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Blog / Wisedry Dried-Flower Shadow Box
Wisedry Dried-Flower Shadow Box guides
Pressing, preserving, and displaying what you grew.
Why did my dried flowers go moldy?
Mold on dried flowers means moisture got in after drying. How to read the signs, save what can be saved, and set up a display that keeps the air inside dry.
How should you dry flowers: air, pressing, silica, or microwave?
Four ways to dry flowers compared — air drying, pressing, silica gel, and the microwave — on color, shape, speed, and the blooms each one suits.
How do you arrange dried flowers in a shadow box?
A shadow box gives dried flowers real depth, so compose in layers: pick the focal bloom, build back to front, keep petals off the glass, then let the sealed frame handle moisture.
How do you keep dried flowers from fading?
Light, humidity, and air are what fade dried flowers. Here is what each one does, and the habits — darkness, sealing, silica gel — that slow it down.
Shadow box or photo frame: which should display your dried flowers?
A flat photo frame presses dried flowers against the glass; a deep shadow box gives them room, closure, and desiccant care. A practical side-by-side.
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