How much do I want my own dried flower garland, to drape over mirrors and above windows and maybe even across my computer screen?
How much do I want my own dried flower garland, to drape over mirrors and above windows and maybe even across my computer screen?
Photographs via Bring the Outdoors In.
Photographs via Bring the Outdoors In.
Shane’s new book Bring the Outdoors In features nearly two dozen DIY garden-to-home craft projects that range from easy—”a styling or gesture you could do in an hour”—to complex.
Shane’s new book Bring the Outdoors In features nearly two dozen DIY garden-to-home craft projects that range from easy—”a styling or gesture you could do in an hour”—to complex.
“It’s about the repetition of stringing the dried flowers.”
“It’s about the repetition of stringing the dried flowers.”
For step-by-step instructions and a materials list, see Bring the Outdoors In.
For step-by-step instructions and a materials list, see Bring the Outdoors In.
1: “Be prepared that as you’re stringing it, a few things are going to break off. Because they’re dried. But don’t worry about it; just keep going,” says Shane.
1: “Be prepared that as you’re stringing it, a few things are going to break off. Because they’re dried. But don’t worry about it; just keep going,” says Shane.
A veteran stylist who worked in Martha Stewart’s craft department and later developed a line of vases for West Elm, Shane wanted to “bring a contemporary aesthetic to the idea of what a garden craft project could be,” he said.
A veteran stylist who worked in Martha Stewart’s craft department and later developed a line of vases for West Elm, Shane wanted to “bring a contemporary aesthetic to the idea of what a garden craft project could be,” he said.
2: If you want to make a really long garland—and believe me, I do—it’s best to make several shorter lengths and then tie them together.
2: If you want to make a really long garland—and believe me, I do—it’s best to make several shorter lengths and then tie them together.
3: Collect dried flowers from several sources. For dried flowers, he recommends checking out such sources as Jamali Garden, Joann, and Michael’s.
3: Collect dried flowers from several sources. For dried flowers, he recommends checking out such sources as Jamali Garden, Joann, and Michael’s.
Bring the Outdoors In is available for $24.95 from Terrain.
Bring the Outdoors In is available for $24.95 from Terrain.
Are you, like me, obsessed with dried flower garlands?
Are you, like me, obsessed with dried flower garlands?
