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Some things are timeless classics. Marimekko's Unikko pattern falls into this category. It's Unikko's 50th Anniversary this year yet this pattern is still as modern as when it was created by Maija Isola in 1964.

Unikko by Marimekko

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For a long time, I have admired Alicia Bock’s photography. Aren’t they gorgeous?
I think they'd be perfect Mother's Day/Anniversary/Wedding/Birthday gifts.

Alicia Bock

Alicia Bock's Etsy shop 

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Gorgeous bouqet!

Something old, something new, something blue...

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This picture takes me back to my childhood in Finland. Summers spent at grandma's summer cottage. Swimming in a lake for hours on end, picking wild flowers and berries, sauna, etc.

I love this idea of an old boat loaded with flowers, floating on the lake. 

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Photograph by Polly Wreford. 

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Blue lotus flower photograph by Bahman Farzad.

See more of his amazing photography by clicking here.

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Photograph by Perry McGuigan. 

See more of his nature photography here.

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Forget-me-not flowers by M. Hassold Photography.

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Photograph by Magnar Børnes.

If you want to see more of his gorgeous nature photography click here.

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For many years, I’ve had this idea of a little gift shop called Feelin’ Blue. It would be a place where women could come and enjoy beautiful things to cheer them up. I would sell all sorts of gift items, décor, gourmet chocolate J, thoughts and poems framed in beautiful frames. Etc.

The colors of the little shop would be: blue (of course), black, white, gray, silver and light wood color. The items I would sell would mainly be those colors as well.

There would be twinkly lights on the ceiling, beautiful mirrors, flowers…

 Well, I know for sure that I don’t want to own a retail store. Crazy working hours, hard to go on holidays, long days… I would only open such a shop if I was a millionaire and wouldn’t have to worry about the money part at all. Then I could hire people to work there and I would only buy the items to sell and be the person to decorate the shop.

Since I’m not a millionaire, I thought I’d create something similar in a different way.

So here we are. Feelin' Blue. My new blog baby.

Things you will find here:

Beautiful pictures, uplifting poems/thoughts, interviews with Etsy sellers/artists/crafts people, links to beautiful products, things that make you laugh, etc.

Thank you for coming and sharing this ride with me!