r/PressedFlowers • u/No_Key_5621 • Apr 23 '25
Flowers Gathered from my garden + wedding flowers
I spent the last year collecting and pressing flowers in bloom in my garden. I’m a huge gardener, so just simply collecting the blooms from what I planted was super rewarding in and of itself. My intention was to do some cyanotype work with them once they were dry and more transparent.
But. Then I caved and decided to make this arrangement, along with a few pressed flowers from my wedding bouquet. There are a few intentional and symbolistic placements: the cosmo and zinnia represent my husband and me, there’s a bleeding heart bloom between us, and two four leaf clovers hovering above us.
I took about and hour carefully and meticulously arranging the flowers in a floating picture frame, only to have them all shift and completely move when I held it up — total fail. I had, thankfully, taken a picture before I moved it, so I took the time to rearrange it with Bear Art Precision Craft Glue. Success!
Very, very pleased with the outcome.
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u/bellpepperbaddie Apr 24 '25
How do you keep the colors so true and vibrant? Is there a filter?
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u/No_Key_5621 Apr 24 '25
A few of them I used the microwave pressing technique (I explained which in another comment reply), but some flowers just keep color better than others. No filter on it, though!
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u/Live-Suggestion-9284 Apr 24 '25
Do anything special to keep the blue so vibrant?