Most plants once dried keep their colors well if stored in the dark, in a book or just in boxes. I use old phone directories with post-it notes to label sections, or just write on cover the type plants inside. Some have been waiting not just years but decades for me to decide how I want to use them~~smile. josh

thanx Josh. I will try to organize my pressed material .

Hi - I'm new on this forum but am enjoying reading all the posts. I have some dried flowers that are 5 or 6 years old and keep them in various ways. My favorite method is to cut sheets of waxed paper to album size. I then lay a dried flower down cover it with another sheet of waxed paper, and take the tip of an iron and encircle the flower and then go on to the next one. When the page is full, you have a sheet with various pockets containing dried blossoms. I then punch holes along the side to match the binder rings and store them in a binder.

Welcome, Faith. I have no idea where my iron is ~smile~ but sounds like you have a great system. And I read your Member page & your experiments sound like things I do...but isn't it fun? josh