we used to do this when we were kids, too, just the same way. It does work, but you do need wax paper, or I seem to think we also used brown paper in a pinch, though I don't remember if it worked or not. mary Roz Griston wrote: >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. > > >