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Pressed Flower Swap

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Pressed Flower Swap
Swap Coordinator:whispernova (contact)
Swap categories: Nature  Miscellaneous  Art 
Number of people in swap:8
Location:International
Type:Type 2: Flat mail
Last day to signup/drop:November 6, 2009
Date items must be sent by:November 10, 2009
Number of swap partners:1
Description:

Send a variety (3-8 ) of pressed flowers to your partner. Try to make each flower different. Pressed flowers are so easy. Just pick from your garden and place in a heavy duty book for a few days. When you mail them just be extra careful and try to wrap them in tissue or something that will protect them in mailing. Newbies Welcome. Everyone else must have a 4.0 to participate.

Discussion

papercaper 10/20/2009 #

How do you make sure the colour stays in the flower? They often go brown. :< Still gonna join though. I love this swap idea!!!

whispernova 10/21/2009 #

Thanks. I am glad you joined. I honestly am not sure how to keep them from going brown. Ive never had that problem. I think Michaels crafts store sells floral preserver though. That might help.

marieann12002 10/22/2009 #

Hi! I am new to swap-bot...never heard of it til today. Sure sounds like a lot of fun. I am a pressed flower artist and would love to meet and exchange flowers/leaves with others.

papercaper 10/24/2009 #

If we had Michaels craft stores in Australia it would definitely help! I'll try to suss it out in the meantime. Thanks for responding. :)

flowerimpressions 10/26/2009 #

Hi i just joined . i am a flower presser. Thanks for this cool swap! It does matter on the flower, and humidity has a lot to do with the colors too. the drier you keep them and out of direct sun they can stay pretty a long time. check out some of my pics on my blog http://flowersbyterica.blogspot.com/ I even have a blog to teach making presses! peace,terica

flowerart 10/30/2009 #

hi, there:-)

i am excited about this swap, but have no information on where to send my flowers or who to send them to!...help?:-)

thanks,

rebekah:-)

slewis234 11/ 3/2009 #

if you're going to be pressing these now, will there be enough time for them to thoughly dry before mailing? i've pressed them before but have left them for a long while to dry.

hollycm6 11/ 5/2009 #

Mine are always ready pretty quickly... but I usually do leaves, and flowers have more moisture in them than leaves.

giraffeandrabbti 11/ 6/2009 #

Hey all, Just came across this swap and what a lovely idea - but just check that your country allows incoming plant material, I know mine doesn't :(

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