Unlike a bouquet of dried flowers, pressed flowers are great for framing and displaying as art, as part of your nature journaling process, or dressing up handwritten cards and letters. You don’t need any special tools to preserve them either; there are a few different methods for pressing flowers, but you can easily get the job done with just a few supplies.
- In a spot where you have permission to pick flowers, carefully pick a section from a plant. …
- Open a book and line it with newspaper. …
- Carefully close the book and weight it down – additional heavy books work well as weights.
- Store this pile in a warm, dry place and check on your flower specimens daily.