Pressing dried flowers isn’t something I’d tried for many years
I remember pressing flowers as a child, using a sizeable press Dad made me. I was quite successful (and Mum had plenty of flowers to choose from), but the funny thing is that I can’t remember what I did with them! I don’t remember doing any sort of art or making cards or bookmarks. I think I must have put them in a scrap book.
I was inspired to dig out my flower press a few weeks ago when I received a delivery of pressed dried flowers for work
See my post Shopping for dried pressed flowers
About three weeks ago I got out a small Reeves flower press (which my husband gave me few years ago) and pressed some violas, forget-me-nots and geraniums from the garden.
About three weeks ago I got out a small Reeves flower press (which my husband gave me few years ago) and pressed some violas, forget-me-nots and geraniums from the garden.
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The press is only about 6″ square, but with enough layering of blotting paper and card inside, it can hold at least 100 small blooms. I left it in the airing cupboard for 3 weeks, and was very pleased with the result.
I couldn’t help thinking of scrapbook Victoriana when the dried flowers came out of the press – tissue thin, but with the flower colours still true. The geranium made me smile because each individual petal was heart shaped – if only someone could grow it intensively to sell as the next big thing in wedding confetti!
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