Using My Pressed Flowers

 

Another advantage of growing your own flowers is that you can press them for some pretty projects.  Here are some of the projects so far and thanks to magazines and Pinterest for inspirations.  

Pressed larkspur for my daughter and son-in-laws wedding card. 

Mother's Day Card

Note cards

BOOKMARKS

These were fun and I need to make more of them soon.  

Used left over fabric and Mod Podge (matte-mat-mate finish). 

My Daughters DIY wedding table numbers. 

GIFT TAGS

Used self laminating sheets by Scotch.  Die cut machine for different shapes and backed with handmade papers.

Perfect for Mother's Day or any other occasion.

The yarrow this years is blooming so pretty right now and I have started to clip a few bundles for drying.

Thank you for visiting

Hello Spring 2021

What is growing in my garden?

Purple sage

It is planted next to my  snow pea vines. 

 

Tonda di Pargi carrots

My fall and winter garden did an amazing job of producing beautiful greens, violas, carrots, herbs and nasturtiums. 

The snow peas are starting to produce and I hope the will continue. 

First bouquet from my garden. 

The Sweet Williams are starting to finally bloom.  It took almost 2 seasons for them to bloom.  I started them from seed. 

A new variety of pansies called Rococo mix from Floret Seeds

I love to press flowers from my garden.  I need to get busy and do something with them.

These are being pressed.  The violas have self sown themselves in my garden.  Maybe next year, instead of pressing them, try to use them in my baking.

Thank you for visiting and hope to have more photos to share of the garden.

Have a beautiful spring season.

Pressed and Dried Flowers From My Garden

I have been drying flowers from my garden for years. I use them throughout the house.   It perks up my home in the gloomy, raining and dark days of the year. 

Pink and purple larkspurs and they are one of the easiest flowers to dry. Lavender and seed pods of Love-In-A-Mist (Nigella), first time growing Nigella too.  I will be sowing them and other flowers this month.

 I have books all over the house that I use for pressing flowers.  I used them to make greeting cards and framed a few collages.  Take your time and there are a lot of good tutorials on YouTube for drying and pressing flowers.  I had a few mess ups but that is part of  the learning process.  

I used watercolor paper for the backing and a little glue to adhere the flowers carefully. 

I hope this will inspire you to dry or press some of your flowers from your garden.  

Have a wonderful day. 

Pressed Flowers and Violas/Pansies

 I up-cycled a junk mail envelope with glassine windows.  I covered the envelope using miscellaneous scrapbook paper, book pages and washi tape.  I glued the flowers onto a book page and slipped into the envelope, after the glue dried). The glassine protects the flowers.  I did some garden journaling on the back.  The middle pressed flower is a larkspur.

 A lovely memento of my garden. 

 The violas and pansies filled the garden with beautiful pockets of colors.  I have enjoyed picking them for micro-mini bouquets and for pressing.  I use heavy books and sandwich the flowers in between newsprint paper.  In about 3 to 4 weeks, they should be pressed.  Do not press wet flowers (they will mold).  Pick them when the morning dew is gone.  Late after noon is a good time for me to do my picking.

In this wine barrel container, I have a mix of violas, pansies and in the center there is a Sweet William. All from seed.

Pansy "Swiss Giant Blend" - Botanical Interests

Sweet William " Lace Mantle" - Renee's Garden

Viola "King Henry" - Botanical Interests

Viola "Sorbet XP Select Blend"