Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “For centuries, we have pressed flowers as a way to hold a moment, a loved one, a memory,” offers Linda Ruel Flynn, owner and ...

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 ...

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account’s ‘Saved for Later’ section. Over the past few weeks, many of us have been on the hunt for things to keep our hands occupied, so as ...

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 ...

I love preserving memories (whether in scrapbooks or in general!) by pressing or drying flowers and leaves. Pressed flowers are wonderful additions to scrapbooks, too! I still have pressed white rose ...

Nature-themed crafts never go out of style, and the classic technique of pressing flowers is something that anyone can have a go at. Flower pressing is a way of preserving flowers by flattening them ...

Pressing flowers is a Victorian practice used both as an outdoorsy pastime and a method of recording natural history. It also might be the perfect craft for the current moment, combining time spent ...

Below, find tutorials for different methods of drying flowers, whether you opt to use silica gel or press flowers with heavy books. This popular drying technique involves hanging flowers upside down ...

“Anything that’s quite flat will press nicely, like buttercups and ferns,” says Helen Ahpornsiri, 32, an artist who builds intricate collages using glue, a surgical scalpel and the pressed plants she ...