Freeze-dried-flowers the Shusters way
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Our winter with summer type weather was spent doing creative work using dried flowers made into arrangements to enhance a vanilla corner in my home. I even tried my hand at preserving & freeze drying fresh flowers using the silica gel/glycerin and the easiest of all using the air dry method of hanging them in the darkness of closet for three-5 days. But I preferred the use of dried flowers found at wwwschustersoftexas.com website a family owned business. Thumbing thru their beautiful catalog, where the family windmill, located on the family ranch is always a special feature in their books. On the web & in their catalog they offer complete & unique dried flower selections to all their customers, with friendly, personal service, where your bulk order is shipped out-PRONTO to you.
In my work room, enjoying aromatherapy of English lavender scented potpourri, I am ready to begin new projects & floral arrangements. My ideas on this Mon. morning are anything but blue. Lets begin a creative project, using a large straw hat, wrap a colorful silk ribbon around the crown, glue a mixture of small & large sunflowers (number of choice), around the crown & on the brim, mix-in a few mango/chocolate buttons, along with autumn /harvest preserve oak leaves. Add a silk bow, wear for protection from the hot summer sun or hang on the wall for a unique decoration. Option #2 using the same size straw hat (THINK SCARECROW).
Cut a smaller straw hat in half, glue & place at the top of the crown of the full straw hat. Here your artistic talent comes into play; paint the crown of the full straw a flesh color with acrylic paint. When dry, make stitches going up & down the center of the painted crown, in the middle paint a small orange triangle for the nose, outline it with the marker, making a few stitches along the edge of it, paint the eyes, making two ovals, use white + eye color (your choice) + black, outline in black, make eyelashes or (easier way) glue on a pair of large wiggle eyes, add real rouge to the cheeks (optional). Between the half hat crown (where it is attached to the larger hat) glue & cut various lengths of natural raffia, making scraggly hair. On top of the small hat where it is attached to the larger one, glue strands of raffia with 3 pencil cattails in rust & brown, along with burnt oak & mango Chinese Protea flowers, mixing in basil flax grass. Glue a few longer & different lengths of raffia at the base of the crown face, hanging down past the brim, top this off with a color co-ordinate silk bow. Hang it on your front door for an August fall decoration that may just keep the OLD CROWS away from your door.
Since NASCAR racing is such a big sport for men & some women, many a Sunday is spent with the boys & their cars in front of the TV. Can’t you hear all the cheering for their favorite driver/cars (Chevy of course for the hubby)? What will you be doing during the race? Get creative using dried flower arrangements for home, family and friends.
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