Spring is here! My favorite time of year…The city comes alive with bright faces and smiles. No more heavy coats, no more snow boots, no more pilled hat and scarves, and hoping Winter has gone to bed!

The streets are peppered with tulips and crocus flowers. The cherry blossom trees in the island are budding, and about a week from now, pink and white petals stamp Spring into our trails. I love the giant tulips around Park Avenue, and the wildflowers of the Jefferson Library Garden.

And so, my season has also arrived. I start my fairs and markets officially tomorrow March 21st, the Spring Equinox. I will be at several shows in the West Village and the East Village, the BBC and Bleecker Arts, and the St. Mark’s Church Fair. This year, I am hoping to travel outside New York City to sell my work, particularly in the Carolinas.

FLORA in Bloom is the new collection named after my daughter’s great grandmother who is of Scottish and Chilean descent. In her earlier years, she had flaming red hair, bright blue eyes and lavender lips. She is 99 years old and has recently experienced the 8.8 magnitude quake this month.What a tough cookie!

The floral components are juxtaposed with glass beads and slices of gemstones. Handpainted leather flowers float and dangle in vintage chains. The colors I chose are very much like the poster designs of Alphonse Mucha of the Art Nouveau period. Soft and muted pastel color combinations that aren’t quite the usual mix and yet it is aesthetically just right.

Be well, come and see me at the fairs and Happy Spring!

This is the one and only Flora MacDonald…

The Crocus trail…