Learning how to press flowers is not as difficult as you might think. The technique makes an ephemeral beauty eternal by flattening the daisies, pansies, violets, and wildflowers that color your ...

Press flowers with an iron, book, microwave, or by making your own flower press. Pressing flowers yourself is an easy and rewarding craft. They can act as a keepsake, framed artwork, a meaningful gift ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – Pressed flowers can preserve a memory, give personal meaning and create art. CraftWork Studios held a ...

The participants at last weekend’s flower pressing workshop at Longue Vue House and Gardens probably didn’t know they were employing a Japanese art form that dates to the 1600s. Oshibana, practiced — ...

Drying and pressing plant clippings not only allows you to enjoy them longer, but they can also be used as bookmarks, pressed into framed pictures or glued to greeting cards. Kristin Middleton has ...

Which flower press kit is best? Pressed flowers and foliage are fantastic for bringing the beauty of nature into your home or adding a delicate touch to handmade gifts and keepsakes. Flower art kits ...

Flowers can have sentimental value, particularly those received as gifts or those that were part of momentous occasions, like weddings. Fresh flowers have finite life spans unless measures are taken ...

When our gardens are at their peak, we often wish they could stay that way forever. But gardens are ephemeral — one morning a flower opens, and by dusk, it has faded. One way to seize the moment is to ...

Artists Keith Kralik (left) and Rachel Parri with a trio of their floral collages. Photo courtesy of Flower Press Studio. The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals ...

My compulsion to garden vividly and expressively comes from Grandma Marion, who always made room for masses of marigolds and zinnias that echoed the colors of the Fiestaware on her pantry shelves. But ...