Keepsake Card - Resplendent Summer

Resplendent Summer Keepsake Card

An absolute rhapsody to summertime gardens! My Resplendent Summer bouquet of baptisia, chive blossoms, cosmos, delphinium, peony, and silene is elegant and beautifully balanced, reminiscent of summer weddings and delightful gatherings.

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

• Baptisia: protection

• Chive blossom: renewal

• Cosmos: harmony

• Delphinium: flight of fancy

• Peony: appreciation

• Silene: tenacity

Read together, these meanings make a heartfelt send-off for anyone trying something new. Encourage a friend launching her own business, welcome neighbors into a new home, or cheer on a student starting at a new school. Renewal, tenacity, and a little flight of fancy, that spirited sense of imagination and adventure, are just what every new beginning needs, with protection and harmony along the way.

It’s also a graceful card for a wedding, or a thank-you after a summer gathering.

Balance is everything in a bouquet like this one. As I drew, I worked to let the tall spires of delphinium and baptisia rise above the full, rounded peonies, so the eye could wander through the whole arrangement. The original took about 30 hours in black ink and colored pencil, drawn at 18" x 24" from live flowers grown by Muddy Feet Flower Farm, a woman-owned grower.

• 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.