Press Drying Flowers
I've been pressing flowers since I was a teenager and I still love it.
I will often put a pressed flower inside one of my books and lend it out to friends who will find a pretty pressed flower inside.
Here is how I press my flowers.
Flowers are pressed face down so I can fold the stems the way I want them to dry.
Pressing is much different than drying flowers, as the flowers dry in a pressed state between layers of paper or newsprint. 
The flowers are pressed with a flower press or like I do, in an old telephone book with other heavy books on top. The flowers are left this way for 2 weeks then I check for moisture and keep the process going another week if they are not quite dry.
You can use the press dried flowers for many projects.
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| Pressed Dahlia |
Here are direction links for a few:
Preserved Garden
How to Press Flowers
A Beginner's Guide to Pressing Flowers
Martha Stewart Project
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