DIY | Pressed Flower Frame

Hello lovlies. This is a post I've been incredibly excited to share with you since starting the project a couple of weeks ago. Pressed flowers have always been such a dreamy thing for me and after spotting gorgeous handmade framed pressed flowers on Pinterest (where else?), I knew I had to give it a go).

• A flower press (if you don't have one a large book under something heavy also works)
• Fresh flowers
• A photo frame
• Paint and a paintbrush (optional - I found an old frame and wanted to change the colour)
• Glue

Step 1

Choose your flowers. I picked my flowers from my garden so they're all fairly green but that's the look I wanted. I picked the purple flowers from a bunch that my mum bought (thanks mum!) to add a pop of colour.

Step 2

Lay your flowers out on your press and tighten the lid. Make sure you don't put too many flowers in at once or they can get stuck together. If you're using a book, close it and put something very heavy on top. There is lots of different advice on how long you should leave the flowers for so it depends on how good your press is, whether the weight on your book is heavy or not and whether your flowers have any moisture on before being pressed. I left mine for about five days and they turned out fine.

Step 3

If you've got an old frame you'd like to use (like me), you can paint it to make it more up to date. As i'm planning on hanging my finished piece on the wall, I wanted the colour of the flowers to pop so I painted my frame a light duck egg blue. It ended up needing a few coats of paint with an hour of drying time inbetween layers.

Step 4

You now need to arrange your flowers in a setup you like. I put the large green piece in the middle and arranged the more delicate flowers around it. When you are happy with the arrangement place the back on the frame. I needed to put a piece of white paper behind the arrangement so you may need to done. If you're worried about the flowers moving, you can glue the flowers to the background paper.

Step 5

Sit back and enjoy your beautiful handmade frame. It cost me nothing (maybe £5 for a frame if you don't have one) and could easily be sold on Etsy for £20-£30. You're welcome.