Yes, we’re in full summer swing here in the northern hemisphere but there is no better time to start collecting for this little decor idea than the present.
Green, fresh, living house plants add that feel to a room which completes it, but there’s also something about dried leaves and flowers that appeals to me greatly. With both dried flowers and green plants in a room, the outdoors is constantly indoors with me in both polarized forms, alive and dead.
I find the dried stems especially charming when put in a recycled bottle or glass.
I’m always so amazed at how some of the colors remain vibrant, like the yellow of the billy buttons or the purple of the statice. The pales of the dried chive flowers and grape hyacinths make for nice contrast as well.
I need to admit here that I don’t actually know what kind of plant this is (above) but I found these dried byoots while on a late fall walk. They grow off of one long stem but I broke them off at roughly equal lengths and used this cider bottle as a vase.
Most of these dried flowers are in makeshift vases. There’s a Jack Daniel’s souvenir glass (below) and several Millennium Celebration glasses. I like the simplicity of these ones but I can see any repurposed glass being a good home to show off your stems.
I’ve also dried cattails which you can try as well if you have access to some. Warning: collect them before they’re mature or you’ll just fill your home with fluff. I think we all have enough cleaning to do as it is without adding all of that.
Sage is easy and multifunctional because it can also be burnt the herb makes for a wonderfully earthy and homemade incense.
The Amalgam Collection 