Keepsake Card - First of Spring

First of Spring Keepsake Card

After a chilly, grey winter, seeing the first tender blossoms lifts our spirits. My First of Spring bouquet captures that hopeful moment with daffodils, orange tulips, hellebores, quince, anemones, and freesia.

Inside, the art continues softly behind your message, along with the traditional meaning of each bloom:

• Anemone: anticipation

• Daffodil: evanescent happiness

• Freesia: trust

• Hellebore: serenity

• Orange tulip: enthusiasm

• Quince: luck

With luck, enthusiasm, and anticipation all in one bouquet, this is the perfect card to wish someone well as they begin something new: a new job, a big exam, a move, or a creative leap. Daffodil’s evanescent happiness, a joy that blooms brightly and briefly, makes it a sweet reminder to celebrate the moment, too.

Every line in this card was drawn from life. I set a live bouquet from Muddy Feet Flower Farm, a woman-owned grower, beside my easel, so each curve and shadow comes from real flowers rather than photographs. The original took about 30 hours in black ink and colored pencil on an 18" x 24" sheet.

• Size: A6, 4.5" x 6.25"

• Paper: felt-textured, FSC-certified card stock with 30% post-consumer waste

• Envelope: white, invitation-style flat flap, 4.75" x 6.5"

• Inside: faded full-color art with flower meanings, plus room for your message

• Made in: the USA, including the paper for both card and envelope

• Packaging: All Vivid Cottage cards are sent without single-use plastics.