OUR COLOURFUL DAHLIA BOTANICAL –  ONE OF OUR NEW SIGNATURE BOTANICALS AND SHE’S SOO PRETTY!

THE INSPIRATION FOR THIS IMAGE IS TWO FOLD … WE LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THE DAHLIAS IN OUR DARKER FLORAL IMAGES FROM THE PHOTO SHOOT WE DID WITH GRETA KENYON (AMAZING PHOTOGRAPHER) AND LU DIAMOND FLORAL STYLIST BACK IN 2015 (CENTRE IMAGE ABOVE) AND SINCE THEN, WE HAVE BEEN WANTING TO INCLUDE A DAHLIA IN OUR BOTANICAL PACKAGING RANGE

DAHLIAS WEREN’T DISCOVERED UNTIL THE LATE 1700’S, SO OUR FAVOURITE BOTANICAL ARTIST GEORG EHRET WOULD HAVE DIED BEFORE THEY WERE DISCOVERED, SO WE LOOKED TO OUR 2ND FAVOURITE BOTANICAL ARTIST, PIERRE JOSEPH REDOUTÉ FOR INSPIRATION.  HE HAS A GORGEOUS ARTWORK CALLED ‘DAHLIA DOUBLE’ (1827) AND THIS BECAME THE INSPIRATION FOR OUR NEW ARTWORK. WE LIKED HOW HIS DAHLIA HAD MORE OF THE STEM AND LEAVES IN THE IMAGE AND SO THIS WAS OUR STARTING POINT

TO SUIT HOW THIS FLORAL WOULD BE POSITIONED ON OUR BOXES, WE ADDED MORE BLOOMS (CAN YOU HAVE TOO MANY?) AND CREATED ALMOST A GARDEN OF GORGEOUS DAHLIAS THAT ARE ALL IN FULL BLOOM AND STANDING TO ATTENTION, WANTING TO BE NOTICED.  WE HAD TWO COLOURS WE REALLY WANTED FOR OUR DAHLIA, SO IN THE END WE DECIDED TO CREATE THEM BOTH – ONE IS WITH STUNNING RED/PINK BLOOMS AND THE OTHER IS WITH SOFTER PEACH TONED BLOOMS, THAT ARE MORE SIMILAR TO THE DAHLIAS FROM OUR SIGNATURE DARK FLORAL IMAGE (CENTRE IMAGE ABOVE).  THE PEACH VERSION IS ON OUR DIFFUSER BOXES AND THE RED/PINK VERSION ON OUR CANDLE BOXES

WE LOVE BOTH OF OUR FABULOUS DAHLIAS IN THEIR FULL BLOOM LUSHNESS AND HOPE YOU DO TOO