Tonglen Art

19/08/2024

This will be laminated and adhered to the tray for a splashy serving tray (wipe-cleanable) or can be hung as a wall decor 🙂

17/08/2024

“Double Delight” (composite rose, kapow!)
18” x 15”

09/08/2024

food-safe 'edible' flowers available this week -- this listing shows MOST (not all) of what is among my inventory now.
https://tonglenart.etsy.com/listing/1761211250/cake-flowers-food-safe-this-collection

30/07/2024

Which would you choose (for wax press seals)?

Pulling ‘possibles’ for custom order requests today 🙂

29/06/2024

I had fun testing my eyes by decorating one of these cute little 6 inch vases -- they are adorable with pressed flowers on them!

I have a set of 24, 3 different styles, that I will be 'fancifying' in weeks to come.

18/06/2024

I'm looking forward to being in Asheville NC this October! Fall color! A visit to see Chihuly exhibit at Biltmore, hiking, more.
[hopefully I'll be gathering lots of pretty autumn leaves to press too!]

Meet Holly Dilatush! This year at Camp she's leading a course called Your Tree of Life in Pressed Flower Art. See you there?

17/06/2024

One of my customers makes and sells these candles — I asked if she would make one for me — a surprise celebration of flowers 🙂💜💛💚💜💕💛💜🙂

07/06/2024

🎶 Tomorrow marks the beginning of something magical!

Hope In Harmony invites you to experience the power of music with our choir concerts running through Sunday.

Prepare to be moved, inspired, and uplifted 💚

Learn more ➡️ hopeinharmonymd.org/events

17/05/2024

Cake flowers (3 tiers)
Peach, white, cream, feathery foliages

And a second cake flower order for a more colorful mix

17/05/2024

Poppies going into the desiccant board press and the same poppies two days later (I will put them back in for another day).

The color changes fascinate me!

10/05/2024

Food-safe flowers for cakes!

04/05/2024

https://tonglenart.etsy.com/listing/1711837008 Edible / food-safe pressed flowers — a sample pack!

26/04/2024

Helping customers with an idea of how their selected flowers might look on a cake (quick layout of possibilities) is fun!

24/04/2024

Flowers on my mind (what else?!!) 🙂

19/04/2024

Queen of Hearts petunia!
Can you see why it is called Queen of Hearts?

These are in the presses now too 🙂

Any guesses what colors they will turn when dried/pressed?

I will share photos in a couple of days (these are in my desiccant boards presses)

19/04/2024

I found one!!!

🙂

Calceolaria / pocketbook plant / slipper plant!

First batch in the presses tonight!

08/04/2024

SOME of what is blooming today!

06/04/2024

https://tonglenart.etsy.com/listing/1695776792

New rainbow collection!

This Dried Flowers item is sold by TonglenArt. Ships from Hughesville, MD. Listed on Apr 6, 2024

02/04/2024

flower pressing!

31/03/2024

Food-safe ‘edible’ flowers for cakes, cookies, other baked goods — pressing new flowers daily and the available selection is growing!!

More coming soon!

25/03/2024

So many flowers to press these days! Hellebores, daffodils, violets, Johnny jump-ups, candytuft, speedwell, forsythia, cherry blossoms, peach blossoms, quince blossoms, early greenery, bluets, primrose, mini iris, leucojum, spirea, pear blossoms, periwinkle, creeping phlox, first azalea blossoms, and more!

Lots of new listings coming to my Etsy shop soon and am sending orders out daily. Please ASK if you are looking for something specifically.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/TonglenArt

22/02/2024

pretty selection

21/02/2024

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/21/science/duke-herbarium.html

University officials say they cannot afford to maintain one of the largest herbariums in the United States. Researchers are urging Duke to reconsider.

10/02/2024

Forsythia! Don’t they remind you of dancing ladies? 🙂

05/02/2024

It is beginning!!

03/02/2024

Early spring pressing has begun here in Southern Maryland! Not many yet, but every joyful splash cheers my heart!

Meanwhile I am creating new clearance collections from any remaining inventory of pressed flowers. Check them out on Etsy if interested.

https://tonglenart.etsy.com/listing/1671015147

A few Valentine’s Day / Love themed collections too.

https://tonglenart.etsy.com/listing/1657322442

18/01/2024

Fun to see this cardinal pop up again -- sent it as a gift to a cardinal-loving friend. Seems fitting on this cold winter day

15/01/2024

Pretty pink mandevilla and four o’clocks (and purple cosmos and petunias and a few other flowers) heading off to a repeat customer.

(These will be used for elaborate candle decorating.)

13/01/2024

Customer asked to see possible choices of mostly 1 inch and smaller ‘close to matched sets’ of pressed flowers and some greenery for jewelry / resin work