Pressing Queen Anne’s Lace

I believe that Queen Anne’s Lace is just too pretty to ignore. This beautiful flower had to be preserved and used in this nature crafty family.

 

I dyed the flowers in many different colors, since QAL dyes so well. Then I tried pressing the entire flower. This was a little difficult because many of the florets were crushed, no matter how hard I tried to press them all down perfectly.

 

So then I tried pressing each floret individually. This was a bit more time consuming, but worth it.

 

After a few days in the flower press, they were ready to use. They pressed perfectly!

 

Now, what to do with these pressed lovelies; I made a paperweight. I used a 1 part glue to 2 part water solution, then decoupaged the florets onto a rock.

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Lisa 🙂

Queen Anne’s Lace

Munching Queen Anne’s Lace Root

Fauna LOVES her wild edibles!

Flowers in a tin

Pretty posies

The Itsy Bitsy Spider

The itsy bitsy spider crawled up the water spout

Down came the rain and washed the spider out

Out came the sun anddried up all the rain

Then the itsy bitsy spider crawled up the spout again!

Cicada

Cicada

Beebalm

Beebalm

Daisy

Daisy

our butterfly garden

Or should I say honeybee garden?