If you’re
looking for an inspiring and creative hobby that you can
really enjoy and earn money from at the same time - then
look no further!
Flower pressing will
bring out your creativity, reduce your stress and allow you to earn
money at the same time. With a little attention you could even turn it
into a profitable small business.
You’ll be surprised
to discover how quickly you can learn to press flowers; and once you
know how, you’ll be able to make all kinds of lovely articles.
Pressed
flowers are used for decorating greeting cards, pictures, telephone
directories and Photo albums.
Even school
bags, candles and lampshades can be decorated with sprays of pressed
flowers. There is no end to the variety of ways in which you can use
them.
Tools
and material
Fortunately, the tools you'll need are simple and easy to obtain. You'll
probably find that you have most of the equipment for flower pressing in
your home already.
You’ll soon discover
that flower pressing is not only limited to flowers. You can use
leaves, grasses, tendrils and ferns as well stamens, fennel seeds and
even carrot tops. Fine seed heads of ordinary lawn grasses will give a
touch of finesse while bits of bark and little patches of lichen will
give your designs originality.
Mine the gold in your
own back yard
Don’t spurn the
different types of weeds lurking in your back yard. You'll be amazed to
see how well some of them press. Many of them are quite pretty so you
just need a good eye and a bit of imagination.
Of course there's a
lot of scope for experimentation too and that’s half the fun. Just
remember that flowers in a pressed flower collage should look natural
and appealing.
Some Tips about
Pressed Flowers
Because pressed
flowers are flat and two-dimensional you should aim for a flowing,
graceful appearance. You can easily accomplish the desired effect if
you work cleverly with curves.
Try to use elegantly
curved tendrils and curled leaves in your flower designs as this will
give them the natural flowing look you need. You can even give a
straight stem a gentle curve if you bend it gently by running it between
your thumb and the back end of a pair of scissors.
When picking greenery
it’s important to take note of the individual stages of growth of the
plant as well as the different seasons. Tender maple leaves picked in
spring are completely different from the red and gold leaves harvested
in autumn or fall.
There is so much you
can do with leaves and flowers. You’ll find that flower pressing is not
only a creative hobby - you can easily turn into a work from home
business too.
By Sandra Fisher,
author of The Secrets of
Flower Pressing
Sandra Fisher began
pressing flowers as a hobby and turned it into a successful “work from home”
greeting card business. In her detailed course on flower pressing she
gives step by step instructions that explain how to press flowers and
turn them into a paying business. Illustrations of the pressed flowers
at her website
http://www.flowerpressing.com are
worth viewing.
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