pressing flowers?

Question

how can i press a flower from my grandmothers funeral so i can keep it forever?

Answer 1

Depends on the flower and how well you want to preserve it. If it is just the petals or a thin flower (like a daisy), lay it between two sheets of tissue paper and put it in the pages of a heavy book. After a while (like a week or two or three), take it out and put it under glass so you can look at it without hurting it (like in a picture frame). MarthaStewart.com has good suggestions too.

Answer 2

I've pressed flowers from boquets, and from my garden, I made jewelry and notecards, so I've pressed a lot of flowers. I always used phone books. take tissue (kleenex) and put it on the phone book page (otherwise you get phone numbers on your flower). Roses need to be seperated first, then re assembled. Delphinumums press great flat. It depends on the flower how it will press. some do great others do not (calla lillies don't work, orchids don't work). leave a lot of pages in between and press another. Put heavy book on top, or a cookie sheet and some bricks or other heavy object. put it in dry, dark place for several weeks. (I would put under the couch.) When dry, you can use tweezers, and a drop of glue on acid free paper to make a pretty little picture. I would make notecards then cover with clear contac paper, and trim the paper. Good luck.

Answer 3

if you have some nice thick paper (preferable white) take two pieces and sandwich the flower between them and then press it down with a stack of heavy books

Answer 4

you could not press roses because they crumple. you could dry them out and thats it. you could press posies, asters, and carnation petals yet no longer roses. you could press leaves, pine needles and seed yet no longer roses. Now ignore about urgent those roses and go do the dishes.

Answer 5

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