Natural white roses... how do i change them into blue?

i want my wedding centerpieces to have blue flowers in it, since it's beach themed.


how do i dye them?

Natural white roses... how do i change them into blue?
Get some blue spray paint, they make paints specially for flowers and those will hold up best (check with a florist, or maybe a craft shop). Place a big piece of plastic on the ground to protect the space around you, then hold each rose individually and spray lightly, turning the rose steadily in your hand to evenly coat. You want to hold the spray paint about six to eight inches away from the rose. Practice on a few extra or cheaper flowers first to get the hang of it. Wear light gloves -- it will stain your hands blue for a couple days, and you don't want blue hands at your wedding!





For an absolutely beautiful blue tipped or frosted look, put down a piece of plastic then spray a puddle in one spot on it. You can add some fine glitter for an added touch. Then lightly dip and roll the top of each rose in the blue paint. This takes a light touch. Again, practice on a couple extra or cheaper flowers first. This is an incredibly pretty way of doing it and it is the way I would definately recommend! It looks GREAT. And, you don't stain your fingers ;)





Alternately, you can place some blue food coloring in the water that the cut roses are in about 48 hours before they're placed into the centerpiece. This will be less reliable, though -- the color doesn't look as good, isn't as even, and the flowers are more likely to wilt.
Reply:Food dye in the water? But can't really trust that it's going to turn out like you hoped though, since you'd need them to also be fresh... Or perhaps lightly spray them with spray paint, but I'd experiment well enough before hand to make sure that it wouldn't make the rose wilt and die.
Reply:You put the flower stems in blue food coloring and let the flowers drink. The longer they stay in the more of the flower will turn blue. I suggest you test this first to see how much food coloring and how long it takes.
Reply:Make sure to cut the ends under running water (diagonally) then put them in a vase with water and blue food coloring
Reply:You can find several 'home recipes' to do this - or you can order them here:





http://www.flowersareus.com/info.asp?id=...
Reply:cut them and then place them into a vase/container that has water


then add blue food coloring to the water


in a couple of days the roses will be blue