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Wedding Stationery > confetti: Dried Rose Petals- DIY?

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- CommentAuthorNishaVyas88
Hey ladies/gents

Our venue only allows dried rose petals as confetti and with 32 days to go, we need to get some.
My mum says she's only been able to find American sellers online but I intend to search as well. Buuut we're also thinking it might be more cost effective if we do the petals ourselves.

So my question is- does anyone know how to dehydrate rose petals and how soon before the wedding we need to get started?
- CommentAuthorIgnition
Have you tried Ama*on. xx

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- CommentAuthorMel D
I got some from the UK .... let me see if I can find the website and I'll post it on your wall.

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- CommentAuthorMel D
Found it! Posted the link on your wall. They were really good quality and reasonably priced. Delivery was good too, I ordered them on 28 March and they arrived on 01 April.

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- CommentAuthorlala "mod" bunni
i have been making my own ....really easy ,

remove petals and place on greseproof paper

put onto a large baking sheet

put into oven on low and leave , moving petals from time to time

done

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- CommentAuthorbomboniere
You can get some nice delphinium petals onlne, or make your own by drying roses and other flowers. Not sure how long it takes though, the oven idea sounds good and speedy.

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- CommentAuthorlala "mod" bunni
its really quick to be honest ........ i have put them in there when i have done dinner and the oven is cooling down , just leave the door open

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- CommentAuthorlala "mod" bunni
its been lovely asking friend to let me have rose petals whe they have them from flowers going over in thier gardens making them part of our day

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- CommentAuthorNishaVyas88
Thanks everyone! How long before the wedding day can we dry the rose petals? How long will they keep?
- CommentAuthorKaz
Well lala's already started so at least 8 months I guess! xx

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- CommentAuthorEnny
nisha as long as they are dried and kept dry in a storage they will be ok :)

if they only accept dry rose petals they might even except fresh ones :) just find out :) i'm drying my own from each bunch of flowers i buy or get with roses i try them myself and keep them stored nicely away :)
- CommentAuthorspooney24
You can also freeze dry rose petals to keep them stored until the day before and then defrost them. xx

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- CommentAuthorNishaVyas88
  
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Ooh, that's brilliant! My mum can start taking advantage of the cheap roses in the supermarkets now.

And it gives us time to give it some trial and error... I see a lot of burnt flowers in my future...
- CommentAuthorKaz
Nisha, had a look for some and put a link on your wall, hope it helps xx

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- CommentAuthorNishaVyas88
Thanks! Definitely a good idea to have a back-up in case mum and I learn that we can't dehydrate rose petals without making them go black first. lol.
- CommentAuthorspooney24
Supposedly you can also do them in the microwave for 4-5min on defrost to dehydrate them but I havent tried this way so dont know if it truly works. xx

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- CommentAuthorEnny
might be trying that one spooney :) but firstly i will have my bunch of roses in a vase and enjoy them as i have so much time :) but yeah nisha u should try different things (btw asda does cheap rose bunches like 10 mini roses for £2) sometimes they are even a bit cheaper coz they are sort of out of date for display :D so might be worth it looking in to that one xx
- CommentAuthorNicsquared
You can dry them in the air too, they need some circulation around them, I put them on a radiator (thats off) takes a couple of days
They smell nice too :)

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- CommentAuthorEnny
i do mine air dried at the moment :) as i got time i dont worry :)
- CommentAuthorkala
my mum dried rose petals in the microwave ages before my sis weddin last yr and kept them in a shoe box with a few of those little bag of tiny balls-( u know the ones u have to remove from a new handbag or shoes) dont know what there called then she ocassinally added a few drops of rose essential oil and they were brilliant n smelled lovely too- shes doin the same for me to lol x
- CommentAuthorNishaVyas88
That's a good idea- I work in a clothes shop so I can swipe a few of those if I need to unpack the accessories delivery again. Or ask the footwear girls nicely.
- CommentAuthorEnny
lol actually a great idea should be getting those for mine kala thanks for sharing its a great thing your mum did there :D
- CommentAuthormym72
We've bought artificial rose petals to put on the centrepiece mirrors (never thought of them as confetti, might check with our venue). We got ours from hobbicraft in small pots. They weren't that expensive either (£4.29 for 164 petals).

Even though they're artificial, they're very good and you'd think they were the real thing lol. Hope that helps x
- CommentAuthorEnny
our venue has told us confetti is fine but we are not allowed to have artificial as the ducks would eat them :D so they must be real for us but dried is fine :) hehe

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