Artificial Flowers
Posted by nightbloomers on Nov 14, 2009 · Member since Aug 2009 · 11 posts
I have recently taken an interest in decorating hats and I've had a hard time finding realistic looking flowers that aren't silk. I have discovered some beautiful paper flowers that people use for scrap booking, but they are usually on the small side. I've thought of dried flowers too.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to a good place to look for non-silk artificial flowers?
Thank you!!!
No one has responded so I'm thinking thats either because they're hard to find, or no one cares, hehe! Well, I just thought I'd add a couple of my findings in case anyone else is curious.
I have found a cool tutorial on the Martha Steward website on how to make crepe roses:
http://www.marthastewartcrafts.com/index.php?v=msc_proj_redcrepepaperroses-ht
And I just discovered that Ikea sells polyester flowers:
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/80124474
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/70134355
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/80124469
What about preserving real flowers with silica? (I'm not sure it'd work if you live in a humid climate.)
http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/plantsci/landscap/h1037w.htm
http://www.pioneerthinking.com/preserveflowers.html
http://www.florage.com/dried_preserved_flower.html
http://www.ehow.com/how_4510083_store-preserved-flowers.html
Those are great links! I will definitely try some of those drying methods.