Nature's Keepsake

Hung out with the girls today and decided to get crafty since it was way too hot to go outside and play. We decided to make some luminaries which will require some pressed flowers for the inner decoration. Lucky for me I pinned a million things, one of which is how to press flowers. Turns out it is pretty easy.

A and I set about gathering leaves and flowers while B finished her homework. We picked some beautiful four leaf clovers and little purple flowers. By the time we were done B was ready to help. After a long extensive search for sister's iron we came up empty handed.   No problem while using an iron appears to be the quickest way to press flowers, we ended up doing it the old fashioned way, with a really heavy book.


How to press flowers

If you want detailed instructions with beautiful pictures to go with it I definitely recommend  the link above. Really quite amazing with multiple ways to complete the process. If you would prefer the quickie version follow along below.

Step1:  gather leaves and flowers to be pressed

Step2:  place leaves and flowers between two sheets of paper towels making sure to leave a little space between each leaf and flower.

Step 3:  put the sheets of paper towels in the middle or between two heavy books and leave overnight.