How to Make a Portable Flower/Leaf Press - Nature Journal
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
- Press your own dried flowers and leaves for mixed-media art, nature journaling and gift ideas! Mini portable flower press that's super easy to make.
#mixedmedia #flowermaking #naturejournal
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Thank you so much for sharing how to make a portable flower press. Lord willing I am definitely making a couple. What a great little invention. Love that it’s light weight!
You’re welcome! I hope you are able to make a few…thanks so much for watching and commenting 😊🌸🍁
Thank you for being so sweet and positive 💚 your videos are wonderful
@@cristlestarr5247 Thanks so much! I really appreciate your kind words and encouragement 😊🍂🌿
I like both of them. What a great idea. Yes I plan to make one. Thank you.
@@paulahaynes6131 So glad you liked them and I use them A LOT while on a hike…hope you enjoy yours too! Thanks for watching 😊🌼
Love this ❤❤❤
@@teresabenefield731 So glad! I use mine a LOT! Thank you for watching 😊🌼
Great video & device - should have figured this out long ago! I walk in nature almost every day & come home with stuff in my pockets &/or hands - often get home w/damaged leaves - this is the solution - THANK YOU
Perfect! I use mine ALL the time and need to make more! 😅
Love this project
Hope you are able to make one…thanks so much for watching 😊🌼
I love them both and will be making a couple to start with. Such a great idea and small enough to take on a hike, awesome. Thank you for sharing and encouragement.
Awesome! I use mine all the time…hope you enjoy them and thanks for watching and commenting 😊🍁🌸
Brilliant! So easy too!
Thank you! 😊 Appreciate you watching and commenting! 😊🌸
Love this idea so much that I made two. One is 7 x 5 inches and the other is 4x4 inches. Thanks !!
You’re welcome! I have two and use them both all the time…so glad you liked them! 😊🌼
Thank you for showing how to make one of your flower presses. They are beautiful. I did wonder how you made yours. What a great idea. Yes carrying a normal pressure around would be too much , since they are quite big. But these are a perfect small size .
I will definitely have a go .
I loved both of them . The material is really pretty.
Awesome! I hope you enjoy your flower press too…I use mine ALL the time😊🌼
Thank you for such an easy flower press tutorial, using everyday items. Definitely going to make one
I’m glad you liked it and yes! It’s simple enough for anyone to make! Thanks so much for watching 😊🌼
This is a lovely idea, I am always collecting things when out and about but usually in little bags, I will be making a press to take out with me. Thank you for the inspiration!
Wonderful! I think you’ll enjoy them as I use both of mine all the time…Thanks so much for watching 😊😘
Both of them are great, i will absolutely make one. Thank's
Great!! Hope you enjoy them…thanks so much for watching 😊🌸
I just found your videos and I like them all ! So many brillant ideas, thank you so much ! I will watch all of them for sure …
I’m so glad! Thanks so much for watching and commenting 😀🌼
Another amazing video 😊😊😊
Thank you so much 😊 ❤️
Love them both but my favorite is the wide black band. I may have to make a few
That’s great! Hope you do as I use both of mine all the time😀🍂🍁🌼
I love these! I am definitely going to make my own! Great idea!
@@tracyleboeuf3268 So glad! I love mine and use them all the time 😊
I love this idea and I’m going to definitely do this. Great channel.
Thank you! I hope you enjoy using them…both of mine are filled😅
Thank you for such a timely project just as Autumn is coming in here in the UK. I really love what you have done here; so effective and yet simple to make. I shall certainly be making some for myself and my art friends.
Oh perfect! I use both of mine so often! Hope you enjoy yours as well…thanks so much for watching and commenting 😊🌼
This is so great!! Thank you for sharing this ... I've been looking for a little flower press. Now I can make my own!🙂❤
So glad! I was doing the same thing but couldn’t find an easy and light one to use so I made this…enjoy! 😊❤️
❤ I like them both but my favorite is the one with the homemade muslin label. Making one before the weekend!
That’s awesome! You will love it! 😊🍁
My granddaughter and I walk down my road and collect flowers all the time. This will me a craft for us to do during her next visit! ❤❤❤
Oh that’s perfect!! Thank you for watching 😊
I will make many of them. Spring is coming. I loved the video 😊
Wonderful! Thanks for watching 😊
I already made one similar to those a couple years ago but I always go back to my small-ish old book with hundreds of pages. It's always full of botanicals, I have way more than I can use 😆
You drawings are sooo beautiful!!
Thanks so much! A book makes a nice press and it sounds like you have captured so many beautiful memories of walks…thanks so much for watching 😊🌸
Thank you for this video! Definitely going to make a few of these.
@@eleanormaclean4004 You’re welcome and thanks so much for watching! Hope you enjoy yours! 😊🍁
What a great idea for Nature Journals. I also have a big flower press. I will definately be making a couple of those at least and so simple but cute too. Thank You for sharing.
So glad it was helpful! Hope you make some and enjoy using them too. Appreciate you watching 😊
I have already made one lol Thank You @@mynaturediaries4402
Thank you for this idea. I am gathering the supplies now to make my own press. I truly enjoy your videos and because of them have renewed my interest in art and nature.
Thank you and I am SO glad that you are making nature art again! So excited for you and your creative journey! Thanks again for watching! 😊
That's brilliant - I'll definitely have a go at that :)
So glad you like it 😀!
These are such a good idea. Thanks for sharing your process to make them :)
So glad you like them and thanks for watching! I have three of them now as I keep filling them up😊
This is such a nice idea! I love your videos so much, I watched some of them even twice 😂❤ thank you for your effort and sharing with us!
Thank you so much! It really makes me happy to hear that…have a great day and thanks as always for watching 😀
I love them both, I'm going to make a couple for my daughter's birthday next month, she loves to press flowers and will be really thrilled to be able to take them on nature walks. Thanks so much for sharing such a brilliant idea!
I’m so glad you liked them both and hope she enjoys them! Thanks so much for watching 😃🌿😊
What a creative way to collect and press beautiful finds in nature. It makes me want one as well and I don't collect leaves or flowers...Yet?
Thank you and thanks for watching! Hope you start your own collection soon 😊
What a great idea. I love them both and will make 1 or 2 for sure. Thank you.
Perfect! I use mine ALL the time…so handy to carry around. Thanks for watching and commenting 😊🌼
this is brilliant!
Thanks for watching 😊!
I've made one and been using it for months and it's amazing! Thank you!
I ❤ them en Will make these. So lovely
Thank you and hope you enjoy your flower press! 😊🌼
Hi, just discovered your videos. They are beautiful. I am just starting nature journaling, I am not very good at drawing but I am hoping that with practice I will improve! Best wishes Lyn from Australia.
Oh, thanks so much! And yes…starting a Nature Journal is a GREAT way to practice drawing…thanks again for your comments 😊
'love this! I will make one today because I always pick up leaves during my walk and have to put them in my pocket or purse-not good😉...thank you for this timely idea❣
Perfect! So glad you are making one and I have almost filled up three already 😅…thanks for watching!
I loved both and definitely will be making one for an upcoming trip. Thank you for sharing, I'm a new subscriber and really enjoy your content and easy approach to nature sketching.😊
That’s awesome! So glad you liked them. Really appreciate you watching and subbing too. Thanks so much again 😊🌸
Brilliant! I'm inspired to make these for gifts and one for myself!
Thank you 😊 I have three of these in use right now…hope you like yours!
I liked both presses and I definitely will make one. Thanks.
Awesome! Hope you enjoy them and thanks for watching 😊
Là aussi c'est génial!
Je fais du scrapbooking et du patchwork alors je vais faire des jolies pressés à fleurs....
Ensuite ce sera dessin et aquarelle botanique....youpiiiiii
Magnifique! J'espère que vous continuerez à créer ! Merci d'avoir regardé 😃
I love this video, thank you. I just found your site this first day of 2024, what a great beginning to a new year.
Oh so glad! Thanks so much for watching 😊
Great ideal!! Thank you. Like you l have the heavy duty flower press ! I have put my nature finds in a lot of books. So becareful if you use my art library! I am making this tomorrow!
That’s awesome! These make wonderful little flower presses…hope you enjoy yours! 😀
I love them both and plan on making a few for my mountain adventures in the spring
Sounds perfect! Thanks for watching ☺️
Hi I just found your videos, and I absolutely love it. I'm been binge watching all of them and love them. I wonder if can you make a video showing the different supplies may be needed and you use to give beginners like me guidance. What basic supplies you uses when out in the field. What different colors of watercolors do you prefer, also what colors of inks. If you can make the video it would be so great and helpful.. Thank you so much... ❤❤❤
Thanks so much! I do have a majority of the materials I am using in many of my videos in the description. These are Amazon links which describe the materials in detail. I hope that helps for now! Please feel free to ask me about any other items that aren’t listed…I will try to find the same things or similar. Thanks so much again for watching!! 😊🌸
hello, a few questions!
1. how big is the cardboard in the video?
2. did you need to refresh the paper after the first day(s)? the leaves/flowers look great btw!
3. i like the design at 11:52, how did you make it?
thanks!
Hi, thanks for watching 😊 1. The cardboard was precut packaging and I would say it was about a 4” by 3” rectangle 2. I have used the paper over and over again…it may get stained but as long as it’s dry, it works 3. Not sure what you are referring to? My pattern was to just cut a rectangle about an inch or so wider on all four sides of the cardboard. Then cut to fit a smaller piece to fit the center. Hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching 🌸🌼
i'll edit my post to make the third question less confusing--- 😅
to rephrase it, i was wondering how you made 11:52 (the press with the bigger label & wood pattern)
@@aquablue966 Oh, gotcha. I just used some printed card stock (wood grain) and a smaller white card stock rectangle…glued them together and printed “My Nature Diaries” on it. Glued to the fabric and then used 3 coats of Mod Podge over the label and material. Hope that helps😊🍂
Did you never have any problems of loosing some of your pressed material? Or did you never carry around these presses? I made my own little press with two pieces of flat wooden plates, but the flowers tend to fall out and are damaged in the bag. I can't "fill" my press with some pieces, because the new ones which are 3D at the beginning will spread the to wooden plates and give the flowers which are already in the press and thinner but not yet dry enough, room to slide out. Did you ever have this problem?
I never have lost any pressed materials from this flower press. As long as the elastic is tight everything stayed fine even carrying this around on many hikes. So much lighter to carry too! You could make an undecorated one to test it out (which I did before the video.) 😊
@@mynaturediaries4402 As I read your answer, I came up with an idea for my problem. Why not cut the pieces of paper a little bigger and fold them over, so that the plants can't slip out. Or wrap the whole inset in a piece of paper. I will try some variations. These little presses are wonderful and lightweight.