drying Cherry blossom petals

20 years ago

I want to dry some cherry blossom petals to use for my daughter's wedding.

Is there a way to just dry the petals?

I've tried the oven--wrinkled all up.

the dehydrator--still some wrinkling,

and they either fall through the dehydrator trays or I have to place them on the plastic tray.

I'm wondering about drying petals using kittylitter in the microwave or dehydrator--But how will I get all the petals out of the medium without ruining the petals?

The blossoms are at their peak right now so I don't have much time to spare.

Any ideas appreciated.

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annemarie
20 years ago
Press your cherry blossoms, they turn out great. I assume you don't have presses or you'd have done that already, so use books. Put a sheet of paper in the book, put the blossoms on the paper, cover with another sheet, close the book and put something heavy on the book, like maybe a few more books. You can do a few layers in each book. I put a link to better instructions at the bottom if you need it.

Here is a link that might be useful: Flower Pressing Instructions
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