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The Romantic Tip of the Week Ezine |
| The Romantic Tip of the Week is one of the internet's longest running and most popular newsletters. To read other issues that we have posted, click here. Romantic Tip of the Week June 24 Last week I sent an idea about giving trees and plants as gifts since they usually don't die. This week I am sharing some ways to make flowers last longer. WHY YOU SHOULD RETURN THOSE FLOWERS Have you ever received flowers from someone? Most of us have. Do you throw them away when they begin to wilt? Most of us do. Why not consider saving these flowers and returning them to the one who sent them? Sound rude or strange? Actually, its quite romantic. There are a few different ways you can prepare the flowers for their journey back to their original giver. * Take some of the flowers and press them between sheets of wax paper in the pages of a dictionary or other large book. It will take several weeks or months for the flowers to properly flatten and dry, but the results will be worth it. Then you may want to frame the blossoms behind glass, create a card and glue them on the front or iron them between two pieces of laminating paper to be preserved forever. * Remove the blossoms from their stems and dry them to make potpourri. There are several ways to dry whole flowers or just the petals. You can do it in with an oven, microwave, silica crystals (found in craft stores) or simply air dry them. You may want to check out a book from the library that would give instructions on drying flowers and perhaps also a book that would give some recipes on making potpourri. * Make a dried flower arrangement. Again, you may want to consult a book on how to dry flowers. I have had good success with drying flowers by hanging them upside down in a dark, dry closet for a couple of weeks. It is important to begin the process before the petals begin to fall off the flowers. Once the flowers are dry, arrange them (or have someone help you if you have no talent in this area) and put them in a vase. You can buy an ordinary vase or search flea markets or antique stores for an old teapot or brass pot to go with your arrangement. * The fourth way you can return the flowers to their sender is to save all the petals and return them in a crystal bowl or vase. A friend of mine dried the petals from all the roses her boyfriend had given her and they looked strikingly beautiful in a crystal vase. These gifts are not the same as buying potpourri or a dried flower arrangement from the store down the road. These are gifts that have a history and a meaning. You received these flowers, adored and cherished them and then took the initiative to preserve them for everlasting enjoyment. Imagine the reaction you would get if on the night you asked your girlfriend to become your wife, you presented her with the first flower she had given to you two or three years earlier. If fresh flowers touch the heart, imagine what returned flowers can do. * "Call Michael Webb the master of romance" - Dallas Morning News
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