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Dried Flower DIY Capsules

How to Preserve Flowers in Adorable Dried Flower DIY Capsules Here’s a fun tip on how to preserve flowers from your vacation, wedding, or garden in dried flower DIY capsules. You’ll love how simple this dried flower project really is! It’s no secret that I love flowers. But, I’m not the fussy type who only likes grand flower bouquets and arrangements. Almost any flower will make me happy; Queen Anne’s lace growing at the edge of the fields, wild sunflowers along the creek edge and blue chicory covering the prairie come to mind. Honestly, I’ve even been known to like weeds too. No ...

Check out this before and after using a microwave flower press!

How to Use a Microwave Flower Press

By FarmhouseChic

How to Use a Microwave Flower Press to Dry Flowers Quickly Here’s how to use a microwave flower press to dry flowers quickly. I am amazed at the vibrant colors it creates! I have a love for collecting and preserving flowers. Each season opens up the opportunity to preserve new flowers in a range of colors: Bluebonnets and tiny pink redbuds in the spring. Purple salvia and yellow sunflowers in the summer, for example. It can be thrilling to capture the colors and textures of flowers and plants each season offers. Moreover, I enjoy creating DIY dried flower projects such as dried ...

If you’re thinking making candles from scratch sounds way too hard, why not start with learning how to make wax melts first? These creamy soy wax melts with dried flowers take just minutes to make!

What flowers can I use in wax melts?

By FarmhouseChic

How to Make Wax Melts with Dried Flowers How to make wax melts with dried flowers for a wax warmer. You'll adore making these homemade natural soy wax melts topped with dried flowers! If you think making candles from scratch sounds way too hard, why not start with candle wax melts? I can tell you learning how to make wax melts is much easier coming from someone who was in your shoes a few years ago. And such a great place to start with candle making! Even if you're not new to candle making, I'm sure you'll agree making unique wax melts is fun and rewarding. I know I've said it ...

How to Use a Flower Press

By FarmhouseChic

How to Use a Flower Press and Tips for Pressing Flowers and Leaves How to use a flower press with tips for collecting, preparing, and pressing flowers and leaves for best results. I can count the years that I’ve watched spring come to life on our hillside. Yellow forsythia star-shaped flowers and cheery daffodils are always the first teases of spring. Followed by pink buds on our redbud trees that remind me of a merry-go-round, at a closer look. Midway up the hill, countless varieties of tiny blue and purple wildflowers cover the ground. My daughter has been bringing ...

DIY Foaming Hand Soap

By FarmhouseChic

Farmhouse DIY Foaming Hand Soap Recipe This DIY foaming hand soap recipe is a breeze to make! It will leave your hands clean and soft with just 3 ingredients. I love making soap bars like my current favorite lemon meringue pie soap, but I prefer to use DIY foaming hand soap in the kitchen. It’s quicker to use than bar soap and takes up less space on the kitchen counter around our farmhouse sink. And all those bubbles just make me feel like I’ve got all the kitchen germs covered. (Speaking of our farmhouse kitchen sink, this is how I keep ours white without smelly ...