Pressing Flowers

My hubby made the coolest thing for our daughters and me today, he made us a flower press. He always amazes me when just buys a pile of wood and a few bolts and voila he makes something. It is really nice have a hubby that is handy. After he made the press we walked around my mom and dad's property and picked one of every type of wild flower we could find.

I will have to take a pic of the press when I get the chance, and the finished product of our first pressing. Right now it can hold four layers of flowers, but he said that he can add more layers if I want him to. I can not decide if I would want a higher one, or two separate ones. I imagine if you make them too big that eventually they would not press as well, but I don't know for sure.

I pressed a clump of leaves from a ginkgo tree that I found while on a walk last year. I did this in a big book and actually forgot it on the shelf for several months. It came out really nice though, now I want to frame it. I might buy nice piece of paper to put behind it in the frame. Well will see what other lovely crafts we come up with in the future.

THANK YOU HUBBY!!