r/PressedFlowers

I dried the flowers in silica gel, lined the shadowbox with black satin, painted the cheap wood to match this vintage frame I had sourced, and glued the frame on top. Flowers arranged in the style of one of their favorite painters. Ahhh I’ve never posted here before, I’m nervous but proud 🥹

Edit: thank you for the awards!! If you coulda seen me, my voice got all high-pitched and I said out loud, “I got an AWARD” ☺️ y’all made my day!

In the spring of 2020, my boyfriend and I went on a walk amongst the bluebelles in our local park. This was one of the very few allowed activities in the midsts of the early days of the covid lockdown.

It was not a great time. He was just recovering from a long term sick leave, I had lost my job due to covid. We were stuck together 24/7 in a tiny apartment.

As we walked and talked we realised that despite all of the difficulties we were still happy because we had each other.

We sat down on a tree stump and came to the conclusion that this was it for us. We essentially came to a mutual decision to get engaged.

As this wasnt planned at all we took a couple of leaves and tied them around each others ring finger.

When I got home I put these "engagement rings" between a piece of paper and put them inside a heavy book to press.

We have since married.

But for the longest time I couldnt find our first engagement rings. I went through book after book. Including when we moved. But I couldnt find them.

I thought that they had been thrown out by accident.

Imagine my joy today when I was going through some cookbooks and I found our "rings" !!!

They are still ok after all these years!

Our anniversary is in June. I want to surprise my husband with our first rings in a frame.

What is the best way to preserve and display these very thing and delicate leaves?

I pressed some day lilies and many didn't make it. i cut out the pattern of the "stain" they left behind and sketched over them :)

Something I made for my own mom but consider this a tribute to all the mothers out here too. Yall are doing great!!

Don't ask me why it looks like a child next to her, my brother and I are both in our twenties but whateverrrr I thought it made her ✨️pop✨️

(Side note: don't worry, there's also a Ninja Creami Scoop & Swirl sitting on the counter for her 🤫 gotta get something she actually likes and not just something she's obligated to like ☝️)

I had my first attempt at flower pressing and I need a little advice. I have a little wooden press, and I assumed I should put the flowers on paper towel under and over, and then the card pieces it came with (under the paper towel and over), and then press as hard as possible for a couple of weeks. I am pleased with the first attempt, but you can clearly see the patterns from the paper towel. To those knowledgeable in all things flower pressing, how can I improve for my next venture. I have Mother's Day flowers waiting for their turn! Many thanks.

I usually tape any flowers I’ve pressed into a notebook, along with the date I picked them. However, I’ve had all these flowers in my pocket notebook for the past month and i can't organize them like i usually do. I also think some of them turned out so thin and frail that taping isn't suitable. What cute things can i do with them now that they are pressed?

What's your favorite way to display your pressed pieces? I've made a couple of shadow boxes and am looking for new ideas. Would love to see your creations!

Honestly not sure how to get a good photo with a clear glass frame though 😅

Taking off the border tape was really stressful, but I'm happy with the results.

Made these custom pressed flower resin earrings for a client. You can see a pink tulip petal cut to shape in the background. Daisies, shamrocks and heather are all in there too.

my pressed flowers from my boyfriend! this is my first big project, and im super happy with how it came out!

I took this for my mother in laws gift on Mother’s Day. It looks unusable. The flower is from her mother’s funeral. Love this sub. Just joined. ❤️