There is only one time I take the day off, it is the humid days. Then I don't pick anything. On humid days, flowers tend to absorb the extra moisture. Stattelman found that picking flowers then and trying to dry them is almost impossible. You'll lay them in a press and come back two weeks later to find it moldy or falling apart.
Dry weather is ideal.
It takes two to three weeks of firm pressing to yield a nice, flat, dry flower. There is not a magical pressing method, according to Stattelman. Basically it is, have the flower pressed as hard as you can between something that is absorbent. Once the flowers or herbs are out of the press, Stattelman starts adding her artistic touch. She integrates her own artwork into each card.