This fun and simple craft can be easily made with any dried flower. Here we created one with shadow box peonies and a burlap backing.
Memory or shadow boxes are great for keeping a collection of something special, and hanging it in your home. In this post I’ve created shadow box peonies, mainly as a decoration, in homage to my favorite flower.
I love peonies and am always so sad when they stop flowering. I always pick as many as I can when they are getting close to the end, and this year I decided to try to preserve a few.
I cut some of my double herbaceous peonies along with one ITOH hybrid, and hung them in the basement for a couple of weeks.
The doubles did much better than the ITOH (yellow one) but they all looked pretty good.
Using a rustic wood shadow box from Hobby Lobby with a little burlap for the backing, the peonies were gathered and glued into place.
Shadow Box Peonies
A small jute bow completes the look.
Make A Dried Peony Wreath
Heather says
Did you spray anything on the flowers to seal them before placing them in the shadow box? I am trying to create something like this with assorted flowers from previous special occasions. Thanks!
Patti Estep says
Hi Heather,
I did not spray my peonies. I’ve used hairspray (the aerosol kind) on dried flowers before but since these were going under glass I didn’t bother. THey still look good so maybe you don’t need it? Hope that helps.
Amy Renea, Looksi Curator says
peonies are my FAV! I love this idea!
Patti says
So glad you like it Amy. Thanks for stopping by.