Garden Idea for the day:

Preserve a flower for future use:
     Pick a flower, clover, or even decorative grass preferably early in the day.  Place it between two coffee filters and stack heavy books on top of it.  Wait a day and see if the flower has pressed and dried.  Heavier or thicker flowers take longer drying time.  You can save the pressed flower in an envelope for future use on things such as personalized stationery, insert into a birthday card, fixed to  the outside of an envelope, etc. for a personal touch.  Or you can create a gift card by gluing the pressed flower onto a piece of heavy (card stock) paper--use a paper punch to punch a hole in the paper and attach with a curled ribbon.  This works well for gift bags.  Leave a special note for your child or significant and glue the flower onto the note--write the note around the flower.  Simple pleasures!