Crafting with Flowers: Pressed Flower Decorations, Herbariums, and Gifts for Every Season

By Katie Meadow

Make Your Own Unique, Whimsical Gifts and Treats Inspired by Nature's Beauty!

Everyone could add a bit of brightness to their daily life. This book will teach you how to make a wide range of floral crafts, and help you truly connect to nature and the magical woodlands.
 
The crafts are organized seasonally, so you can happily craft all year round and always have gifts at the ready. Beginning with lovely spring crafts using bright, beautiful flowers, summer crafts aimed more at weddings, celebrations, and festivals, such as dried flower button holes and pressed flower nail art. In autumn we move to more cozy self‑care crafts like bath salts and candles, and winter includes crafts that are handmade gift ideas such as pressed flower cards and ornaments.
 
Crafts include:

• Crystallized edible flowers to top cakes and cupcakes
• Botanical wax sachets to keep your closet freshly scented
• Pink rose petal bath bombs
• Beautiful botanical frames
• Flower-infused cookies and chocolates

• Language: English
• Publisher: Skyhorse
• Release date: Jun 2, 2020
• ISBN: 9781510756007

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Copyright © 2020 by Katie Meadow

Photos on pages 34 and 78 © The Struths Photography

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Meadow, Katie, author.

Title: Crafting with flowers: pressed flower jewelry, herbariums, decorations, and gifts for every season / Katie Meadow.

Description: New York: Skyhorse Publishing, 2020. |

Identifiers: LCCN 2019059019 (print) | LCCN 2019059020 (ebook) | ISBN 9781510755994 (hardback) | ISBN 9781510756007 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Nature craft. | Dried flowers. | Pressed flower pictures. | Gifts. | Seasons.

Classification: LCC TT857 .M44 2020 (print) | LCC TT857 (ebook) | DDC 745.92—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019059019

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019059020

Cover design by Daniel Brount

Cover photos by Katie Meadow

Print ISBN: 978-1-5107-5599-4

Ebook ISBN: 978-1-5107-5600-7

Printed in China

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Contents

Introduction

Language of Flowers

Pressing Flowers

Spring

Flower Drying Rack

Herbarium Notebook

Crystalized Flowers

Pressed-Flower Bookmark

Decoupage with Flowers

Summer

Pressed-Flower Lollipops

Blossom Nail Art

Dried-Flower Buttonholes

Lemon and Lavender Shortbread

Pressed-Flower Frames

Chamomile and Lavender Wax Burner Melts

Autumn

Flower-Infused Bath Salts

Viola Cookies

Flower Petal Candles

White Chocolate and Rose Petal Donuts

Geranium, Lavender, and Rosebud Soap

Nature Shadowbox

Winter

Pink Rose Petal Bath Bombs

Pressed-Flower Cards

Coconut and Violet Chocolate

Grapefruit and Rose Petal Bath Melts

Dried-Flower Baubles

Botanical Wax Sachets

Gift Wrapping with Flowers

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Type of Project

Introduction

I began Owl and Wallflower several years