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• Remove remaining flowers by carefully pouring off desiccant, letting it fall slowly through
your fingers, catching each flower and carefully removing it by its stem. Stand preserved
flowers in a block of flower foam until arranged.
• Store in airtight tins until ready to use. In humid climates, protect loose-petal flowers
with a light application of finishing spray to prevent moisture absorption.
Dried Apple Wreath
Supplies:
Mod Podge sealer (available in craft supply stores)
brush
1500 mgs. vitamin C (dissolved in 1 gallon of water or lemon or pineapple juice.)
8 or more apples (depending on the size of wreath)
hot glue gun & glue sticks
styrofoam wreath
grapevines
straw
cardboard
ribbon
thin wire
baby's breath
cinnamon sticks
Slice apples into 1/8 inch uniform slices. A meat slicer, apple slicer, or potato slicer results in
even slices (do not core apples since the core forms an attractive star shape when dried).
As you slice each apple, immediately place slices in a solution of pineapple or lemon juice
and water (50/50 mix) or vitamin C and water solution. Soak apples 10 minutes, drain, and
place on trays to dry. They will take 4 to 8 hours to dry. Remove apples when they are leather
like with no pockets of moisture, but before they become crisp.
Secure a hanging device on the back of the styrofoam wreath form. Working a small area at a
time from the outside in, squeeze a line of glue on the outside edge, place an apple slice, keep
repeating, over-lapping the slices slightly for a more full look. Continue around the outer half of
the wreath form, until the row is completed. Repeat process with the inside row, until there are
2 rows of apples side by side. When apples are glued in place, seal with Mod Podge on both
sides of the wreath, one side at a time. Add a ribbon bow and any other decorative touches.
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