The Craft Corner: Dried Flowers

Some pansies that I had put in my flower press about 5 weeks ago got taken out today. I was pretty happy with the results.

I've put in some small blue and purple flower heads that I picked up on a walk in the grounds of Castletown House a the weekend. They look similar to forget-me-nots.

Because I'm only using the bottom two layers of the press I like to label what is where. I will also add the date  I put them in. This way I can add to the press over time.

xx V

Craft Tutorial 2: How to make a string tie envelope.

Update to String Tie Envelope Tutorial 

You can now find the tutorial at our new blog 

Link to the new blog post here 

Craft Tutorial 1: How to make a Feather Pencil

Time: less than 20 minutes

Materials

• hot glue gun 
• Craft Knife or scissors
• scraps of ribbon. I used the ribbon that had wrapped up my Easter eggs and a box of chocs.
• Pencils
• Feathers, real or artificial. I used artificial for the bright green colour. 
• Iron. 
• scrap of material to cover ribbon so it won't melt. 

STEP 1

STEP 2

STEP 3

STEP 4

The End 

Notes 
You can swap the ribbon for material but I wanted to be able to pare the pencil and use it. You could to the same wrapping a pen but I think the end result works best with a pencil.