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  • A standard flower press has sheets of cardboard and absorbent paper for flowers laying flat to dry.

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  • Kayla Smith can make resin jewelry, bookmarks and ornaments with pressed flowers.

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  • A wreath made by Kayla Smith is displayed under a tree of resin earrings.

  • The Pressed Bloom arranges wedding bouquets and other pressed flowers in picture frames of various sizes.

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    A pressed flower cat, made by Kayla Smith

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    Kayla Smith’s selection of her 2019 garden pressed in a frame.

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    Kayla Smith arranged her sister Tristan Anderson’s wedding invitation with pressed flowers as a wedding gift.

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