Sweet Smelling Gifts Part 2

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Well here are some of the flowers that I have dried whole for use in pot pourri. I have dried cornflowers and whole rose heads and I must say I am quite pleased with the results for a first effort with whole flower heads - never attempted this before. I currently have bay leaves and other leafy material drying and I thought that to make the pot pourri look aesthetically pleasing from the top the whole flowers would finish off the pot pourri. All experimental of course but am getting there very slowly.

Will post the recipe(s) for pot pourri separately.

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