New Flower Jewelry Is Blooming Full of Summertime Color & Happiness...
Hello my fellow flower fairies! I hope you’re all having a wonderful summer and finding lots of time to frolic among the flowers! I love summertime ~ the long days full of sunshine and blue skies and endlessly colorful flowers dancing with bumblebees and butterflies…I’ve tried to soak up all of these happy days, getting up extra early to catch the soft morning light as it awakens the sunflowers and daylilies at the New York Botanical Gardens, going for long walks to see my favorite pink echinacheas even when the days are hot, sitting in my favorite garden and sketching new flower fairy blooms for us and then of course, coming home to my own enchanted garden to infuse all this summertime sunshine and joy into new flower jewelry full of endless happy color and sparkle!
Here are lots of magical flowers from these floral adventures and a peek at my new flower jewelry that is blooming and blossoming…these fairytale flowers will be ready to be picked in my online shop on Thursday, August 14th so you can adorn yourself with all the shimmer and joy during these wonderful summer days…and have something bright and happy to wear whenever you feel grey!
Now it’s time for all the magical flowers! Summertime has officially arrived (for me at least!) when I see all the beautiful pink echinaceas pop into bloom all over the city…they’re such a wonderful sight in this sometimes overwhelmingly grey and busy place, my spirits are always lifted when I see their pink petals waving in the breeze. So I just had to go on a special floral adventure one morning, getting up early and taking my morning tea with me to walk through Hudson River Park to find more of these flowers booming by the water…and there were more than I even imagined! All full of bumblebees and simply shining in the sunshine. It was magical to begin my day with a burst of pink flower happiness and blue skies, I could have stayed for hours among the blooms…
I love how strong echinaceas are too, they don’t wilt in the heat and they just keep blooming and blooming…their petals and beautiful centers are anything but delicate and they grow profusely, even in areas where it seems like nothing can grow ~ I love that! Such inspiration to be strong in who you are and bloom brightly even in difficult places. That’s what I aim to share with my flower jewelry too ~ strong flowers that are forever in bloom with the brightest hues that i hope inspire you to always bloom brightly too, no matter where you are!
Another wonderful reminder to always bloom brightly are these tiny yet super colorful blooms ~ something about so much color, sparkle and happiness somehow magically contained in a small flower is just so uplifting, it shows that happiness is always found in the little things and even when you feel small, you can still bloom. Flowers in nature never worry about being small, they just blossom and so can you!
There was a stretch of incredibly hot days the other week and I was feeling a little down from being stuck inside, so one morning I got up early to beat the worst of the heat and ventured to my favorite New York Botanical Gardens…
I ended up missing the earliest train and I was standing in Grand Central Station feeling dismayed and worried about getting to the gardens before the day got too hot when a very kind station attendant walked up and told me about a quiet waiting area nearby which I had no idea even existed. When I walked in, guess what?! The walls were adorned with the most beautiful wildflower murals. It was a wonderful reminder that you always somehow come across flowers whenever you need them the most, whenever you need a little glimmer of hope to brighten up your day. And there are always kind people to help out and point you in the right direction ~ I think that when your heart is open to flowers, you become open to more kindness too and end up coming across lovely people in addition to all the flowers! And maybe I was late to the garden, but I still had lots of lovely flowers to keep me company…
When I finally arrived at the garden, every bloom shimmered with dew and the sunlight was still soft and the whole world seemed so quiet, it seemed like I had the whole place to myself. I felt like a magical morning dewdrop fairy wandering through an enchanted floral kingdom. I came across the most beautiful daylilies, bursting into blooms of bright orange, red, pink and coral, as bright as the summer sunshine. My inspiration was instantly reignited and I couldn’t wait to grow new flower jewelry full of those colorful sunshine rays so we can always have summertime happiness with us during the colder months, on rainy days or when we’re stuck inside!
And then I wandered into the loveliest little garden blossoming with the prettiest pink, purple and blue hydrangeas, it truly felt like a magical world and I was so happy among the flowers. I hope my flower jewelry always inspires you to be your brightest, most colorful self too and frolic among the flowers and enjoy these long summer days and sing and dance and do whatever your heart desires!
I’ve been reminding myself to find beautiful blooms close to home too ~ sometimes you don’t need to go on a long journey, all you need is a quick morning walk to find lots of color and beauty to lift your mood for the day ahead. I always seem to find something new blooming or a colorful flower I hadn’t noticed before. I went for a walk the other morning to get tea and came across the most beautiful pink hibiscus. Looking at them made me feel like I was in a tropical wonderland!
And don’t worry if you don’t have a lot of blooms near your home, one of my favorite times to spot happy flowers is while doing errands and seeing a bright bouquet at the grocery store ~ flowers are truly everywhere once you start looking for them! And noticing them definitely makes those “boring” errands much better and brighter.
I’ve been taking all of this happy, wonderful, colorful summertime flower inspiration back with me to my own enchanted garden to grow magical new flowers…I’ve been sculpting each petal and then painting them with layer upon layer of the brightest, happiest glitter before adorning each one with lots of rhinestones…then each flower blooms upon a beautiful golden stem (aka the necklace chain!) with lots of crystals, gemstones and pearls for even more color and joy (and so you can pick and wear each magical blossom!)…
Here’s a little peek at some of these necklaces in full bloom with all of their rainbow hues…including a huge new flower necklace that’s almost as big as those pink hibiscus and a super magical, sparkling necklace blossoming with three of the most colorful sunflowers! Because sometimes you just need an enormous flower (or flowers!) to brighten up your day. There is also a shimmering necklace full of lots of tiny blooms, for when you want something more delicate that is still so bold and bright, just like the happiest summer blooms!
And there are even more new flower necklaces still coming into full bloom in my enchanted garden so be sure to check my Instagram, I’ll be sharing more new flower jewelry there so you can pick the perfect bloom for yourself! I hope all of these new flowers make you feel like the flower fairy queen you are, every time you put them on…
All of these magical, sparkling new flower necklaces will be in full bloom and ready to be picked from my online enchanted garden aka my online shop next Thursday, the 14th! Now it’s time for me to write the flower fairytales about how each one bloomed, I can’t wait to share those with you soon…
I will leave you with this magical flower fairy to wish you a happy, sparkling, colorful week ahead! I hope she brightens up your day and perhaps invites you to a magical summer fairy soiree!
