The participants at last weekend’s flower pressing workshop at Longue Vue House and Gardens probably didn’t know they were employing a Japanese art form that dates to the 1600s. Oshibana, practiced — ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

When Eileen Sturm married 17 years ago, she and her husband, Bob, purchased a home in Wheaton. “It was a very tiny home and it still is, but the only thing I could see was the big 60-by-200-foot lot ...

Andrea Castaneda’s pressed flower artwork is well-known in Dallas, but the market she caters to is nationwide. Her precisely preserved flower art, from original prints to commissioned bouquet presses, ...

In the past 22 years, Liu Xianghuan has created numerous exquisite pressed flower artworks, some of which have won national and international awards. Liu, 57, a teacher from Northeast Forestry ...

Press flowers with an iron, book, microwave, or by making your own flower press. Pressing flowers yourself is an easy and rewarding craft. They can act as a keepsake, framed artwork, a meaningful gift ...

Aracil hand-picks flowers, flattens them, and then weaves them together over a cone-shaped paper mold. After a couple of weeks, the flowers dry out to maintain a shape stable enough for the mold to be ...

This week Homestyle co-hosts Leigh Guidry and Joe Cunningham are interviewing Lafayette entrepreneur Lynn Jenkins, who started Magnolia Studios of Louisiana, a business of making and selling preserved ...

"Wow!" Creative DIYer shares photo after finding beautiful use for old picture frame: 'I love this' first appeared on The ...

Seven years ago, Netalia Zerina Galea was diagnosed with thyroid cancer while working as a lawyer for a construction company in Mutiara Damansara, Petaling Jaya, Selangor. The diagnosis was a harsh ...