Gather the strongest-scented roses you can find. Remove all the petals and discard the greenery. Add 1/4 cup of water for every 2 quarts of petals, and mix in the blender until the petals are finely chopped. Pour into a saucepan and cook at a low temperature, stirring constantly, until the mixture reaches the consistency of clay. Allow the mixture to cool before handling it.
Measure a teaspoon of the clay at a time, and roll it by hand into a sphere. Use a pushpin to poke a hole through the bead. Dry the beads on parchment paper, or leave them on the pin and press the pin into the side of a cardboard box.
When the beads are dry, polish them with a very fine cloth until they shine. Cotton baby diapers work well. String the beads together into bracelets or necklaces and enjoy the delicious scent all year long. According to Kathy at ArtsyFartsyFamily.com, the scent of rose petal beads can last for generations. Be sure to store them in an airtight sealed container, like a plastic sandwich bag.
If you have a paper press or flower press, making pressed roses for rose art crafts is easy. Otherwise you'll have to use a book. Though you can press petals that are thick, try to find ones that are thinner. The five-petal and seven-petal varieties are best for pressing.
Choose a very heavy book that you don't mind ruining, just in case. Place a sheet of parchment paper across the open pages of the book and lay the petals, rosebuds or roses on one side. Close the book with the parchment covering both sides of the rose to protect the book from moisture.
Store in a dry room to prevent mold and mildew. If your book doesn't close all the way, stack other books on top of it. This may cause permanent indentations in your book's pages. Check the roses after a month. They should be flat and dry. Spray with enamel or shellac to add shine.
Use pressed roses to decorate scrapbook pages or to make homemade stationery with your copier. Or arrange the flowers in a frame. Decoupage with pressed flowers, using them to embellish wooden frames or shelving for a romantic look.
If you have a food dehydrator, you can make beautiful rose art crafts, such as rosebud wreaths and picture frames with dried rosebuds. Lay the rosebuds into your food dehydrator, leaving plenty of room for air circulation around each one. Set the temperature to the lowest setting, so your rosebuds don't get toasted and brown.
The drying time for your rosebuds will vary, depending on their thickness. Check every two hours by squeezing the base of the bud. When the inside is dry, it will crumble. If you don't let it dry completely, the rosebuds might mold or mildew.
The food dehydrator will leave one side of the rosebud flat. Apply hot glue to the surface you intend to cover with rosebuds and place the flat side of the dried rosebud directly on the glue. Spray over the final product with a lacquer or enamel to protect the roses and add shine.