A few months ago, we attended Emily’s sisters wedding.
It was one of the most beautiful weddings we have been to.
one of the staples of the reception were the lavish flower
arrangements and bouquets. Naturally, with the help of our
other
friends, we walked off with one of the 10 lb. centerpieces
to bring home
so we could enjoy the wedding a little longer. As they sat
there in our living
room starting to wither, we decided to we wanted to cherish them a little longer
and began thinking of interesting ways to preserve them. We
came up with
the idea of pressing the flowers and turning them into wall
art.
Pressing the flowers:
Luckily, we have a plethora of old vintage books around our
house as
decoration which came in handy when we were wanting to press
200 flowers.
some of the flowers we decided to keep on the stems, but
others we decided to just press
the petals. We laid them in between the worn out pages of
our books, and pressed them closed.
once the book was closed, we placed heavy weighted objects
on top of them to get the
best results. Then, we left them to dry for 2 weeks.
Making the wall art:
We thought the perfect thing to do with our pressed flowers
was
to make wall art using canvases from the local art store and
mod podging
the petals into works of art. For this project, we decided
to make various power
animals. We loved the way the turned out and can’t wait to
frame and hang them!
Love it! That deer is totally adorable!
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