundings, (which I believe it is) then for you, the dried flowers can be a source of good energy

 

[marigold]

Please don't think this is crazy......
I studied classical feng shui...if you don't know what it is, it is about energy in your environment and how it affects you. You may have heard about a type of feng shui that believes in superstitions and such. The feng shui I studied is not the same. Anyway, dried flowers can have bad energy....they are "dead". If you ever notice anything in your life changing for the worst, you may want to remove the dried flowers. I do not have them in the store or my house because I have seen the affects of what bad energy can do. Feng Shui has nothing to do with religion, or superstitions, or voodoo or anything like that. It is an ancient Chinese science. I used to be a practicing practitioner and decided to stop because of how powerful it was...I was afraid I might cause harm if I made a mistake. I have seen peoples lives change just by changing the energy in their home or office.
Please don't think that I am telling you to not have dried flowers...just saying if you happen to notice anything changing for the worst in your life, it could be a culprit.

I have heard this too. Although, it is interesting that people say dried flowers
are "dead".
Once a flower is cut from its life source (a fresh cut flower...)
it is actually "dead".
I think that a flower is beautiful in all of its stages, from seed, foliage, bloom
and dried.
I haven't seen the bad energy in my shop yet. In fact, I sell a ton of dried
flowers and love that "energy" going into my cash register.

 

[inferno63]

You and I have talked a few times and I think I know your Spirit.

Love Ya!

I have a feelin' we are too much alike!

 

[RWK]

I like using dried as accents to fresh and faux material. To me, there is nothing that says "Fall" like a few dried pods, a sheaf of wheat, a couple peices of faux fruit, and gorgeous orange, red, yellow, and rust fresh flowers.

In spring time......Take a vase and fill it with withered dried branches, withered dried leaves, add in some faux wintery iced materials and faux snow covered items....and use fresh spring bulb flowers.

Complete compositions using drieds are still a viable product line, but using them as accents brings a wonderful touch of the unexpected.

 

[Tuberose]

We're like Rick, we use dried as accents in many ways but rarely do an all dried composition. In this area the dried stuff gets really dry and dusty and crumbly much sooner. I used to do a lot of Victorian style things with the dried roses, but it just doesn't fit with where I'm at now, it's more upscale Tuscan and contemporary. I hate having drying roses hanging around crumbling, making a mess when we don't have much room and we have many customers coming into our work area, it's an extension of the showroom. We never seem to get around to using the dry roses when we have bucket fulls of beautiful silk stems that are more long lasting.

Trish