Save/Preserve Daisies?

Daisies are my favorite flower ever. I have been pretty sick lately and today my sweet boyfriend brought me some daisies to cheer me up and help me feel better. I want so much to keep them, but my experience with daisies in the past has not turned out well. I have tried drying, pressing and even the extreme of lamenating them. I want to keep them so badly. I was thinking.... would mod podge work? Do you think it would work in helping to maintain the flowers color? Or would it just kill the little flowers? Any help, tips and tricks would be appreciated. Ive heard of some silica... but it changes the flowers color... and I wish to keep it as close to normal as possible...

Save/Preserve Daisies?
i love pressing flowers in between pages of books...mod podge will make the petals wilt and turn yellow...there is no way to keep the flowers as they are. flowers fade..it's sad and sweet, they are beautiful but never last. you just need to accept that anyway you try and perserve them they will change..that's super sweet of your boyfriend, i suggest you just take a picture of them and put it in a frame..
Reply:Sorry to read you've been ill.



Silica crystals work well...you can get boxes or cans of these at hobby %26amp; craft shops like "Michael's." Or you can buy pure borax powder at your grocery store - (20-mule-team brand is what I've used - or they can order it for you.



Procedure:



1 - Pour crystals or powder into a large covered cake or cookie tin, or large plastic container with a lid.to the halfway mark.



2 - Cut all but about an inch of stem off each daisy. Using the remaining stems as handle, place each daisy upside-down in the crystals or borax; then completely cover with more crystals or powder. Cover the container.



3 - In about one week, check to see how dry one daisy is; they should all be pretty crisp at this point; if not make sure each blossom is covered and leave or another week.



4 - When you are sure each blossom is dry, carefully remove from medium using the stem as a handle. Using a small paint brush, remove grains of medium from blossom head.



5 - You can insert fine florist wire (also at the craft store) into the blossom head to make a stem. You can gather several of the wired blossoms and tape the wires with green or brown florist tape (also available at the craft shop) to make a small bouquet. Or you can tape each individual stem and make a large permanent bouquet,



*You shouldn't have problems with the color even if these are the dyed "Crazy Daisies."



The dried (not artificial) flowers available in stores - usually from Hollans and other parts of Europe - are prepared by some kind of a vacuum extract (of water) that is propritory knowledge (a trade secret)! So, our dried flowers will never look as good as theirs.
Reply:You could press them and then mod podge them. You cannot do this until the flowers are dried though. You could also press them between glass after they are pressed and dried. Try Martha Stewart for some ideas too.