Pressing flowers and holding onto memories

I’ve been working on a lot of new pressed flower pictures this week. They will be ready on my Etsy site and this website shortly. A lot have been inspired by the fragrant lavender I grew in my garden last year. Such a calming and restorative flower with so many uses.
Pressing flowers is such a lovely memento. I recently read about a lady who has kept the flowers Elton John gave her many years ago which she is finally selling along with lots of her other memorabilia. Just goes to show by pressing a flower you are holding onto a memory https://hansonsauctioneers.co.uk/elton-john-superfan-to-part-with-flowers-he-gave-her-when-she-was-sweet-16-in-1976

I’m privileged to be trusted with people’s special flowers and always love seeing the look on their face when I give them their final pressed flower artwork whether this is from their wedding bouquet or from any other flowers that have a significant meaning to them.

Here's a bit about me…

It’s a new year so I thought I’d start 2023 introducing myself. My name is Vanessa and I’m the Creative Director at Flower Press Studios. I started Flower Press Studios in 2017 as a way of preserving some of the flowers that I grow in my garden. I began making pictures and cards that I sold on Etsy and through my website. Gradually word spread and I started to be featured in the press ( House Beautiful, Psychologies and the Flower Patch amongst others ) gradually my ‘Side hustle” became more of a main hustle!
My background is in graphic design as an Art Director and Designer working for a variety of clients. These include Brides, Red, New Woman, Kintsugi and You magazine to name a few. Now however I increasingly love working for myself and am looking forward to developing Flower Press Studios much more this year. (Keep an eye out for my new range of bespoke wedding stationary featuring pressed flowers).
As Flower Press Studios has expanded, I began accepting commissions to press special flowers. It’s always an honour to be trusted to make a picture from flowers that people hold dear. From wedding bouquets to funeral flowers to single flowers picked as a present from a client to his girlfriend I have pressed them all and made them into bespoke art for my clients. Just contact me to discuss.