Happy Easter everybody! Autumn is upon us now and the wet weather is cooling down to Winter. The days are becoming a little bit shorter and a little bit darker, so I wanted to preserve some of the sunshine left from summer!
Pressing and drying flowers is really simple and doesn't require any fancy materials. You just place your flowers however you want them to sit between two sheets of paper towelling, and squish the layers together with some heavy books. They could take from a few days to a week to dry depending on how warm and dry it is.
Some of the flowers come out really nice. Some can discolour, and go a little brown. I was so optimistic about the biggest white flower, but it turned out too discoloured to use for anything nice.
The idea of pressed flowers might make you think of grannies and outdated crafts, but they can make really pretty gift cards, and it's fun piecing and gluing together pretty patterns!
Next time I try this I would like to paint a watercolour background on the card. Wouldn't that be pretty, with blues and pinks and yellows?
your pressed flowers are so pretty! Whenever i try to do this, mine end up looking like shriveled up raises......
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