r/PressedFlowers

PSA to my fellow flower pressers that impatiens, begonias, and geraniums don’t press!

What other flowers have you found that don’t press well?

I’ve been pressing flowers in books since I was a little girl. I recently went through my bookshelf and pulled the flowers I found tucked between pages. Some of these had been hidden away for over 15 years. Each one holds a special memory and a story of how it found its way into a book. This is the first time I have ever collected them together and framed them to display. It brings me joy to see my garden full of memories hanging on my wall! 💚

Back at it again…until I get a full time job😅 Just graduated with my bachelors and the market is ROUGH right now.

Really enjoyed this one. Challenged myself by sticking to a strict color palette. Every last flower was acquired from local flower farmers in my area, making it a bit more special for me.

Pressed my wedding bouquet. Wish the white flowers had come out a bit more white even after color correcting, but other than that I’m really happy with it.

My white peonies wedding flowers - I did some mistakes, but I hope it doesn’t look that bad. I’m still waiting for it to dry (I made it 2 days ago) I opened frame and maybe the glue will disappear a little bit more and glue spots will be less visible. I was mad about dark spots but I kinda like it now cause it looks more vintage.

This was my first time making an animal. I really enjoyed it!

Peony, Forget Me Nots, Cherry Blossoms

Have a few hot glue strands still needed to be taken off, but pretty proud of this outlandish pressed flowers and recycled jewelry piece!

While walking past some flowers some time ago I had the idea of putting pressed flowers in-between the clear case and the phone itself.

I have experimented with many iterations on my own, but the version I am presenting here was made possible after visiting a friend who happened to have a large collection of aged pressed flowers. Imo, it creates a striking visual contrast between the cold, exposed hardware and the delicate natural textures.

I hope this inspires others to do something similar. I would love to see what arrangements you create! :)

(Photos taken with said friend's older iPhone camera, hence the lower image quality)

I pressed this huge orchid flower just for funsies. I removed the stamen and put it between parchment paper with some silica gel packets, left under a heavy stack of books for ~1 month.

I’d like to try again next time my plants blooms but would like to keep that beautiful pink colour if possible.

There’s also some mould in the center of the flower. Could that be avoided? Is there anything I can do about it on this one?

My gladiolus and a smaller orchid flower turned out great though.

From my East Texas Garden.

Any tips are welcome!

Picked up some wood frames from the dollar store, added black paint, the used mod podge to glue them in place.

Hello I got married this week and I have lots of very pretty flowers of which I want to preserve best I can. I am not a crafty person and therefore don’t really have any tools. Currently I’m attempting to press some of them using kitchen towels/baking paper and some heavy books. Any tips on how to do this effectively and other ways of preserving them would be greatly appreciated!

On another note I have a number of other things like ribbons, invites, save the dates etc etc I would also like to do something with to create a beautiful little souvenir for the years to come. I’m considering scrapbooking in some form so any tips on that would also be appreciated.