People who love flowers always want to keep the beauty of flowers forever, there are three common ways: make dried flowers, immortal flowers or embossed flowers, these methods, we can do it every day, today to share the production process, interested flower friends can try ~
Dried flower making
Dried flowers, as the name suggests, is to dry the flowers, air dry, so that it will not rot so quickly, in order to maintain the best natural state of the flower branches, it is best to hang upside down in the dry ventilation position when it is still fresh, the temperature is above 10 degrees, the drier the better, which is conducive to rapid drying.
If you do not hang upside down, but naturally placed in the bottle, or flat on the table to dry, the flowers will wilt and wilt, and finally the shape after drying is easy to hang, tilt or flat head, after drying, you can not adjust the posture, so upside down is the best way.
When it is completely dry to the touch, the dried flowers are ready, carefully removed, can be inserted into the bottle, can also be made into dried flower decorations and placed at home for viewing. The dried flowers will slowly fade into a withered yellow, the length of time is uncertain, about 3-5 months will be completely yellow.
There are several plants that are very suitable for making dried flowers, such as thousand sun red, hydrangea, wheat straw chrysanthemum, fairy full of stars, lover grass, crystal grass, rabbit tail grass... After these flowers are made into dried flowers, they can still maintain their original beauty and can be placed for more than half a year.
If you can find some dried fruit shells, cotton shells, pine towers nearby, you can also clean them, polish and decolor them, and then recolor them, and then piece them together into a flower shape, which is also very beautiful, and it has been popular in recent years.
Immortal Flower Making
A few years ago, the very hot immortal flowers, can sell for hundreds of thousands of yuan, and now the price seems to have "cooled" some, but it is still more expensive than flowers, interested flower friends, in fact, you can also DIY at home Oh.
At present, there are 3 ways to make immortal flowers, the first is to use a sealed vial + desiccant (silicone powder), the bottle first imports silicone powder, and then put the flowers in, each leaf is evenly sprinkled with silicone powder, you can put the microwave for 2-3 minutes, gently take out, the flower becomes immortal flower.
Photo by Stacie
Another method is to soak with glycerin or formalin, pay attention to the temperature is best below 25 degrees, avoid light, soak for 2-3 months on it, if the temperature is too high, the light is too strong, the effect is not good, or easy to wither.
There is also a method, that is, more professional, the need to use a vacuum freeze dryer, according to the instructions for use to put the flowers into it, after taking out is the finished product immortal flower, this machine generally belongs to industrial supplies, ordinary people do not have at home.
The so-called immortal flower, is not really immortal, it is also a shelf life, if the environment is dry, cool, can be put for about 1 year, if wet, strong light, then 1-2 months may be withered, we still appreciate some beautiful pictures to enjoy it ~
Embossed
Most people have the experience of sandwiching flowers or leaves in books to make "specimens" when they are young, in fact, embossing is this principle, but more scientific, it can make the pressed flowers more beautiful and long-lasting.
The production of embossing is very simple, but it needs a tool, relying on books alone and the pressure of heavy objects is not perfect, the Internet can search for embossed boards, mainly made of 2-4 layers of wood, the four corners with screws to fix the pressure, so more convenient, the effect is also very good.
(Embossed board construction drawing)
With the embossing board, everything is simple, take out the flowers, it is best to be smaller, the flower bud part should be completely pinched off, so as to ensure that the pressure is flat, and the finished product is not perishable.
After sorting, prepare a piece of white paper, try to be as thick as possible, the size of the white paper should be similar to the size of the inside of the embossing board, and the flowers are placed flat on the white paper, not crossing each other. If the flowers are too large, they can only be taken apart and pressed.
After the flowers are arranged, put another piece of absorbent cardboard under the cardboard, then put it up on the embossing board, cover another absorbent cardboard on top of the petals, and finally cover the embossing board and fix it with screws. The absorbent cardboard here is also a dry board, similar to some kind of thick cardboard that smudges quickly, and can be bought together on the Internet and the embossed board.
Note that each time embossed, the same cardboard as far as possible to press the same kind of flowers, so that it is not easy to string colors, the pressing process to keep dry, some methods to introduce, you can also put the microwave oven to heat for 2-3 minutes, in order to dry quickly. Thin small flowers should be pressed for 1-2 days, and thick, large flowers should be pressed for 2-3 days. After pressing, the absorbent paper can be dried for reuse.
After the embossing is completed, you can diy it casually, you can make a small painting, paste it on white paper, make a greeting card or embed it in a picture frame, or you can paste it on a lampshade to make a brooch, ring, earring... Anything is possible.
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