A Valentine that opens on the fourteenth.
Write it whenever you like; it opens on the morning of 14 February, unless you choose another day. The flower opens a little further with each note of their name.
Its flowers
The occasion’s own come first at the desk; any of the eighteen can be sent, alone or as a posy of up to seven. Each grows from the words of its letter, so no two are alike.
Plate I.RoseRosa × hybrida
Plate II.TulipTulipa gesneriana
Its paper
Printed on ivory as a hand-coloured engraving, the whole plate comes to life as it opens, pollen drifting in the light. Or choose Prussian blue: a cyanotype, where only the flower returns to colour.
Its music
Pieces written for the book. As the flower opens, the music pauses and a soft piano plays their name, a note for each letter.
- Pressed Violets · the occasion’s own
- Lamplight
- Night Letter
- No music · only the room’s own sounds, your voice and their name
Its day
It opens on Valentine’s Day itself, at eight in the morning in their time zone, unless you choose another day. It reaches them by email, or as a link and QR code you send yourself. Until it reaches them you can change its day, or cancel it and have your money back.
Writing it
Sign it, or don’t: the letter can end with your name, or only with your voice.
Open a sampleTulip for Priya, from Daniel, as they would see it. With sound.
One price
£5 a flower, everything included. $6 · €6
- A living flower, grown from its own seed, so no two are alike
- Your letter, up to 2,000 characters
- Your own voice: read the letter to them, leave a message, or both
- Their name, played as a melody the moment the flower opens
- A signature piece of music for the occasion
- A wax seal in your colour, pressed with your initials
- Delivery by email on the day you choose, or by link and QR code
- A pressed plate of their flower to keep
- A note to you when they open it
- Their reply, in their own voice, sent back to you
From the blog
What are digital flowers? How to send one
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