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Dried Flowers: What about making some Flowered Place Mats

It’s really very hard and heart-stanching to see the slow and steady wilting if a favorite bouquet or a precious bunch of flowers someone special gave, isn’t it? So why not make something unique with the wilting leaves and the falling petals and preserve them for an extended period of time. You can make some very attractive dried flower placemats with the tips we give you, after some time the original colours of the petals will fade giving way to an exotic brown tinge.
Requirements:
•    Dried flowers and foliage
•    Clear contact paper
•    Scissors
Now how do you precisely make one, here’s how…
1.    You will need to cut two pieces of contact paper measuring about 12”X18” for every place mat.
2.    Now take one piece and peel of the cover backing. Place it on a flat surface, a tabletop maybe, with the sticky side facing up.
3.    Now break a few flowers and leaves from the stem arranging them on the sticky surface of the contact paper.
4.    Press the florals well with your fingers to lay them flat. With some big blossoms you may remove the petals and use them individually for a better effect.
5.    Now take the second piece of paper circle, remove the cover and place the sticky side on the arrangement you prepared right now.
6.    In case you are unable to label the edges exactly, don’t worry, the wrinkles won’t mind as the florals will already produce a few. You just try your best to press all the florals as flat as you can. That’s enough to make your placemat look good.
7.    Now trim around the edges a bit and cut off the extra bits and pieces. You can make the edges look embellished by cutting scallops or putting some coloured tape.
8.    You can experiment a bit with the shapes of the placing mats or you can even try making a mobile one to hang up in the window.
Okay, you are done! Just have a look and appreciate your own creation. You can very well gift a few of these to some friend or relative on a visit. What do you say??