How Do You Make Pressed Flower Art?
You can transform pressed flowers and leaves into beautiful wall art with little effort. Form the pressed and dried flowers into various forms, or place single leaf stalks and flowers alone behind glass as beautiful and educational pieces. Regardless of whether you want the flowers to decorate a bathroom or a bedroom, or to sell the art pieces at craft fairs, you will soon fall in love with the simple but rewarding process of turning pressed flowers into art. Collect flowers for your pressed flower art. Cut flowers or leaves from stems when the blooms or leaves are fresh. Look for blooms and leaves free of any blemishes from disease or insects. Arrange the flowers on a paper towel sheet, positioning the blooms or leaves to lie how you want them when pressed. Place a second paper towel sheet over the flower or leaves and slide the paper towels and blooms or leaves into a large, heavy book or flower press. Allow the flowers to sit in the book or flower press for approximately one week to
