Rose Crafts
HGTV Ideas magazine
This article for HGTV Ideas print magazine included all sorts of rose
crafts, even including (my favorite) edible chocolate roses.
This old-fashioned arrangement is surprisingly easy to make. Insert
dried roses and hydrangea in a piece of floral foam nestled in a clay
pot. Add glossy magnolia leaves if desired, then tuck bits of Spanish
moss around the edges of the arrangement to cover the floral foam. To
dry roses, hang them upside-down out of direct sunlight. Even roses
past their prime dry nicely. Hydrangeas dry best in an upright position.
Most of the projects were simple to make and required only easy-to-find
supplies: roses made of ribbon, dried arrangements of roses and hydrangea,
a rose barrette made with polymer clay. Many of the projects were made
with cast-offs or other cheapies: a rose-stenciled key rack made from
an old piece of wood molding, rose-petal beads made with fallen petals,
rose-painted dinnerware created from a mismatched bunch of white ceramic
dishes, and rose-patterned notecards printed with stamps made from foam
meat trays.
Step-by-step directions and a list of supply resources accompanied
each project.
All photographs by Charles Brooks, courtesy of HGTV.
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