Koether recommends letting the zinnia flowers bloom on the plant, allowing them to be pollinated and fully mature. "When the flower head looks dead, brown, and crunchy, it’s ready to harvest for ...

Zucchini flowers close up after harvesting, which makes it harder to remove the stamen and pistil inside. If you want to remove these inner flower parts, do so immediately after harvesting.

Decoupage is sort of an everyman craft, because the materials needed can be so humble: basically paper and varnish. Results depend on the time, effort and design sense of the person working.