| Here I am sorry didn't get on until late today. Yup I press flowers, I give anything I can a try. I did a very stupid stupid thing this year though, I waited too long to start collecting flowers for pressing, so I don't have as many as I would like. I have tons of leaves though.
Let me see, flowers that press good, pansies and larkspur definitely! Violets, queen anne's lace is awesome, agastache, cosmos, roses, salvias (any), snapdragons, lobelia, alyssum (all colors), petunias, daisies (if freshly opened), if not, they fall apart in the centers, lavender, persicaria, jewel weed (nice and bright yellow), linaria (toad flax, nice and dainty), and that's all I can think of now. Your best bet is trial and error. Some that you think would hold their color don't and others keep their color a lot better than you would expect.
Leaves: ferns, yarrow, queen anne's lace leaves, catmint, hardy geraniums (they turn great colors too), just about any type of leaf really.
I use the old fashioned method, take two pieces of wax paper and put the flowers between them and shove them in a book for about 2 weeks.
There's a lot you can do with all the really nice textured and printed papers they have out now too. Makes them look a little more interesting. |
