Is there a good way to preserve the rose I was given yesterday?

I have no speciallist equipment but would like to keep this rose, does anyone know how please?

Is there a good way to preserve the rose I was given yesterday?
Press it. It will dry and become very brittle.





Put it between some very heavy books (when it's starting to die) then leave it there for a couple of weeks. But a flower pressing book and pop it in there (they are like small photo albums with the correct paper sheets you need inside.
Reply:Why don't you press it?....put it in a large book and stick it under you matress and forget about it for a few months!! Then you could put it in a picture frame!!
Reply:not sure, but any good ideas will be useful to me as well.
Reply:put it in a case with water and change the water every 2 days.


Leave it out in the shade ( not directly under the sun)for few hours to get it sufficient fresh air and some light.
Reply:two things i was told were put flowers in lemonade or a little bleach in the water.... I know the bleach sounds weird but i think it's to do with stopping bacteria clogging up the water inlets in the stems...





Not promising anything though :-))
Reply:You could let it dry out,thats what I did with my bridesmaids posy,it loses colour but the form is still there,but be careful it becomes very brittle.
Reply:i saw it on tv. when u get fresh flowers. it will last longer if u place it in a clean vase or container with clean water. and just trim the stem diagonal. then trim it again following day. til flower dries up. then u can just place it in between pages of a heavy book for it to flaten. and keep it.
Reply:no


previously i put mine in water near the window and it started dying after 2. maybe you need some kind of plant food to put in the water , but it will still die eventually
Reply:Press it inbetween two pieces of blotting paper. Put heavy books on it- when it is dry, laminate it, and use it as a bookmark
Reply:I will go with "Hang it upside down until it dries... This is the only way to keep it." (yahoo: Behind Blue Eyes) But keep it in dark room preferably in cellar or storage room where the temperature is bit low this will help to retailsome color too.
Reply:Hang it upside down until it dries... This is the only way to keep it.
Reply:Hang it upside down for 1 week or till dry


It will stay preserved that way for a long time.
Reply:I would press it, by using a book, than you can frame it.
Reply:Preserving, by 'pressing' in the traditional sense is a great idea, but the flower will never look as fresh. How about doing something extra, and taking a photograph of the flower. Get it enlarged to full size, cut around the edge, and then mount the flower in a glass to glass frame with say the card you possibly received, as well.


Maybe mount the photo against a photo of the 'rose giver'


One last thing. There is a kit, or process you can buy that enables you to mount dried objects in clear resin. Might be worth considering.
Reply:put the rose in a book and press it..





Put your rose in the pages of a book and then put other books or a weight of some kind on the top.