Thursday, May 7, 2009

Pressing Flowers for Mother's Day


I had this friend in college who was really into pressing flowers. He was kind of short and was already balding, but he still had a really cute girlfriend, and I'm thinking a lot of that had to do with the decorations he had around. He had this whole rustic, natural feel going on. Flowers were pressed on the walls all over his room and he had this really cool old-fashioned flower press in the corner.

This came to my mind when I was planning out my present for Mothers day. I knew already that my gift would be Mothers day flowers, but when I thought of my old friend I had the idea that it would be a great idea to press the flowers with my mom after she receives that gift, so that we have a fun activity to do together. Below is a really helpful explanation of how to press flowers.