*NEW* Marigold by Maggie Holmes for Crate Paper

I learned a new thing today! I just looked up "happymail" on Instagram and saw exactly what you were talking about. I wonder what they do with all the pretty little things they make? 

Same old same old
Please tell me why it’s called Marigold when there are roses and not Marigolds??
Colour me confused

That is a huge, gigantic NO from me.

So over her and her lines.

I think (maybe) they send them to each other, to decorate *their* planners, and their craft rooms, etc. maybe?? I know pocket letters are kind of like that, too- make art and decorative things that fit inside baseball card page protectors, and send them via swaps to each other. (I did that for a while, but I was never using any of the stuff that was sent to me-- it just wasn't my style-- so I quit.)

now, using *actual* marigolds would have at least made it interesting!  maybe a line with some actual REAL-looking flowers-- marigolds, zinnias, hollyhocks, a garden toad or snail, something like that.  not a fawn, peacock, or owl, or these stylized nuts/peaches/lemons (whatever they are)...  haha!  wait, I think I just figured it out:  they draw them that way so you can interpret them however you want, lol!! 


and yeah, I agree with artbabe :  I'm kind of angry that the big companies company (singular, since AC is the behemoth that it is, sadly) think(s) so little of us, the people who (supposedly) purchase their stuff, that they will just rearrange a few elements here and there and call it done.   And since this stuff is now for sale in the big-box stores, more and more of it will sell, which means they'll just make MORE of it.  blech. 

I definitely like the muted pink much more. Her lines always feel too formal, sophistacted, and flowery for me.

I think they are peaches...it looks like these peach trees, and the leaves are really close. It also looks like peach blossoms, but generally you don't get peaches and blossoms at the same time. Regardless, it's not a freaking Marigold or even close. Stupid AC. 


www.thespruce.com/how-to-grow-and-care-for-peach-trees-4589455

Upon reflection, I think azcrafty is correct. I believe AC has purposely decided to focus on continuity for the Maggie Holmes lines so people can mix and match indefinitely. I don't believe they think we're stupid and don't notice or will keep blindly buying.

Those who enjoy this aesthetic will appreciate the predictability and keep happily purchasing it. Others might buy a piece or two and move along looking for other inspiration. Meanwhile, we'll keep discussing what we want in forums such as this in the hope that designers are listening and planning to surprise us.

P.S. Designers, if you want to surprise me, words other than Hello, Dream, and Believe in every single collection would be astonishing. "Until we meet again" would be a nice sentiment for these Covid times and beyond.

Oh, well blah!

I let myself get excited at the thread title, thinking that with a name like Marigold, it would have vibrant oranges, yellows, and reds.

Not pastel leftovers.

I'll pass.

If you love her past collections you will probably like this but personally I don’t need more deer, swans,, owls and her florals.

Groundhog Day for me

omgawd, it looks the same as her last release; which looked the same as the one before.

I have 2 girls...but I am SO over the bows and deer. Some of the B sides are neutral enough to use but besides that, it's a pass for me.