A dahlia this full doesn't ask for attention — it just holds it.
A single dahlia takes center stage — soft blush-pink petals layered dozens deep around a deeper rose-violet center, rendered in loose, confident watercolor washes. Two curling stems carry the bloom, anchored by a pair of broad, veined leaves in fresh spring green. Melissa leaves the background open and white, so the flower reads bright and immediate against the page, with her signature, "M. Hyatt," tucked quietly at the base of the stem.
Dahlias are Mexico's national flower, first classified in the late 1700s and named for the Swedish botanist Anders Dahl. They bloom later than any garden flower — often still going strong into October, right up until the first hard frost — which has long made them a symbol of standing strong through change and staying true to your own timing. In Victorian flower language, a dahlia meant elegance and inner strength, exactly the kind of sentiment a gift enclosure card is meant to carry.
This is the first release in Melissa's new Floral Minis collection — pint-sized enclosure cards built for the moment right before a gift changes hands. It pairs naturally with "Dahlia Delight," one of Melissa's bestselling designs, and with the other florals in the mini collection. Blank inside, so it works for everything from a bouquet tag to a quick thank-you tucked into wrapping paper!
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Card details:
single card + envelope
blank inside
2.5" x 3.5" folded
cello sleeved
Printed on 110lb paper in the USA
Original watercolor artwork by Melissa Hyatt
A dahlia this full doesn't ask for attention — it just holds it.
A single dahlia takes center stage — soft blush-pink petals layered dozens deep around a deeper rose-violet center, rendered in loose, confident watercolor washes. Two curling stems carry the bloom, anchored by a pair of broad, veined leaves in fresh spring green. Melissa leaves the background open and white, so the flower reads bright and immediate against the page, with her signature, "M. Hyatt," tucked quietly at the base of the stem.
Dahlias are Mexico's national flower, first classified in the late 1700s and named for the Swedish botanist Anders Dahl. They bloom later than any garden flower — often still going strong into October, right up until the first hard frost — which has long made them a symbol of standing strong through change and staying true to your own timing. In Victorian flower language, a dahlia meant elegance and inner strength, exactly the kind of sentiment a gift enclosure card is meant to carry.
This is the first release in Melissa's new Floral Minis collection — pint-sized enclosure cards built for the moment right before a gift changes hands. It pairs naturally with "Dahlia Delight," one of Melissa's bestselling designs, and with the other florals in the mini collection. Blank inside, so it works for everything from a bouquet tag to a quick thank-you tucked into wrapping paper!
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Card details:
single card + envelope
blank inside
2.5" x 3.5" folded
cello sleeved
Printed on 110lb paper in the USA
Original watercolor artwork by Melissa Hyatt
