No matter whether you want to press flowers or to bind a book, you can use the (not-only) book press for it :)
Links:
(Not-only) Book Press (Booking Binding Press)
Here at unikatissima:
Entries containing the word ‘press flower’
Book Binding
Search Results for: press flower
Fabric Flower
Here comes another flower from fabric, the fabric flower :)
Links:
Fabric Flower (Fabric Flower Tutorial)
Here at unikatissima:
Entries with the tags ‘flower’ and ‘fabric’
Dried Flowers Candle
I have already presented the candle with pressed flowers, but I find that the dried flowers candle goes a step further with its rose buds :)
Links:
Dried Flowers Candle (Ĺwiece Osobiste – Aneta Szuniewicz)
=> presentation of many different dried flowers candles, the picture here comes from Identyfikator: 641
via: Decoupage A Candle With Dried Flowers
Here at unikatissima:
Candle with Pressed Flowers
Beaded Flowers
This beaded flower garden impressed me.
Links:
Beaded Flowers (Making a floral necklace)
=> you can find a link to an instruction for the little flowers on the page
Felt Flower
Polymer Clay Flower Canes
This Thursday started its first challenge which theme is ‘fresh’.
When I heard about I thought immediately about the little polymer clay box I made long ago but am still fond of (not least because of its freshness ;-))
It is a little cardboard box that I covered with polymer clay and embellished with self-made flower and leaf canes (for links to tutorials see links below).
On this picture you see one side of the box. The finger isn’t there by accident, but to show how small the box is ;-))
This is a close-up from the lid. You can see the purple Hydrangea-like flowers with the Jellyroll center and the leaves.
I made the transparent cane with the white dots to simulate those white flower tufts often used by florists.
Just a last close-up.
Kirigami Flower
While browsing Origami links I found a tutorial on how to cut Kirigami flowers, a technique we used when we were children for cutting snowflakes.
I hadn’t realized that this technique is so widely usable and brings so beautiful results.
On the photo you see a flower I cut in very short time for a greeting card and suddenly I felt the urge to doodle on it ;-)
Every petal looks different now.
The photo is bad, but I hope that you can see what I am talking about.
Links:
Kirigami Flower
Flower Pounding
One day I found a tutorial on flower pounding. It sounded strange to me and I was really surprised what people do to innocent flowers ;-) (we have already seen that people stitch flowers).
Anyhow, the results are stunning!
As you can see on the photo, mine aren’t: I pounded on tissue paper in place of fabric and did something wrong. But this experience showed me that I’m not the woman to wallop little flowers ;-))
Links:
Flower Pounding
Inspiration: Google image results for ‘Flower Pounding’
Here at unikatissima:
Stitched Flowers
Origami Flowers
I really loved all those flowers, but I am not patient enough to fold them.
To see the diagrams, click on Diagram on the ‘Origami Flower’ Site.
Stitched Flowers
While I was browsing through the projects of STITCH I found Precious Petals. They ‘glue’ the flowers on fabric and then embellish with decorative stitching.
A stunning idea which is still on my to-so list.
Links:
STITCH project: wonderful projects around stitching (how surprising ;-))