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I wanted to preserve the flower my GF gave me when she proposed !

My daughter was married this weekend 💜 I have her flowers all ready to dry. Thank you, the extra tips are really going to help. Can’t wait to try it!!!

That is so beautiful!!!! Wow that’s a dried flower, I thought it was real!!!!

I really enjoyed your video. I felt like I was sitting on the other side of the kitchen island keeping you company while watching you do your project as you explain, so when I go home I can do my own! What fun! All that was missing was a cup of tea! 😂Thank you for sharing!

Love it... You preserve and decorate

Growing up in Italy surrounded by beauty ...... your words make so much sense ....

Very helpful. I’ll use this technique. Thank you.

Had to rewatch the part at 4:55 a few times because of how well you explain the value of beauty!

Really enjoyed your talk about how we deserve beautiful things around us

thank you , I have to try this. And very nice motivational speech as well...yes we have to live in clean , organized and elegant space.

This was such a lovely video, you have such a calm voice. Thank you for sharing your tips!

These are lovely! I was searching up pressed rose pedal methods but this is even better! Thank you for sharing 💝

My mother in law had a basket of zinnias and I just loved that basket, I am going to preserve some zinnias that I grow and make that same floral arrangement

Those are beautiful and it is easy to do 😊

You're amazing by the way 💖 thanks for the content also! I'm so excited to try this.

your video is one of the best i have seen!

Thank you! I am going to use this method for my wedding flowers :D

Lovely video, thank you

Stunning! Your an Angel for sharing thank you ♡

Me wanting my house to look like a dungeon with dried flowers everywhere. 😋 #gothicromantic

Wow worth my sub! Thank you

Beautiful

Thank you

thank you

Ty ty ty. I have an order for dryed flowers from my cousins funeral and have to make 1 shadow box and 10 necklaces.ty for your help

if i dont get the limited version of my album, ill definitely do this.

I LOVE the colour and texture of dried flowers! Did you grow those beautiful Rose's? Another way to preserve is using glycerin. I did some Bay Magnolia leaves years ago for Christmas, and they're still green and pliable. You can set them in a jar to draw up the glycerin, or submerge them. I microwave some of my herbs that I use for teas, and they usually turn out with even better colour than if I sun-dried them. Try putting the flower between 2 paper towels and ONLY do for 1 minute. That should be sufficient for most items. If not, then do 20 second increments. There is a drawback with some materials if they are high in minerals; Stinging Nettle will start a fireworks display in the microwave due to it's high iron content! It's great for Basil, which usually turns black when drying using other ways, though it will lose a little of it's delicious anise smell. I do most basil as pesto and freeze in ice cube trays, I also store it in olive oil which works pretty good too. A great tool for flowers is a chopstick. Helps reach those hard to get to places. Your Roses are so fabulous! Do they retain scent when you use Silica? You're such a bizzy, bizzy bee! 🐝🥀🐝 P.S. I think you need an Aloe plant standing by for your burns. Works wonders immediately! I heard it must be at least 2 years old to get those benefits. Adios! :))

how old are the flowers when you put them in the gel

Hi. Great video! I just want to ask whether we can use the same silica gel over and over again or will have to buy more for each flower?

I think the hot glue is a good idea to keep the petals together. Generally if you wave a heat blower gun over those annoying strands of hot glue they will dissipate, but I don't know if the force would be too much. I suppose if you held the flower upside down and blew downwards it might be ok.

Nice 😊

Brilliant. Do you have to bake the silica gel after a while to re-activate it? I know that you DID heat it up, but how long does it last if you don't? My wife does a LOT of floral arrangements with silk flowers and uses a hot glue gun. She burns herself every time, sometimes more than once. The glove idea sounds like it might work. Great narration as well! Be well, and stay safe.

Hi, can the roses be placed in the silica with their stems still attached ( to avoid hot gluing them later for arrangements?

I'm actually thinking about preserving the thorny parts for my fence projects, this might work out

I wish i knew this sooner 🥺

Hi Julie! Great video! I was wondering whether you have tried drying the complete rose i.e. a top of the flower and a stem? I really need the complete flower in my project without using glue or detaching the stem from the flower in the process. I look forward to your answer! Maybe other viewers have some experience with it? : )

Can i preserve flower with it stem?

nice video bro

So did you have to put the silicone gel on the stem also

i though doing this for my mom thank you ma'am

So I’ve done this, one problem I had is they keep drying, I have a sunflower on my shelf and it curled and got crispy. Do I need that spray for after? Do I rinse them? The dust of silica is still there even though I brushed it with a brush and is enough to continue to dry them.

have you tried the upside down hairspray method? I want to try it but I want to know if it works well before doing it to my flowers

Just starting to dry flowers . Used the book method, which worked for small Flowers. Problem being most of the color dissipates . So from watching your video it seems the silica gel is the best method to hold color. Please correct me is I am wrong. Video was very helpful

What is the name of that spray that u spray on flower?

Has anyone tried this with silica cat litter? silica for craft is not readily available in my country

beautiful video! what is the name of the preservative that you use to spray the flowers with? :)

Do you know if you can do magnolias this way?

Have you tried using this technique with coleus leaves? They can be fragile and I do not trust the typical leaf preservation methods. Coleus seem like they need a gentle touch as the petals of flowers do.

Where can I get silica jelly...tax 4 the beautiful tips

Could this work for corsages? I want to preserve them bc I had to cancel a party and want to still use the corsages in a week or two time

Do you use the spray before the silica bath ?

What do u spray on it ? What is it called what brand ? Can u list the things I will need please and thank u

im afraid to use silica gel any other methods

Where did you get the silica gel? What brand?

Very pretty. How long do they last when preserved with silica gel’s?

I wanna preserve my first rose from my plant i got for my bday. And give it as a memory gift to my boyfriend 😘

What is it sprayed after. .

Taking my daughter's wedding bouquet apart makes me really nervous, but I want to preserve it, so I am getting ready to try this. It makes me nervous taking the stems off. Is this necessary?

Am I just supposed to cover the flower completely with silica gel? Am I supposed to put a lid on the container and put it in a dark space? Do I have to heat up the beads???

Hi there, may I know if you're able to re-use silica gel? If yes, how so? Thanks in advance!

Where can i get dry stem?

Can you reuse the silica gel?

I'm drying my flowers for my wedding because they are wildflowers. I'm drying them stem and all in silica gel but I'm not sure what to use as like a clear coat/sealer to keep them kinda sturdy so they last longer. Any tips?

Do you know how long they stay preserved for?

More experimenting suggestion: After its partially dry, try hanging it to dry completely, to speed the process And let us know the results🙂

This is.great!how many days it will?

What were you spaying it with?

Can you preserve the stem also?

What that spray is for?

What is it you sprayed on the flower and why?

Are the silica gel balls reusable or do you need a fresh batch each time? Thankyou!

Where did you get the gel?

how can i put my red rose into resin without it drying and becoming black?

What if you preserved it with stems attached? have you tried that?

Can you preserve the flower and the stem together?

I bought the flower preserving gel beads and they left little dents in all of my petals :(

How long do these last? I’m looking to preserve one for like, 60 years lol. I’m assuming pressing in a book is my only option

how can you do a whole rose with the stem with leaves? Can you put a whole one in a silica gel?

How many days we should keep it for proper preserved flower

How many times can you reuse the silica gel x

It’s very cute that she says hot glue is the most painful substance that someone can get on their skin…. Maybe for a arts and crafter lol. Love the video and I just ordered 10 pounds of silica from Amazon.

Can you do this with rice or salt?

Can the flowers crumble if ur not careful like pressed flowers?

So I tried to dry some flowers that my son gave me for my birthday. When I pulled them out of the silica, ALL of the petals fell off...what did I do wrong? Please help

How long can preserved roses last?

I tried this method a few months ago with the exact beads you used and my flowers turned black…? Why?!? We even asked the florist why this happened and she didn’t even know. Quite disappointed that the “experts” didn’t even know why this happened.

Is this natural flower? If yes how much time last in this pretty look ? Does it last forever?

Hi Julie. Wow those turned out great. I tried drying my red roses from my bouquet, but they just turned black 🙁 any ideas why?

if i do this could it last more than ten years? i wanted to make a flower crown out of all the flowers i’ve received!

❤السفير الضوءي من العراق مرحبا انا احب الجمال اللهي شكرا ❤اتمنى لك التوفيق والنجاح في الورود ❤❤شكرا

Is that hairspray at the end of the video? Also you glue them back onto the stem or another random stick?

I’m preserving the rose I got from my grandmothers funeral:)

wear ppe when praying becarefull with eyes and glue burns

idk why im watching this.. ain't nobody getting me flowers lOL

and dont eat the preservatives lol

Thank you, but please get to the point. No need to keep repeating the same thing over and over. Try to keep videos under 5 mins.

Beautiful

Can you reuse the silica gel?