How To Press Flowers

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Tips:  When selecting flowers or greenery to press, use flowers that are thin and delicate.  There cannot be any large seed pods or woody stems.  The flower must dry as well as press.   Also, pick many light colored flowers because you will find that most of them darken up considerably through this process.

• Arrange flowers about 4 to 5 on a page in a large text book.
• Carefully flatten them, face down, as you want them to look when they are finished. (stem direction, petal placement, etc..)
• Carefully close the book. (watch that the petals do not bend)
• (Hint:  Only pressing one set of flowers per book will help make sure that the flowers don't move or get wrinkled while you try to shut the book.)
• Place several other large text books on top of the book with the flowers inside. (about 10lbs)
• Leave them alone and let them press until dry. (about 5 to 7 days)