James - I like using my microfleur (microwave flower press)... I even took it with me when my microwave needed replacing just to make sure that it would fit ..Lol! I got some funny looks.!!! (made sense to me!)... It might take several tries with each type of flower before you get it right depending on your own mircrowave and the timing.. I finish everything off to dry completely in books for a few days ... and generally most things are ready to use after that.
Joanna has written several really helpful books on how to press flowers etc... other good books are by: Sylvia Pepper, PennyBlack and Sandy Pucket.. off the top of my head.. I found most of mine on Ebay..
http://www.riverhaven.com/ Is another great place to learn about the how-to's etc...

I don't play with flowers enough now days.... just too many other things to play with!!! hehe


Have fun
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Sylvie A