Spring Is Coming!
Hello from my enchanted garden! I’m sitting here drinking tea and dreaming about all the beautiful flowers that will be blooming soon…I can’t wait for fluffy pink clouds of cherry blossoms and sunshine yellow daffodils and rainbows of tulips! It’s so wonderful that no matter how long and cold and dreary winter is, spiringtime always arrives!
And what I love about this time of year (even though it’s still cold where I am!) is that glimpses of spring are popping through, no matter how small, bringing us lots of hope for brighter days ahead, and reminding us that more color and joy and sunshine are coming soon. And it’s the time of year for two of my favorite flower shows (sometimes you just need a whole array of bright blooms to drive away winter!) ~ the New York Botanical Garden Orchid Show and the Philadelphia Flower Show.
Going to these magical shows is the best escape from the grey days outside, you can immerse yourself in a magical dreamworld of flowers, a fairytale land where it’s always summer and everything is in full bloom and you’re absolutely surrounded by vibrant color…the perfect remedy to the cold! So of course I had to go on floral adventures to these beautiful shows and take lots of photos to share with all of you…
Just look at these beautiful orchids! Walking into the tropical greenhouse was like entering a magical fairyland, the air so warm and scented of blooms…and then I came across this townhouse completely covered in flowers and I truly felt as if I was in fairytale! I would love to live in this beautiful house, covered in lots of pink blooms…and there were so many more orchids to discover as I wandered along the tropical paths, draped in greenery and moss with these magical flowers blossoming from every crevice…
Being among these tropical flowers completely remedied the cold, grey day outside and felt like going on a vacation, filling me with lots of hope for warmer, sunnier days soon!
And when winter truly felt like it would never end, I woke up early to visit another magical flower fairytale land…The Philadelphia Flower Show! After a truly freezing adventure to arrive, I walked in and was immediately immersed in fantasy gardens complete with rose arches and flowering trees fit for a flower fairy queen! And there were fields and fields of tulips…it was a flower fantasy dream!
But I think the absolute best part was being around so many other flower lovers and admiring all the flowers together and being all dressed up in bright colors and florals and flower crowns…I met lots of flower fairy queens and it was just a wonderful, happy atmosphere ~ like being at a magical garden party!
This beautiful flower show was a long way from home but it was so, so worth venturing to ~ it’s always worth seeking out all the color, flowers, happiness and joy you can find, even if the journey is a little hard (and in this case, very cold!). I returned home with my spirits lifted and so much inspiration…
I couldn’t wait to start designing magical new flower jewelry to adorn us and make us feel all spring-y and colorful and bright, just like I did at these beautiful flower shows! Each petal of these new necklaces is glistening with endless fairy dust and rhinestones and lots of magic to turn you into a flower fairy queen no matter how grey it is outside! These new flowers will be perfect to wear as you’re dancing among the new springtime blooms…
So of course when I finished growing this sparkling new flower necklace and it just happened to be the first day of spring (yay!), I had to run outside immediately and photograph it among the very first tulips I saw blooming…
I hope my flower jewelry fills you with lots of happiness and color and reminds you that there are always flowers and joy if you just look for them! Even though the days are still chilly now, there are brilliant bursts of color and flowers popping through and blossoming regardless of the cloudy skies. That’s what I hope my flower jewelry inspires you to do too, to blossom and bloom just like the springtime regardless of what’s happening around you…because the world always needs more sparkling flowers!
Wearing bright blooms during these grey days helps so much too! If I don’t really feel like getting out and about on a rainy day, or if I’m having a particularly dreary Monday, putting on a colorful flower (or two or three!) helps lift my mood so much and gives me that little bit of sparkle I need to go do all the things I want to do…and it inspires me to be my sparkliest self too! The world truly needs more sparkle right now.
Also! I fully believe in getting dressed up and wearing all the sparkling color and shimmering blooms even in everyday life…it simply makes the day so much better! And it brightens up the days of those around you too. Errands are suddenly more fun when you’re dressed up like a flower fairy queen and it makes me so happy when someone stops me and says that my outfit brightened up their day too…flowers are all about spreading joy and what better way to spread it than to wear them? And I always return home in a better mood too!
And I love returning home to my enchanted garden and gift wrapping all of your beautiful blooms to send out to you in fairytale packages! I write each flower’s magical fairytale in a little golden book so you’ll always have it and know just how your special flower bloomed…and then I turn my flower fairy sketches into shimmering thank you notes ~ these fairies help fly your jewelry safely to you with an extra bit of magic! I hope these packages bring you lots of joy and rainbows and sparkle when they arrive!
Last but definitely not least, here is a shimmering flower bouquet to celebrate the beginning of spring! I’m busy growing sparkling new blooms to bring you lots of color, hope and joy to carry you through to warmer days ahead! I hope you stay happy and bright until then and see lots of spring flowers blooming ~ they’re always there if you look for them, all of the fairies have been busy getting their gardens ready for this beautiful season!