OUR PACKAGING JOURNEY – HYDRANGEA BOTANICAL

We haven’t really shared in any great detail our packaging journey with you – what inspired us to evolve into botanical/floral images for our packaging, why we have the florals we have – so we are going to do a journal series showcasing all our inspiration and stories behind each of our florals …. enjoy the journey

OUR HYDRANGEA BOTANICAL – INSPIRED BY PIERRE JOSEPH REDOUTÉ

OUR HYDRANGEA BOTANICAL –  ONE OF OUR SIGNATURE BOTANICAL/FLORALS AND WE LOVE IT IN ALL OUR PACKAGING EDITIONS ….

WE LOVE HYDRANGEAS AND THEY ARE A LITTLE SPECIAL TO US, AS THEY REMIND US OF OUR DEAR NANA, SO THIS IS ONE FLOWER WE KNEW WE HAD TO HAVE IN OUR RANGE.  WE DISCOVERED (AND LOVED) PIERRE JOSPEH REDOUTÉ’S BOTANICAL ARTWORK ‘HORTENSIA’ (1833) AND THIS WAS THE ARTWORK THAT INSPIRED OUR FIRST BLUE HYDRANGEA BACK IN 2014

FOR OUR NEW CANDLE BOX PACKAGING WE DECIDED TO REWORK THIS FLORAL, AS WE FELT THAT INSTEAD OF ONE LARGE BLOOM, IT WOULD WORK ON THE PACKAGING BETTER IF WE HAD 3 BLOOMS.  SO OUR ARTIST WORKED HER MAGIC AND OUR NEW THREE BLOOMED HYDRANGEA IS STILL OUR FAVOURITE BLUE, BUT WE HAVE ADDED SOME VIOLET TO LAYER IT UP

WE ABSOLUTELY ADORE OUR NEW HYDRANGEA BOTANICAL AND HAVE NAMED HER JEANNIE IN HONOUR OF OUR NANA.  WE HOPE YOU LOVE THIS GORGEOUS LITTLE FLORAL AS MUCH AS WE DO