How to Make Pressed Flower Laminated Bookmarks DIY

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How to Make Pressed Flower Laminated Bookmarks DIY

Preserve gorgeous pressed flowers in lamination for the perfect and easy bookmark!

These flowers and four leaf clovers were found in my yard and perfect for an epic book place holder.

Just a few supplies needed to make all the flower art bookmarks perfect for book lovers!

**TIP: When you go on vacation or out of town, snag a few flowers or fern leaves from parks or the botanical gardens and press them in a book to turn into the perfect holiday keepsakes after your trip! (protect your pages with a piece of folded parchment paper.)

Supplies Needed for Pressed Flowers Laminated Bookmarks:

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Pressed Flowers (This kit from Ditsy Flowers is what I am using--not an affiliate)
Own Flowers
Heat Laminator and Sleeves
Scissors
Paper Cutter
Hole Punch
Tassels (this 100 pack is awesome!)

Step 1: Laminating Pouches

Begin by plugging in the laminating machine and letting it heat up while working with the pressed flowers.

Next step is simply removing one laminating sleeve from the box or package.

Open it up and lay it on a flat surface so it can be filled with flower art.

This is a fun DIY project that I did when I was a young girl (although I used contact paper instead because I didn't have a laminator until my 30th birthday) and it's so fun to revitalize these first time crafts.

I like using the clear lamination pouches because I can see the front and back of the flowers. You can take flowers and paint a thin layer of Mod Podge on them and place them on craft paper. Then cut the paper into bookmark strips and laminate them.

Step 1: Laminating Pouches Begin by plugging in the laminating machine and letting it heat up while working with the pressed flowers. Next step is simply removing one laminating sleeve from the box or package. Open it up and lay it on a flat surface so it can be filled with flower art. This is a fun DIY project that I did when I was a young girl (although I used contact paper instead because I didn't have a laminator until my 30th birthday) and it's so fun to revitalize these first time crafts. I like using the clear lamination pouches because I can see the front and back of the flowers. You can take flowers and paint a thin layer of Mod Podge on them and place them on craft paper. Then cut the paper into bookmark strips and laminate them.

Step 2: Pressed Flower Art

Now take your pressed flowers from the Ditsy Flowers press and arrange the flowers on the laminating pouch in a pattern you love...you can get very creative with the floral arrangements for your pressed flower bookmark.

I kept mine in a line, so the bookmark would be a normal bookmark size, but otherwise there are no rules. The laminating pouch is large enough to make about 3 floral bookmarks at a time.

Be as creative as your heart will allow!

**Have you pressed flowers before? You can use a heavy book or a wooden flower press. I love my Ditsy Flowers press and have a full post on it here.

Step 2: Pressed Flower Art Now take your pressed flowers from the Ditsy Flowers press and arrange the flowers on the laminating pouch in a pattern you love...you can get very creative with the floral arrangements for your pressed flower bookmark. I kept mine in a line, so the bookmark would be a normal bookmark size, but otherwise there are no rules. The laminating pouch is large enough to make about 3 floral bookmarks at a time. Be as creative as your heart will allow! **Have you pressed flowers before? You can use a heavy book or a wooden flower press. I love my Ditsy Flowers press and have a full post on it here.

Step 3: Heat Lamination

After arranging the flowers, fold the lamination pouch back down on itself. (important details if you haven't used a lamination pouch before)

Then carefully feed it through the laminator, the laminating pouch does a good job of keeping things mostly in place because of its texture, just lift it gently so it doesn't shuffle around!

The lamination pouch just slides through the machine at the perfect speed to melt the 2 layers of the pouch together!

Step 3: Heat Lamination After arranging the flowers, fold the lamination pouch back down on itself. (important details if you haven't used a lamination pouch before) Then carefully feed it through the laminator, the laminating pouch does a good job of keeping things mostly in place because of its texture, just lift it gently so it doesn't shuffle around! The lamination pouch just slides through the machine at the perfect speed to melt the 2 layers of the pouch together!

Step 4: Trim Bookmark

Use the paper cutter to cut the laminated sheet down to the perfect desired bookmark size.

I like having some small bookmarks and some large ones on hand, depending on the books I'm reading or wanting to mark.

Step 5: Round Corners

Finally, use scissors to round the corners of the laminated bookmark to make it smooth on the ends.

This is a key step for a great bookmark...those rounded corners would make the scribes of the medieval days drooling. (okay, they'd probably like a closer look at those scissors too!)

Then punch a hole in the top of the bookmark and larks head loop a tassel on the top of the bookmark for the perfect, classy, finishing touch!

Step 5: Round Corners Finally, use scissors to round the corners of the laminated bookmark to make it smooth on the ends. This is a key step for a great bookmark...those rounded corners would make the scribes of the medieval days drooling. (okay, they'd probably like a closer look at those scissors too!) Then punch a hole in the top of the bookmark and larks head loop a tassel on the top of the bookmark for the perfect, classy, finishing touch!

That's it!

Happy Crafting! Hope you are confident now to create pressed floral art and preserve it in lamination for a bookmark of the most classy proportions.

I like to think that Shakespeare is pretty happy about these dried flowers and transparent bookmarks to showcase the pages of a book!

Press your own flowers and make them into beautiful bookmarks to enjoy year round--flower crafts are awesome and don't take lots of times!

Flower bookmarks make a great homemade gift, or for special events, they are an affordable craft and perfect gift to help encase the beauty of nature in pretty bookmarks.

Save your own fresh flowers or flower gifts and turn them into laminated works of art in a protective plastic sleeve, great alternative to dried flowers.

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That's it! Happy Crafting! Hope you are confident now to create pressed floral art and preserve it in lamination for a bookmark of the most classy proportions. I like to think that Shakespeare is pretty happy about these dried flowers and transparent bookmarks to showcase the pages of a book! Press your own flowers and make them into beautiful bookmarks to enjoy year round--flower crafts are awesome and don't take lots of times! Flower bookmarks make a great homemade gift, or for special events, they are an affordable craft and perfect gift to help encase the beauty of nature in pretty bookmarks. Save your own fresh flowers or flower gifts and turn them into laminated works of art in a protective plastic sleeve, great alternative to dried flowers.

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