Flowers for gifts
Given for love, thanks, birthdays, visits and apologies.
Decoration
Paisleyبته
A curved teardrop motif from Iran and India, now used worldwide on textiles
🇮🇷 Iran and 8 more · Art or design
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Butaبوته
A curved floral motif found in Persian, Indian, and Central Asian art and textiles
🇮🇷 Iran and 5 more · Art or design
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Cake decorating
The craft of adorning cakes with icing, fondant, and edible decorations
🇺🇸 United States · Art or design
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Sugar sculpture
Artistic centerpieces and figures made entirely from cooked sugar
🇨🇳 China and 1 more · Flower craft
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Quilling
Decorative art made by rolling and shaping strips of paper
🇺🇸 United States and 1 more · Flower craft
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Kusudama薬玉
A Japanese paper sphere made from folded flowers or units, often hung as decoration
🇯🇵 Japan · Flower craft
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Shellcraft
Decorative art made by arranging and using seashells
🇦🇺 Australia and 1 more · Flower craft
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Attarअत्तर, عطر
Traditional natural perfume oil distilled from flowers, herbs, and spices
🇮🇳 India and 2 more · Flower craft
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Famille rose粉彩
Pink-enamel style of Chinese porcelain decoration
🇨🇳 China and 1 more · Art or design
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Oshibana押し花
The craft of making pictures from pressed flowers and leaves
🇯🇵 Japan · Flower craft
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Floral design
The art of arranging flowers and plant materials into decorative displays
🇪🇬 Egypt and 7 more · Arrangement
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Sugar paste
A sweet, moldable icing for cake decorations and edible flowers
Flower craft
Decoration
Phulkariਫੁਲਕਾਰੀ / پھلکاری
Hand-embroidered floral shawls and cloths from Punjab, made by women
🇮🇳 India and 1 more · Flower craft
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Flower preservation
Ways to keep flowers looking fresh long after they are picked
Flower craft
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Artificial flower
Imitation flowers made from fabric, plastic, paper, clay and other materials
🇨🇳 China and 5 more · Arrangement
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Sachet
A small scented cloth bag filled with herbs or aromatic ingredients
🇮🇳 India · Flower craft
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Jasmine tea茉莉花茶
Green or other tea leaves scented with jasmine flowers, prized in China and Vietnam
🇨🇳 China and 2 more · Flower craft
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Paisley: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Buta: Thomas Watier, Public domain, source
- Sugar sculpture: kirstenjolanda, CC BY 2.0, source
- Cake decorating: Michael Prudhomme, CakesMadeEasy.com, CC BY 2.5, source
- Quilling: Inna Dorman, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kusudama: Angie, CC BY 2.0, source
- Shellcraft: Verne Equinox, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Attar: Kerina yin, CC0, source
- Famille rose: Anonymous ( Qing dynasty ) Unknown author and Anonymous ( France ) Unk, CC0, source
- Oshibana: Pmlydon, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Floral design: Jmaxx37, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Sugar paste: Pirum, Public domain, source
- Phulkari: Sheebamadanloewinger, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Flower preservation: Flor4U|Wolfgang Roth|Blumenwerkstatt Roth, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Artificial flower: Flor4U|Wolfgang Roth|Blumenwerkstatt Roth, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sachet: Jebulon, CC0, source
- Jasmine tea: Hayden Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, source