16. DIY Pressed Flower Clay Jewelry Dish
What This Idea Means
A lovely heirloom dish crafted from oven-bake or air-dry clay, stamped with real flowers, and trimmed with a refined metallic or pastel rim. Perfect for holding tiny trinkets.
Materials Needed
- White air-dry or oven-bake polymer clay
- Small pressed flowers or greenery
- Rolling pin
- Small oven-safe bowl (to shape dish)
- Metallic gold paint or pastel rim paint
How to Make It
- Roll clay out into a flat circle roughly $1/4$-inch thick.
- Press dried flowers into the center of the clay disc, rolling lightly once over them.
- Remove foliage carefully to reveal the detailed impression left in the clay.
- Gently press the clay circle into the inside of a small bowl to give it curved dish edges.
- Bake or cure clay according to package directions.
- Once cool, paint the delicate outer rim of the dish with a thin accent stroke of gold or pastel paint.
Tips and Variations
Pro Tip: Coat the leaf impression with a tiny drop of translucent glaze to make botanical details pop.
- Variation: Leave the pressed dried flower permanently embedded inside the clay and seal over it with clear resin or gloss glaze.