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velvets, lace, gingham, patchwork, plaid and burlap for gifts that will look beautiful under any tree.
Her place west of town on Route 211 offers boundless opportunities for the shopper who plans to make his or her own presents to give. She has thousands of dried flowers, most that she’s grown and preserved herself, and some that she’s imported for fashioning table arrangements. They range from the exotic to the ordinary.
Mrs. Chrisman has dried artichokes, bought at the local grocery store, dried in her oven, then bleached. She has proteas, African flowers that would look at home on a martian landscape, palmettos from Florida and slender luffa sponges from her backyard garden.
For folks who don't want to try their own, Mrs. Chrisman does custom flower arrangements. Just bring a bowl and a sample of upholstry or wallpaper so she can pick out coordinating colors and shapes. She also has Christmas table arrangements and wreaths for wall and door hanging, cards, cornhusk dolls made by Eva Stephenson and hundreds of little knickknack items and miniatures.
The House of Dried Flowers is open every day but Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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