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 ...

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 ...

Craft blog Crafty Daisies has put together a great tutorial on how to make your very own flower press—perfect for preserving these last few weeks of summer. Pressing flowers used to be a wildly ...

Oshibana is the Japanese art of preserving and arranging flowers and foliage to form beautiful compositions. While the traditional method involves waiting days for the botanicals to naturally dry, ...

Bring the outside indoors by creating pressed flower art with your child while discussing the properties and appearance of different blossoms. Flowers (Note: Press the flowers soon after picking or ...

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 ...

Lynn Pitts credits childhood days spent in Golden Gate Park for her becoming a botanical artist. There as a Girl Scout, she collected, identified and pressed more than 200 tree leaves. Today, Pitts ...