How do you sand dry roses?

I've never done it before, is it easy? Does is matter what kind of sand?

How do you sand dry roses?
There are kits to preserve flowers. When I wanted to do this I was told to call the florist (at that time the kit was around $7 but that was a long time ago). "Some" craft stores may have it as well, or someplace in your area like a greenhouse or maybe Home Depot where you buy live flowers/bushes.



Here it is from the internet: http://www.frugalhomemaker.com/articles/...



This can be done using a desiccant such as silica gel. alum, sand or borax. Place your desiccant into a bowl making sure that the desiccant is entirely dry. Remove the stem of the rose and push a short length of florist wire through the centre of the the rose and replace the stem.



Push the wire stem into the bowl of desiccant and carefully spoon the desiccant over the rose. Seal the container and leave to dry out. Silica takes about 48 hours, but alum and borax take about 2 weeks and sand can take up to about 4 weeks.



Your desiccant can be used again by carefully drying out in an oven. When cooled it should be ready to use again.



Dried and preserved roses are also nice to use when making pot pourri as they nearly always retain their scent. Add extra scent with a drop or two of rose oil into the pot pourri mix then displayed in open bowls of petals with similar colouring or in or use in sachets mixes for clothes drawers or the airing cupboard.
Reply:I've never heard of drying flowers in regular sand. You use silica powder, which looks much like sand. Find it in a craft store such as Michaels. Sprinkle the silica down in between the petals, then gently bury the flower in the powder. Leave for the specified amount of time (sorry, been a while since I've done it, so I don't remember exactly how long!)