It is very creative to decorate your home with drying flowers. You can arrange dried flowers and can give this arrangement to someone as a gift. If you know the technique to arrange the dried flowers, you can update the arrangement according to the season or functions. For the arrangement, you can use leaves from trees, tall bushes and grasses, and you can arrange create the arrangement in different colors, sizes and shapes.

It is very easy to find flowers and leaves, near your home. You should take proper care for choosing the flowers and leaves for the purpose of drying flower arrangement. You should first cut the stems from the flowers. Without stem, it can dry faster than with stem.

• There are different ways for drying the flowers. But using silica gel for drying the flowers is best. You can purchase this silica gel from flower shops or from craft stores. For the purpose of drying the flowers, you will require an airtight container in a size of shoebox, in which you can dry many flowers at one time. Firstly you have to place a heavy layer of silica gel on the bottom of the container. Cover the flower petals with more silica gel and mould them. Two to four days are required for drying the flowers. You have to take proper care while uncovering the flowers, because the petals can break.

• You can dry the flowers, leaves and their stems in open air also. If you will place the flowers in direct sunlight for drying purpose, they will shrink. So you should choose dark and dry place for example basement for them.

• You can use your oven for drying the flowers and leaves, on low temperature. Temperature shouldn’t be high than 160 degrees Fahrenheit. Proper care is needed while using this method.

• For the smaller buds and leaves, you can use a food dehydrator. It will help the small buds to keep their shape.

• Pressing the flowers and leaves in books or notebooks is old fashioned method of drying. You can place some extra pages in the book between which you can place the flowers and leaves for drying.

• For preservation of fruits and leaves, you can also use warm paraffin wax.

• There are several types of sprays available in the market which can make keep the dried flowers beautiful for a long time. With the help of hair dryer, you can remove the dust from the dried flowers.

After drying the flowers, you can make any type of arrangement, of your choice, with the help of them. Arrangement may be of any shape, oval or round, vertical or horizontal etc. You have to do everything step by step. Flowers in the arrangement may be of same color or contrasting colors. You have to take care in using the dominant colored flowers at a minimum. You can fill the gaps in the arrangements with greenery. This will provide the arrangement an extra professional look.

If you will arrange the flowers with proper care, then this will make you happy.