Pressed Flowers in the Microwave

I had read about it and couldn't believe it would be that easy to have flat dried flowers, no waiting around and ruining good books.

It is that easy.

• flower
• kitchen towel
• microwave / plate
• plate
• glass of water

Because I only wanted the petals I deconstructed the flowers then placed them between the folded kitchen towel.

The folded kitchen towel goes on the microwave plate, with the plate on top and the glass of water holding it down.

I think the glass of water does 2 things, holds the flowers flat and takes some of the microwave energy so it's not so easy to burn them.

I did 5 or 6 separate 30 second bursts at Simmer, (the second lowest temperature), checking after each one.

I was using them to decorate the 3 of Clubs for the #MelbourneArtCardChallenge and was really thrilled with how easy and successful drying in the microwave was, and how flat and "pressed" the flowers were.