it's another dried hydrangea inspiration
you may have already read about dipping the dried blossom in beeswax for the do you like my hat collage
and this is how I did it - it's just a pie pan of beeswax melted in a 200 degree oven - pick up the blossom with tweezers - and dip it in the melted wax
set the blossoms on wax paper
and you're good to go
they're still fragile, but have some sturdiness and body so they can be incorporated into other things
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projects like this strand of hanging blossoms
a garland?
a mobile?
pure joy is what it is
and today I was pirating some beautiful green hydrangeas in the local Kohl's parking lot
cars were driving past and I just kept my head down
I was thinking
"you don't know me"
Ahhh...so thats how you do it! I adore hydrangeas and have loads in my garden, so guess what I'll be doing this afternoon!
ReplyDeleteThank you Kimmie.
x
genius!
ReplyDeleteHow lovely! I've done that... pirated cuttings, hawthorne berries and flowers from parking lots!
ReplyDeleteI can see you sneaking these blooms from the parking lot and it gives me a chuckle, for I too have pilfered from public grounds. I dead headed a white echinachia from the parking lot of a Barnes and Nobles. Ahhh, I feel better getting that out, lol.
ReplyDeleteGlorious strands of blooms!!
~Dawn
Love hydrangeas!! My BFF lives in wisconsin and when I used to visit her in the fall we'd go pirate hydrangeas from this old country cemetery and hang them upside-down in the rafters of her garage attic. Ahhh! I can almost smell them.
ReplyDeleteThis is a fantastic idea to wax them! Love the stringer of blossoms! :)
thank you for this post..I have some hydrangea petals outside and was wondering how I could incorporate them into art
ReplyDeletecharming
ReplyDeletekimmie, i LOVE the mobile idea! hydrangeas are so wonderful...all the colors, the ease of drying. one of the most versatile of all flowers. thanks for the inspiration.
ReplyDeleteNow this is an idea I have to copy. I must see what hydrangea flowers can be found when the darn rain stops, if it ever does! I do have a few dried ones, but they have no colour left at all now.
ReplyDeletewhat a great rescue mission you were on in the Kohl's parking lot LOL
ReplyDeleteyou have transported a perfectly lovely blossom into something to be enjoyed and savored all year round = beautiful Kimmie!
oxo
Oh yes, I would call it pure joy too. :)
ReplyDeleteoh you make me giggle...you don't know me...keep on driving! i can hardly wait until next summer and my hydrangea harvest!!! what a lovely idea...xo
ReplyDeleteLOL!. So funny. I know how you feel. My family pretends not to know me when I pirate.
ReplyDeleteI've made paper boxes before but never kept them. The wax keeper is a great idea. I love the mobile. Hope my hydrangea blooms next year. Thanks.