This past weekend one of my best friends in the whole world got married. It was a dream wedding, incredibly chic and understated, just the way she wanted it. I was in charge of confetti for their exit and the Bride?s mother and family friends had collected flowers from their gardens to give out. It was so lovely to collect from the guests as they left and share out amongst everyone that it got me thinking about our nuptials. Now because we are marrying in April, there are not a lot of flowers poking about in the gardens of our friends and family so I realised I would need to start collecting this summer, and ideally, right now. So I have. And I have tried out three methods of drying.
 

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Picking and Sun Drying
  This is useful if your flowers are already a little tired and some petals are falling. All you do is pick off the petals from the main stems, put them on a dish or tray and leave on a sunny window sill. Be careful though because if you have too many in your tray or it?s not as sunny as you had hoped, this can turn into a lesson in compost making ? not the desired effect although equally useful.
 

 
Oven Bake
 
This is a great method if you have limited time and can be done the day before your wedding. I have been using this method the most because I can store the dried petals much more easily and quickly. Again, pick off the petals from your flowers ? or if they are very little flowers like daisies they can be popped ...