Flower pressing and placing them in a beautiful glass frame. A little calming evening routine for you all. Hope you enjoy - love Shruti
Pick small sized flowers which naturally have less moisture.
Flowers like Roses have a lot of moisture therefore, pressing them is hard.
Also, I noticed that yellow and blue flowers retained color better then the pink ones.
Experiment with different flowers and leaves. (Ferns are the easiest to dry).
Make sure you dry them completely before framing otherwise, they will mould.
After drying you can also spray them with hair spray or with dry flower preserving spray.
They will last for forever or for at least a few years, if taken good care of.
You can dry them in a microwave too: Place the flowers in between two bricks and keep
them in the microwave for a couple of minutes.
You can also press them under a book: This process takes times. At least 10 days.
I used iron pressing, which I think is the quickest method.
keep the Iron at low all the time so that you don't burn the flowers.
They will change color but I think even when they change color they look beautiful.
Be very careful and patient when you remove the flowers from the paper.
I didn't have to stick the flowers to the glass. I just wedged them in between the glasses and they remained in position.
Frame: the frame that I used is custom made from a local "Photo frame" shop.
I selected the size and then asked them to put a glass instead of a wooden cardboard at the back.
It cost me 350 which I think is very affordable.
Online its very difficult to find frames like these. I tried to find one on Amazon. Its linked below. I think it's half the size of the frame that I used and costs double its price.
Double sided glass frame: amzn.to/3b0svcc
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