How to Dry Roses

When you receive roses, and you want to keep those memories alive till the last possible minute, then drying and pressing your roses are the only way to go. In this article we will cover over the ways of drying your roses, and some simple tips on how to press your roses.

There are two general ways in which you can dry your roses. They are air drying, and sand drying your roses.

We will start out with the air drying. The first thing you have to do when air drying your roses is to start with your roses still on the stems. The more flawless the roses the better it will be when you air dry them. If they are not in perfect condition there is the chance that the petals will whither and fall off.

The second step would be to take the leaves off the stem. That is if there are some on the stem because most of the time there may not be.

If you want to dry out more then one rose then there is a way that you can do it. Bunch your roses up so that they appear to be in a fan like position. This will be the way that the roses will air dry to look like.

The next step that you will do is to tie the bottom of the rose stems together with some string or some rubber bands. The last step to air drying the roses you will have to hang them. Preferably upside down in a dry but dark place for approximately three weeks until you know they are fully dried.

The second way to dry out your roses would be to sand dry your roses. You take your roses, but make sure that they are dry, and that they don't have any dew on them. The dew and the water will affect the sand drying.

You may have to reinforce the stem and the blossom by either using florist wire or white clue.

If you are using some florist wire then you might want to cut off the stem almost in its entirety. You will want to leave at least one inch of the stem on the rose though. You will then want to push three inches of the florist wire through the roses stem, and then right on through the head of the rose that you are planning on drying.

You now want to bend the remaining florist wire into a hook like shape over the roses, and pull it down. This will keep the head of your roses attached to the stems of your roses. When you have chosen the glue that you want to use you should begin by diluting the chosen glue in a bit of water. This way it will make it more manageable.

Then you take a toothpick and dab a little bit of the glue onto each one of the petal bases.

Now get out a box. Once you have put your flowers into the box slowly begin to cover the roses with sand. You have to be really careful with the flowers as you are putting sand onto them because they might fall apart. Once you have enough sand in the box to have it filled up with enough so that your roses stay in place.

You will now put the box in a bright lit and it is very warm. You should now let your roses dry for around one to three weeks, or until they look dry enough.Your rose colors will be more muted if you keep them in a more humid area for drying. If you want to remove the sand then you tip the box slightly so that the sand falls off the roses. You should then remove each one of the roses from the box. Now they are done.

You have learned two ways of drying your roses. Now you can keep those special moments close to you wherever you go.