Pressed Flowers...Hooray for Spring finally arriving!

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  1. drissel122

    drissel122 In Flower

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    pressed flower heart ( photo / image / picture from drissel122's Garden )

    I've been working on pressed flower greeting cards again...happy with a few of these. I've been lucky so far this spring. I have found quite a few four-leaf-clovers. The clover is really lush right now in the cool, damp weather. The trick is seeing them in the midst of so many...but if you look close, your eye can sometimes see the pattern change. Voila. The small garden sprite below is holding a four-leaf-clover in her hand. Lucky Lady! I really enjoy making these cards for family and friends.


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    Garden Sprite with four leaf clover ( photo / image / picture from drissel122's Garden )

    Here is another of a little Flower Dancer...


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    Flower Dancer ( photo / image / picture from drissel122's Garden )



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  2. gfreiherr

    gfreiherr Young Pine

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    Very creative and clever use of dried flowers, what a nice keepsake for family & friends!
     
  3. Droopy

    Droopy Slug Slaughterer Plants Contributor

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    You're good! :D Those are lovely cards, and I would be very happy if I were the recipient. Do keep it up.
     
  4. toni

    toni Mistress of Garden Junque Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    Those are very pretty. Feel free to post more photos as you get more made ;)
     



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  5. Netty

    Netty Chaotic Gardener Plants Contributor

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    Those are fantastic!
     
  6. eileen

    eileen Resident Taxonomist Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    What a lovely idea for greetings cards. I hope you make more and let us see them too.
     
  7. daisybeans

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    They're so so sweet, Drissel.
     
  8. Crafty Gardener

    Crafty Gardener Seedling

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    Those are fabulous. I just found a microwave flower press at a garage sale for $2 so it will compliment the wooden one my husband made me several years ago.
     
  9. Kay

    Kay Girl with Green Thumbs

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    This is my flower press, I love to press flowers, especially pansies.
    Drissel, your pictures are so lovely!
     
  10. Tammyd

    Tammyd Seedling Plants Contributor

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    Those are so beautiful. Flower pressing has been an interest of mine for a while. You possess such talent and creativity. What type of adhesive do you use to glue the flowers to the cards? :stew1:
     
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    Those are beautiful but i have a question.......how do you stop the flowers going brown. I have a press and although i've had a few nice results lots of what i press goes brown??
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    just wondering.
     

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