Marlborough Makers Club Adult Craft Series:

Botanical Bookmark

Tuesday, May 17, 6:30 pm

Mark where you left off reading with a stylish botanical bookmark, made of pressed flowers and leaves! Press your own flowers beforehand and bring them to the Library on Tuesday, May 17, to craft a beautiful bookmark. Registration before the deadline of May 9 is required for both options. Spaces are limited. Register online and select the craft format you’d prefer.

Tips for Pressing Plants at Home:
Look around outside for suitable leaves and flowers to press.  Press them in a single layer (not overlapping any other plants) face down, between sheets of parchment/acid-free paper (toilet paper works as well).  If you don’t have a flower press, you can press them between the pages of a book, and stack a few other books on top.  Press them as soon as you pick them so they don’t get a chance to wilt, and make sure they are as dry as possible.

Fun fact!

People have been drying and preserving flowers and plants since the times of Ancient Egypt. In the Victorian Era in England, pressed flowers and seaweed were popular wall decorations.