Another way is to dry them by packing flowers into cat litter. It takes about a week for the flowers to dry this way and again, they must be in a cool dark place. Just make sure you keep it way from the cats:-). Also, many places now offer to dip the flowers in various materials. typical candle wax works very well to keep the original colors. -Sissy >From: Rosie DiVernieri <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: preserving flower bouquets >Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 08:59:51 -0700 > >Terri, > >This is from my own personal experience so some might disagree. > >I have found that the best way to dry floral arrangements are to hang the >upside down in a dry dark place (i use my closet). You can hang individual >flowers from thread or anything that will support its weight. Bouquets are >best kept in their plastic holder or tied together the way that you would >like them to stay (dried flowers are a pain to arrange). Depending on the >climate it can take a week to a month. Most important thing is to not move >them until they are totally dry. To seal the colors, you can spray them >with hairspray or some other type of sealer. > >As far as storage goes, I store mine in a box with a lid standing up, >padded with something (tissue or if you are handy with an ethafoam knife >then you could cut out a support for them). The should be stored with the >lids on and in a cool dry place. Humidity/moisture can make them rot (and >that is not a nice smell...trust me). > >I do know that some florists offer professional drying services, the ones >that I know of are freeze-drying, but that can get expensive. > >I hope that helps. > >Rosie DiVernieri > >london_tb <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Hi all, > >I have recently been asked about the best method of >preserving (drying) a floral arrangement and wondered >if anyone might have any tried and true methods of >preserving and storing historically significant >bouquets. > > >Any help would be appreciated! > > >Terri Boesel >Archivist >SC Johnson & Son >Racine, WI > > > > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. >http://messenger.yahoo.com/ > >========================================================= >Important Subscriber Information: > >The Museum-L FAQ file is located at >http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed >information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail >message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should >read "help" (without the quotes). > >If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to >[log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff >Museum-L" (without the quotes). > >--------------------------------- >Do you Yahoo!? >Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger > >========================================================= >Important Subscriber Information: > >The Museum-L FAQ file is located at >http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed >information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail >message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should >read "help" (without the quotes). > >If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to >[log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff >Museum-L" (without the quotes). _________________________________________________________________ MSN Toolbar provides one-click access to Hotmail from any Web page – FREE download! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200413ave/direct/01/ ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).