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 ...

If you’re pressing flowers with obvious stamens (the part covered in yellow pollen), such as alstroemerias and lilies, remove the stamens so the pollen won’t stain. Trim the back of bulky flowers or ...

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 ...

Nature-themed crafts never go out of style, and the classic technique of pressing flowers is something that anyone can have a go at. Flower pressing is a way of preserving flowers by flattening them ...

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 — ...

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 ...

Andrea Castaneda’s pressed flower artwork is well-known in Dallas, but the market she caters to is nationwide. Her precisely preserved flower art, from original prints to commissioned bouquet presses, ...