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If you have noticed, as the lovely Tina at the English Muse did, the paper flower pin in my sidebar and wonder what it is, I can tell you that it is this years Mayflower pin that is being sold by children in Sweden, every year in the spring and only for two weeks, with the aim to improve the situation for children and to fight child poverty. I think this is such a beautiful tradition and of course, I was selling “majblommor” by myself as a kid.
As I’m too old nowadays for selling the mayflowers I buy a lot of the pins instead!
Actually I bought several mayflowers yesterday as a give away to you, my lovely readers, so leave me a comment if you want one and Iwill send a beautiful pink mayflower to 15 random readers from the comment list.
35 Comments
Karin
03/05/2009 at 6:44 pmHej
Jag hoppas att du har kvar en majblomma de är så underbart fina och jag gillar årets med de rosa färgerna. Min pappa har nästan alla majblommor från kan det har varit 1907 den första såldes. De äldre är nästan finare än de nya men fina är de alla.
Louise
03/05/2009 at 10:25 amWhat a beautiful tradition. If it’s not to late to participate, I would love to receive one of the lovely pins.
jessica
28/04/2009 at 9:15 pmHello Lolita,
the mayflower pin is very sweet. Happy tuesday!
amanda
25/04/2009 at 8:56 pmunderbar blogg! skulle jättegärna vilja ha en majblomma, en så fin tradition men eftersom jag bor i luxembourg kan jag aldrig ta del av den:(
goldmaedchen.
25/04/2009 at 8:52 pmoh, that’s lovely.
i’d love to have one.
Debra
25/04/2009 at 6:00 pmWould love one of the may flower pins! super-cute!
Johanna
24/04/2009 at 5:27 pmjag gillar din blogg, besöker den VARJE dag!
Annis
24/04/2009 at 4:51 pmWow those are super cute and you support a good cause with it! I would love to have one, so maybe we can start that tradition in holland aswell!
Rei
24/04/2009 at 4:37 pm-raises hand-
I’d love one!
sallymandy
24/04/2009 at 7:00 amThese are lovely. I enjoy your blog very much, and thank you for sharing about the mayflower tradition.
Caleb
24/04/2009 at 5:02 amI love the pins and I adore your website! :)
paul
24/04/2009 at 12:48 amI’m hoping to be random enough to receive such a nice, charitable idea! I’ve seen similar in England, but can’t remember for what I gave a pound!
Alexandra L
24/04/2009 at 12:44 amreminds me of the poppies the veterans sell here,
would love to receive a may flower!
Veronica
24/04/2009 at 12:22 amThese are so charming, and I love the evolution of flower design… And your blog is wonderful… always a source of beauty and inspiration. What are you studying? I’m about to graduate too, and sympathize completely with your desire to sleep for ages!
Liss
23/04/2009 at 11:12 pmooo I saw the post on Tina’s blog, I would love one!!
theozoologie
23/04/2009 at 7:11 pmWhat a simple and beautiful way to raise awareness and aid – I love the idea of getting children involved too, so often as a child you feel like you can’t do anything to change the world. We don’t really have anything similar in the US that I can think of… There’s selling girl scout cookies, but that’s not for charity…
I’d like a flower!
Christine
23/04/2009 at 7:03 pmSuch a great cause! Count me in!
Dolly
23/04/2009 at 6:58 pmThese are so pretty! What a beautiful tradition.
moi
23/04/2009 at 6:45 pmHej!
Jag ville bara säga att din blogg verkligen är superfin och det är majblommorna i år också!
kate neckel
23/04/2009 at 6:02 pmi love this little flower…so sweet! a perfect hint of spring :)
Tina
23/04/2009 at 5:48 pmOh! I would love to have one!! (And I’ll send you a little treasure from Beverly Hills) xoxo
Larisa
23/04/2009 at 5:45 pmWoah! I would love to get one! Would you send it to me even though I live in Russia? :)
joanne
23/04/2009 at 5:12 pmwhat a fantastic cause! i’m glad you brought it to my attention. :)
isabella
23/04/2009 at 4:38 pmOOOhh I’d love to receive one!! They are very pretty :)
P.
23/04/2009 at 3:08 pmOh, how lovely! What a beautiful tradition.
Erica
23/04/2009 at 2:47 pmWhat a great idea! Those wonderful pins and it’s for a good cause.
Leah
23/04/2009 at 2:40 pmthis is such a lovely idea, children helping children.
I would love to have one! they are so beautiful.
April
23/04/2009 at 2:15 pmyour blog is beautiful! and i love the may flowers. how sweet. :)
Penney
23/04/2009 at 2:15 pmThe pins are adorable! A very important tradition and cause, of course..
I’d xoxo one!
xo,
Penney
Jen
23/04/2009 at 1:13 pmÅh jag tänkte precis på hur fantastiskt vacker 2009 blomman är och samtidigt vilket bra syfte!Jag skulle älska att få en!!
sonja
23/04/2009 at 1:08 pmå, nån majblomma har jag inte haft sedan jag var riktigt liten och mor fäste en liten krans på vårjackan! vilken fin idé och vilken fin blogg sen (fast det vet du nog redan)
ma
23/04/2009 at 12:57 pmgillar din blogg!!!
Matilda
23/04/2009 at 12:38 pmÅrets är så söt! :)
Andrew
23/04/2009 at 12:30 pmThey are nice I would like one. I will give it to a friend that will make their day! Thank you….
Lisa
23/04/2009 at 11:40 amI really like your blog and the way you compose the different pictures!!
by the way, you have a similar flower in your blog label, does it refer to the mayflower project?