I saw a meme earlier this year that said "Life is too short to wear department store jewelry". :)
Oh so true. For me, that has come to apply to lots of store-bought things, particularly the little things we adorn ourselves and our homes with. It means so much to carry things that were made individually and with love.
That is the heart of the concept behind the new Wildflower totes.
My grandmother sews them very carefully and lovingly (You should see how she does it. Each one is made with so much tenderness.) and I handpaint each of them with an affirmation word in mind. I use a mixture of acrylic paint and textile medium.
I know for a fact they are wonderfully strong, since I own one of them, and I am quite accustomed to toting it around, filled to the seams with books, paint, clothes, etc. ;)
Each bag is completely different, and bears a different affirmation word.
The intentions and energies we carry with us are so much more powerful when we think. It seems like a small thing to carry a bag with the word "Strength" or "Peace" on it, but on a level we may not realize, we are actively bringing that energy into our everyday lives.
Making these bags and working through the concept has been so wonderfully eye-opening for me as well. It's helped me to strengthen certain notions I've always known on some level to be true, and it's helped me to see in a much clearer way what the core ideas of Wildflower Studio are. It's about discovering and sharing beauty in the everyday, joy and meaning in the ordinary. There is a lot of love here. We hope you feel it when you take our little things home with you.
~Dani
