adventures in flower pressing

The week before we left for New York I took a little walk around my neighborhood and collected some flowers. My mother gifted me this cute little flower press a while ago and I had been meaning to use it. I let them press for about a month and a half. I wasn't sure how long it would take since the only other time I had pressed flowers was when I threw them in between the pages of my favorite books.

Well a couple of days ago I opened them up and I was happy to find that most of their color was retained. The lilacs got a bit brown in spots, not sure if there is something I could have done to avoid that.

I peeled them off their white pages, put them into some gold mismatched frames, and gave my entry way table a little makeover. My mother always had pressed flowers around the house so it is nostalgic for me to have them collected like this in a spot that I see everyday. Aren't they pretty?! Do you press flowers? Any tips?

Thanks for all your supportive and sweet comments on yesterdays post! It is helpful to feel like I have a bunch of people out there who seem to have so much faith in me, you have no idea how motivating that is!

The lovely Nicole of Pussycat Vintage is giving away this beautiful vintage bag and scarf, enter to win them here.

besitos,
rebecca

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Such amazing beauty! Fabulous!

[Anna Z]

For some reason, I always forget about flower pressing. I used to do it all the time when I was little and put flowers in between pages of books. I love the look of it and putting it in a frame is a great way to enjoy your creation. Thanks for reminding me about this !

[Jasmine Jewel Vieau]

Pretty.

[katherine]

looks wonderful! i love how it turned out.

[Angel]

They look so lovely framed!

[Krystin]

I am so inspired by this! Just beautiful, rebecca!

[Amanda]

Wow! Not everyone could take something so simple as pressed flowers and turn them into a breathtaking display like you have done. I love that you're not a blogger who just has a bunch of cute stuff -- You create beautiful things instead!

[Holly]

So beautiful. I have books filled with flowers that Keith has picked for me over the years. I love looking at them!

[Lauren]

These are so lovely! I've tried this before but with a pile of heavy books. That flower press looks so handy!!!

[lissa snapp]

Beautiful post! I love how the flowers look framed. Reminds me of my childhood. May have to try this soon! Thanks for the inspiration!

-Lissa

[Amelia Kauffman]

I love that you framed them too. I always have put flowers in my favorite books too! And maple leaves in the fall :) This reminds me of when i was little too, it's so nice to see the way you do them, so pretty!! This woman i grew up with, my mom used to clean her house and i would help, used to press seaweed from the vineyard and make art and stencils and beauty out of them and frame them! Lovely grl :) I love how much blue the lilacs have in them.

[Mandy]

These are so beautiful, I've been wanting to press flowers for a while now! I LOVE how they look framed.

xomando

[Megan]

Love that you framed them! I need to do that sometime soon!