Winter into Spring in the Mechanical Garden

Closeup of botanical-inspired jewelry from Wraptillion's Mechanical Garden collection, surrounded by bare plum branches in winter. — Bare plum branches surround the Fir Cone Earrings, Garland Necklace, Rose Window Earrings, Long Fuchsia Earrings, Long Wisteria Earrings, and Fern Bracelet, all from Wraptillion’s botanical-inspired Mechanical Garden collection.

Late winter into early spring is such a tricky season… Still cold, still dark, but part of me yearns for the first glimpses of color. It’s so beautiful in my garden, though. I couldn’t resist bringing that botanical inspiration into my studio for some Mechanical Garden collection jewelry photos.

Closeup of botanical-inspired jewelry from Wraptillion's Mechanical Garden collection, surrounded by branches from plum, mahonia, salal, rosemary, and other evergreen plants.in winter. — Plum, huckleberry, rosemary, mahonia, salal, lavender, and sage branches (with a strawberry leaf and fern frond) surround the Delicate Scarab Necklace, Lotus Earrings, Scarab Earrings, Large Poppy Earrings, Trellis Bracelet, Laburnum Earrings, and Trellis Earrings, all from Wraptillion’s botanical-inspired Mechanical Garden collection.

Closeup of botanical-inspired jewelry from Wraptillion's Mechanical Garden collection, surrounded by branches from mahonia, salal, rosemary, and other evergreen plants, with snowdrop, primrose, and violet spring flowers. — Sage, cyclamen, fern, strawberry, salal, huckleberry, rosemary, mahonia, lavender, primrose, and violet surround the Delicate Wisteria Necklace, Ivy Earrings, Short Fuchsia Earrings, Hops Earrings, and Small Poppy Earrings, all from Wraptillion’s botanical-inspired Mechanical Garden collection.

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After this photoshoot, my studio smelled of rosemary, lavender, thyme, and violets. It feels like my own tiny, everyday version of paradise.

Photo flatlay of pruners with small rosemary, lavender, and thyme clippings.

Flatlay of evergreen leaves and early spring flowers: cyclamen, fern, strawberry, primrose, snowdrop, violet, sage, lavender, and thyme.

Best of all, I’ll be admiring the leftover “models” all week as my studio flowers!

Three small everyday winter flower arrangements, featuring bare plum branches, evergreen leaves such as salal and mahonia, and a few early spring flowers like primrose, snowdrop, and violet, all in ceramic vases.

Wraptillion's studio flowers: a small everyday winter flower arrangement of bare plum branches and evergreen salal leaves, in a Heath Ceramics bud vase. — Bare plum branches and evergreen salal (Gaultheria shallon) in my favorite Heath Ceramics bud vase

Wraptillion's studio flowers: a small everyday winter flower arrangement with strawberry, thyme, sage, lavender, fern, primrose, snowdrop, & violet, in a small beige handmade ceramic vase. — Spring flowers (snowdrop, primrose, and violet) and evergreen leaves in a tiny vase my grandmother made

Waptillion's studio flowers: a small everyday winter flower arrangement, featuring bare plum branches and evergreen huckleberry, mahonia, and rosemary leaves, in a handmade green ceramic vase. — Plum, mahonia, huckleberry, and rosemary in a handmade Arts and Crafts-style vase I bought years ago at a local craft festival. (I’ve lost the artist’s name, so please tell me if you know who made this piece!)

Now back to work… But look how beautiful my studio workspace is today!

A glimpse into Wraptillion's studio workspace: laptop, mug, three small everyday winter flower arrangements, and the corner of a moodboard.

Want to see more sneak peeks into my studio and what’s blooming there now? See the studio flowers tag.

Botanical-inspired jewelry from Wraptillion's Mechanical Garden collection, surrounded by bare plum branches in winter.

Botanical-inspired jewelry from Wraptillion's Mechanical Garden collection, surrounded by branches from plum, mahonia, salal, rosemary, and other evergreen plants.in winter.

Botanical-inspired jewelry from Wraptillion's Mechanical Garden collection, surrounded by branches from mahonia, salal, rosemary, and other evergreen plants, with snowdrop, primrose, and violet spring flowers.

A compiled image of flatlays featuring bare and evergreen branches and early spring flowers surrounding modern botanical-inspired jewelry. Text on image reads: the Mechanical Garden collection: winter into spring.

A compiled image featuring photographs of three small everyday winter into spring flower arrangements with bare branches, evergreen leaves, and early spring flowers in handmade ceramic vases. Text on image reads: studio flowers. wraptillion.

A compiled image of flatlays featuring bare and evergreen branches and early spring flowers surrounding modern botanical-inspired jewelry. Text on image reads: the Mechanical Garden collection: winter into spring; wraptillion.