| Floral craft and floral décor are avocations | | | | directory / yellow page etc., and some heavy |
| which if passionately followed can become and | | | | objects weighing about 20 lbs. or above. |
| addiction of a lifetime. Some floral crafts are pressing | | | | This done, take out the flowers from the refrigerator |
| fresh flowers, waxing fresh flowers and drying fresh | | | | and put them in the newspaper fold in such a manner |
| flowers. The easy thing about any floral art is just to | | | | that all the petals spread out without folding. Next |
| have the knowledge to begin with and since none of | | | | put the upper fold of the newspaper over the flower |
| these crafts are time consuming, you can easily | | | | and open the dictionary or telephone directory from |
| squeeze this into your busy schedules - at work and | | | | the middle and place the newspaper inside. Close the |
| even at home. We will concentrate on pressing fresh | | | | dictionary/directory and put the heavy weights over |
| flowers. | | | | the dictionary. The pressing process takes about 3 |
| This floral craft is the easiest of all. You have to | | | | days, so make sure you do it at a place which will |
| carefully select the fresh flower you want to press. | | | | remain untouched for three days. Once the flower is |
| It's important that the flower is not wilting. Bring the | | | | dry and pressed, you can do many a things with |
| flower home and quickly put them inside your | | | | them, make greeting cards, use them in an |
| refrigerator or an ice chest to keep them fresh while | | | | arrangement, art work for wall or your dining table or |
| you organize your pressing material. For pressing you | | | | even that tiny corner for your office place or even |
| would require a newspaper sheet, a thick heavy | | | | designing a perfect gift for someone you love. |
| book - preferably a dictionary or a telephone | | | | |