Preserving/Drying Flowers?

I recieved a beautiful boquet of flowers bought at the florist for my birthday. I really want to preserve or dry them so I can keep them forever. What is the best way to do this that is easy and doesn%26#039;t cost a lot of money?

Preserving/Drying Flowers?
You can purchase inexpensively a granular drying product at most craft stores that you cover the flowers in and %26quot;cook%26quot; in the microwave. They won%26#039;t fade or shrivel up like plain drying can do. You can also press them and then put them in picture frames.
Reply:Put the petals of the flowers in between a book for a few weeks.
Reply:Showers aren%26#039;t dry places so don%26#039;t hang them there. dark dry places are the best places to hang them.Some species don%26#039;t dry or preserve well, be prepared to lose them.Maybe dry them and use them as potpourri..add scented oil when they need them...they%26#039;ll last longer as potpourri in a bowl than as stemmed flowers.
Reply:Laminate them . GENTLY lay out the flower, and put a piece of wood on top of it, and put weight on top of the wood for a few days. Then, laminate them.
Reply:Doc.Shell is right. Someone had told me the same way.
Reply:The best way to dry flowers is to hang them upside down.


If you have a deep freezer I would put them in there. My friend put her corsage from her 7th grade prom in there and it looked just the same as the day she got it even a few years later. :)
Reply:take them from the water and bind all the stems together and then use a clothes pin to hang them upside down on a coat hanger, then hang from your bathroom shower curtain rod. Within a few days they should be dry.



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