6. Pressed Botanical Table Numbers
The Concept Instead of expensive printed stationery suites, use delicate pressed flowers sandwiched between double-paned glass floating frames for your table numbers. This brings an organic, botanical art gallery aesthetic to your dining tables.
How to Make It
- Collect and Press: Forage wildflowers, ferns, and delicate leaves, pressing them flat inside heavy books with parchment paper for at least two weeks beforehand.
- Purchase Frames: Buy inexpensive double-glass brass-edged or minimalist black floating frames in your preferred table number dimensions.
- Arrange the Botanicals: Open the frame, arrange your pressed botanicals artfully against the glass pane, and overlay a translucent vellum paper printed with a clean, modern table number.
- Seal and Display: Snap or clip the frame shut tightly to hold the delicate stems in place, and set them on wooden block stands.
Tips and Variations
- Tip: Use a dab of clear school glue on the back of the stems to anchor them securely to the glass so they don’t slip when moved.
- Variation: Write the table numbers directly onto the glass pane with a metallic gold paint pen instead of using vellum paper inserts.
