Do you remember playing cowboys and crooks as a child? Or cricket or rounders in the back garden? Do you remember climbing trees and building tree houses? Or making furniture for dolls houses?
Did you ever make your own bows and arrows or build kites and fly them in open fields? Or galloped on a horse so fast that your hair blew in the wind?
When I was a child we did all these things and more. We knew how to entertain ourselves without electronic or adult input. We ran, climbed and jumped. We were healthy and wiry and we learnt how to build and design things.
We used our imaginations to create plays, puppet shows and concerts. We discovered or made secret hideouts under arching trees and overhanging branches.
We found solutions for practical problems and we were physically confident and self-sufficient.
Or let me phrase it another way – do you wish you could change your handwriting to make it more beautiful?
So many people admire good penmanship. The type of handwriting that looks artistically designed with pretty little scrolls and curlicues. Anyone with a pretty or decorative handwriting is much admired – even envied.
Then there are those less fortunate individuals with really ugly handwritings. We’ve heard such handwriting described as “chicken scratchings” or worse.
Anyway, I think it’s time to dispel one of the many myths about pretty handwriting.
There’s something very special about the craft of pressing flowers. Maybe it’s so special because it involves working with real flowers at the peak of their beauty.
Nothing can compare with the joy of working with real flowers. Not only because of their beauty but because they hold a special meaning for us.
I think that part of this meaning lies in a flower’s fragility and fleeting existence. We know that it will only last for a short while.
A flower is but a brief moment in time.
When you press a flower you capture that moment in time and preserve it in a picture where it will always be able to jump-start a memory.
It can be a flower from a wedding bouquet, a leaf from a memorable holiday or a gift from a loved one.
Pressing flowers isn’t just about sticking flowers to cardboard. It’s so much more than that. Pressing flowers connects us with nature.
It’s a way to appreciate the joyful little things that money can’t buy, like a new bud, a curved tendril or a delicate petal.
It makes us more aware of the beauty in nature and gives us a way of looking at the world with appreciative eyes.
Here is a simple collage of pressed flowers that I made for one of my greeting cards. As you can see it’s very colourful. No touching up – all the colours are natural.
The only difference is that the actual picture is larger than the one I have reproduced here.
Flower pressing is a wonderfully creative craft. And it’s such fun. You don’t even have to be artistic. The flowers do it all for you!
If you would like to find out how to press flowers like this – you can. Because I have written up a detailed manual with all my flower pressing secrets.
“Flower Pressing Secrets” is a detailed and illustrated course that will help you to master the art of flower pressing – perfectly!
Not only will I show you how to press flowers step by step – you will also find out how to make lovely greeting cards, pictures and more – all with that polished, professional look.
I have put everything I know about flower pressing into this course. I have held nothing back. I show you exactly which flowers to use and how to press them; how to preserve the colours; how to create easy designs that you will love – and so much more.
This course contains every bit of information that I collected personally over years of flower pressing. And I have many innovative and original methods that are inexpensive and easy to use.
I know they work because these are the identical methods that I have used!
You’ll find this flower pressing course practical and easy to follow. It’s perfect for the home user because the materials you’ll use are inexpensive and easily available.
You won’t need expensive flower presses or kits either. Simply follow my methods that I have tried and tested personally- and you’ll get excellent results.
” Flower Pressing Secrets” is a complete course that covers everything from the picking and pressing of flowers right up to marketing your cards and pictures.
It’s packed with real helpful information, clear instructions, many good tips and colourful pictures of real pressed flowers and designs. You’ll be thrilled at how quickly you can start producing your own designs and pictures.
If you’re on the lookout for an inspiring and creative craft that you can really enjoy you should think about pressing flowers.
For one thing, flower pressing is a wonderful boost to creativity – which is a gift in itself. But it’s also a great stress reducer and that is certainly one of its most appealing qualities. It takes your mind off everything because it becomes quite addictive and all you need to do is concentrate on your lovely flowers and designs.
You’ll be pleased to know that you can learn to press flowers rather quickly. And once you get started you’ll be amazed at the variety of articles that you can make and decorate with your lovely collection of pressed flowers.
How to use pressed flowers
Pressed flowers are ideal for making colourful and original greeting cards. You can also use them to make pictures for framing. I have used smaller pressed flower pictures in sets of three to decorate a little girl’s bedroom.
You can use your pressed flowers to decorate boring looking telephone directories. My own telephone directory is quite a conversation piece!
Candles, photo albums and lampshades look great with applications of pressed flowers artistically placed in one corner. There is no end to the various ways you can use your collection of flowers. You are truly limited only by your imagination.
A really big plus is that the tools you need for pressing flowers are simple and easy to obtain. You’ll probably find that you have most of the requirements for flower pressing in your home already.
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I have just discovered the creative craft of quilling and not only is it fascinating – it’s completely addictive!
Quilling! I had never heard the word before much less understood what it was all about. And then I did some investigating and I was bowled over. It’s a lovely craft that uses strips of paper for making the most beautiful designs.
Quillers (that is what they are called) make the most amazing works of art. They roll narrow strips of paper and use these strips for creating their designs.
Some of these designs are very intricate and beautiful. But you can start off with the more simpler desings. Coloured paper is used to add wonderful effects.
Fortunately quilling is quite an easy craft to learn.
Anyone can learn to do it. I imagine the simpler designs will be great for children to try.
The whole idea is to learn to roll and scroll paper in a special way. Then these scrolls are used to make the most fascinating designs. But the real art is in the designs themselves which are then framed.
Some of the creations are 3-dimensional figures and they can stand on their own. Quillers also make lovely folded roses, jewellery, necklaces and earrings. What fun it is to be so creative!
This is one of the quickest and easiest crafts to master. If you’re looking for a creative craft or hobby – do yourself a favour and take a look at Quilling Masterpieces .
Simply subscribe at the link there and they will send you free illustrated instructions in full colour that will get you started. You’ll be delighted and inspired just as I have been!
