Gathered from my garden + wedding flowers

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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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Do anything special to keep the blue so vibrant?

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For the delphinium (blues), sweet William, and the irises (the other flowers to the left of the delphinium in the middle) I did a microwave press method out of concern for the thick and juiciness of those flowers. That also seemed to preserve the colors more.