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. >