Dry your own pressed flowers
You'll need:
-Flowers from your own yard
-Wax paper
-Several phone books
-Air-tight container
Cut flowers when they are open (usually mid-morning) and look their best.
Don't pick flowers that are too bulky (like carnations) or too delicate
(like lilies). Neither will press or hold together well.
Place flowers inside the middle of your phone book. Proportion them so they
are not touching, and if you'd like, place more flowers on a different page
in the same phone book. Use a stick-it note to mark where you have placed
the flowers so it will be easy to find.
Place phone book where no one will disturb and place 2-3 more phone books on
top to help "squash" the flowers flat. Flowers should be dry in 1-2 weeks.
Store in airtight container. Use flowers to decorate cards or make
beautiful framed art for your walls or a friends wall!
Dried flowers look wonderful in a clear jar as
a decoration.