We have already explained how you can best press flowers and which garden flowers are best suited for this purpose in yesterday's article about the herbarium. If you now feel like using pressed flowers for crafts and making various pieces of jewelry, you will find interesting ideas made from pressed flowers here. Once you have collected enough flowers and plants, you can create breathtaking things that will amaze everyone.
Because you certainly have manyflowersIf you pressed them all at once and you can't process them all straight away, you'll probably be wondering how you can store them. In principle, we recommend that you simply leave them in the press, or between the book pages, until you are ready to use them.
Once the flowers and plants have been used in pretty projects, no special techniques or requirements are necessary to preserve pressed flowers. Of course, it is important that the flowers have been pressed for a sufficient amount of time and have dried properly. As long as the flowers are not stressed by movement, they can basically last forever.
When pressing your plants, be sure to prepare an adequate amount. After all, once you've found the time to make pressed flower crafts, you don't want to suddenly find yourself without materials. We would like to show you a selection of interesting things that you can make and decorate with flowers.
How do I glue pressed flowers?
Spray adhesive is best. With its help you can apply a thinner film. If you don't want to fix the flowers directly on the glue, you can also cover them with transparent film beforehand, cut out the shape and then glue it in place. Flowers that are lying open can also be fixed with hairspray. There is a risk with liquid glue that it changes the structure of the sheet and detaches from the base over time.
Picture frame idea
Onedifferent parts of plants in a picture frameTo show off, you have different options. You can create a pretty arrangement of grasses, leaves or pressed flowers on paper, cardboard or a canvas and then frame it. A glass pane is also recommended. This is the best way to preserve the flowers.
Flowers in a frame between two panes of glass are particularly attractive. This aims to have a romantic effect. In this case, the choice of flower colors depends on the color of the wall on which you will hang the picture. Be sure to use contrasting flower colors to help the arrangement stand out.
In order to preserve the color, all that is important is that it has been dried properly. Checking too early can ruin the flowers. Of course it also depends on the flowers.In our article about tipsYou will find a list of particularly suitable flowers for pressing flowers.
Cell phone case
A cell phone or iPhone case made of dried flowers looks very original and you can proudly display your homemade work. You also don't need any special materials to make an iPhone case. While these are drying, you have enough time to get all the other things.
You will also need a transparent cell phone case and transparent nail polish. Distribute the selected flowers on the inside of the cover. You then seal this with nail polish. Apply the varnish to each individual flower. Once you're done, everything needs to dry thoroughly. While the nail polish is still wet, you can also add glitter or rhinestones.
Great craft ideas that you can also implement with the children are these fairytale fairies who get dresses made from flowers. You will need stencils in the shape of fairies, pressed flowers and a clear film. Place the foil on a stencil and design the fairy's flower dress.
Design dresses with flowers
Glue pressed flowers onto the foil. If you now remove this foil from the stencil, you will get pretty dresses that you can use as wall decoration. You can also use the flowers to decorate the stencils yourself. Children will particularly like this idea.
Make jewelry out of it
You can also make pretty jewelry out of it. You can buy ready-made lockets that come with a setting, chain and glass cabochons. The flowers simply come between metal and glass, are even slightly enlarged by the magnifying glass-like curvature and are perfectly sealed to last forever. Earrings can also be made in the same way.
Make a pendant
If you want to determine the shape yourself or get a completely transparent pendant, simply make it yourself. Simply use synthetic resin that you pour into a mold. You can also color this. Allow the resin to dry for 24 hours, then add the flowers. Finally, another layer of synthetic resin is added and the jewelry is finished.
Mobile made of pretty flowers
A mobile is a great idea to display your collection of dried flowers while providing a pretty decoration. Combine the mobile with pressed flowers with a wind chime and decorate the window, terrace or veranda.
You can make the individual elements of the mobile out of craft clay or salt dough. Roll out the dough or clay and cut out any shapes you like. Don't forget to poke a hole before the dough is dry or baked. Later you would risk breaking the plate.
Once the elements are solid and cooled, it's time to add flowers. Place them on the plate and seal it with glue. This should become transparent during the drying phase. Find out about a suitable variant at a craft store or hardware store. In the meantime, you can prepare the ring. Hang yarn on a wooden ring. Attach this to the ring in four places at equal distances from each other.
Finally you can attach the flower plates. Choose strings of different lengths so that the plates can hang offset. Pressed flowers and other plant parts are beautifully presented. You are welcome to paint the clay or salt dough in color.
Can you laminate the flowers? Yes, but of course! And beautiful things come out of it. For example, attractive bookmarks. The only downside is that you need a laminator for this. However, you can then do a lot of craft projects, so the investment is definitely worth it.
How to laminate?
You simply place the flowers between two laminating sheets in the desired arrangement. These are then fixed together by the laminator. The great thing is that you can cut out any shapes: either you keep the classic, rectangular shape for bookmarks or you follow the shape that the arrangement has. Maybe add a hole for a ribbon.
With this variant, too, the flowers are perfectly preserved and last forever. You can use bookmarks perfectly as a gift idea and make the bookworms among your friends very happy. How about making jewelry the same way? You can cut out pretty earrings of any shape from the laminated flowers and then attach them with ear hooks as closures. The variations are endless!
