Seed Packets: Designing on a Small Scale
January 31, 2009
Saying goodbye to January always feels like a step toward spring. The dawn is coming earlier, and today, in my garden, the squirrels were chasing each other madly around the trunks of the cedars. While there's still frost on the rooftops in the morning, my mind is drifting toward planting time. As a salute to the hope that seeds represent, I've put together a small collection of artworks that demonstrates my perennial love for seed packages and gardening itself (click on the image for a larger view):
How well I remember and cherish that delicately beautiful snapdragon packet, Jocelyn. All the packets are just beautiful and do more than justice to the miracles inside. Hurry Spring! xox
Posted by: Linda Warlyn | February 05, 2009 at 12:05 PM
Jocelyn,
How nice to see those beautiful seed packets-Here in northern Minnesota we are months away from planting. It was -22 actual temp again this morning! At this point in the winter- it's not pretty anymore- thanks for showing what we can look forward to! Terry
Posted by: Tgarrett | February 04, 2009 at 05:19 AM
Jocelyn, this morning a robin was singing out heartily at 6 am--the natural world is waking up to the increasing light and warming air. Your seed packets make me anxious to go out and prepare my garden for planting! Beautiful designs!
Molly
Posted by: Molly Hashimoto | February 03, 2009 at 06:40 AM
jocelyn: very beautiful and timely. i've been working lots recently with a 1964 edition of an Atlas liecivych rastlin, which is written entirely in a foreign language that i do not read but filled with beautiful illustrations of plants of all kinds. i love your seed packets and especially your newest creation. you have captured the beauty of the organic form with much grace. all the best as spring draws near, stephanie
Posted by: stephanie alaine | January 31, 2009 at 07:29 PM