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Do you dry/press flowers?

include bouquets and single blooms as gifts or from special occasions, or flowers from your garden.



VotesAnswer
18No, I have never dried or pressed a flower to preserve it.
27Yes, I have pressed a flower(s) in a book to preserve it.
19Yes, I have hung a flower(s) to dry and preserve it.
12Yes, I have used other techniques to preserve a flower(s).
10Yes, and I am usually happy with the results.
17Yes, I do it for memory/keepsake reasons.
7Yes, I do it to use them later as decorations.
0Yes, I dry flowers for a living.
2I have some other flower preserving experience I'd like to share.
0I don't remember if I've ever done this.
2Other.

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romkey Survey Central Gold Subscriber
posted 5-Dec-1999 10:56am  
I pressed some flowers in cards that I sent some friends from Bali, but that's about it.
Avocado
posted 5-Dec-1999 11:09am  
I have some petals in a book that Mom pressed in 1957 :)
drdt
posted 5-Dec-1999 11:39am  
My grandfather pressed every four-leafed clover he ever found. My grandmother didn't, but then again she found them everywhere so it was no big deal for her. It was something of a challenge for the rest of us.
APiscean
posted 5-Dec-1999 3:50pm  
half the time i just dry them because that way i have plants i don't have to kill by not giving them water
Halo
posted 5-Dec-1999 3:57pm  
uh huh. :)
mandy
posted 5-Dec-1999 5:16pm  
I have pressed flowers in books of poetry in the past, now I prefer to hang them to dry and that way keep a reminder forever of how it felt to be presented with blooms ;)
Jane
posted 5-Dec-1999 10:13pm  
I dried a rose my boyfriend gave me and my corsage from homecoming.
Mariah
posted 6-Dec-1999 5:19pm  
Just my corsage from my junior year. Well, maybe more, but that's the only one I remember. I always put four leaf clovers into a photo album, but they're not really flowers.
kristalynn
posted 6-Dec-1999 10:36pm  
I dry all my flowers...they are usually from funerals and I think they look a lot prettier dead and dry..I keep them on a little ceramic coffin i made...i love my dead flowers :)
Maggie
posted 24-Dec-1999 10:06am  
I dried a dozen cream colored roses that I got for High school graduation. My cat knocked them over and they broke a week later.
eris
posted 6-Jan-2000 4:28pm  
I did a few a long time ago. I've no idea what happened to them.
lonxedosol
posted 12-Jan-2000 4:04pm  
I save them for potions or spells.
SueBee Survey Central Subscriber Bronze Star Survey Creator
posted 23-Jan-2000 9:39pm  
lonxedosol - Do you know any to help our sore butts? I sit in this chair too much!
natsim
posted 25-Jan-2000 12:02pm  
I haven't done it for a long time, though. Besides pressing and hanging, I also used to put flowers in a box of dry sand for a week or so. That used to work well.
I also used to pack petals into a bottle with water, thinking I'd make beautiful perfume. It used to ferment and smell disgusting, but Mum always said "Oh, Thank you, how lovely". I was about 7.
Maarten
posted 25-Jan-2000 9:47pm  
No, I donīt. I actually have a life! .-)
petite1
posted 28-Jan-2000 8:52pm  
A few flowers from high school when I used to keep a scrapbook.
mary
posted 29-Feb-2000 5:49pm  
Yes, I feel so guilty just throwing them away.
bluebird1974
posted 3-Mar-2000 11:00am  
How about an option yes and I am unhappy with the results.
mandy
posted 3-Mar-2000 11:35pm  
oh dear  * frown *
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