My boyfriend always gives me roses for special occasions and our anniversary is coming up and i really want to press them. the last ones he gave me i just dried out.
im not sure exactly how to do it so any instructions would help alot.
thanks.
2006-08-25 04:32:58 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
in between a book
2006-08-25 04:34:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The heavy book ideas work for many flowers because they do not have the bulk that roses have. I suggest that you get a couple of short pieces of sturdy wood...2X6 or 2X8 and a couple of heavy "C" clamps and place the roses in between two pieces of heavy Kraft paper (brown with no wax or other coating) then situate the roses between the wood pieces and set the clamps and increase the pressure every couple of days for a month or so. Keep the press in a cool dry place.
Remember and enjoy!!
2006-08-29 04:01:17 · answer #2 · answered by Tim Taylor 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can help you with this one, find you a nice thick book and place the rose in the center of the book.
But first you may want to use some cookie sheet paper to protect the book and the rose.
Try this I am sure it will work
2006-08-25 04:38:53 · answer #3 · answered by Tom Sawyer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, to save roses, I suggest using a clear lacquer and preserve them in 3 dimensions vs. 2
2006-08-25 04:41:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hang mine upside down tied together in a dark area of my apartment (closet or under a sink). After about a week I spray them with a dried flower spray and put them in a vase. Then evey now and then I re spray and its nice to look at them and remember the day they were given to me.
2006-08-25 04:41:33 · answer #5 · answered by Sweetie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
..exactly what they said..i put mine in the back of a very heavy book for days. Leave the flower/flowers in it long enough for it to totally dry. It usually turns out pretty and you can take it out and put it in a scrapbook or whatever.
2006-08-25 04:37:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
put it in a book with wax paper around it
then put as much weight on top of the book as you can
then leave it alone for a week or so
roses are hard to do thou - because they are so thick
2006-08-25 04:37:06 · answer #7 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeap, in between a really thick book. It helps to stack other things on that book as well.
2006-08-25 04:35:41 · answer #8 · answered by fan_fic85 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My wife puts them in books for awhile
2006-08-25 04:35:01 · answer #9 · answered by radd976 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get me to sit on them!
2006-08-25 04:35:29 · answer #10 · answered by E.F. Landeros 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋