Juliane recently created an Instagram account (@frokenskicklig) and at the same time, created a little project. She didn't want to share many personal photos or doll photos so she started Bouquet a Day #onebouquetperday where she goes out to collect a new bouquet a day from the fields surrounding her home. You can imagine that I nearly died when she started sharing these photos.
AND THEN, she gave us glimpses of her adorable vintage dresses with the bouquets. As if it wasn't already enough.
She says, "This little project is good in many ways. First of all, it helps me to capture and 'preserve' those precious summer days - winter was very long this year, we had snow until April. Secondly, picking flowers as a daily ritual helps me to sort thoughts and ideas. I really have to be present, have to see or find the flowers (or else I can't pick them) and being distracted would be quite counter-productive. Being on a flower hunt means that your senses have to be open. Thirdly, documenting these daily walks does also mirror my way of working. Nature plays an important role in my work as a doll maker, I would work differently when I am in the city.
Lastly I want to add that flowers seem like a much better and more exotic choice than posting photos of umpteen latte macchiatos and fancy cakes at cafés in exciting big cities. At least that is how I try to convince myself that this here is the place to be, the South Swedish woods and me being a Berlin girl who misses her hometown quite a lot at times."
Let's take a look:
Isn't she remarkable? I love this project and wish I could join in. Alas, my flower options are a bit more limited than the fields of Sweden, but I now have a goal to go visit her and go flower collecting. Is that alright Juliane?
Please check out her lovely site, Froken Skicklig and follow along on her Instagram @frokenskicklig and #onebouquetperday