PLEASE NOTE: My worktop is destroyed because of 7 years of neglect 🤣🤣🤣 It needs sanding and re-oillng .... it is not destroyed from the Flower press 🤣🤣🤣
I bought one of these last summer and dried every flower I could get my hands on. I'm a master gardener so there were a ton of flowers. When drying a lot of flowers be cautious when drying very moist flowers as they will start out very wet and you can go too fast and furious, which will make them boil from the inside out. Also, it's better to do several shorter microwaving blasts and rotating the wool pads a couple of times too keep them from burning. The biggest thing I learned was if you do several flowers without a break, you will start burning them. Take a break, let the microwave cool down, and don't push it. Most of my standard flowers only go in for 35 sec/25 sec/15 sec/ and maybe another 15 sec and they are dry.
Oh I do this on the cheap side 😂 I put the flowers in white paper then cover that with paper towels put it in the microwave and put two bricks on top. First round 50% for 1 minute let sit for five minutes then 30% for 30 seconds over and over until flower is completely dried. I flip them after each round. Perfect flowers perfect color every time ❤
If you think about how a mircowave works compared to a press it kinda makes sense. Mircowaves boil water inside the object being mircowaved. So basically boiling out the water in the flowers quickly snd you wet it before you put it in so it doesnt burn. Pressing slowly squeezes the water out. So just by process of time the flower has time to die/change color before its perserved compared to this instantly removing the water and putting slight pressure on it to flatten it as the water leaves. I dont think this forces them to become flat i think its as the water leave the pressure is just enough to squish it. Where just time alone wouldnt squish them in that device. Definitely interested as ive tried to press flowes before and was disappointed in them losing their color and shape so much.
this is such a cute product Claire, love the design, and love your new lavender. You'll be interested to see how i pressed my flowers in todays video, i wondered if you've tried before? I love that you have so much time to make all these videos, I just don't get the time these days to make enough, so I keep saying no to all the products.....noooooooooo 🤣🤣🤣 Keep up the great work, you're such a pleasure to watch
The water will turn into steam in the microwave. The steam is what drys out the flowers. I have seen one other crafter use this product. However you did a much better job of explaining it. Showing the actual instructions to us was so helpful for me. I finally felt comfortable enough to place an order for this product.
My daughter and I just got a different brand of press last week. She is a FLOWER MUM extreme. We followed the instructions and had pressed, dried flowers in minutes! We are looking forward to trying her roses soon. Her Japanese maple tree leaves came out perfectly with as much colour as they went in with. I got my press from Amazon. Thanks Claire for your example.
This brings me back to my childhood when I received a flower press for christmas one year! I loved that thing so much and pressed every single flower leaf and weed I could find! lol Geez they have come a long way since the flower press I had that was done between to plates with some screws and having to wait a week for them to dry! lol. Love this!
Shut UP! I have been wanting to try this from the first time I saw it online… THANK YOU so much for these product testing and reviews. I feel like I’m getting a *genuine* sense of the how the product will work in real life with a genuine honest review….
I love my press, I walked all around my farm looking for leaves. I popped them in the microwave for 25 seconds and that was it. The bigger flowers are not good in this unless you want them flat. I put the flowers in silicone gel crystals so they are just like they are on the bushes.
Absolutely wonderful informational video Claire ❤ Going in my gardes now. I have some asparagus ferny tops to do today. My asparagus was delicious this year. Take great care love you tons xoxo ❤️ 😘
Ok, Claire, now you've done it! I just can't wait to get my hands on one of these! The results you're getting are just magical. Thanks again for yet more great inspiration, and another fine video!
Love it going to buy one. Been looking for something like that. Saw something that u can put on glass plate and use paper towels. Going to try that also, maybe u should try wild flowers❤.
Very nice! I have both sizes of the microfleur, and I believe your kit looks better. The microfleur dies not have vent holes, and it's easy to burn the flowers.❤
Ohhhhh Aleigh... I wonder if it's the soil ? Because honestly only one side of our garden gets sun ... so we only grow Hebe and Lavender .. the other side of the garden is a dead swamp 🙈🙈🙈
@ClairesCraftyCorner Hmm could be? I have tried from an actual plant, I have tried straight from seeds, full sun, shade, inside indirect sun and grow lamp! Only I thing I havent done was put it directly into the ground. I figured if it wont work in a pot it wont work in my ground. 🤣
Claire I love the way you explain step by step with this 😍 You made me laugh when you follow the instructions apart from getting to know your machine lmao 5 minutes is enough 😂 ( I am the same🤣 ) Great video and well done 🤩🥰 Now time to get hubby to buy you some flowers so you can do more lol 😁🌼🌺🌻🌹💐
I thought of putting grease proof paper with holes in it under the flowers to dry out instead of the cotton lining piece as the flowers always stick to it?
@Aangel452 I'd try it first with some plain old tree leaves (that you don't care about). That way, if you don't like it, just chuck the leaves. At least you will know!
Hi Claire. I've been pressing flowers and leaves for years and I've made my own presses. Now I want to chunk them and get one of these. My mind is blown also. That's all I can say. How easy is that?? Thanks for showing us your new tool.
Hi Claire this looks amazing, I use the wooden one with the blotting paper but it seems to take the colours out of the flower. This looks so much easier, I used your link to check it out but unfortunately it can’t be delivered to me must be where I live 😞 I can keep checking to see if it’s changes, thanks again for the great tutorial Xxx
I've seen these used before, and I kinda want to get one. My only hesitation is that the flowers will eventually turn brown in resin, which is where I'd want to use them. My garden, which is pretty wild, is filled with flowers right now, and I guess you could always buy some affordable bouquets to press. And it would probably work for green plants, too. All those leaves...❤😂
Heyyyyyy Leena ...They only turn Brown if they have moisture inside .. I have Roses in Resin ... It's been 3 years. I dried them in Silica Gel and it wasn't quite long enough. However, the majority of the Roses are still pink 3 years on ... if you check out my community page .. I did a post last week 😍😍😍 flowers should not turn Brown if they are 100% dried out xx
No sealing required ... Weds I will show exactly what I have used them for xx you can put dry flowers directly in Resin x Any moisture and they will rot x
Heyyyyy Alex, you absolutely can DIY this for FREE FREE .... 😍😍😍😍 zero money needed. Grab some books .... and some tissue... kitchen roll is best ... then lay your flowers down on the tissue ... throw more tissue on top ... more books ... and wait a few days ... or a month depending on flowers 😍😍😍 free free 😍😍😍
Am I the only one who isn’t jumping up/down for this product??? Maybe, I’ve lost my ability to take on more gadgets that require reading a booklet of information 😮😂… Im old school; hang my herbs & certain flowers to dry, or dry then press with my wooden gadget
Love it going to buy one. Been looking for something like that. Saw something that u can put on glass plate and use paper towels. Going to try that also, maybe u should try wild flowers❤.
PLEASE NOTE: My worktop is destroyed because of 7 years of neglect 🤣🤣🤣 It needs sanding and re-oillng .... it is not destroyed from the Flower press 🤣🤣🤣
I bought one of these last summer and dried every flower I could get my hands on. I'm a master gardener so there were a ton of flowers. When drying a lot of flowers be cautious when drying very moist flowers as they will start out very wet and you can go too fast and furious, which will make them boil from the inside out. Also, it's better to do several shorter microwaving blasts and rotating the wool pads a couple of times too keep them from burning. The biggest thing I learned was if you do several flowers without a break, you will start burning them. Take a break, let the microwave cool down, and don't push it. Most of my standard flowers only go in for 35 sec/25 sec/15 sec/ and maybe another 15 sec and they are dry.
Oh I do this on the cheap side 😂 I put the flowers in white paper then cover that with paper towels put it in the microwave and put two bricks on top. First round 50% for 1 minute let sit for five minutes then 30% for 30 seconds over and over until flower is completely dried. I flip them after each round. Perfect flowers perfect color every time ❤
If you think about how a mircowave works compared to a press it kinda makes sense. Mircowaves boil water inside the object being mircowaved. So basically boiling out the water in the flowers quickly snd you wet it before you put it in so it doesnt burn. Pressing slowly squeezes the water out. So just by process of time the flower has time to die/change color before its perserved compared to this instantly removing the water and putting slight pressure on it to flatten it as the water leaves. I dont think this forces them to become flat i think its as the water leave the pressure is just enough to squish it. Where just time alone wouldnt squish them in that device.
Definitely interested as ive tried to press flowes before and was disappointed in them losing their color and shape so much.
this is such a cute product Claire, love the design, and love your new lavender. You'll be interested to see how i pressed my flowers in todays video, i wondered if you've tried before? I love that you have so much time to make all these videos, I just don't get the time these days to make enough, so I keep saying no to all the products.....noooooooooo 🤣🤣🤣 Keep up the great work, you're such a pleasure to watch
The water will turn into steam in the microwave. The steam is what drys out the flowers. I have seen one other crafter use this product. However you did a much better job of explaining it. Showing the actual instructions to us was so helpful for me. I finally felt comfortable enough to place an order for this product.
Thankyou so much 😍😍😍 I was worried about talking through so much detail but I think it's so important 😍 I'm really happy you found that helpful 😍😍
My daughter and I just got a different brand of press last week. She is a FLOWER MUM extreme. We followed the instructions and had pressed, dried flowers in minutes! We are looking forward to trying her roses soon. Her Japanese maple tree leaves came out perfectly with as much colour as they went in with. I got my press from Amazon. Thanks Claire for your example.
This brings me back to my childhood when I received a flower press for christmas one year! I loved that thing so much and pressed every single flower leaf and weed I could find! lol Geez they have come a long way since the flower press I had that was done between to plates with some screws and having to wait a week for them to dry! lol. Love this!
That is mind boggling! Who would have thought that wet pads could dry flowers? What fun.
The water turns into steam.
Shut UP! I have been wanting to try this from the first time I saw it online… THANK YOU so much for these product testing and reviews. I feel like I’m getting a *genuine* sense of the how the product will work in real life with a genuine honest review….
🤣🤣🤣🤣 you speak like me .... shut up at the beginning haaaa I'm so happy you found it helpful 😍😍😍
Will be waiting too see what you create👍❤️
I have the Micro Fleur press. It is awesome and I feel easier than what you are showing. 70-80 seconds is all it takes 😊
Excellent tutorial. Moves right along without superfluous chatter. Thanks for the link to purchase. New subscriber.
Cool I’m not big on waiting for things to dry like weeks in books this is very impressive x 😮
Wow! So quick and easy. Really simple. Thank you. 😊😊😊
These are beautiful. I want to plant all kinds of flowers now!!!!
Thank you Claire it’s been really helpful 🤗
I love my press, I walked all around my farm looking for leaves. I popped them in the microwave for 25 seconds and that was it. The bigger flowers are not good in this unless you want them flat. I put the flowers in silicone gel crystals so they are just like they are on the bushes.
Amazing Claire xxx
Absolutely wonderful informational video Claire ❤ Going in my gardes now. I have some asparagus ferny tops to do today. My asparagus was delicious this year. Take great care love you tons xoxo ❤️ 😘
Never mind 'Claire made me do it', Claire is a serious hazard to my bank balance !!!!!
🤣🤣🤣 i hear ya ... my bank will asl be taking a hit when I buy flowers every week 🤣🤣🤣
Ok, Claire, now you've done it! I just can't wait to get my hands on one of these! The results you're getting are just magical. Thanks again for yet more great inspiration, and another fine video!
I ordered the same one about an hour later, and will be getting it on Thursday! Woohoo!
I did the proofreading for this. I hope everything is understandable....
Ahhhh how cool ... yes it was super easy thankyou 😍😍
Awesome! I have something similar and always amazed flowers dried in 45 seconds 😀
Wow what a kit!! I've been drying flowers in a sand, that takes about 3 days, i'm blown away to, by this, thanks Claire
Love it going to buy one. Been looking for something like that. Saw something that u can put on glass plate and use paper towels. Going to try that also, maybe u should try wild flowers❤.
I just ordered mine. Can't wait to use it ❤
Never looked at your worktop. To focused on what u were doing. U should see mine its full of paint. Great video
Oh I’ve wanted to play with one of these for a long time it looks to work so well!
Great results, your instruction book gives so much more instruction than the press I bought did. Thanks for sharing as they dried perfectly😀
this is amazing Thanks Clair
This is cool, Claire! I tried a different one of these and was so disappointed...it did not work well at all, but not I want to try THIS one!!
I'm very impressed, those lavender blossoms came out so beautifully!
Wow! So quick and easy and they came out beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
I own an older version of this type of gadget. It works really well. This one yields more flowers so I’ll need to grab one for sure!
nice flower press, great job. costly to buy dried flowers
Thank you for sharing this informative video,Ms Claire.These experimenting helps us a lot,if possible if this is in my budget, I will get ut soon 💖🤩
so cool , i have done it the old fashioned way but this us awesome , thanks so much Claire
Claire, I just received e yesterday! It’s stupid amazing… I’m a pressing junkie now 😂.
Wow!! Really amazing!
Great video. I have to start saving my pennies. ❤❤❤
This is amazing! I can't wait to get one and try it. I was hoping to see you throw some in a mold really quick 😂. Thanks for another great video!😍
I just ordered this. Thanks for the tip! Fingers crossed... lol!
Hi Claire. Great drying technique and the flowers kept their bright color. 🥰😊😊
Another fab video Clair. ❤
I might have to get me one of these .... and a microwave awesome video Claire thank you
That is so amazing! I am blown away by the results! So cool! Thanks for sharing that!
Beautiful craft 🤩🤩👍💕
Amazing! 💕
You can buy flowers from the grocery store….small ones if it is winter if you don’t have flowers in your garden.
Very nice! I have both sizes of the microfleur, and I believe your kit looks better. The microfleur dies not have vent holes, and it's easy to burn the flowers.❤
The pressed flowers came out perfect, Claire! So pretty!
This looks both easy to use and very useful! 😃
The smell must have been amazing with all that lavender!
Mizz honestly was .... the whole house 🤣🤣🤣
To me you are a great flower mom because I have tried for yearssss to grow lavender and just can't do it!
Ohhhhh Aleigh... I wonder if it's the soil ? Because honestly only one side of our garden gets sun ... so we only grow Hebe and Lavender .. the other side of the garden is a dead swamp 🙈🙈🙈
@ClairesCraftyCorner Hmm could be? I have tried from an actual plant, I have tried straight from seeds, full sun, shade, inside indirect sun and grow lamp! Only I thing I havent done was put it directly into the ground. I figured if it wont work in a pot it wont work in my ground. 🤣
Brilliant results claire, I suppose the real test will be when you add them to resin, cant wait xx
Claire I love the way you explain step by step with this 😍 You made me laugh when you follow the instructions apart from getting to know your machine lmao 5 minutes is enough 😂 ( I am the same🤣 ) Great video and well done 🤩🥰 Now time to get hubby to buy you some flowers so you can do more lol 😁🌼🌺🌻🌹💐
🤣🤣🤣🤣 literally ... there is a limit on how many rules I follow 🤣🤣🤣🤣
They say rules are ment to be broken 🤣😂🤣😂
This is amazing ❤
This is a great idea, I would have a lot of fun with that x❤
I thought of putting grease proof paper with holes in it under the flowers to dry out instead of the cotton lining piece as the flowers always stick to it?
@Aangel452
I'd try it first with some plain old tree leaves (that you don't care about). That way, if you don't like it, just chuck the leaves. At least you will know!
@@fairyspunfibers9098 Good idea!
Hi Claire. I've been pressing flowers and leaves for years and I've made my own presses. Now I want to chunk them and get one of these. My mind is blown also. That's all I can say. How easy is that?? Thanks for showing us your new tool.
I love This!!!
Hi Claire this looks amazing, I use the wooden one with the blotting paper but it seems to take the colours out of the flower. This looks so much easier, I used your link to check it out but unfortunately it can’t be delivered to me must be where I live 😞 I can keep checking to see if it’s changes, thanks again for the great tutorial Xxx
I've colored my dried flowers with alchohol onk markers.
I've been wanting to get one of these! thank you for your testing video!!!
I've seen these used before, and I kinda want to get one. My only hesitation is that the flowers will eventually turn brown in resin, which is where I'd want to use them. My garden, which is pretty wild, is filled with flowers right now, and I guess you could always buy some affordable bouquets to press. And it would probably work for green plants, too. All those leaves...❤😂
Heyyyyyy Leena ...They only turn Brown if they have moisture inside .. I have Roses in Resin ... It's been 3 years. I dried them in Silica Gel and it wasn't quite long enough. However, the majority of the Roses are still pink 3 years on ... if you check out my community page .. I did a post last week 😍😍😍 flowers should not turn Brown if they are 100% dried out xx
@@ClairesCraftyCorner Oh no, now I have to give this a try! 😂
@@Leena79 🤣🤣🙈🙈
I just bought this last week!!!
Amazinggggg 😍😍😍 I hope you love it 😍😍😍
This is absolutely fantastic 😊 unfortunately they don't deliver to the canary Islands 😢😢😢😢 but I found another company 🤩🤩🤩🛒
I want one of these so bad I saw a really nice one on Amazon
Wow
Where do you sell your items?
Wow! Need! Now! 😂❤
Where do you bye this
Did they still contain any scent afterwards?
Ohhhhhh great question ..... I will have to dry some more and let you know xxx its all in resin now 🙈🙈🙈
How do you put them in resin? Do they have to be sealed with something like Mod Podge?
No sealing required ... Weds I will show exactly what I have used them for xx you can put dry flowers directly in Resin x Any moisture and they will rot x
@@ClairesCraftyCorner thanks; looking forward to seeing it!
The one I bought is the same exact thing but it was half the price.
Make sure you research this before buying.
Absolutely .. Great advice 🙌🙌🙌
Pl send how i can get this?
Another Claire made me do it item 😊yippee 😅
🤣🤣🙌🙌
Flowers that lose their color may be colored with alchohol ink markers.
The USA link doesn’t work. I think because you put a comma in place or a dot. But even typing it in didn’t work for me.
Heyyyyyy lovely oh no ... I will double check this thank you so much
Oh goodness ... im useless ... yes it was a comma instead of a dot... let me know ifcits working now xxx If you do try it ❤️❤️❤️
@@ClairesCraftyCorner thanks. I should probably invest in this company. Stock and such. Lol.
@@ClairesCraftyCorner worked fine now. Already in my cart. Thanks so much. Hammering Amazon this week.
@LostSiren13 thank you for checking it 😍😍😍 Amazon is such a dangerous place 🤣🤣
It's tempting but £50 seems a bit much for a couple of felt pads, some plastic and fabric tbh, surely there must be a way to diy this for less.
Heyyyyy Alex, you absolutely can DIY this for FREE FREE .... 😍😍😍😍 zero money needed. Grab some books .... and some tissue... kitchen roll is best ... then lay your flowers down on the tissue ... throw more tissue on top ... more books ... and wait a few days ... or a month depending on flowers 😍😍😍 free free 😍😍😍
I have microwaved flowers in a book with absorbent paper. Make sure there are no staples in the binding. You may need to weight it down .
Am I the only one who isn’t jumping up/down for this product??? Maybe, I’ve lost my ability to take on more gadgets that require reading a booklet of information 😮😂… Im old school; hang my herbs & certain flowers to dry, or dry then press with my wooden gadget
Love it going to buy one. Been looking for something like that. Saw something that u can put on glass plate and use paper towels. Going to try that also, maybe u should try wild flowers❤.