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I took flowers from my sister-in-laws wedding and pressed them. I also took a ton of her roses. I took the extra roses rmoved the petals, cut up soaked them in water and rubbing alcohol for many months. I then removed the petals and saved the liquid for a stain. I then laid out the project on the computer and got the wedding font. I then laid the project on some nice pine. I scroll sawed the lettering. I got my husband to router the edges for me. Then I stained the project with 3 layers of stain and two coats of clear. Laid out the pressed flowers on some satin backing and hot glued into place. I then assembled the whole project. What the bride really liked was that the flowers were from her wedding and the stain was made from the extra flowers. This project was not difficult but did take some planning, like pressing flowers and creating ones own stain.
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Bigbuck
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posted 108 days ago
That looks great, nice way to preserve memories.
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trifern
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posted 108 days ago
Very thoughtful project. You did a wonderful job on the lettering. Thanks for sharing.
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lightweightladyleftie
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posted 108 days ago
Welcome to LumberJocks. That’s a wonderful gift idea. Such personal gifts are so thoughtful. I love the font you used for your scroll-sawing.
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Dick, & Barb Cain
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posted 107 days ago
Beautiful!
The lettering looks superb.
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MsDebbieP
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posted 107 days ago
wonderful gift; great scrollsaw work.. and the stain – brilliant!
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SteveKorz
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posted 107 days ago
Nice! That’s pretty creative… great job on this.
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Zuki
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posted 105 days ago
Neat
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