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Rose Heart Shadow Box

by Brooke · on February 3, 2010 · 57 Comments ·

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Rose Heart Shadow box is a great way to use those roses that you’ve collected over the years. It’s a fun way to display the love you share.

Rose Heart Shadow Box | DIY Home Decor | Dried Flowers


I’m SO excited about this Rose Heart Shadow Box. This project is something I’ve been wanting to do for YEARS and finally decided to just do it, for crying out loud. 🙂 I’m really happy with how it turned out, imperfections and all! These dried roses have a very special meaning to me, they are roses my hubby has given me throughout our relationship, some of them dating clear back to the early-mid 1990’s. We met when we were 14. So they are OLD. 🙂 And I have saved them because I am sentimental like that. And I love my husband. And now my little “vintage” dried roses can be displayed prettily in our home. And I am happy about it.

Rose Heart Shadow Box | DIY Home Decor | Dried Flowers

It was pretty easy.

Here’s what I did and what you can do to make a Rose Heart Shadow Box for yourself.

I just got my basket of dried roses out and dusted them off a bit, carefully, with one of those compressed air thingies that you clean out your keyboard with.

Rose Heart Shadow Box | DIY Home Decor | Dried Flowers
I removed the dried leaves and trimmed the stems as far down as I could.
Then I arranged them into a heart-like shape and didn’t worry if it wasn’t a perfectly symmetrical heart. 🙂
Rose Heart Shadow Box | DIY Home Decor | Dried Flowers
Out came my trusty hot glue gun–I glued the bottom of the roses onto a piece of cardstock, then I mounted it on the back of my shadow box frame. Easy.
Rose Heart Shadow Box | DIY Home Decor | Dried Flowers
Yay! A project over 14 years in the making. 🙂 Happy February!
xoxoxo,
Brooke

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Comments

  1. Tyler and Jen says

    February 3, 2010 at 11:58 pm

    Love that! I’m the same way with my roses! I need to make that!
    ~Jennifer
    http://becauseicancrafts.blogspot.com

    Reply
  2. Brooke says

    February 4, 2010 at 3:13 am

    Thanks ladies! Dawn, once I hot glued the flowers, they really did stay put. Even the ones where I accidentally pulled out the stem. 🙂 These babies were really old and fragile so i wasn’t sure if they’d hold up, but so far they have. I did have several fall apart when I was sorting them, but if they did I just didn’t use them. Anyway, thanks for visiting the Crafty Chicks!

    Reply
    • Deb says

      March 25, 2018 at 7:40 pm

      Do they get nasty after awhile? I really would like to keep them for a long time they came from my moms funeral

      Reply
      • Becky says

        March 26, 2018 at 2:53 pm

        They have stayed good so far.

        Reply
  3. Dawn says

    February 4, 2010 at 12:11 am

    What a great job, I love it. Did you have any trouble with the buds falling apart after you hot glued them? Some of my older ones I will pick up and the spiral will just completely fall apart!

    Anyways, I adore it.

    Reply
  4. The Jones Family says

    February 4, 2010 at 11:09 am

    I have a bowl full of roses from the last 6 years…

    LOVE this idea!

    Reply
  5. Kathryn says

    February 5, 2010 at 5:17 am

    oh my goodness that is just so sweet!

    Reply
  6. Kaye says

    February 6, 2010 at 1:29 am

    That is soooo beautiful! It turned out great and I love shadow boxes!

    Reply
  7. Kierstin says

    February 8, 2010 at 11:25 pm

    I LOVE this idea. I’m gonna do this with fake flowers in my little girls room… big flowers, big frame, big ol’ colorful gerber daisy heart on her wall. Thanks!

    Reply
  8. Tiff Hunt says

    February 17, 2010 at 1:33 pm

    I just did this with my roses!! Thanks for the wonderful idea! It was perfect for all the flowers I saved from my hubs! L.O.V.E the blog!!!

    Reply
  9. Erin says

    March 24, 2010 at 6:41 am

    I love the Heart Shadow Box! What a wonderful idea and it allows you to keep such a beautiful gift in something that you can see daily! Great Job!

    Reply
  10. RWilson05 says

    April 18, 2010 at 9:31 pm

    Just found this blog today. Oh, I’m in love! I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS IDEA! (Now I regret not keeping all those roses from over the years!) My hubby and I met in ’97 (at Magic Mtn of all places) and I was 14 as well! I love stories like ours! <3 Keep up the fantastic craftiness.... it's quite inspiring for a non crafty person like me!

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  11. Debbie says

    February 28, 2011 at 4:56 pm

    I’m so glad to see this post. I too keep all of my roses from my other half…18 years worth lol. they are looking pretty old =)

    Reply
  12. Summer says

    February 23, 2012 at 7:15 pm

    I was wondering how many roses you used and what size shadow box you used? i would like to do this for my roses.

    Reply
  13. Brooke g says

    July 29, 2012 at 10:59 pm

    I can’t wait to do this with the dried roses from my wedding !!!

    Reply
  14. Morgan says

    August 4, 2012 at 2:16 pm

    Beautiful shadow box. I’m not yet married but I know I have my guy so I’m working on my collection! Where did you keep the roses over the years? I’ve been drying some of mine out and they smell terrible right now so I’m not sure where to keep them :[ Were they in an airtight place, back of closet? Any pointers for me? :]

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  15. Tabitha Cesefske says

    August 9, 2012 at 2:39 pm

    Were did you purchase your shadow box?

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    • Brooke says

      August 9, 2012 at 4:26 pm

      I’ve had that shadow box for YEARS but I think I just got it at a craft store like Michaels or JoAnn’s? Hope that helps! 🙂

      Reply
  16. Cheyenne says

    August 13, 2012 at 9:51 pm

    How did you dry out your flowers?? Am wanting to do this with yellow roses my boyfriend gave me but am not sure the best way to go about drying them out!

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  17. Cheyenne says

    August 13, 2012 at 9:51 pm

    How did you dry out your flowers?? Am wanting to do this with yellow roses my boyfriend gave me but am not sure the best way to go about drying them out!

    Reply
    • Brooke says

      August 22, 2012 at 10:21 am

      I tied a piece of string around the bunch and hung them upside down to dry. That helps to keep the nice shape of the the flower. I’ve heard you can also spray them with hairspray to help preserve them? Good luck!

      Reply
  18. Heather says

    August 22, 2012 at 8:59 am

    How long ago did you make this and are the flowers still hanging on to the glue? I would love to do this with my wedding bouquet but I don’t want it to fall apart in a year or however long… I’m wondering if you put a piece of that green “flower foam” (I can’t remember what that’s called and then put hot glue on the stems and pushed it into the foam if that would help it to hold longer… very beautiful idea though, thank you for sharing!

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    • Brooke says

      August 22, 2012 at 10:31 am

      Thanks Heather! I made this over 2 1/2 years ago and it is still going strong! I haven’t had any problems whatsoever with any flowers falling off or anything, it still looks great! I’ve been super happy with it. But that green flower foam is also a great idea!

      Reply
  19. Marni says

    January 20, 2013 at 11:45 am

    I’ve been ‘drying’ my flowers for almost five months now because I just don’t know what to do with them. Thank you so much for this amazing idea and saving me from tossing it into the trash can!

    Reply
  20. Vanessa says

    February 4, 2013 at 9:56 am

    I absolutely love this! What size shadow box did you use?

    Reply
  21. Tony says

    March 15, 2013 at 11:48 am

    My girlfriend does the same thig saves one rose from every bunch i give her . what i do is take the one she saves and after it dries i dip it in a clear polyurthane or even the yellow if thats what you have and set it up to dry and do it one more time realy preserves the rose ..we have them in a curio but thanks for posting this because another brilliant idea and i can be romantic and surprise her with a shadow box heart of these roses …another thing they dont fall apart easy after dipped either. if you see your pedals drouping put up side down with close pin…..peace

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    • Brooke says

      March 15, 2013 at 1:59 pm

      Great idea! Love these tips! 🙂 Thanks for sharing.

      Reply
  22. haley russell says

    March 22, 2013 at 5:13 am

    My friend is sending me flowers and i was wondering how you dried out your flowers so i czn make one of these!?

    Reply
  23. Nicole says

    March 22, 2013 at 9:05 pm

    Once you hung them to dry…then what did you do with them for all those years to keep them so perfect?!? I have some hanging but don’t know what to do now before the box 🙂

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  24. Jessie says

    March 30, 2013 at 10:59 am

    This is aMaZiNg!! I have so many bouquets of roses that I’ve been holding onto but am running out of room! My next purchase: a shadow box! Thank you for posting this; I cannot wait to get it together and display in our place!!

    Reply
  25. Megan says

    April 22, 2013 at 5:04 pm

    So I have also saved many roses over the past year and I couldn’t figure out what to do with them. When I saw this I definatly wanted to try it but I was wondering how do you cut the stem of the rose close enough to the actual flower so that they are easy enough to glue on? I feel like I couldn’t cut the stems of some of my roses as close as I would have liked. Any suggestions would be great, thanks for the idea!:)

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  26. Sasha says

    June 17, 2013 at 1:18 pm

    My shadow box is not big enough, it squished the roses.

    Reply
  27. Sarah says

    August 19, 2013 at 11:12 am

    Wow. This is such a great idea. I have my wedding bouquet sitting in my bedroom from 8 years ago. This is perfect! Thanks for the inspiration.

    ~ Sarah

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  28. Anna says

    August 27, 2013 at 6:39 pm

    Live love love!!!!!!!! I am so doing this too!!!! Thank you!!

    Reply
  29. Emily Schuster says

    September 7, 2013 at 10:55 pm

    Hey–thanks for the idea! I made one out of the flowers from my engagement 🙂

    Reply
  30. Ana says

    November 25, 2013 at 6:30 am

    Love it!!! I want to do it to with my wedding bouquet. Do you have by any chance the measurements of the box? Thank you!

    Reply
  31. Mena says

    November 30, 2013 at 9:17 pm

    Wow, it is amazing to see someone did the same project as me (two years ago)! I did my rose heart with the rainbow roses my boyfriend gave me last week(I looooove it!).
    http://romantic-idea.com/rose-heart/
    I love your pure red heart too! Do you mind telling me how deep is your shadow box inside? I really had a hard time finding the right shadow box. Thx a lot!

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  32. Amanda says

    June 13, 2014 at 9:13 pm

    What size shadow frame did you use? I don’t know what size to buy. Please help!

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    • Roquel says

      July 30, 2014 at 6:33 pm

      Yes! +1 What size shadow box frame is this? I have 4 dozen roses from my birthday. I would love to dry them out and make this! Thanks.

      Reply
  33. Zoey Gronemeyer says

    November 2, 2015 at 7:20 pm

    I have a boutique of flowers my boyfriend recently sent and I want to do what you did! Do I just hang them upside-down until dry then add to the box? And do I put a glass over it?

    Reply
  34. Katy says

    January 21, 2017 at 11:33 am

    Hi! I love this idea – trying to do it with roses my boyfriend has given me over the past two and a half years! I’m wondering what dimension shadow box did you use/where did you get it from? I’m thinking about getting a 1.35″ one. Thanks!

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    • Becky says

      January 25, 2017 at 3:04 pm

      Hi Katy!
      I think that would work just great. You really could do whatever size you’d like. I think it mostly depends on how many roses you have. You can always make more if you have too many left over. 😉

      Reply

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