r/PressedFlowers

Hi all!! 🌸🪷🪸🌾🌿

I’d love some feedback on this (loose) composition before I glue it down to black paper (see second slide for example).

These are my wedding flowers and I’m having SUCH decision anxiety because they are so precious to me!

I’m definitely going for more of a psychedelic vibe. More or less?

Thank you ☮️

I haven’t actually purposefully planted cosmos in years. These are the result of several varieties interbreeding naturally over a few years!

Make some cash from my broke hobby? Sure!

I just wanted to share a little collage of the projects I've made this summer and offer a big thank you to everyone in this subreddit. I've been a balcony flower gardener for many years and just a huge fan of flowers. I used to have a press as a girl, and have casually pressed the odd flower from my garden between books over the years.
I discovered this sub earlier this year and got myself a flower press and the basic starter materials and have been pressing through the summer. So far only flowers from my garden or the nearby forest.
It's so fun to experiment and learn and create❣️
Thank you all so much for sharing your creations, tips and ideas.
Happy pressing!
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I did my first press on some sunflower petals. Its a flower that was given to me and I would have loved to preserve them in some way and I stumbled upon this sub! I wanted to try just using the usual printer paper first to see how it would work so I left it under some wights like books and a huge box for about ofer two weeks. However, I felt like I did it wrong? The flowers don’t seem dry and they look dirty or even moldy. Any tips on what to do next for these petals? I’d appreciate any help with this! Thank you in advance!

I pressed these Cherry Blossoms in a book while I studied in Tokyo for my senior year of university. (I only collected blossoms that had already fallen)

I wanted to share the way I finally decided to execute displaying them! The blossoms are three years old and they were so incredibly hard to work with, I should not have waited that long but I wanted to be absolutely certain that I would like how they were displayed. Can’t wait to do more flowers in the future! Also ft my cat meatball lol

I can’t tell if I’m doing it right or not, obviously after this press it’s clear not to use paper towels as they leave texture marks but otherwise I really can’t tell if this is good or not 😅

I’ve never pressed leaves or flowers but would like to document this oddity I’ve isolated and propagated in my garden. Is it as simple as laying the leaves flat between a couple sheets of parchment paper and pressing? I’m concerned about the inevitable foliage overlap when I lay them flat. Would strips of parchment between the overlaps be advisable? I’ve only got a handful of pristine examples to snip from the plants and would like to get it right the first time.

Any advise would be greatly appreciated.

Side note: There are some exceptionally creative artists in this community! Joined for inspiration :)

My niece & I have started pressing flowers. However, most of them don't retain their colour. What am I doing wrong?

I’m selling these for $30 each, framed. Granted, it has been to friends mostly. I assume I should start selling these for like $55?

This is the second pressed flower clock I've made because the first was too fun.