floral frame

Since childhood, I have always liked to keep the flowers in a book. They get dry in few days and are really pretty. I also remember my good friend sending those beautiful petals in a letter to me. Good memories.

   Last year, I had a bunch of red roses. When they started to wither, I took all the petals apart and kept them in a big fat book. After few days I saw really pretty small pink flowers near the University Cafeteria. I kept them in a book too but didn't take petals off as they were really small. For such collections, one might want to use a book which is fat, big and also not very important. I have observed that some flowers leave stains behind. After few days, the petals were dry and their gorgeous color was retained.

   Then, I took 3 rectangular card boards. They were thin but also strong. I had cut each of them into 4 concentric rectangles keeping the same width. I took the biggest and the third biggest frame. I didn't use the other parts, but one can use if they want. And I glued the rose petals on one frame and small pink flowers on the other. Here's how they look.

I loved the colors that these original petals had.