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Pressing Flowers. Easy Ways How To Press Flowers With A Book Or A Flower Press.
The things you can make with your pressed flowers are endless. For example, you could make greeting cards, invitation cards, flower picture you could frame and put on the wall.
Maybe you have christened your baby and received a beautiful bouquet of flowers or you would like to keep your wedding flowers. Wouldn’t it be nice the make a picture from pressed flowers and frame it with a picture of your new baby or your wedding in it. The ideas are endless. There are so many ways of preserving fresh flowers. These are just two more ways of doing this. Air Drying flowers and drying flowers and leaves in the microwave How To Press Flowers In A BookPressing flowers in between books and flower presses has been done for many years, long before microwaves. I think it's the easiest way. Maybe not the quickest way. The only thing is you have to wait longer to see the end results, unlike drying flowers in the microwave. Below are the things you will need and method to get started.
Things you will need1. A big book. 2. Newspaper. 3. Tissues or blotting paper. 4. Something heavy like tins, heavy weights, books. Method
2. Open the book and insert a piece of newspaper and blotting paper onto the page. 3. Take your flower and place it onto the blotting paper. If the calyx of the flower (calyx is the green leaves that enclose the actual bud also called Sepals)is very thick gently squeeze the center of the flower between your finger and thumb so it becomes flat. 4. Lay the flower on the blotting paper, if you are using small flowers you can place more than one but make sure the petals do not overlap each other. 5. Cover with plenty newspaper and blotting paper. Turn over about ten pages and repeat the process. Do this until the book is full. 6. Put something heavy on top of the book and leave for about 2 weeks. After two weeks open the book and have a look. 7. If the blotting paper or tissue looks damp, place the flowers onto dry blotting paper carefully and press for another two or more weeks.
Pressing Flowers In A Flower PressThings you will need and method
2. Lots of blotting paper cut to the size of the plywood. This is to soak the moister from the flowers and leaves. 3. Lots of newspaper cut to the size of the plywood. 4. 4 bolts. The length of bolts depends on the thickness you want the press to be. Remember the thickness of the paper and the flowers. 5. 4 winged nuts to fit the bolts. This is to screw the press down. 6. 4 washers to fit the nuts. The layering is the same as for pressing with a book. When you have filled your press with flowers or leaves, gently tighten the press. Check every few days to see if the blotting paper is damp, if it is, carefully change the blotting paper for dry ones and place the flowers back then tighten the press again. If you do not want to make your own flower press for pressing flowers you can visit a craft store and buy one. The same method applies. Top of Page  Return From Pressing flowers To Homemade Gift Basket Ideas
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