Handmade Gifts With Pressed Flowers

by Patti @Hearth and Vine

Before you toss out your containers filled with beautiful annual flowers that won't make it through the winter, try pressing some of them, to make original handmade gifts. Pressed flowers can be used in a variety of ways, and with a little planning couldn't be simpler.

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You know those phone books that keep showing up at your door, the big clunky books that no one uses anymore? They are great for pressing flowers. There's something about the paper that absorbs the moisture from the flower and they are so big that you can press quite a few flowers in one book. It usually takes a couple of weeks until they are ready, depending on how thick the flower or leaf. All you need to do is take a few flowers and leaves and place them in the book, starting somewhere near the back, leaving a little room between each flower. Then, flip to another section, making sure that you have 50 or so pages between each flower section.

Framed Floral Wreath

Just use Mod Podge (watered down Elmers glue works too) to glue each item to a sturdy white paper base cut to fit the frame. You can start by placing a circle of glue on the paper but you really need to put the glue on the back of each flower also, before placing them on the paper.

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Patti @Hearth and Vine on Oct 23, 2014
Ahhh @Dee that is so sweet. I loooooove that idea. Thanks for sharing.

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Col17046889 on Jan 17, 2017
How and what does flower paper look like

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- Patti @Hearth and Vine on Jan 17, 2017
  Usually it looks like paper with bits of flower petals in it. You can see a tutorial of how to make paper with flowers on my blog. gardenmatter.com
  
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