Things to do with Roses – Rose Crafts and Rose Art
I’ve never been a big fan of roses. I do appreciate and find it fascinating that heirloom and antique roses are cloned and that we can take a clipping of a rose anywhere and then grow it ourselves, that’s fascinating. I’m sure I’ll warm up to them as I get older.
That said, every house I’ve ever lived in has rose bushes. I haven’t been lucky enough to get a good climbing rose, but for the past 16 years, we’ve had roses on the table pretty much all summer long.
If I was a rose collector, I’d certainly go back to the house we left last year, to take clippings from the long-stemmed red roses that were growing there.
Either way, some roses don’t do well in a vase and once all the vases have been given away, we usually end up doing rose crafts. Our favorite things to do with roses are making rose and mint tea, rose beads and rosewater perfume.
The images below come from a recipe for rose petal tea, old fashioned rose beads and – that white rise is made from coffee filters, click on each for details. The coffee-filter roses were featured on Martha Stewart, you can watch the video. If you’ve never smelled rose petal beads, you are in for a treat because they smell for a very long time. My Grandmother has an actual handmade rose petal beaded rosary that was given to her by HER grandmother and the smell is just enchanting.
