Dried Peonies for a Spring Display

One thing leads to another so when we cleaned up our shelves in the sunroom to start vegetable seeds, I re-discovered the peonies I had cut and dried last summer. These were the last of my 2023 prolific peony blooms and I decided to try and preserve them by hanging them upside down. They dry lovely, but are quite fragile. I will use them for a month or so and then they will go into the compost bin. 

I decided to make a spring display for the sunroom coffee table with the dried peonies.

The peonies add a hint of a soft pink color, perfect for spring. 

I put three of the peonies in a vintage Beatrix Potter mug and set that on a couple vintage books. The books add color and height and helps to connect the mug to the basket display. Plus, we do have binoculars and a spotting scope in the sunroom to spot birds, so the bird book might come in handy.

I placed some floral foam on one half of the the thrifted basket and added the rest of the peonies. I tied a white velvet ribbon in the flower side of the basket.

The thrifted, bespeckled, white rabbit sits on an overturned, metal mug. I added some moss to hide both the mug and the foam block.

The flowers are right at home in the sunroom with my collection of amateur, floral paintings.

A vintage, hand-painted, floral tray sits on the coffee table too, with a plant in a vintage, yellow, planter and a candle on a pink saucer.

The sunroom is cheery and comfortable and ready for a new season. I love sitting here in the afternoons when the sun streams in. I am so glad I chose to dry the peonies last July. I will dry more this year when they bloom. Until then, I will enjoy the color and reminder of warmer days ahead that these bring to the space.