once pressed you could frame them..that might help with the brittleness Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roz Griston" <r_griston@dccnet.com> To: <GEN-TRIVIA-ENG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 12:51 AM Subject: RE: [TRIVVIES] Pressing flowers > my mother used to put them between wax paper and then put them in a > heavy book. > > she had her graduation corsage and a sprig from her wedding bouquet, > and other flowers but i can't remember what they were for/or why she > kept them. > the colours remained quite vivid. but the flowers themselves were very > brittle. > > i think the wax paper was to stop the "dye" from the flower bleeding > into the book. she also had the flowers "arranged" on the paper before > she pressed them. > > she showed me how when i was about ten. after arranging/pressing the > flower/s in the big heavy book, she would put it at the bottom of a > stack of other heavy books (more weight) and then leave the stack for > several weeks, if not months before moving them. that was to allow for > "drying" time. > > i think the weight and darkness were important factors in preserving > the colour of the flower. > > i know i tried pressing some flowers when i was a young adult..and i > didn't have wax paper, i think i used plastic wrap..and it didn't work > as good as my mom's. nor did i have a stack of heavy books. > > roz > > On Monday, July 17, 2006 2:21 PM, Liz Graydon > [SMTP:roots@thegraydons.net] wrote: >> Does anyway know of a good way to press flowers so that you can keep >> them? >> >> Thanks >> >> Liz >> >> >> ==== GEN-TRIVIA-ENG Mailing List ==== >> RANDOM TAGLINE - GEN-TRIVIA-ENG - MAILING LIST >> Remember - Our "todays" ups & downs of life, are "tomorrows" > Ancestral >> Trivia. >> > > > > ==== GEN-TRIVIA-ENG Mailing List ==== > RANDOM TAGLINE - GEN-TRIVIA-ENG - MAILING LIST > Please use common sense when sending or replying to messages on the list. > What may not offend you may offend others. > >