DIY Dried Flower Ornaments

[@ptgal220]

Love the dry flower ornaments, but Ohh... that tree!!!!!

[@BramptonGardener]

They're looking great! And could be marketed for valentine's day, with some heart Confetti. And even for Easter, like an Easter or spring wreath especially with the yellow. Easter centerpieces would be great with dried flowers too.

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

I think they could be an all year thing too, not overly christmasy

[@plansimplifysave1044]

Great that you can work on them in the winter months. You can buy ornaments post holiday on super clearance. I would add a ribbon to dress them up. I’d also get stickers with the farm name and add to the flat ones. You could sell to your subscribers as merch. Do a launch in November and one big mailing. I love the Easter egg center pieces too.

[@lynnekerr412]

@@YouCantEatTheGrass I love these ornaments. I first saw them on Little Mountain Ranch. I usually make my family annual Christmas ornaments but would love to buy 8 for next year for something different and beautiful. Would you be interested in selling them? Love your videos!

[@trinhzphotography350]

I love the floral Christmas Tree behind you. I think you should take a vote among your viewers to see how many would like to keep it up all year round or take it down after the holidays. I vote keep it up all year round. It is a very cheerful tree.

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

It's definitely not going to be going down anytime soon, lol. Maybe not all year though

[@Dwynfal]

They look lovely! So unusual and very romantic. Dried herbs like rosemary, thyme, lavender stems would look great as greenery. It would be fun to play the shapes and textures off each other; like round straw flowers and spiky rosemary stems, etc.

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Those would look fun!

[@NeccoWecco]

You can get some long tweezers with the bent end for cheap. That'd help you a lot

[@carolynmoody9460]

Love rewatching videos

[@meep2576]

Love seeing your flowers in the winter

[@thejoynerstyle]

I love all of your video! You guys are some of my Favorite people!!

[@pinoygoldandsilverjewelrie9534]

I love the Dried flower christmas tree! So beautiful. I appreciate it more this time.

[@TPSAM7560]

I like that tree it’s beautiful and those ornaments would go very well with a floral Christmas tree

[@hopemorrison2367]

That is the best way to use the dry flowers

[@smilelenarose]

They look beautiful. They would be great for weddings too. For all those cricut craft lovers, adding the name and date of the couple would be extremely cute as a party favor.

[@cindyd.5507]

That Christmas tree in the back with the dried flowers is the prettiest tree ever, you should try gluing dried flowers on those small cone shaped trees that they have in craft shops or make cones out of poster board to sell for next season.

[@lesliesingh6772]

These would also be fabulous oil filled!

[@maryannfrank6749]

Absolutely beautiful

[@charlisilver7879]

Great idea to save some flowers from a wedding bouquet as a keepsake

[@Artiefrog]

Great idea. One thing I’d do is put a bow at top with a couple flowers by ribbon.

[@annajohnson5673]

These are so BEAUTIFUL!!

[@Freshfrommygarden-Smita]

That's so creative and beautiful 🥰

[@heatherj3030]

I love them all! Pink with white would look lovely for Valentine's day. Awesome job on the ornaments!😊

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Great idea!

[@lissavarghese2505]

Unique and special indeed

[@snorman5041]

Lovely

[@pinoygoldandsilverjewelrie9534]

Wow this is great continuation video. Good job for being so creative. Merry Christmas!

[@bethholness5153]

Oval ornaments for Easter. We have ceramic oval Easter balls that we hang in our interior doorways.

[@cherylbertolini3140]

long tweezer might help. I can't wait till they are for sale :) have a Wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year!

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Good idea!

[@altheab.8907]

Love your ornaments, Serina. They’re very nice. I think you’ve hit on something that will be a huge seller for you. Especially like the ones with eucalyptus. Kudos to Lia….she’s got a good eye for design. Perhaps if you got some of the small suction cups with hooks you could market them all year to hang on mirrors or in windows ( might fade if too sunny). A wooden skewer might help you maneuver things around inside the ornament instead of your finger. May even be able to hold something to one side and slip flower in next to it through the opening. You could also make potpourri…use up your scraps and broken bits…just keep your colors separate when you clean up and toss them into jars. Add some whole flowers, rose hips, pods, etc. when you put it together. You would just need some orris root to hold the scent (a variety of yellow iris) and some essential oils. Might even be able to make some rose, lavender, eucalyptus, or other oils yourself. I think Lia might enjoy pulling petals and popping them into jars and making something that smells really nice. Good to see you looking so much better.

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

I was going to make some potpourri as a fun craft with Lia! So fun

[@altheab.8907]

@@YouCantEatTheGrass Oh yes, she’ll enjoy that. Nice craft for children. No set rules about what to put in…just do whatever. Hope you film the finished product with her. Don’t want to intrude on your mother daughter time with her. Thats precious time that you’ll always both remember. She does seem to like being on camera….just a little. LOL

[@eunicelunsted]

They are very nice!! I think there are plastic round ornaments you can buy that snap together which would allow you to lay out the flowers and snap it together.

[@sweetpea6144]

Beautiful! I’ve dried flowers in silica & put them in resin to make coasters & trays. Lots of ideas for using them.

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

So pretty!

[@thedreamingbun5998]

Your christmas tree looks so beautiful! I would have never combined these colors, but the dark green of the tree makes them look fabulous and very festive!

[@bohemiangardensandgourdfar8812]

Thanks for letting us know where you got empty balls, going to try this. I love that gorgeous tree for a video background. I'm visualizing my favorite color pallette of purples, pinks, blues and lime or chartreuse greens for a tree with larkspur, blue statice, lime zinnias or hydrangeas, etc., and even adding some of the flower balls with white flowers inside (or other special ones). So many cool ideas for the tree, thanks for the idea and tutorial!!

[@carmencole6708]

This was really helpful.

[@highlandwildernessstablean3831]

Love it!! I just love the instructional videos and those bulbs look great. Merry Christmas!

[@clearweather8272]

💫🌸Such a nice idea! Thank you for the instructions too. I hope you sell many of them.

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Thanks!

[@elainefuehrer5739]

i love that tree behind u too

[@triciawilliamson2081]

Really pretty, with lots of creative options. Could you please do a video on How You Dried The Flowers so that they retained their vibrant colors?

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

I don't have much footage. But one of the big tips is to make sure that you have really dry conditions - humidity can cause them to fade or not dry very bright. We are lucky because its crazy dry here, but others use dehumidifiers

[@melissastokes5885]

These are so great! I am going to look into growing straw flowers next year just so I can dry them!

[@PrairieJournals]

Those are simply lovely.

[@kevinandjessl.3820]

They’re gorgeous ornaments!

[@dianegreiner4054]

These look great and what a wonderful way of showcasing the beauty of dried flowers! So enjoyed watching this DIY style video. Would love to see more! Greetings from Michigan! 😊

[@karenh.7086]

I love your shirt!

[@catherineengle4196]

Those look fantastic! God bless and Merry Christmas y'all

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Happy holidays!

[@alissaeyre8302]

I just did this as a craft with my grandkids yesterday and everyone loved it! I can't wait to grow more of the best flowers to dry next year!

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

My kids liked them too, a great little craft

[@daiseegray9110]

Great tutorial🐝🌸☀️

[@zarahsgarden2097]

So Pretty!! Thanks for sharing! 💕

[@melodychristy448]

Those are gorgeous!

[@zefcha4670]

what an idea! great as gifts! even to donate to a nursing home or veterens hospital!

[@deannewilliams3321]

Do you save all the petals that fall off? You could use them for potpourri or filler. I could also see adding things like pieces of lace, something sparkly, tie a ribbon on top. And you should definitely sign and date them. Each one is a work of art!

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Some of the statis is broken pieces I've saved

[@ash.lynn17]

So beautiful! Thanks for the great idea, I love it!

[@meep2576]

Those would look cute in a kitchen also,

[@tamararobinson2069]

So Pretty!! I’m thinking to spray paint a dead branch white pot it and hang these for Easter/Spring💖🤗 Have You videoed a comprehensive How To dry flowers video?

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

We don't have a video about how to dry, because we just hang them up, so nothing too difficult. I might make one next year, and try out some of the glycerin drying too

[@lauriesickles5393]

Love these, plan to try it out next year!

[@christiensgarden3325]

Soo fantastic

[@cadair4736]

I think a skewer ( like you'd use for grilling food) would help with positioning the flowers

[@lifewithlisat]

Maybe you could add a shop to your website. I think these ornaments would be great as well as your bouquets although shipping in the US is getting very expensive. Not sure how it is there but it might be another revenue stream to sell them online.

[@CeCee-no8bg]

Love your channel. Binge watching to try and catch up! Have you ever made a herbarium in a small glass jar? Be it dried flowers/or dried fruit. I just discovered you tube channel called Grainy Flowers. So many beautiful examples there if you are interested.

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Sounds like a fun idea, I'll have to xheck it out!

[@kimtobey3085]

You got me dreaming about my next year Christmas tree!!

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

All flowers, lol

[@sherry2836]

Love your ornaments! You can try using a bamboo skewer to gently move the flowers where you want them. A metal tool may scratch the plastic.

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Good idea!

[@JoyoftheGardenandHome]

You gotta check this out, so cute, Frozen ornaments. They might work with Resin instead for longevity... Northlawn Flower Farm

[@gardengatesopen]

Very Nice 👍

[@radmilamiljanic5977]

They're gorgeous! For the bigger ones, you could use acrylic ones who open in the middle, though glass is more refined:)))

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Good idea!

[@rhebb3228]

I wonder if you could put a larger fresh flower in and then pour in the silica stuff, then dump it back out when it was done drying...

[@sabbyjones2308]

Very beautiful I think i will try it next year. My local dollar tree carries empty balls. I think I would like to add babies breath

[@LizGross]

These are amazing! I really hope they take off as an income stream for you. Like others, I think there could be a market for year-round. You could do green/lime for St. Patrick's Day, Red/White/Blue for American Independence Day, orange and brown for Halloween or Thanksgiving... I wonder if you could even put together a "whole tree" kit for different size trees and sell dozens of them at a time. Just wait till some magazine or website finds these and decides to feature them, and you could have a waiting list! (Can you tell I love to dream?) Anyway, KZbin has recommended your videos to me a couple of times, and as of today I'm a subscriber. :)

[@lesliesingh6772]

There are special long craft tweezers available to make it easier to maneuver the flowers.

[@audreybarnes6527]

Hi Serina, have you tried letting the bigger flowers you want to use dry in the bulb. Hope this helps ❤️

[@lindymorgan1107]

I still like the multi color far more than the single colored bulbs. Beautiful though.

[@surobhisaikia7730]

So was it a good business idea? How many did you sell?? They look awesome

[@familyplans3788]

i know nothing about flowers , i mean NOTHING , but could you grow a single flower in those ? i mean when its a bud you place the ball over it so the flower grows inside and then you cut it and dry it , people will wonder how you got the flower in there , obviously you will have to stop the ball filling up with water but just an idea like i said i dont even know if its possible

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

I could see being able to grow 1 inside the ball, but I think it would dry very poorly because of the lack of air flow - it would be nice for a few days, then just turn to slime unfortunately

[@classvideosbydrstarrs6433]

Hi Serena & Ian, thanks so much for everything you share. It is wonderful and much appreciated. Especially from over here in frigid Qc! For the ornaments, I really struggle with the plastic...I totally get where you are coming from (business, $ etc.) all super valid, and these are not a one-time use product, but anything that puts more plastic into the environment fills me with dread. I am just starting out on my flower farm journey (small backyard scale for now) and I am really trying to focus on the goal of beautiful, profitable and as close to zero impact on the environment as possible. For example, my Xmas wreaths are 100% compostable (no metal, no plastic, no elastic). It's not easy, and you totally deserve to earn a decent living for your family. I am just wondering how this factors into your decisions regarding the farm, products etc? Happy and safe holidays! :-)

[@cherylbibbee2143]

Groovey

[@kimt9797]

A bamboo skewer might help move things around inside.

[@helenlatimer9601]

I see an online business for you too with your dried flower Ornaments 😀

[@camillahsieh4304]

Maybe long-nose tweezers or just a bamboo skewer can help guide the placement?

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Good idea

[@janaharris4683]

You remind me of Kristy McNichol from the 80’s. You might be able to use a skewer or chopstick to arrange the flowers in the ornament. Have you switched Teams? Team Flowers.

[@lissavarghese2505]

Genius

[@Littlebitesofjoy]

Do you happen to have a link to the ornaments? Would love to try this next year.

[@Littlebitesofjoy]

Oops, just heard you say Michaels. Thank you!

[@BigBandLittleClub777]

I wonder what they look like with lights on, they look like the old fashioned ornaments from the 1970's in a way, very beautiful. Could you use tweezers to put flowers in, kinda like the operation game, very tedious.

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

They pop in pretty good, I think it might be more difficult to use tweezers to put them in. Lots of good ideas for using tools to move them around though

[@quirkycottageshenanigans9003]

Have you tried using a chopstick or wooden skewer to move the flowers inside the ornament they way you intend it to go? They look great!

[@julianavarani9999]

Do you have a source for the balls? So far I've found them for $1 a piece and find that a bit much.

[@buenavistagardens1881]

Maybe use some tweezers to help rearrange once inside.

[@buenavistagardens1881]

Pretty

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Good idea!

[@jjbjjbh]

Use some forceps to manipulate the position of the flowers 8nside the ornament. Not your finger.

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Good idea!

[@carolynmoody9460]

Would using a skewer help with placement inside the ornament.. Beautiful video 👍 enjoyed it very much..MERRY CHRISTMAS ☃️🎄

[@deborahcreppon6709]

I would love to buy a big bunch of your dried flowers? Can you message me a price? Maybe a picture comparison? I love the larkspur and yarrow, strawflowers, statice. Thank you. Deborah Creppon. Texas.

[@YouCantEatTheGrass]

Sorry, but we can't ship them, they are just too fragile

[@marilenebeaulieu9727]

You need a curved twizzer! haha!

[@darbabylovesprince]

It's no wonder they did not sell over priced for starters colors will fade

[@kevinoneill7223]

Serina, love your dried flowers, have you thought of making a pomander ball...Christmas kissing ball or flower girl pomander ball? Including a how to video for you...she uses oasis, i believe you could use a styrofoam ball. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rmSrnZWufa56irs Hope it gets your creative juices thinking...Fran ONeill ttps://kzbin.info/www/bejne/rmSrnZWufa56irs

[@cherylbibbee2143]

Or better yet a dental tool!

[@snorman5041]

Lovely