Help with Pressing Flowers?

LilacLillie

Can anyone tell me how to 'press' a flower, without a kit please?
My son got married yesterday and I would like to press his buttonhole and one from brides bouquet (both Roses), as keepsakes.
I know you can buy flower presses, but as I didn't and they are already showing signs of wilting.......................... does anyone out there know what I can do with them today to keep them for mementos?
LL

Savvy_Sue

Might be worth looking on the Old Style board, it's the kind of thing they do over there ...

I know roses aren't particularly easy because they aren't flat! I think you have to sort of pad them. And have you googled?

elisebutt65

I'm an old softy so when OH gave me a rose i wrapped it in several layers of kitchen roll and placed it between several very heavy textbooks - 1 year later and it's flat and dry!! Don't know if that's how you're sopposed to do it but it still looks very nice

iwanttosave_2

I did this when my grandparents died with some of the funeral flowers, i did same as elise and left them for a few months, I then glued them together to look like an bouquet on some nice coloured card and made them into a 3d picture, looks lovely and also good sentimental value and can remember all the memorys striaght away.