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Johanna Basford OBE (born 1983) is a Scottish illustrator.Her illustrations are hand-drawn, predominantly in black and white, with pencils and pens. [1] [2] Basford's works can be found in products such as colouring books, wallpaper, beer labels and even tattoos. [3]
Flowers originally started out under the name Petit Flower (プチフラワー, Puchifurawā), which was also published by Shogakukan. Petit Flower was founded in 1980 as a quarterly magazine, eventually becoming monthly and then ultimately bi-monthly, and became defunct in March 2002.
The genus name Calendula is a modern Latin diminutive of calendae, meaning "little calendar", "little clock" or possibly "little weather-glass". [6] The common name "marigold", a contraction of "Mary's gold" [6] refers to the Virgin Mary. The most commonly cultivated and used member of the genus is Calendula officinalis, the pot marigold.
Phulkari meant the shape/direction of flowers which symbolized life. In Punjab, it was popularly believed that the birth of girl child in the family was auspicious. The mother and grandmothers would start embroidering Phulkari dupattas upon her birth because they believed that she would be the creator for future generations.
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Clothing, bed linen, soft toys, advent calendars, school bags, stickers, and crayons were also sold. Coloring books, puzzles, handicrafts, and reading books were produced by Friendz-Verlag, and sold over 1 million sold by autumn 2012. [8] Radio plays were produced by Europa, and over 650,000 were sold from 2011 to early 2013. [10]
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According to Amazon.com, she has sold more than 18 million books and 13 million calendars. [4] In 1997, Cedco Publishing sold more than 1.8 million calendars and date books bearing Geddes' photography. [5] Her 1996 debut book Down in the Garden, was featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show [6] and made it to the New York Times bestseller list. [7]