Preserve your sunny days and nature memories with beautiful pressed floral craft. Gilded herbariums, bold botanical frames, cutout abstracts, Zen creations, plant pictures with striking black backdrops--each of the 11 projects here features detailed step-by-step photo instructions. Additional tips and tricks help you play with plants What if you mix large with tiny leaves, red with blue petals There's plenty of creative advice to power your ideas, including basics on botanical shapes, design and composition facts to help you, and more. br br First you'll learn to choose the best method for what you're making press, dry, or preserve. Directions are included for each process, including instructions for making your own flower presses. As you select, pick, and preserve the right plants for each project, you'll learn ways to experiment with using grasses, leaves, roots, seaweeds, and more. If natural colors aren't enough for you, or if your flowers have lost their brilliance while drying,