Funeral
The design of this sympathy card resembles a calm walk through the wilder corners of Haggerston Park at first light, when the air is cool and the colours are just beginning to wake. Tall, slender stalks of umbelliferous blooms, painted in soft violets, bluish-purples, and misty greens, stretch upward from the base of the card in an airy arrangement. Each flower head is finely detailed yet light, like lace traced with a wet brush, allowing the ivory background to show through and giving the whole piece a floating, weightless quality. The stems overlap gently, some drifting into shadowy silhouettes that fade into a background wash of muted lavender and silver-green. This layered watercolour effect feels similar to the way distant trees blur along Kingsland Road on a foggy morning, softening the edges of everything you see. Among the blossoms, almost transparent butterflies appear, their wings touched with the palest hints of colour, as though they might vanish if you looked away for too long. They rest and hover rather than flutter wildly, bringing a note of hope and continuity that sits comfortably beside sorrow. The light in the illustration is diffuse and tender, without harsh contrast, creating the same quiet reassurance we aim for when arranging condolence flowers for families around De Beauvoir and Haggerston. The overall impression is one of gentle understanding and emotional space, a card that visually offers a hand to hold, perfectly suited to accompany a thoughtful sympathy bouquet when someone nearby is grieving.
CARD IN SYMPATHY
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