Drying flowers the fast way!
Hello all! Debbie Buckland here. Earthday is upon us and whats a better way to celebrate than pressing some of your fave flowers!? Oh my lordy! I tried out the Regular Microfleur #386 (microwave flower press)! I have been drying flowers and leaves etc in the microwave and having a ball! A friend gave me some fabulous flowers from her garden (sweet peas) and when they were starting to fall apart after a few days I decided to put them in my handmade papers using the Papermill paper making kit. But first I had to pull the petals gently from the flower and the put them flat in the press. My petal colours enhanced somewhat in the microwave press! I love the surprise of that… they also feel like very very thin tissue paper. Or that really really expensive thin paper you can buy in specialty shops. I was very pleased with the results! And my papers? The top two left and middle I had put 3-4 petals in the blender with the paper pulp...