Learning how to press flowers is not as difficult as you might think. The technique makes an ephemeral beauty eternal by flattening the daisies, pansies, violets, and wildflowers that color your ...

Press flowers with an iron, book, microwave, or by making your own flower press. Pressing flowers yourself is an easy and rewarding craft. They can act as a keepsake, framed artwork, a meaningful gift ...

Which flower press kit is best? Pressed flowers and foliage are fantastic for bringing the beauty of nature into your home or adding a delicate touch to handmade gifts and keepsakes. Flower art kits ...

Nature-themed crafts never go out of style, and the classic technique of pressing flowers is something that anyone can have a go at. Pressed flowers are a versatile embellishment that can be used in a ...

The participants at last weekend’s flower pressing workshop at Longue Vue House and Gardens probably didn’t know they were employing a Japanese art form that dates to the 1600s. Oshibana, practiced — ...

We love the garden colors at this time of year; those perfectly shaped pink roses, that huge Joe Pye Weed, the colors in the ornamental grass heads, even the seed pods of our Love in A Mist. But of ...

Drying and pressing plant clippings not only allows you to enjoy them longer, but they can also be used as bookmarks, pressed into framed pictures or glued to greeting cards. Kristin Middleton has ...

When our gardens are at their peak, we often wish they could stay that way forever. But gardens are ephemeral — one morning a flower opens, and by dusk, it has faded. One way to seize the moment is to ...

When harvesting flowers for pressing, pick the freshest blooms and wait until the morning dew has evaporated. Then sort the flowers into ones that are fleshy or less fleshy before drying them in you..