Welcome to Storied Botanicals!
Shop Botanical Creations to Bring More Flowers into Your Life
Hello and welcome! This is where you’ll find one part of the multi-faceted Gathered: Storied Botanicals: my hand-crafted botanical art.
After losing all the pressed botanicals and stationery I made in a house fire in March 2024, I’ve been rebuilding my inventory with new handmade gifts from nature.
I strive to use flowers and plants that I’ve grown, foraged, or sourced locally. I believe everyone deserves easy access to flowers, words, and art, and this is a core part of that mission. Whether you want an artful way to bring nature into your home or you need a thoughtful gift, these botanical creations are made to bring more flowers—and a bit of wonder—into your life. Below, you can learn the botanical story behind each piece and shop the full collection on my Etsy shop, Storied Botanicals.
The pressed botanical has its roots in ancient civilizations. Whether it was used for scientific documentation or artistic pursuit, the practice has endured through the ages! I love the pressed botanical, because I get to use the same ideas and design principles as I would arranging fresh flowers, but get to see the blooms and leaves in a different, longer-lasting form. Like the flowers I use, each pressed botanical is unique.
The ever-versatile, everlasting petite bouquet is a small composition of dried flowers, grasses, and greenery. Add them at the place settings of a dinner party, use them as the finishing touch on a wrapped gift, or pin them onto your winter coat. Each is finished off with coordinating velvet ribbon. Visit the collection to find the perfect botanical surcee or order a custom set!
I’m always looking for moments where flowers and writing meet. Designing the herbarium-inspired bookmark was one of those moments. One side is a surface pattern design I created from pressed flowers and vines. On the other is an original poem I wrote, emulating Emily Dickinson’s keen admiration of nature. It’s finished off with coordinating velvet ribbon.
Also known as a “sun print,” the cyanotype is one of the oldest photographic methods, dating back to 1842. It captures an image or silhouette using a chemical reaction under UV light. There is something both gestural and precise about the cyanotype that captures the subtle details of flowers in rich shades of indigo.
I’m working to recreate the notecards and postcards I lost in the fire. I use photos of floral arrangements I’ve made over the years and create cyanotype and pressed botanical designs for you to choose from! Sign up for my email newsletter to be among the first to know when new stationery is up in my shop!
Using quality paper and some of my own words, I plan to recreate some hand-bound books and journals. Some will feature origianl poetry and prose while others remain blank for you to fill with your own words! Sign up for my email newsletter to learn when they’re up on my shop.