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Budget Tip of the Day: Pressed Botanicals

Just take a walk outside and you’ll find everything you need to create your own pressed botanical diy artwork. OK, maybe not everything, but this project couldn’t be easier. Try to find greenery that lays flat or gather leaves and flowers. Whatever you can find. Hold up the greenery to your frame and trim to size if necessary. Then place it between two pages of a book (preferable one you don’t care too much about as the pages may warp or wrinkle slightly). You can play with the shape of the botanical by curving it to the right or left before closing the book. Stack lots of heavy books on top and let it sit for a whole week. Gently remove and secure to your background paper with a little rubber cement. Just use enough to keep it from sliding in the frame. Pressed botanicals look great and provide more impact when hung together in a grouping. So get outside and gather all the FREE diy artwork you want. To save money on frames, switch out pictures from frames you already have or use spray paint to give thrift store frames a brand new look.

Come back tomorrow for a new DIY artwork idea.