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 ...

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 ...

Over the past few weeks, many of us have been on the hunt for things to keep our hands occupied, so as to avoid frantically scrolling through Twitter. In order to provide suitably engaging suggestions ...

Sept. 20 -- Instead of waiting two to three weeks for your flowers to press-dry — put them in the microwave. There are kits available for drying flowers, but you can do it just as easily with things ...

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 — ...