In my twenty-plus years of pressing flowers I’ve gathered some good techniques and tips. Here is Part II of my list.

Pressed Flower Tip #5 Pressed Flowers are a natural product and will fade in the sunshine. Keep your displays and supplies out of direct sunlight unless enhanced with UV resistant spray or paint.

Pressed Flower Tip #6 For glueless work, create a composition, then reverse order and drop the pressed flowers and foliage backwards onto the tacky side of contact paper. Work front to back. It’s difficult, and easy to make a mistake, but it is great not to have to use glue.

Pressed Flower Tip #7 Some flowers can take a spray of clear acrylic protection, but very thin petals will disappear into nothingness, so save the acrylic sprays for thicker bodied flowers.

Pressed Flower Tip #8 Lace, tulle, and natural papers mix well with pressed flower compositions.

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